Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Hi Everyone!  I know I missed the whole month of November and now the month of December is almost over.  I have worked so many hours in November and December, it really left no time to enjoy chatting with all of you.  I have cut my hours down, so now I will have more time to chat on here.

November was a good month.  Thanksgiving I had to work at the store from 9-2.  I came home and ate a full Thanksgiving dinner that I prepared the day before.  I was able to go back home to NJ to visit my Mom, sister, Sue and her family for a few days.  I left the Saturday after Thanksgiving and came home on Wednesday afternoon.  I had fun with my family members and it was so good to see them because I hadn't been home all year!

My sister's house all decorated with wreaths and trees on either side of the door.  Chuck, my brother-in-law put them on a timer and they all come on at the same time each day.

My sister's Christmas tree, so pretty at night. I love the reflection in the window!

 December's work schedule was very hectic and alot of hours also.  I did manage to get the house all decorated.   I enjoyed decorating this house for the first time!  Last year I closed on the house 12/18, moved in on 12/20 and left for NJ for Christmas on 12/22.  I also bought a new chandelier for over my Dining Room Table and I love the new one so much more.  It is more me!  Here are some photos of what I've done:

Cupboard all decorated in my Dining Area.

My dining room table all decorated.

I have a small drop leaf table in my Dining area/Kitchen area and I put this little manger scene I found and the ironstone pitcher that was my Mom's all filled up with greenery and little bell fairy lights.

This is my little Christmas Tree upclose.

My view out the living room window.  I took down the blinds and put up velvet medium gray curtains.  I love how it lets more light in.

I am forcing some Paperwhites too.  They are doing so well!  They will bloom soon and the whole house will smell so good!  I'm using a trifle bowl to put them in.  It is working out well because the height of the bowl is keeping them standing up straight.

This is my front door all decorated.  I love my Moravian Star that I put up this year.  John and I always had a really large one we would put up.  I thought this smaller one would look better on this house.

This is my new dining room fixture.  I decorated it with greenery and small deep red velvet bows on each candle.

I have a long dough board on the ledge of the pumpkin pine cupboard, which I decorated with greenery, red berries and these 2 lovely votive candles I have had for years.  I used the waxed flameless votive candles.  I love them!

I made wreaths for the front door of our church.  I love the way they turned out!

Rockwell (where I live) has a beautiful gazebo and they put a Christmas tree in it this time of year and put up some lighted roping around the top.  It is so beautiful at night.  Just love it!

I was asked at work to help out with flower arrangements for Valentine's Day.  They had me make an arrangement to see what style I had.  This is one of the bouquets I made with peach colored spray roses.  They were very happy with it!

This is a knitting project bag I bought from heidiandlana.com.  I love it and it is perfect for this time of year.  The fabric looks very vintage!  The little gingerbread cottage place marker is so cute too that I bought!  I'm making (and I better hurry up) two dishcloths.  One has an evergreen on it and the other has a candy cane.  They go quickly so I hope to have them by tomorrow night!

Well I better get a move on, the dog isn't going to wash himself!!  I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I want to thank all of you who stop by.  I know I don't post as much as I used to but hopefully 2025 that will change!  

Love and Hugs,

Sherri