Happy New Year!

Here's wishing you and yours a wonderful and very safe New Year 's Eve.  I look forward to seeing you around the corner "next year" and wish all of you a very prosporous and Happy New Year!  Enjoy the rest of your holiday season and have a great weekend!

Lots of love and hugs,

Merry Christmas!

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a week now since I've been on my blog.  What can I say though, life has just been crazy busy and especially due to the holidays it's been even crazier, as I'm sure the same has been for you!  Due to the fact that we are getting ready to have family in starting in just a few minutes and until Monday after Christmas Day, I know I won't get a chance to get online here. 

Anyway, I just wanted to stop by and wish my wonderful and faithful readers (yes, that's you) a very Merry CHRISTmas and a happy holiday season.  I am hoping that the way the summer of 2011 has been up unti recently, that 2012 is a much better season for me and my family.  I don't think I could take much more of what was thrown at me over the summer.  With that said, I truly hope to be back around and very active once again on my little ole blog as I've truly missed being a part of the bloggy world daily.

I hope your holiday season is filled with much love, peace and happiness that this time of year brings.  Again, Merry CHRISTmas....

Lots of love and hugs,

Show Us Your Life - Christmas Tour of Homes!!!!!!

So that I can participate in Kelly's "Show Us Your Life - Christmas Tour of Homes" tonight - this post is going up a few hours early - I hope you enjoy!

HAPPY TGIF my friends and welcome to the weekend!! WOOT WOOT!!! I don't know about you, but this has been such a LONG week for me and it has just drug out so much that I am just plain pooped! HA!  Hard to believe that a week from today is Christmas Eve, isn't it?!  WHERE has the time gone?  Sheesh.  I am SO far behind on my Christmas shopping this year that we are having Christmas early as a family THIS SUNDAY and I have STILL not finished  - ACK!!!

Anyway - on to the reason you stopped by!  We've never been in THIS house ever for Christmas because we were always living out of state.  So... this year, I went a little crazy with the decorations - but I love how they turned out.  We were disappointed because we couldn't decorate our outside with lights due to the high ceilings and slippery slopes.  I always LOVE to play along with Kelly's "Show Us Your Life - Christmas Tour of Homes" each year and love to see how everyone else decorates so I can get ideas from them for next year!  Also this year, I'm linking up at the "Nesters" as well - so be sure and check all of the great home tours out and post yours too so we can all see!  Okay....without further adieu - please pull up a chair, your favorite snack and favorite beverage and come inside where it's warm......

 Come on in, won't you......                          

(this is my new wreath this year - thanks Pinterest)

A few of our new ornaments this year 

   Our Tree

Another view:

And another: with just a few gifts under the tree so far

My Kitchen chandelier (again, another Pinterest project) - I love how it turned out

My kitchen table:

Our living Room - The Mantle:

Our Side Table:

Our sofa table

My favorite Three Wise Men

My cookie jars - the santa is my newest one from Saks 5th Avenue last year

Another new piece that I just HAD to have this year: - yep, it's a wine bottle holder (those of you who know me - know this is NO surprise - ha)

Well, that's the end of the tour - thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed yourself!  Now I'm off to check out the other cool Christmas decorations and "borrow" some of your ideas! :)  SO.... Merry Christmas and.....

Lots of love and hugs,



Happy Monday! :)

Happy Monday my peeps!  How are you?  How have you been?  How was your weekend?  Great, I hope!  I am SO far behind on everything and especially my blogging.  I have been running non-stop lately and especially this weekend.  I was trying to finish up my CHRISTmas decorations and then spend the day finishing my CHRISTmas shopping but it didn't work out that way.  I had SO much running around to do that I finally finished my decorating but am thinking about adding some wreaths on all of my outside windows as well.  Not sure if I will do that or not, however, as I am just about to run completely out of steam......

In the meantime, here are a couple of "sneak" peek photos of my CHRISTmas decorations.  All I can say is - THANK GOODNESS FOR PINTEREST!  HA!  I LOVE seeing everyone's ideas from all over the place and these are just a couple that I picked up and ran with.  Hope you enjoy them. 

My kitchen chandelier:

 My front door "wreath"

 I am off to catch up on all of your blogs again.  I have missed you guys all so much and hope to be back to a "regular" daily schedule of blogging again very soon.

Have a wonderful and blessed day and thanks for stopping by to say hello!  :)

Lots of love and hugs,