Goodbye to 2011

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my dear friends!!! As this year winds down and we welcome a bright new year I want to THANK YOU all for being so supportive and helpful to me on this blogging journey! I have come to love blogging and this year will try to learn how to IMPROVE my blog. I am pretty computer illerate but am going to wotk on that! I want to change my header and the LOOK of the blog somewhat. I also look forward to sharing some new adventures that are coming our way. On 2/1 our daughter and SIL will be moving in with us! They just today signed the papers and put a down payment on their NEW HOUSE!!!!!! I am over the moon with happiness for them. It will be quite an adventure to have them and their 2 dogs here for an extended stay but I am GRATEFUL that we are able to be here for them and help them out in this way. So, please stay tuned, there may be alot of, I hope, fun to come! I also have some rooms to share and projects too. I wish every single one of you the happiest of new years and hope 2012 brings you health, happiness, prosperity and LOVE abounding!  I am awed by the friends I have made through this blog. You are all the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a SAFE New Years Eve if you go out. See you in the NEW YEAR!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZp6YueUL_6S0S22njNYReLd8ePPZ001mw83xn9pRvvHN5t5hxVZyJqgDIOncxlZ0WWIejk7JToi1l-Ura23bdJTPELq9oKr9GQpooo3GeUV_T9ZKOVrD8TwVWCkrlB_HJmarzcXFWho/s1600/happy-new-year-wallpaper-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZp6YueUL_6S0S22njNYReLd8ePPZ001mw83xn9pRvvHN5t5hxVZyJqgDIOncxlZ0WWIejk7JToi1l-Ura23bdJTPELq9oKr9GQpooo3GeUV_T9ZKOVrD8TwVWCkrlB_HJmarzcXFWho/s640/happy-new-year-wallpaper-002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>XO, Pinky

Goodbye to 2011

Hello my dear friends!!! As this year winds down and we welcome a bright new year I want to THANK YOU all for being so supportive and helpful to me on this blogging journey! I have come to love blogging and this year will try to learn how to IMPROVE my blog. I am pretty computer illerate but am goin…

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~~~Our Christmas Table~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy day after Christmas! I wanted to share our Christmas table with you. I decided to do a little different setting this year and I LOVED it! I used my favorite plaid tablecloth with red chargers and my Lenox Ribbons dinnerware. I made these 2 arrangements. They are in a gold container with greens, pinecones, berries and a dancing reindeer in the center!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSi2mnMbuovh9XlrEobW63TOZzQOUSoRY8R3Ya3OB0H9WX66eIRrOjYlYOV6hJDntTWwe9l6UBvL_PL7EDsYuA8Ugi7WdzMBJ1Ey384PWCPuoCRFEvTIM84yg34Z_85yAM5Qt-13D-mxQ/s1600/IMG_0569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSi2mnMbuovh9XlrEobW63TOZzQOUSoRY8R3Ya3OB0H9WX66eIRrOjYlYOV6hJDntTWwe9l6UBvL_PL7EDsYuA8Ugi7WdzMBJ1Ey384PWCPuoCRFEvTIM84yg34Z_85yAM5Qt-13D-mxQ/s640/IMG_0569.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Here is a shot down the table.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKs06BQQYUSlUJhfO7_QYKQSzms9aJtApA4_Y504RoKxJFa9lbZ0OASFp5VOK9BiNAlsLqUc5JXzSdTMUqajp6B0_I7G6vS_RLbJncRF-nWN0JLREuMs76YMvqNMf1EmY8kZDfa_GlKnU/s1600/IMG_0575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKs06BQQYUSlUJhfO7_QYKQSzms9aJtApA4_Y504RoKxJFa9lbZ0OASFp5VOK9BiNAlsLqUc5JXzSdTMUqajp6B0_I7G6vS_RLbJncRF-nWN0JLREuMs76YMvqNMf1EmY8kZDfa_GlKnU/s640/IMG_0575.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-chVsBMVd6Z4LzbHP9LYAlhPSWdJQNJJwS32u4chDMAkEykh9kj4PXzFp8NJ8fngdCn753NDhc8fru4DBVOwn7KtjpgzwAJsCnT-I-vhq6924zDxTg_VZAs6AfegmiIX1DapDj7kcU1E/s1600/IMG_0568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-chVsBMVd6Z4LzbHP9LYAlhPSWdJQNJJwS32u4chDMAkEykh9kj4PXzFp8NJ8fngdCn753NDhc8fru4DBVOwn7KtjpgzwAJsCnT-I-vhq6924zDxTg_VZAs6AfegmiIX1DapDj7kcU1E/s640/IMG_0568.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I placed a gift box at each place setting. Here is the red one,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldd_jIMNwG5CrJqK1z8_GHC8NEhDKf3bkxuIyyBpSYVvLPy0uO79LJae9bsXAv3hHVJl6BuE80-DAPfLPDHqSEjd77Vzm2wvalBGhD7fbLDRpVTpRP-BuxyW580-Eogy5NmzFR2NV7u0/s1600/IMG_0570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldd_jIMNwG5CrJqK1z8_GHC8NEhDKf3bkxuIyyBpSYVvLPy0uO79LJae9bsXAv3hHVJl6BuE80-DAPfLPDHqSEjd77Vzm2wvalBGhD7fbLDRpVTpRP-BuxyW580-Eogy5NmzFR2NV7u0/s640/IMG_0570.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> red and gold,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9HxCdogFyw1icDSFve3s9d9d55He2cZ5GCjQz4Getl4bzTYXC8SXaLgtKeucVV6AL8HqvjyITydTQE5oNgIlCzJ7qCL4Njp6oex9DKC8QIm97Ewk3AuMg_JFt2EH5oXbp2jUESSan4g/s1600/IMG_0572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9HxCdogFyw1icDSFve3s9d9d55He2cZ5GCjQz4Getl4bzTYXC8SXaLgtKeucVV6AL8HqvjyITydTQE5oNgIlCzJ7qCL4Njp6oex9DKC8QIm97Ewk3AuMg_JFt2EH5oXbp2jUESSan4g/s640/IMG_0572.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> and green with a red bow.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTVbp_1mYKWdqBoHJVszFz5pnnsko9S3Ggx_vc7DovCIP_lsD7KOQtuVcQ3iO2QMM5kEU1LOSC2rrvn5n7MRKtKAq8N6UE2CkbPYak29uJsTvY-msN3-U_cMUj0bZSKiYS5UMAr9kJWI/s1600/IMG_0573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTVbp_1mYKWdqBoHJVszFz5pnnsko9S3Ggx_vc7DovCIP_lsD7KOQtuVcQ3iO2QMM5kEU1LOSC2rrvn5n7MRKtKAq8N6UE2CkbPYak29uJsTvY-msN3-U_cMUj0bZSKiYS5UMAr9kJWI/s640/IMG_0573.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSExA6EIZ9la9e_dG89kcxYK-GvBcHrZ4H-gW9xml_fN6tejSO3aG1LfaSDC1SP9kbJ57w2-OzRfIzvquwIpuPXKuyzGpnIv8bStaG94dX2ODOJkYlBFzzS9RHA4ptUbfRdqgFmt414o/s1600/IMG_0574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSExA6EIZ9la9e_dG89kcxYK-GvBcHrZ4H-gW9xml_fN6tejSO3aG1LfaSDC1SP9kbJ57w2-OzRfIzvquwIpuPXKuyzGpnIv8bStaG94dX2ODOJkYlBFzzS9RHA4ptUbfRdqgFmt414o/s640/IMG_0574.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I had started out with the 2 gold deer on the table but then remembered the arrangements and poinsetta candle holders.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVnPqbvcCbw4OlN7RvPYn1TZyhWhqnI0Kedby5obChbaTjy0JLGUUBbn_jDqwroacLfDm6WwIi1l4fbbKaGj6re7K0xp8eNoRs0jEbaHHKM_mhXRzqIbZje8VNbQc8TeXeKqQR36wgtA/s1600/IMG_0542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVnPqbvcCbw4OlN7RvPYn1TZyhWhqnI0Kedby5obChbaTjy0JLGUUBbn_jDqwroacLfDm6WwIi1l4fbbKaGj6re7K0xp8eNoRs0jEbaHHKM_mhXRzqIbZje8VNbQc8TeXeKqQR36wgtA/s640/IMG_0542.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Here is a close up of the dishes. I really love this pattern, it is simple but elegant! I love the ribbons and berries on the dishes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSugm6pom6NxH05d2P2mVRYz1KpQAvZdvsUXG7woS-51i8TDX1x1bCwSTLc7WW6G_ohGiNa_Nsl1J8PBJ8N1Kc-h7TQRfqaspKXjDND0_pVX0PeiIx1eOViSYskZ8q9gKT862m3KUNk9E/s1600/IMG_0552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSugm6pom6NxH05d2P2mVRYz1KpQAvZdvsUXG7woS-51i8TDX1x1bCwSTLc7WW6G_ohGiNa_Nsl1J8PBJ8N1Kc-h7TQRfqaspKXjDND0_pVX0PeiIx1eOViSYskZ8q9gKT862m3KUNk9E/s640/IMG_0552.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I also got out the "gold" flatware for this special occasion! The napkins are embroidered with a stocking filled with goodies.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_X22WtBCdq-fBHOyyxU5o4JwX1Kud0Ez2uumB9WBK3_jX1Ag8dBlvL7A47qyX5AgZvxHWkfMPcVf7RGAda89mPjmSwhz4YDCTDfsWp6XrLYIAHiAzJZoV31ohy2cE9mu2aRjPqD_Ndcs/s1600/IMG_0545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_X22WtBCdq-fBHOyyxU5o4JwX1Kud0Ez2uumB9WBK3_jX1Ag8dBlvL7A47qyX5AgZvxHWkfMPcVf7RGAda89mPjmSwhz4YDCTDfsWp6XrLYIAHiAzJZoV31ohy2cE9mu2aRjPqD_Ndcs/s640/IMG_0545.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> There is a tree tealight holder at each place too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJq4SyMNLm1LyyjlqQX-Qhm9tEb0uT8ZWTsu-5nFH4T1LfF6huUWKFL97MtOWD0Ay2TdKhlBrS-3N499PKDAcd0Kq9aFkXVSbukOz2OqlLIgBxYq1-Joa6NSW_9Jf7ub3EfxmcaHAYoQ/s1600/IMG_0547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJq4SyMNLm1LyyjlqQX-Qhm9tEb0uT8ZWTsu-5nFH4T1LfF6huUWKFL97MtOWD0Ay2TdKhlBrS-3N499PKDAcd0Kq9aFkXVSbukOz2OqlLIgBxYq1-Joa6NSW_9Jf7ub3EfxmcaHAYoQ/s640/IMG_0547.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> My Lenox wine dishes and red water goblets.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtX7LiYzURFT1TBuQsA-gVJEjr7OV55mhSS_IIWkCsUsKxqa6Cfqg490Wh7Hil8kyRf56WLQkyNXbQq1bkn2Dq2muSeGpZz2o0keYISHOH4DJraLKSDLvpC1ri5zKNkwsG5QbNl5cdHY/s1600/IMG_0548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtX7LiYzURFT1TBuQsA-gVJEjr7OV55mhSS_IIWkCsUsKxqa6Cfqg490Wh7Hil8kyRf56WLQkyNXbQq1bkn2Dq2muSeGpZz2o0keYISHOH4DJraLKSDLvpC1ri5zKNkwsG5QbNl5cdHY/s640/IMG_0548.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This is the water pitcher.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_N0v_5J9TwIjp_o7yuY11092MZX4WSA7d-RRwznsOO7ItNoUiU_u8SGcE5YDe-lwujaIHzM13jXXK8mM2r29TfqZH2tCmT4nnOo7Pay6haYgPJg7zUfgULcKGpEQCCTmkDCs5WtbuCOU/s1600/IMG_0549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_N0v_5J9TwIjp_o7yuY11092MZX4WSA7d-RRwznsOO7ItNoUiU_u8SGcE5YDe-lwujaIHzM13jXXK8mM2r29TfqZH2tCmT4nnOo7Pay6haYgPJg7zUfgULcKGpEQCCTmkDCs5WtbuCOU/s640/IMG_0549.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> and the cream and sugar.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PxDTdam_CVYcP9CTp-hTZV1yD8B8cB4BhDCtPMPK4C-wGGWq_IYbRbPysHRPDOZOjUeINpc8A3s0vzjyQO1twdh6URqwCdraDVWpEIQved6cs_DhJQZ7Ctgw086NmFvcAvWHnkFtf9I/s1600/IMG_0550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PxDTdam_CVYcP9CTp-hTZV1yD8B8cB4BhDCtPMPK4C-wGGWq_IYbRbPysHRPDOZOjUeINpc8A3s0vzjyQO1twdh6URqwCdraDVWpEIQved6cs_DhJQZ7Ctgw086NmFvcAvWHnkFtf9I/s640/IMG_0550.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSxzEE6VW8gxo1UDi1wvy16K8ls0HWnY-tJWanjsit6qxY0lOLf6YyTu9avgJhE8Fax4rFOKUCg0C8jhY0R1-tZ1Etr6pBDwP1QiyvVUVT3eo7RW7NGiBvjR5JHNI62fLA_TZ1RkLcuw/s1600/IMG_0553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSxzEE6VW8gxo1UDi1wvy16K8ls0HWnY-tJWanjsit6qxY0lOLf6YyTu9avgJhE8Fax4rFOKUCg0C8jhY0R1-tZ1Etr6pBDwP1QiyvVUVT3eo7RW7NGiBvjR5JHNI62fLA_TZ1RkLcuw/s640/IMG_0553.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBUKDLDRqoOaaFNC8ooGJcBouGvhb9eEzyYul0Em4F7kk2BG43EGmSP6aoINiAHXMkMqRfNfDZYKBH2pjwW3bQ_PGsak_572XtpG1v6953_b0DlYmjcbRZKvzZf_kUTXEfdnbTL2Oo10/s1600/IMG_0554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBUKDLDRqoOaaFNC8ooGJcBouGvhb9eEzyYul0Em4F7kk2BG43EGmSP6aoINiAHXMkMqRfNfDZYKBH2pjwW3bQ_PGsak_572XtpG1v6953_b0DlYmjcbRZKvzZf_kUTXEfdnbTL2Oo10/s640/IMG_0554.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> It even has a matching S and P on a wooden stand.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksRabUa9mEZDWE_htlORNYmt1LHm1_INDbdmmCwIQKepdvwtahozKw8ktZfeSEexKjbdAh-Vp1MWJgiax6x4ZunjgjLd6Cb1m4SbZ7vFQ2rAv3Y2W61YAAqX4z-GJEUuo756jOttH5R4/s1600/IMG_0556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksRabUa9mEZDWE_htlORNYmt1LHm1_INDbdmmCwIQKepdvwtahozKw8ktZfeSEexKjbdAh-Vp1MWJgiax6x4ZunjgjLd6Cb1m4SbZ7vFQ2rAv3Y2W61YAAqX4z-GJEUuo756jOttH5R4/s640/IMG_0556.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I found these candle holders at Home Goods in the Fall and knew I wanted then for the table. I love the poinsetta on them and the crackled glass! Also the twisted stem.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgEsFvLPts37-jfWd81mE87qp6p9XKBp4GXe-fHjfpjyyx5O008UlbfgW0AhF1HKLpbFFLMj34NC6yuMhVCDgkZF2iHpYuych5Q-e9E16-RZ_9qTbls7FnlheQD3kr1dJzv9lE5VKHzY/s1600/IMG_0558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgEsFvLPts37-jfWd81mE87qp6p9XKBp4GXe-fHjfpjyyx5O008UlbfgW0AhF1HKLpbFFLMj34NC6yuMhVCDgkZF2iHpYuych5Q-e9E16-RZ_9qTbls7FnlheQD3kr1dJzv9lE5VKHzY/s640/IMG_0558.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsJwz65-YCxxMJcGYzYb3LVb5awaPpFmGCUyi8_lxddA0rEi6U6c9ML5nQVnj9bjFhzF3gMA6TyjadOKKGssvccf4Yvl_G4Kg7-a24gPlFsoDGztBrQaIMwMr3UTicGKYhEuS5bUmxSA/s1600/IMG_0559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsJwz65-YCxxMJcGYzYb3LVb5awaPpFmGCUyi8_lxddA0rEi6U6c9ML5nQVnj9bjFhzF3gMA6TyjadOKKGssvccf4Yvl_G4Kg7-a24gPlFsoDGztBrQaIMwMr3UTicGKYhEuS5bUmxSA/s640/IMG_0559.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69qz8T6jG6q09g69FEZ4zianpR8BS2SeSm0nkHVQnMx3l1SAN2yu5jZrx6l8xc7GUJHuYj5t12_h0el4rTmGSHaMl9M5YY3xKxnPJLaykyxHILXUb4In3J-5hyphenhyphenHtgr9rHeiKXRegTreg/s1600/IMG_0564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69qz8T6jG6q09g69FEZ4zianpR8BS2SeSm0nkHVQnMx3l1SAN2yu5jZrx6l8xc7GUJHuYj5t12_h0el4rTmGSHaMl9M5YY3xKxnPJLaykyxHILXUb4In3J-5hyphenhyphenHtgr9rHeiKXRegTreg/s640/IMG_0564.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Since I only have 8 of the goldware and the napkins I used plaid napkins and red flatware at the ends of the table.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb58hMBWa4LQ4YiD1m-Ul5IuuFCuEA_cIJLgc4RsRGe4xFhpxhhh6G4PTaIRlITdXQJCML1UEuxd3maFPq1MrWrRNPK6QbBaioPKyFcM3xVRckqSvrRCC7_NQ97v5iGJDyU1KwP_kX1t4/s1600/IMG_0565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb58hMBWa4LQ4YiD1m-Ul5IuuFCuEA_cIJLgc4RsRGe4xFhpxhhh6G4PTaIRlITdXQJCML1UEuxd3maFPq1MrWrRNPK6QbBaioPKyFcM3xVRckqSvrRCC7_NQ97v5iGJDyU1KwP_kX1t4/s640/IMG_0565.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cyuZEX8Y5uW56QsYSkJz3OpqS0cllTAxeBrHdDGjwFwQQAYxqeqKMzrr_aeOg8KBZ0RlgC1oIqYblZe-5HED_PZkvJygRmGTC78JgZIgmq3SVVt1_JlQWeaJm2w4AVvowsAbLXA1Tec/s1600/IMG_0566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cyuZEX8Y5uW56QsYSkJz3OpqS0cllTAxeBrHdDGjwFwQQAYxqeqKMzrr_aeOg8KBZ0RlgC1oIqYblZe-5HED_PZkvJygRmGTC78JgZIgmq3SVVt1_JlQWeaJm2w4AVvowsAbLXA1Tec/s640/IMG_0566.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> We set up a card table to put the food on and serve. Our dining room gets very crowded so it is easier to serve, especially since we had 2 big pans of LASAGNA!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6XJrqBw5lOhnojhOBEmUqM-SYNRzgt8UGZgB-sOxuZUKLWZOIDKvk3paXpPOyNa5-zk1qDcVLhue4uAh0N6uUFXnfXjVF3LYlCTz3v-6U-7xhVQUJW5wDJ-04ntlGcJ7pcLqti3I6eE/s1600/IMG_0577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6XJrqBw5lOhnojhOBEmUqM-SYNRzgt8UGZgB-sOxuZUKLWZOIDKvk3paXpPOyNa5-zk1qDcVLhue4uAh0N6uUFXnfXjVF3LYlCTz3v-6U-7xhVQUJW5wDJ-04ntlGcJ7pcLqti3I6eE/s640/IMG_0577.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> The hot pads are ready for the dishes to come out of the oven.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCh0mEu_nEVY2xN11DsAWTsAMzcb_Dur5fOspY-UjY3nPZvC3J3wPE1ETXKL3pIiB8Ite5dWWTILimzONw5EXIMdk8mvZXxTyWoV4X2OOmPiRvHle_qgjhciMikkHoi5BLqMAqteDvVXc/s1600/IMG_0578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCh0mEu_nEVY2xN11DsAWTsAMzcb_Dur5fOspY-UjY3nPZvC3J3wPE1ETXKL3pIiB8Ite5dWWTILimzONw5EXIMdk8mvZXxTyWoV4X2OOmPiRvHle_qgjhciMikkHoi5BLqMAqteDvVXc/s640/IMG_0578.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> The candles are lit, let's eat!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaV5y5HLr1BY1Dci_odqXfRyIJlWBgb7eHGqZbvDA7VegxOj5WcVAUMM-ertItQgS8dAHkKCEZMg6J0tWkrRRusyetX9-tn8ifhWytQ13b3eTKk-XEaQzJFl5Sx6n_Uzskui5O3EKJxU/s1600/IMG_0640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaV5y5HLr1BY1Dci_odqXfRyIJlWBgb7eHGqZbvDA7VegxOj5WcVAUMM-ertItQgS8dAHkKCEZMg6J0tWkrRRusyetX9-tn8ifhWytQ13b3eTKk-XEaQzJFl5Sx6n_Uzskui5O3EKJxU/s640/IMG_0640.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> It was yummy if I do say so myself:):)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ1MK2jUfe_zear_ye1_cuSs6DE1b9bg-eSawFE-G6qqxK_zcb3kY6iOtETn9bES-hp3B7NWjOB4kVRX1QLMLr2EwHQ8OpoUiiWWQYePo0VkR1VcRDjCvVSrVFX-sKOIMu70XJVAZjXY/s1600/IMG_0641.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ1MK2jUfe_zear_ye1_cuSs6DE1b9bg-eSawFE-G6qqxK_zcb3kY6iOtETn9bES-hp3B7NWjOB4kVRX1QLMLr2EwHQ8OpoUiiWWQYePo0VkR1VcRDjCvVSrVFX-sKOIMu70XJVAZjXY/s640/IMG_0641.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2IrKtalG0zIPiCTLBi78hfkCGez1Bejahy5keyeFrgy3edfcj3-OfuY39Ebk6gThSRnFIr1mREDcZOXAmf5al_s4PUIva-Bxpc-xF6fgSALWpRSflQKZ8-8QgKpjJ43FZfEZG9iK2vs/s1600/IMG_0642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2IrKtalG0zIPiCTLBi78hfkCGez1Bejahy5keyeFrgy3edfcj3-OfuY39Ebk6gThSRnFIr1mREDcZOXAmf5al_s4PUIva-Bxpc-xF6fgSALWpRSflQKZ8-8QgKpjJ43FZfEZG9iK2vs/s640/IMG_0642.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span id="goog_1186435794"></span><span id="goog_1186435795">I hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday. I hope the new year brings joy, love and peace to each and every one of you. I think you again for being my loyal and supportive followers, I love you guys!!! 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~~~Our Christmas Table~~~

Happy day after Christmas! I wanted to share our Christmas table with you. I decided to do a little different setting this year and I LOVED it! I used my favorite plaid tablecloth with red chargers and my Lenox Ribbons dinnerware. I made these 2 arrangements. They are in a gold container with greens…

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its the most wonderful time of the year

Christmas Eve is here and I have a house full of excited kids...and parents. Every holiday is magnified and even more fun when children are involved.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4AYLtl1Xosi4fUg4FYlQFCKAI9dblRpj5mbOyPV3lVbw9YSJEHoqy7K46AEqz-jYMdZKPvJXuqfcP4D90AfnyMdds4rRTwJ04bshE7aLJck9DwY8jF1503_Z2YKsfNOWp-O4lh4Usf-f/s1600/PC031660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4AYLtl1Xosi4fUg4FYlQFCKAI9dblRpj5mbOyPV3lVbw9YSJEHoqy7K46AEqz-jYMdZKPvJXuqfcP4D90AfnyMdds4rRTwJ04bshE7aLJck9DwY8jF1503_Z2YKsfNOWp-O4lh4Usf-f/s320/PC031660.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Enjoy the next week of family time, food and friends.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW5G04i3n8rYxjbKz7YEL9GQBKy54T1uhdkwAaKLRGQCN85XayzIiyq2Mx8YoWsS6n3aWs2t4OuBa06WIKkIxdwnXhVhyphenhyphen8b7Qb0O9D2J6s_Wp2ltpkf89NNVHOaDocBmNCj4ZlXzgStQ3/s1600/PC141898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW5G04i3n8rYxjbKz7YEL9GQBKy54T1uhdkwAaKLRGQCN85XayzIiyq2Mx8YoWsS6n3aWs2t4OuBa06WIKkIxdwnXhVhyphenhyphen8b7Qb0O9D2J6s_Wp2ltpkf89NNVHOaDocBmNCj4ZlXzgStQ3/s320/PC141898.JPG" width="213" /></a></div> Happy Holidays from my door to yours.

its the most wonderful time of the year

Christmas Eve is here and I have a house full of excited kids...and parents. Every holiday is magnified and even more fun when children are involved. Enjoy the next week of family time, food and friends. Happy Holidays from my door to yours.…

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a little tile goes a long way

An early Christmas present - our <a href="http://betterafter.blogspot.com/2011/12/tile-it-up.html" target="_blank">bathroom is featured on Better After</a>!! (one of my addictions and daily reads) Be sure to check it out, and thanks Lindsey for the mention!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://betterafter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr207/a4christ/beforeafter/button.png" /></a></div>

a little tile goes a long way

An early Christmas present - our bathroom is featured on Better After!! (one of my addictions and daily reads) Be sure to check it out, and thanks Lindsey for the mention!…

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~~~The GIFTS are Wrapped!!!~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi everyone!!! It is crunch time but I feel pretty good about being ready! Usually I am not this calm but last night I decided I was going to get all of the gifts wrapped and under the tree today. I haven't done my hubby's yet cause he is a BIG SNOOP!!!! He will figure out what is in the boxes:):) So, I always try to use paper that will coordinate with the tree, which is all red and gold so I used gold paper and red and gold ribbons.  That big pile of gifts is all for my daughter, and I will tell you what they all are after Christmas just in case she reads this!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6MtrqbBVTadLIf3qM2YP1oDR67srlDl1Ry_oMTTQpKk1YyQ43pjrc02iAGjZX3vsaMWB_pWF9Siy-4xqe_YvJUt5DgG1HhuPBobKkADmsC327xgm2rGZmeBsiIpw8fgJCBHJ8ZC_nb09/s1600/IMG_0534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6MtrqbBVTadLIf3qM2YP1oDR67srlDl1Ry_oMTTQpKk1YyQ43pjrc02iAGjZX3vsaMWB_pWF9Siy-4xqe_YvJUt5DgG1HhuPBobKkADmsC327xgm2rGZmeBsiIpw8fgJCBHJ8ZC_nb09/s640/IMG_0534.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> The gift basket I made up myself for our daughters Mother-in-law. I found a CUTE drum basket at Michaels and filled it with goodies: cocoa and a mug, a box of chocolates, some Christmas dish towels, 3 jars of jams. I got a roll of cellophane and wraped it all up and made the bow. I think (hope) she will like it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1dtKFc2uo50Ij1C1L9s46oteCAq-un9FnZ7wq0Xp7JSu_MJOXnDRKS7zJNeaMRYJnE-0MgsIec6xWFik41_HDBV8toIj_haFdk6qg3wpnw6A5T7jz20fXlS-0kigvFXOvgRR2SVxBYCc/s1600/IMG_0535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1dtKFc2uo50Ij1C1L9s46oteCAq-un9FnZ7wq0Xp7JSu_MJOXnDRKS7zJNeaMRYJnE-0MgsIec6xWFik41_HDBV8toIj_haFdk6qg3wpnw6A5T7jz20fXlS-0kigvFXOvgRR2SVxBYCc/s640/IMG_0535.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzHB26qq5fkGbdl8Se7SAcLloNfnkKyzv8Iq-sAwoVXDpePKzfbov3lvEGOQLQqgyamVrEZheID5C1adoCwjJOpNaSvlye91JkvFPYlhhlpcA8Lr1mepfJtFTB0ABAhASNk38e69eVWKG/s1600/IMG_0536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzHB26qq5fkGbdl8Se7SAcLloNfnkKyzv8Iq-sAwoVXDpePKzfbov3lvEGOQLQqgyamVrEZheID5C1adoCwjJOpNaSvlye91JkvFPYlhhlpcA8Lr1mepfJtFTB0ABAhASNk38e69eVWKG/s640/IMG_0536.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> This pretty gift box I found at Michaels too! LOVE it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF1tX5SUrTjgn4XOTakOwz3Vy-gKR8qD4TcWS2XqtVDiTQvHkwJoEBq12OB4kJfrkZLdtgGpFQuVeKVyiqv2UtAsHPaZ-t2wj5SXMqXwsydTkzMedP1DO_xq98BP7HiyxkMX1QJj7hY3C/s1600/IMG_0537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuF1tX5SUrTjgn4XOTakOwz3Vy-gKR8qD4TcWS2XqtVDiTQvHkwJoEBq12OB4kJfrkZLdtgGpFQuVeKVyiqv2UtAsHPaZ-t2wj5SXMqXwsydTkzMedP1DO_xq98BP7HiyxkMX1QJj7hY3C/s640/IMG_0537.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoYeII2Q2KN30vuq45sPkZRptTt132A9UGXJvsUbIQe2pQkp0b9ykNugJNrlfIrrE48VnuYBUrlG4r9WfAsFAcpk0ojJ2mkMULwXdPRNxGbE38C1aSBiyYYlaYf-GyHz8vwa0PonMvAA1/s1600/IMG_0538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEoYeII2Q2KN30vuq45sPkZRptTt132A9UGXJvsUbIQe2pQkp0b9ykNugJNrlfIrrE48VnuYBUrlG4r9WfAsFAcpk0ojJ2mkMULwXdPRNxGbE38C1aSBiyYYlaYf-GyHz8vwa0PonMvAA1/s640/IMG_0538.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKOuXeYYI9Wu7kktYxbabQXsp6_CghgXNcDMiMM9B4GpJ_NqBzV-gnzbzrKFMff4y78q5s6mpCsUpya1vGf5QWs6B5OqrmqXqgc7noE_r8ecp4bzvcclfUUOhjZCw7FlMPjl5RQMPP2nb/s1600/IMG_0539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKOuXeYYI9Wu7kktYxbabQXsp6_CghgXNcDMiMM9B4GpJ_NqBzV-gnzbzrKFMff4y78q5s6mpCsUpya1vGf5QWs6B5OqrmqXqgc7noE_r8ecp4bzvcclfUUOhjZCw7FlMPjl5RQMPP2nb/s640/IMG_0539.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxBI50xshWTDRgGZqnuOkvar1K2usi7oURBIKxbY_WvBxY-xt6RHWgxzmWEQnaOoSJIOGqyme6Q_qpBwZkAK1hNJJK-YjYSxGsBOL1gZ8YAs35WUC-8BWlUNRCF8urrUAv1idWnoLQdRv/s1600/IMG_0540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxBI50xshWTDRgGZqnuOkvar1K2usi7oURBIKxbY_WvBxY-xt6RHWgxzmWEQnaOoSJIOGqyme6Q_qpBwZkAK1hNJJK-YjYSxGsBOL1gZ8YAs35WUC-8BWlUNRCF8urrUAv1idWnoLQdRv/s640/IMG_0540.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> So, I am ready! Going to the grocery store tomorrow so I can make the lasagna on Sat. and the flavors will meld and be even better on Christmas day. I wish each and every one of you a merry and blessed Christmas. I hope you will be surrounded by family and love. I also want to THANK YOU all so much for following me on this journey and being so loyal and supportive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are all the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas and FA LA LA LA LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XO, Pinky<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguz5lIh_AQVIWsdEsy2C_rfx25jQ5Z3J_RZ0tqYX4q988h-fwJhtEy8uGczcVMNit7tNrQtyYU9KqXWDM8VqlZ2Z8xhP5eeXqh-EvcXuhAxNV2YbrxIbZCuZpaYEK2nhbFYMZEq6en2UPh/s1600/IMG_0541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguz5lIh_AQVIWsdEsy2C_rfx25jQ5Z3J_RZ0tqYX4q988h-fwJhtEy8uGczcVMNit7tNrQtyYU9KqXWDM8VqlZ2Z8xhP5eeXqh-EvcXuhAxNV2YbrxIbZCuZpaYEK2nhbFYMZEq6en2UPh/s320/IMG_0541.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div>

~~~The GIFTS are Wrapped!!!~~~

Hi everyone!!! It is crunch time but I feel pretty good about being ready! Usually I am not this calm but last night I decided I was going to get all of the gifts wrapped and under the tree today. I haven't done my hubby's yet cause he is a BIG SNOOP!!!! He will figure out what is in the boxes:):) S…

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stick a fork in her

She's done. And Zelda is her name. She and I have spent so much time together it was only right to attach a name to my outbursts - as in, "Damn it Zelda, why didn't you tell me you had this big chip on your left side?!" (in the interest of full disclosure, she's been done for a few weeks, but with all the holiday hysteria, I've been <strike>lazy</strike> otherwise engaged and haven't taken her picture.)<br /><br />I gotta say I have never been this indecisive with a <a href="http://thelittleblackdoor.blogspot.com/2011/11/unpainted-arizona.html" target="_blank">project</a> before and I blame my new "try to plan things out, think ahead a bit more and don't just throw stuff together you freak" outlook. Many, many plans are on deck for our living room, which is where Zelda will live, so I had to plan for what she will be surrounded by in a few weeks (you hear that Luke) rather than what she is currently surrounded by so I'm not "sprucing" her up again down the road.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjkvEPflBrHIMbRVb4KQEkjXcdNLP8x4Fe91x9xK9p983d0gQBbvnR8Id2ZCKtIffLW6tCj5wGX-BWtEWwILCI5TFh1puJbKm_kUwYSm8gEtvz3Zq1yyaoidOF6w3CfhIwqPuetm_F7mf/s1600/PB080838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjkvEPflBrHIMbRVb4KQEkjXcdNLP8x4Fe91x9xK9p983d0gQBbvnR8Id2ZCKtIffLW6tCj5wGX-BWtEWwILCI5TFh1puJbKm_kUwYSm8gEtvz3Zq1yyaoidOF6w3CfhIwqPuetm_F7mf/s320/PB080838.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My $15 garage sale table - before.</td></tr></tbody></table>For example, she is sitting pretty between two old slipper chairs that could use new cushions. And while those aren't in the budget right now, Santa did get me some pillows I've been stalking on Etsy that will jazz up those chairs. Real nice Clark. (name that movie).<br /><br />So with the pattern on those pillows, as well as the pillows that will be going on the recovered sofa just across from Zelda (see I told you, many plans) there will be a lot going on. That nixed the idea of adding a pattern to the table, as I had originally thought. But Zelda has such interesting little details I did think she deserved a bit of flair to her.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkgtsKaF7VAtfNKbiPMROqljM_Ewsz7eWOXdnCcjYKuTArfM3dvXi4Fl7ShBmOXJdQ8Shhcjq51oWAqgJjAU1La1D2UaFmY28sY2QnYf3-R75nCmbHUTdEVxTPznfkGjrgtePKlGIb2_N/s1600/PB080837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkgtsKaF7VAtfNKbiPMROqljM_Ewsz7eWOXdnCcjYKuTArfM3dvXi4Fl7ShBmOXJdQ8Shhcjq51oWAqgJjAU1La1D2UaFmY28sY2QnYf3-R75nCmbHUTdEVxTPznfkGjrgtePKlGIb2_N/s320/PB080837.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor table top</td></tr></tbody></table>With all of this in mind I started with a paint color I had used on the corbels in my <a href="http://thelittleblackdoor.blogspot.com/p/kitchen.html" target="_blank">kitchen</a> by the name of <a href="http://nellhills.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=70&zenid=qvs601ahjnk0763r7jjdrnhv15" target="_blank">Dusty Miller</a>. Its one of those great colors that changes as the light changes. Its blue, its gray, its almost white at times. Versatile...and since I had some left over, free.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_dOlU3CVkVmCUDmRXIQDXMnHr5WzLPpn_WPrp9YqXux49k5WGwa-gzcRG2l6mVHG0OfDnaEcFUGKhypWYxNxNOhu-6fjL1fKrJ4a-luH-gFhYw58Bpjcmzxep3J2VdDPG3jmClHc5gQO/s1600/PC201946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_dOlU3CVkVmCUDmRXIQDXMnHr5WzLPpn_WPrp9YqXux49k5WGwa-gzcRG2l6mVHG0OfDnaEcFUGKhypWYxNxNOhu-6fjL1fKrJ4a-luH-gFhYw58Bpjcmzxep3J2VdDPG3jmClHc5gQO/s320/PC201946.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sanded and Dusty Miller'd</td></tr></tbody></table>I then added the smallest bottle of paint I could find - a tube of Martha Stewart Craft Paint (for wood) by the name of Highlands. I love the blue and green together. Oh Zelda, you will look so so nice with my new pillows.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMWuGaExSJHclhVphoIDVaDJgLz3jpqgHt2q7R0rhVE-lWds7tt6lU2dW6WE1_tw7bKUgLL8-7OzAQhL7sfxJgbriGvxY5mQzlQkCgyKDpckqeVq3hIUc43SVSrs8rQoGHqIVXsM6nUeL/s1600/PC201950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMWuGaExSJHclhVphoIDVaDJgLz3jpqgHt2q7R0rhVE-lWds7tt6lU2dW6WE1_tw7bKUgLL8-7OzAQhL7sfxJgbriGvxY5mQzlQkCgyKDpckqeVq3hIUc43SVSrs8rQoGHqIVXsM6nUeL/s320/PC201950.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My $15 table, after.</td></tr></tbody></table>I had planned for new hardware but whoever installed the current pull drilled two giant uneven holes, (Damn it Zelda!) so new hardware would have required filling in the holes with wood glue, sanding, re-drilling etc. And to be honest, once I painted the pull, I thought it worked for her. Every old girl needs a bit of funky jewelry.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWg8ie9sS_F54iM_Y_aVn4W6S1-6I8sBeEQl2uu2j2c_llJPXowtCehO9iccAXNFTm53Cz5R0NIV8_dHyTJR661cJ-Hn_CX-QT2RnTnosg4xOQbFLGBh565xpoK6xCDTV1LqyJVXnLH7V/s1600/PC201952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWg8ie9sS_F54iM_Y_aVn4W6S1-6I8sBeEQl2uu2j2c_llJPXowtCehO9iccAXNFTm53Cz5R0NIV8_dHyTJR661cJ-Hn_CX-QT2RnTnosg4xOQbFLGBh565xpoK6xCDTV1LqyJVXnLH7V/s320/PC201952.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />I love her 'dipped' feet and her painted...molding, for lack of a better word. I had painted all of the molding but it started to look a bit crazy even for me. So I followed that standard fashion advice - Look at yourself before you leave the house, and take one thing off - I'm paraphrasing of course.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjLg9zVyCqVfgW1w_hLb66Ojx3h5Kkr7zVX_Jry3tLLYNvtF4u8rbnANJXS-LCXjOS-rdu6l4WkKJGa1SVaNsD0VGloBo-WIUMtWs310LeYGdtI6AX-QRy-Kp7lBqYFmufxrba35YKYvP/s1600/PC201954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjLg9zVyCqVfgW1w_hLb66Ojx3h5Kkr7zVX_Jry3tLLYNvtF4u8rbnANJXS-LCXjOS-rdu6l4WkKJGa1SVaNsD0VGloBo-WIUMtWs310LeYGdtI6AX-QRy-Kp7lBqYFmufxrba35YKYvP/s320/PC201954.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Try painting those feet in a straight circular line. Impossible. <br />She will get a touch up after the holidays.</td></tr></tbody></table>So there she is. By no means perfect, but certainly a bit happier. And I love her, big chips, weird dents, flame-like hardware and all. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEG8ZKBPGOnE28VyeAtnmE_jkovBRmvM2AyXUMz_6mrvF7hWm6lDtNnXAKXtL4dGDZZDeRNYPJZZW7RpHuqlrRcbYOPPAANYf-3fNjTVWFRUw545EbbC1UUdiKSelUN6Ix4ag50hvPR8-_/s1600/PC201955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEG8ZKBPGOnE28VyeAtnmE_jkovBRmvM2AyXUMz_6mrvF7hWm6lDtNnXAKXtL4dGDZZDeRNYPJZZW7RpHuqlrRcbYOPPAANYf-3fNjTVWFRUw545EbbC1UUdiKSelUN6Ix4ag50hvPR8-_/s320/PC201955.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't tell from this angle, but I did paint her molding on all sides.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Her lower level has already become a landing place for toys and she has been a Barbie dressing room on a few occasions. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left;">Welcome to the family Zelda.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGazSwQnGWUfdXV_S9S0q04aTo2D5YGKbq61RctI_9uaehRguSTW5HC2136TrW-WeHCf7vSBkKY8njd7EUSiSR-uy7k7QWZQzfGONm1B0I9Cu-ookSyWZjgZQbTo563J_LWV2vPPtXltJ/s1600/PC201964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGazSwQnGWUfdXV_S9S0q04aTo2D5YGKbq61RctI_9uaehRguSTW5HC2136TrW-WeHCf7vSBkKY8njd7EUSiSR-uy7k7QWZQzfGONm1B0I9Cu-ookSyWZjgZQbTo563J_LWV2vPPtXltJ/s320/PC201964.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zelda dressed for Christmas</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you crossed any projects off your list recently? Have you ever tried to paint a straight line on a circle?</div><br /><br />

stick a fork in her

She's done. And Zelda is her name. She and I have spent so much time together it was only right to attach a name to my outbursts - as in, "Damn it Zelda, why didn't you tell me you had this big chip on your left side?!" (in the interest of full disclosure, she's been done for a few weeks, but with a…

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~~~Our Christmas Dining Room and Stairway~~~

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Sunday evening everyone! I hope you have had a great weekend before Christmas! We have been busy, busy!!!! I won't list all we have done but let's just say, lunches out, dinners out, shopping, 2 parties.....you get the picture! I wanted to show you our dining room all dressed up for Christmas. This Santa is called a Belsnickle Santa. My son gave it to me, I had admired several that he had so he gifted one to me and I LOVE it. I love the bottle brush tree he is holding and the pack on his back.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudRHUWgL0tOnnriVBNC4ez1ExenB14KKGLi4xUecHSUAyzcBRO37IpEQXca2-V7vNhedZQRgrVG54YnaVX54Ushm1tH37prD0RBU5bGsmREqmAAwV7iP8wkvdJEt4oDM_3SvEo5RZ7QdJ/s1600/IMG_0492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudRHUWgL0tOnnriVBNC4ez1ExenB14KKGLi4xUecHSUAyzcBRO37IpEQXca2-V7vNhedZQRgrVG54YnaVX54Ushm1tH37prD0RBU5bGsmREqmAAwV7iP8wkvdJEt4oDM_3SvEo5RZ7QdJ/s640/IMG_0492.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> Here is the table. I usually have a pretty gold and black beaded runner on here but this table cloth is also something I treasure. It was my in-laws and it was made in Italy, hand sewn and has 12 matching napkins! It is beautiful in person.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbJkUx3uANh27xwQNhwZjkOXx1Vijw1FUbuMRjPuNxk7fC4svI2OGj_V10_2mhAabRfALAYbGj26DSzSuzb1kx0D1pfTwrsks1ZA4vgqea4QL0BB5dUyB5cdGMrCAWcyp_KrrjujYR7WQ/s1600/IMG_0493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbJkUx3uANh27xwQNhwZjkOXx1Vijw1FUbuMRjPuNxk7fC4svI2OGj_V10_2mhAabRfALAYbGj26DSzSuzb1kx0D1pfTwrsks1ZA4vgqea4QL0BB5dUyB5cdGMrCAWcyp_KrrjujYR7WQ/s640/IMG_0493.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> This is the gold centerpiece that I showed you before, flanked by 2 large gold reindeer and then 2 sets of candles.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigncxedyIO8Sg3gZo3P08ooLbXrkfgGtSnhDzqWVc6L04Fgg8ovLlp5CJUEcepTmvqSOv4xtmWSGO1i7PBwdAPeKc9H_hyphenhyphenngHAu6Zeubdc0VDi1Fo5LS8_6AQyiQJTc_FW-6hgzYTPeLZL/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigncxedyIO8Sg3gZo3P08ooLbXrkfgGtSnhDzqWVc6L04Fgg8ovLlp5CJUEcepTmvqSOv4xtmWSGO1i7PBwdAPeKc9H_hyphenhyphenngHAu6Zeubdc0VDi1Fo5LS8_6AQyiQJTc_FW-6hgzYTPeLZL/s640/IMG_0494.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> On the candle sticks are 2 sparkly gold candles surrounded by pine candlerings to which I added some sparkly gold acorns. I LOVE sparkle!!!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKrt_QhQIQ_YpGNmW7pOuiGDERpbkhxOCJaLRBjvXb1s8l2jMpYGZWCfwdzWv8ao-93QZaq_7pmBTfsssuI1c2pVxqFkiOPxZ-nzKRl8alrdeEUvcWBbqqadup16jxAk15fVI8mtLkWrq/s1600/IMG_0495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKrt_QhQIQ_YpGNmW7pOuiGDERpbkhxOCJaLRBjvXb1s8l2jMpYGZWCfwdzWv8ao-93QZaq_7pmBTfsssuI1c2pVxqFkiOPxZ-nzKRl8alrdeEUvcWBbqqadup16jxAk15fVI8mtLkWrq/s640/IMG_0495.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> Then I have my tree candles. I will burn them on Christmas at dinner, probably.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQbLg2AMWhSjp4n7EW88bCPflMyf3ReJhOkqo7haiLiHuuEjJsl-hYzp2zynWG8zNvC81cizN4POLn5DCOH6E2WOjcJQZbOWzfOUY5Oe8tvGeGDTZWTtBz_lFfKjxvuTuVt1YhU92v-8M/s1600/IMG_0497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQbLg2AMWhSjp4n7EW88bCPflMyf3ReJhOkqo7haiLiHuuEjJsl-hYzp2zynWG8zNvC81cizN4POLn5DCOH6E2WOjcJQZbOWzfOUY5Oe8tvGeGDTZWTtBz_lFfKjxvuTuVt1YhU92v-8M/s640/IMG_0497.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> In one corner I have a collection of white santas on this tray table, another gift from my son.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AJ5NxgJhCwDljsTcT58SHxlKbDLQuxACDaCxo5qay-kM0fmWQJKoTkAt4ZMaR8RtGJeRNWwTqe-a-ZoJGXvP3zyb4bNtDIHrD3YxScmvSR1NUamIgrlS2N125IDsFvHPc32zhJZ7pNiq/s1600/IMG_0498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AJ5NxgJhCwDljsTcT58SHxlKbDLQuxACDaCxo5qay-kM0fmWQJKoTkAt4ZMaR8RtGJeRNWwTqe-a-ZoJGXvP3zyb4bNtDIHrD3YxScmvSR1NUamIgrlS2N125IDsFvHPc32zhJZ7pNiq/s640/IMG_0498.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeMOE07MDmfN6LjvR6ZwK3HeFJdDMsXoVFyZJw_FTc8dfDlD7wbmPm7tKMl0ZWBads4dJZBJmukfUpBN7GUmmeG-imITmseNMahSb0JVWHWNhjVu7HLpgWuXmFpF15j6shONK45f0pZMi/s1600/IMG_0499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeMOE07MDmfN6LjvR6ZwK3HeFJdDMsXoVFyZJw_FTc8dfDlD7wbmPm7tKMl0ZWBads4dJZBJmukfUpBN7GUmmeG-imITmseNMahSb0JVWHWNhjVu7HLpgWuXmFpF15j6shONK45f0pZMi/s640/IMG_0499.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLHad4Ll45JTfKVlBYnsS0tfZrM8yY-CBZDOBTGRethVC4TycUOjWq7Mkwc3zbjH0EsnW-7kJtSrBF5EnxWqsvb6GpNVAflVKiqW_LgIK3UYaLWuggGkyBUTesJKofLF26iT7sOxSG1Kd/s1600/IMG_0500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLHad4Ll45JTfKVlBYnsS0tfZrM8yY-CBZDOBTGRethVC4TycUOjWq7Mkwc3zbjH0EsnW-7kJtSrBF5EnxWqsvb6GpNVAflVKiqW_LgIK3UYaLWuggGkyBUTesJKofLF26iT7sOxSG1Kd/s640/IMG_0500.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> On the left wall is my server. I have a wall tree above it and the server is covered with more santas, 2 gold lit trees and 2 gold reindeer. Next to the server is a large Byers Choice Santa.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHknancp_lj3tlxIeAfT-v_N-xBAMXmtYFthgH9ar8UKuhEmXvCgIYetkAtNEL1ZjWKcsxBgGcFIRXpQO5y7y3f2y1y-4pX9_G-oKjAJt-fDTCzCdTKO6RSP4aCUNeVu2-O5WNmLKtoXn/s1600/IMG_0501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHknancp_lj3tlxIeAfT-v_N-xBAMXmtYFthgH9ar8UKuhEmXvCgIYetkAtNEL1ZjWKcsxBgGcFIRXpQO5y7y3f2y1y-4pX9_G-oKjAJt-fDTCzCdTKO6RSP4aCUNeVu2-O5WNmLKtoXn/s640/IMG_0501.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> I got him on SALE several years ago, and was thrilled because they NEVER go on sale! I really lucked out on this!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntjRWguzUo05ep6_6iOziJH4aM3XSf7vwGPMyhfvtTqGzY-JhfmbOdzQZESTIweqOKmulTTsceVowKZz7vc86As4QdOy_5vVoKBdpk_dSy3YntQQDrZk80g8t6cRCEV1_YF4U0gz3crJl/s1600/IMG_0502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntjRWguzUo05ep6_6iOziJH4aM3XSf7vwGPMyhfvtTqGzY-JhfmbOdzQZESTIweqOKmulTTsceVowKZz7vc86As4QdOy_5vVoKBdpk_dSy3YntQQDrZk80g8t6cRCEV1_YF4U0gz3crJl/s640/IMG_0502.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfpQR8YJfdZHmVONEZIHPLb3VoRJ6l3eLY9qpeC9R3lSsPRvzUwvzOvd77R_qCSLBifYt8s_57dMKdzye9HnQQbJW4L0RncmDjljhr1E9j8d3KX3accTsCNXheorxM_-QYGGDw-LgkZfx/s1600/IMG_0503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfpQR8YJfdZHmVONEZIHPLb3VoRJ6l3eLY9qpeC9R3lSsPRvzUwvzOvd77R_qCSLBifYt8s_57dMKdzye9HnQQbJW4L0RncmDjljhr1E9j8d3KX3accTsCNXheorxM_-QYGGDw-LgkZfx/s640/IMG_0503.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Jhb52Wh8WRGCmQButSMIvZRE8oNeVBZ_v1VmNiV5nTX9LNXZJtW0sH4SxrK7itc8HFv5jWauyPH2oV2XgGsp0xsZ1nEbyQhreZgYa0J7qIKmhAcRBpMMYIVbSHPZ63huef0tZ-hu8U5g/s1600/IMG_0504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Jhb52Wh8WRGCmQButSMIvZRE8oNeVBZ_v1VmNiV5nTX9LNXZJtW0sH4SxrK7itc8HFv5jWauyPH2oV2XgGsp0xsZ1nEbyQhreZgYa0J7qIKmhAcRBpMMYIVbSHPZ63huef0tZ-hu8U5g/s640/IMG_0504.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> some details of the wall tree.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-an6BfeG23BbeZ8CbVi1EomK8MUKfGW1P17Mvmua2rMFxkAmx7i_cTnnaR1bE4LwqfPOqms6B2G9zs8wL19dZhrX6NfRrZVKB94qNT6S_FYl5TtAS5vMuqlFbwLmiArH9GkEedIOI__OF/s1600/IMG_0505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-an6BfeG23BbeZ8CbVi1EomK8MUKfGW1P17Mvmua2rMFxkAmx7i_cTnnaR1bE4LwqfPOqms6B2G9zs8wL19dZhrX6NfRrZVKB94qNT6S_FYl5TtAS5vMuqlFbwLmiArH9GkEedIOI__OF/s640/IMG_0505.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00-xzt6oaxYOnGzMoTQ7aZjqapVPeXBKpxDHxPbW8mIBq3vFoS2WrAQUDfwERqJgSXUdkisGvkcyjapSQbW7GsiC7XI9N1AV3HSeQPLv3nOSNwXUNdSvarCpybPlAZBneZKDNJdIwD2AI/s1600/IMG_0506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00-xzt6oaxYOnGzMoTQ7aZjqapVPeXBKpxDHxPbW8mIBq3vFoS2WrAQUDfwERqJgSXUdkisGvkcyjapSQbW7GsiC7XI9N1AV3HSeQPLv3nOSNwXUNdSvarCpybPlAZBneZKDNJdIwD2AI/s640/IMG_0506.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> On this round table is a gold tableskirt, with a leopard overlay. I leave it on cause I like the look even at Christmas.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJzjBFVbvcg_0_1a4nwjTcYEbWtT6nBONy_9IEV8OiqCVjAGSqDmpfcvo-_wSTYUFMOu6GZ4N1lMSKBXQQFEFRDGBkhNRt9JJEql9-waRbPp-GpQ7xk0k-SQ3baIUlvzF-YOig5EtN4VN/s1600/IMG_0507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJzjBFVbvcg_0_1a4nwjTcYEbWtT6nBONy_9IEV8OiqCVjAGSqDmpfcvo-_wSTYUFMOu6GZ4N1lMSKBXQQFEFRDGBkhNRt9JJEql9-waRbPp-GpQ7xk0k-SQ3baIUlvzF-YOig5EtN4VN/s640/IMG_0507.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDScxGnfikEHoi-PEDP5OH8AgYawBGkINhLOhlm3smkVoiwRq7Cdg59O2-1FpuGSyE6aYoIm8gFg0MqLGSIrBBiJO6htW8pjaSXdNiM9T_ip0J3jZH3CKs9fq6rncyE_x4KPRx3Her3J_i/s1600/IMG_0508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDScxGnfikEHoi-PEDP5OH8AgYawBGkINhLOhlm3smkVoiwRq7Cdg59O2-1FpuGSyE6aYoIm8gFg0MqLGSIrBBiJO6htW8pjaSXdNiM9T_ip0J3jZH3CKs9fq6rncyE_x4KPRx3Her3J_i/s640/IMG_0508.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv8GLZ06pa1vdNtKHmQAYKO3H8kq7GxeCHT-XUxI5W4BqoA2MPmRb8cOcTIW_ubeAkL9802KRelCEymHudchFoVXjnYau8B0rUU5J2n-RmafGerOe3Q5TzA4Ac4xDU_BSmjNB1BBmtNHD/s1600/IMG_0509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv8GLZ06pa1vdNtKHmQAYKO3H8kq7GxeCHT-XUxI5W4BqoA2MPmRb8cOcTIW_ubeAkL9802KRelCEymHudchFoVXjnYau8B0rUU5J2n-RmafGerOe3Q5TzA4Ac4xDU_BSmjNB1BBmtNHD/s640/IMG_0509.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQP06unrxP8ucnq1Dv9B0LePW846nG4E18cXaRVAB7bhIBUAWUYUS0GXMli99CVwPflxmc-pt4ES3OB0mdinJdkPFZy-bADQU3RH-8P4CiTdOlWCFsRjlQjzLBZ8zCzUQKez43RlQiUBy/s1600/IMG_0510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQP06unrxP8ucnq1Dv9B0LePW846nG4E18cXaRVAB7bhIBUAWUYUS0GXMli99CVwPflxmc-pt4ES3OB0mdinJdkPFZy-bADQU3RH-8P4CiTdOlWCFsRjlQjzLBZ8zCzUQKez43RlQiUBy/s640/IMG_0510.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> This guy is new this year, I treated myself! The bottle brush tree is an old one, and I love the vintage ones.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldTdB9C-4PqxdpKxDmdGi8dZD72pyLDVpRDbspSxLKucdqKYBzcHW01a2PchH4drqg71OM_itLgZhCGAwDN1oXP4jFt-Dkwdw8X327IzBjCueUs2GsH9yle2rnUA2QfzWWshwIN9APPpx/s1600/IMG_0511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldTdB9C-4PqxdpKxDmdGi8dZD72pyLDVpRDbspSxLKucdqKYBzcHW01a2PchH4drqg71OM_itLgZhCGAwDN1oXP4jFt-Dkwdw8X327IzBjCueUs2GsH9yle2rnUA2QfzWWshwIN9APPpx/s640/IMG_0511.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> Pretty face on the tall guy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH18UmHHLbRFETVMv3Pq91tWau0LTPnc_cZWaXUA6oH5WUOuiFlmnAs3UfybHq2NO0ZVJ9KdOYKR7mt7wqVPhPcFJGMfmIq1le88OAsLDV222ikJuvMnZmr_nOyvPJ7GJJDiITjkEAxqTF/s1600/IMG_0512.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH18UmHHLbRFETVMv3Pq91tWau0LTPnc_cZWaXUA6oH5WUOuiFlmnAs3UfybHq2NO0ZVJ9KdOYKR7mt7wqVPhPcFJGMfmIq1le88OAsLDV222ikJuvMnZmr_nOyvPJ7GJJDiITjkEAxqTF/s640/IMG_0512.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoe3xu3iGy1_nSmb9n4s_meQhp0t_l0zRABnqfzPXK_jaLAf6u5bqdkDC7vBM1dxB634c3n6mqHsK7eYolkvlpawSr47EFXjoXNiUKjXAf4yu6A8Haq_RPNyuQicSJVSxfi-Jqcl2jqHE/s1600/IMG_0513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoe3xu3iGy1_nSmb9n4s_meQhp0t_l0zRABnqfzPXK_jaLAf6u5bqdkDC7vBM1dxB634c3n6mqHsK7eYolkvlpawSr47EFXjoXNiUKjXAf4yu6A8Haq_RPNyuQicSJVSxfi-Jqcl2jqHE/s640/IMG_0513.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa8bYsvvDcTjCFSJAl9ceeEgjG0n_JBI_6ZO6n5hrhKkXcqYnyjyKgdWdE6UeYTtKZfAVqwm3QBVKLDj8olO85SnDEc0OF2x1UfIPiSe8yYccCFVQJSI5aSzkdIDGEBsKwGohTxZafgp4/s1600/IMG_0514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa8bYsvvDcTjCFSJAl9ceeEgjG0n_JBI_6ZO6n5hrhKkXcqYnyjyKgdWdE6UeYTtKZfAVqwm3QBVKLDj8olO85SnDEc0OF2x1UfIPiSe8yYccCFVQJSI5aSzkdIDGEBsKwGohTxZafgp4/s640/IMG_0514.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> Yup! I even decorate the window sills in here:)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl88PbYq-wvbA6S1XGWdmnnoF9BOaplXtIwyrUaHUN7GLMxVST3x1yM7Okk5MvMH_mQG5livJiYZUXUTktApJTx7dfInyR7xAWejeVVrwk2whwkCXtmwhXpZDY9tLkyD8qt3VUpUOMJxRu/s1600/IMG_0515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl88PbYq-wvbA6S1XGWdmnnoF9BOaplXtIwyrUaHUN7GLMxVST3x1yM7Okk5MvMH_mQG5livJiYZUXUTktApJTx7dfInyR7xAWejeVVrwk2whwkCXtmwhXpZDY9tLkyD8qt3VUpUOMJxRu/s640/IMG_0515.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> On the right wall is the bakers rack and it is filled with some more Santas!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lXs4q3r6LaYiQHrx1De303NBEZqwXNFtsVjzGEpim_wc90dc3DogIlizaug_BulPlvDCsd6A2Xb3TCTKel-vN81E6TjJVPX_PIn9VCryOxaKus_k2fRhOhOKRXfIm4E1PSJHzorj5tVL/s1600/IMG_0516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lXs4q3r6LaYiQHrx1De303NBEZqwXNFtsVjzGEpim_wc90dc3DogIlizaug_BulPlvDCsd6A2Xb3TCTKel-vN81E6TjJVPX_PIn9VCryOxaKus_k2fRhOhOKRXfIm4E1PSJHzorj5tVL/s640/IMG_0516.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> These next 2 pictures are out of order, sorry. This is the middle shelf...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1_gfZZfRhbHuRjwP78bgVW9KuMd26x7UimBp0xZdGK67VV0Ot6ipcnFvgpMmEkkvjsxA9EMCjtvozXJrcFsT9oFhyphenhyphenUfXGfhswCddPBfF-K66bH5ZQ__5R-GOX8XvNqjPuouDZe_vy_JL/s1600/IMG_0518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1_gfZZfRhbHuRjwP78bgVW9KuMd26x7UimBp0xZdGK67VV0Ot6ipcnFvgpMmEkkvjsxA9EMCjtvozXJrcFsT9oFhyphenhyphenUfXGfhswCddPBfF-K66bH5ZQ__5R-GOX8XvNqjPuouDZe_vy_JL/s640/IMG_0518.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> this is the top shelf,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskWxprt5xLOSreUaQAdqk8cqHUrzaJinWIFe_jq-ooESatOesEBQ-Ki4r_p9CYmnPbwniw0mDm53Z2HZivFYZ_HbOOXvnj3m-Z3Ct7eSPub5rMMeKWCXsvFieoowfN_MiXUxuoiRxug0C/s1600/IMG_0517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskWxprt5xLOSreUaQAdqk8cqHUrzaJinWIFe_jq-ooESatOesEBQ-Ki4r_p9CYmnPbwniw0mDm53Z2HZivFYZ_HbOOXvnj3m-Z3Ct7eSPub5rMMeKWCXsvFieoowfN_MiXUxuoiRxug0C/s640/IMG_0517.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> and the bottom one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoAaYejZWWmM5xjVnNiZNFBS5DZsWyrioHR4IhLUs8cay7Pr1Xs49CYEjWeKoFKO_wO0_P540bvsK4zpaSvbKcSpoIhrqfkRCCDZo7TTgt_XR7QP7hpXFiMfdSDRjp-SYJypbH9DEYDze/s1600/IMG_0519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoAaYejZWWmM5xjVnNiZNFBS5DZsWyrioHR4IhLUs8cay7Pr1Xs49CYEjWeKoFKO_wO0_P540bvsK4zpaSvbKcSpoIhrqfkRCCDZo7TTgt_XR7QP7hpXFiMfdSDRjp-SYJypbH9DEYDze/s640/IMG_0519.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This is at the back of the house so the only people who see it are the ones who use the guest bath. This is what you see when you come out of the bathroom. The Santa is a Jim Shore.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThmrKRGGIha4bg7uT8VL3FfCCvkFyUnUH0zP_3tHfVKpLjlrmDcbzNCZULNbJ4U2YT-6eWmgGaQriidOggyhShQv0G4oXsrv2GPLOJHVVbEYtoOpT3iy7WC2uQL94R9tDL6WxHbLpcc6G/s1600/IMG_0526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThmrKRGGIha4bg7uT8VL3FfCCvkFyUnUH0zP_3tHfVKpLjlrmDcbzNCZULNbJ4U2YT-6eWmgGaQriidOggyhShQv0G4oXsrv2GPLOJHVVbEYtoOpT3iy7WC2uQL94R9tDL6WxHbLpcc6G/s640/IMG_0526.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> I used this pretty holly ribbon so incorporated a LITTLE red and mostly gold in the decorations.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUPKRpSIaQgsl7L_DIxCRHxxR6zlDLJi-hSjrymdF8zpBSzRieCGTdaGbHQmDv-6v9uq0Sz_D0WLZmR3EOG2BAYNqRlICM-_8cek05UO9VQBumF70wVu1na9ggC0VCCOhWBLYmtNJteXB/s1600/IMG_0527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUPKRpSIaQgsl7L_DIxCRHxxR6zlDLJi-hSjrymdF8zpBSzRieCGTdaGbHQmDv-6v9uq0Sz_D0WLZmR3EOG2BAYNqRlICM-_8cek05UO9VQBumF70wVu1na9ggC0VCCOhWBLYmtNJteXB/s640/IMG_0527.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> He has a battery operated candle in his lantern but I forgot to turn it on for you.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qouwSSTkwQt_DFgrgQlUaOCs0ShjN1Xjjkgeono9wx1cDXGTJ2Eb-m_xpeq77A0PAq0t3U7Vnb8Urc9E5BxokSspHYV2HG-YmEOlHgz_cNiQNucOd5GOo2N7QHJrRvyc1UZxyNmlrgta/s1600/IMG_0528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qouwSSTkwQt_DFgrgQlUaOCs0ShjN1Xjjkgeono9wx1cDXGTJ2Eb-m_xpeq77A0PAq0t3U7Vnb8Urc9E5BxokSspHYV2HG-YmEOlHgz_cNiQNucOd5GOo2N7QHJrRvyc1UZxyNmlrgta/s640/IMG_0528.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8AlXL4pxZuQhy3gmiDFvFKdhTrTiVTpctDZWSWKb3Mzpp5yNk2yybMbmMr_xDKm1SO3ODWBwJ1J4npqL_BKc5Q1nKHJzuhnN2odeVdHL3nYsHp6Sh2_73bMNZCvXULrc4ZdpdlzXe_OB/s1600/IMG_0529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8AlXL4pxZuQhy3gmiDFvFKdhTrTiVTpctDZWSWKb3Mzpp5yNk2yybMbmMr_xDKm1SO3ODWBwJ1J4npqL_BKc5Q1nKHJzuhnN2odeVdHL3nYsHp6Sh2_73bMNZCvXULrc4ZdpdlzXe_OB/s640/IMG_0529.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> Some pretty dancing reindeer, <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8v1edu-LRMTcGoFuWAR49HR_SanIJlQ4MbB_HmODzn6TJfG4rDtWyhZqR8T7hzs9gWN7hTE12q5tfVWE7oKMmrNQUiZopbxHaRUPw70Jp1ZEIns8U8DJVlMBPhXSnT7qXGbln6SG4tipB/s1600/IMG_0530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8v1edu-LRMTcGoFuWAR49HR_SanIJlQ4MbB_HmODzn6TJfG4rDtWyhZqR8T7hzs9gWN7hTE12q5tfVWE7oKMmrNQUiZopbxHaRUPw70Jp1ZEIns8U8DJVlMBPhXSnT7qXGbln6SG4tipB/s640/IMG_0530.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div> and some birds and pinecones.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HqfuZAblJkjOvLSr-QKCvK8rpnLijjpCiEcZ0uzt4EVWrKn3F7Da-JlKaOWVwwveBWjyXgWtTpXeA9XpztYMo04UIqrVIjMFqGLAENRS732inqMucwM8GgB1V2HpCqWd-G2rZYabHdtt/s1600/IMG_0531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HqfuZAblJkjOvLSr-QKCvK8rpnLijjpCiEcZ0uzt4EVWrKn3F7Da-JlKaOWVwwveBWjyXgWtTpXeA9XpztYMo04UIqrVIjMFqGLAENRS732inqMucwM8GgB1V2HpCqWd-G2rZYabHdtt/s640/IMG_0531.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0MKgxZS0zeEYcS2I_8dl7eT_zdDF4iGDJ_MOwEQLSX6gGvAc_lBK_55k-9G7cgAuZQ24mkvGeS72Lu8PMO3PUk4OS3boLgugiS0lf3oCL1jGGwUinbsBXpION_8iqoU313nFtH_WagFq/s1600/IMG_0532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0MKgxZS0zeEYcS2I_8dl7eT_zdDF4iGDJ_MOwEQLSX6gGvAc_lBK_55k-9G7cgAuZQ24mkvGeS72Lu8PMO3PUk4OS3boLgugiS0lf3oCL1jGGwUinbsBXpION_8iqoU313nFtH_WagFq/s640/IMG_0532.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div> I also love different shaped lights. I am on the lookout for some new ones for next year for the mantle too!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdaezt8WyfAwqy2JepTwx_jQ9Sv-40xvW1FiJumx5wpJ7_d8Bb6V5QR3YOmKf9kK5Othr2tkBm5onqhzFDFbrVKiimP_fWjG4MJI4xEQCa4K-tjTkHMobI9Hkx1pJ8OKKLjPqq3dalLc-/s1600/IMG_0533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdaezt8WyfAwqy2JepTwx_jQ9Sv-40xvW1FiJumx5wpJ7_d8Bb6V5QR3YOmKf9kK5Othr2tkBm5onqhzFDFbrVKiimP_fWjG4MJI4xEQCa4K-tjTkHMobI9Hkx1pJ8OKKLjPqq3dalLc-/s640/IMG_0533.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><span id="goog_1699957262"></span><span id="goog_1699957263">I hope you are ready for Christmas. I need to get the gifts wrapped. We have a party to go to tonight (Sunday) so I will schedule this to post while we are out. Next week I will be taking you downstairs! I will join these parties:</span><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Metamorphosis Monday at <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/" title="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Between Naps on the Porch</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Meet Me Monday <a href="http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com/" title="http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Motivated Monday at <a href="http://becolorful.typepad.com/" title="http://becolorful.typepad.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Be Colorful</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Making the World Cuter Monday at <a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.com/" title="http://makingtheworldcuter.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Making the World Cuter</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">More the Merrier Monday at <a href="http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/" title="http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">DIY Home Sweet Home Project</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Savvy Homemade Monday at <a href="http://www.homesavvyatoz.com/" title="http://www.homesavvyatoz.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Home Savvy A to Z</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Tabletop Tuesday at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/" title="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">A Stroll Thru Life</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Tutorials and Tips Tuesday at <a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/" title="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Home Stories A to Z</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Wow Us Wednesdays at <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/" title="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Savvy Southern Style</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">It's A Party on Thursday at <a href="http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.com/" title="http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">A Creative Princess</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Show and Share on Thursday at <a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/" title="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Southern Lovely</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Open House Party Thursday at <a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/" title="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">No Minimalist Here</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Share Your Creations on Thursday at <a href="http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/" title="http://kristenscreationsonline.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Kristen's Creations</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: #011541; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Remodelaholic's Anonymous on Friday at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #011541; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/" target="_blank" title="http://www.remodelaholic.com/"><span style="background: white; color: #919d39; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Remodelaholic</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Addicts (not so) Anonymous on Friday at <a href="http://blog.addicted2decorating.com/" title="http://blog.addicted2decorating.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Addicted 2 Decorating</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Inspiration Friday at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/" title="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">At the Picket Fence</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Feathered Nest Friday at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/" title="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">French Country Cottage</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: #011541; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Potpourri Friday at </span></span><a href="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/" title="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/"><span style="background: white; color: #919d39; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2805</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Saturday Nite Special at <a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/" title="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">Funky Junk Interiors</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal">Sew Darn Crafty Sunday at <a href="http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/" title="http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #919d39;">http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: #011541; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Sunday Showcase Party at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #011541; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/" title="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/"><span style="background: white; color: #919d39; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Under the Table and Dreaming</span></a></div><br />Christmas love to you all!!!!!! XO, Pinky

~~~Our Christmas Dining Room and Stairway~~~

Good Sunday evening everyone! I hope you have had a great weekend before Christmas! We have been busy, busy!!!! I won't list all we have done but let's just say, lunches out, dinners out, shopping, 2 parties.....you get the picture! I wanted to show you our dining room all dressed up for Christmas. …

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