". . . ♪♫ christmastime is here ♫♪ . . ."

. . . ♫♪ happiness and cheer ♪♫

♫♪ fun for all ♪♫

♫♪ that children call ♪♫

♫♪ their favorite time of year ♪♫ . . .

i call it my favorite time of year, too

. . . a few before & afters . . . . . . this one's a little dark, but isn't that the point? . . .
. . . p.s. another gerbera daisy died

{moment of silence, please} . . .

. . . you'll be seeing a lot more of these colors . . .

". . . ♫♪ haul out the holly

put up the tree before my

spirit falls again ♪♫ . . .". . . come on in . . . . . . we

{& maggie, our antique lhasa apso}

welcome you . . .

. . . this leads upstairs

where amanda&brent

moved out of yesterday

{single tear [for me], but

happy new home owning [for them]} . . .. . . remember the quilt?

i found a happy home for it . . .

. . . this buffet belonged to my

great grandmother rogers . . .

. . . it's such a good sport

it just sits there & lets me decorate it . . .

. . . here's our normal

living/home teaching room . . .

. . . looking in from the entry way . . .

. . . gotta give a little shout out

to shesgotitall.net . . .

. . . love it! thanks so much

vicki, shalae & suzanne! . . .

. . . we let these two ↓ stand guard . . .
. . . some say this looks like

whoville or minnie's house . . .

. . . i say it looks like

many years of

collecting shtuff . . .

all in favor of thanksgiving
always being so early in the month
say 'aye'
i loved the "extra" week of november!
now . . . welcome to december

merry christmas
from our house to yours