Monday Musings...

 

I am so happy that I got my house decorated and ready for Christmas!!  I was procrastinating a bit because I needed to clean out a lot of stuff I don't use anymore.  My tree isn't seven feet tall now.  It is a three-four foot tabletop tree.  I don't need to decorate all the rooms anymore.  

I got it done!!  I put three bins of stuff in the front yard and wrote FREE on it.  I posted on our community Facebook page that I put decorations out there.  It was gone, all of it gone, almost before I got back in the house!!  Yay!!  AND a neighbor came by to see my floors and said she heard about the free things I put out last week and was sorry they were out of town.  I took her to my car and showed her what was left in two boxes.  She took three or four things and was happy to get them.  I'm a happy girl!!

Here are some photos of Christmas in my house...

The wooden deer and sleigh were made by a friend of the family a bunch of years ago.  It comes apart for storage.  My mom made the Santa and the Angel.

My little tabletop tree is just right for me.

On the shelf just inside the front door...

Just a few things on a sofa table.  My sister painted the snowman scene on a piece of slate; Joe gave me the stuffed Santa that says I Love You; BFF Elaine made the ceramic snowman that is also a music box; my mom crocheted the tree; and a few other things that I sat there.

The sideboard has my Advent Candles and a few other things.

Dining room table with a glass tree centerpiece.

I bought this a bunch of years ago at a craft fair, and that is where my Christmas cards will go when they start arriving.  It hangs between the kitchen and dining room, at the end of the cupboards.

There are a few more things around, here and there, but I am pleased and should be able to put it all away in one storage box when Christmas is over.  Mission accomplished.

Peace and Hugs!

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...