Santa is missing...

We moved over the summer. 

 I have a huge picture of Santa that I drew a few years ago.  

I have been looking for it to hang over my bed for Christmas.  

Well, Santa is lost.

What I want to know is how do you misplace something this big?  Grrrrr.....  

Mr. Fix-It said he would go look in the storage unit again for me tomorrow.  I really thought I remembered bringing it here but I can't find it.

Has anybody seen my Santa?

Snowflakes

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Snowflakes

Lingering dreams

Drifting from the sky.

Bringing with them new hopes

And the promise of a year to come.

Dragging worries and strife

As they melt into the soft ground.

Snowy Christmas Scenes From My House

We received a light dusting of snow today!!  If I wasn't filled with the Christmas Spirit before I am now!!

I thought I would share with you some of my Christmas Decorations I have been working on.  I started out with a few things from around the house and then finished up the show with some of the snowflakes from my tree.  My tree is 91/2 feet tall, has 1000 lights and lots of silver balls and snowflakes.  No two snowflakes on my tree are the same.   I hope you enjoy!


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Alan and Betsy - The Griswolds

We went and purchased our Christmas tree today.  I am so happy with it.  It measured about 9 1/2 feet when we got it home.  The best part is it only cost $20.00.  I couldn't believe it!  It had to be a Christmas miracle.  We expected to pay way more for one this big.  My daughter is telling me that I trying to be like the Griswolds this year.  

(Please overlook the towel in the floor, we had just watered the tree)

  It was so fun to decorate.  The tree now has 1000 lights on it.  We had to go buy all new lights because somewhere in the middle of all the moving all of our lights disappeared.  However, after we had went out and purchased all new lights I found them packed in a box under all the ornaments.

I can't share the finished product yet because I am saving it for the linky party.  I will share a sneak peek ... after all it is the season of giving and sharing.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I hope your decorating goes smoothly and you don't loose your lights.  

Black Friday Fun

The holiday is here!  I spent my "Black Friday" looking at this...

I took my Dad to pick up his car in Nantahala.  I also took my best friend since high school...it was her first time visiting there.  She loved it and we laughed all day.

And then as I was on my way home I did stop for my favorite pizza at Nick and Nates Pizzaria in Waynesville.  They have this pizza called the "Nantahala" and it has an olive oil glaze, mozzarella, fresh garlic, marinated sun dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, feta cheese & oregano. OH!  SO YUMMY!!!!

Then I went through some of the most gorgeous specialty shops up and down the streets of Waynesville.

They were so beautifully decorated.  Made me ready to decorate for Christmas.

I think I will make me one of these.

The decorations were so pretty but the hutch begged to to come home with me.  Unfortunately, it and my pocketbook argued and so they agreed that they could not live together.  Much to my dismay.  I have tried to teach my pocketbook better manners but to no avail.  Bah humbug.

I love the lighted garland.  If I still had a fireplace this would have came home with me. 

No, I didn't post the picture upside down, these were hung all over the ceiling of this antique store/coffee house.

Apparently these grapevine wreaths are very popular right now.

They are huge and made from really big vines.

See what I mean.  I saw several of these decorated for Christmas and hung from the ceilings of huge rooms.  I think one would be fabulous for over a big rock fireplace or on the outside of a house.  

I had a fabulous Black Friday.  Hope you did too!

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Wishes...

Sunday Squirrel Watching

I woke up today and had coffee with my sweet Mr. Fix-It in my pretty new kitchen.  I love looking out all the windows at the woods behind my house. I love sitting at my island, drink my morning coffee and watching the birds and squirrels.  Most people don't want squirrels around because they get in their bird feeders.  The squirrels behind my house don't mess with my bird feeders now.  Mr. Fix-It built me some bird feeder poles out of skinny metal rods that stick in the ground.  

He thought the poles would be squirrel proof because they were so skinny.  They weren't.  So he fixed them.  

This is such a "redneck" fix.  He took grease and rubbed it all over the poles from top to bottom.    Mr. Fix-It, my Mom and Dad sat back and watched.  The squirrels would jump and slide straight to the bottom of the pole.

Jumping from chair to tree.

Then the squirrel would give up and walk off.   As the squirrel walked off the leaves and pine needles  stuck to his little feet.  He would shake them off so it looked like he was doing a little dance.

"You put your right foot in,

You take your right foot out.

You put your right foot in 

And you shake it all about..."

So I have been feeding the squirrels out of an old chair in the back yard.   I like watching them.  Today I had 3 of them and they were all fighting over who was getting in the chair. 

These are two of the three squirrels that I watched off and on today.  

Even the little birds were getting into the picture.  (bottom rung of chair)

I hope you took time out today to enjoy a few moments of your day.  

Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God.  ~Ray Stannard Baker