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Happy New Year – Better Late Than Never

I hope that everyone’s 2012 is going as well as ours. Since it’s already February, I figured I better post some holidays pics before next Christmas. We had a fabulous holiday with Mom and Buddy coming out to Arizona for two weeks. I’ll be sure to post photos of all our adventures soon. Right now I want to show folks what we did for New Year’s. With the help of everyone in my family, I had my annual New Year’s Tea actually on New Year’s Day. It was so much fun!

Buddy was a tremendous hit and all my ladies loved him. They thought he and Mama Puff made a great couple. I have to agree! 😀

These crazy gals are getting ready to open their holiday crackers. I got mine at World Market after Christmas. That’s a great time to stock up on them.

Each cracker comes with a little trinket, a paper hat and a trivia question. I think the hat is my favorite part.

This is Minnie — I call her Minnie Mouse. She is so fun and a dear friend. She actually stayed long after everyone else had left. It was great just chilling out and visiting.

My sweet friend Lori.

Doesn’t everyone look so cute in their hats? I love them!

This is Evelyn and she reminds my of my father’s mother. She’s originally from West Virginia and is a true southern lady.

My momma with Julia — our amazing weekend bus driver. Doesn’t Mama Puff look awesome? It’s hard to believe just a few months ago she had open heart surgery!

This is Dee and she is such a peach! Buddy really enjoyed visiting with her.

We were so pooped after everyone left.

Per usual, my sweet Chucklebutt cleaned all the dishes and made the kitchen look spic and span. Thank you honey for all your help! And thank you Mom and Buddy for all your help. We even had Buddy making egg salad sandwiches. 😀

This is Mz. Kitty. She didn’t help at all except toss the occasional cat hair our way. We put up all kitties and once everyone was gone, they promptly showed their disdain by hopping on all the linens and clean dishes. Sheesh! That’s pretty impressive — she’s balancing on a bunch of tea cups.

Happy 2012 Everyone! I’d like to say that one of my resolutions is to be a better blogger — but that would be lying. I’ll do my best!

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like —

Christmas!! You know how annoyed everyone gets when they find that the day after Halloween all retail stores have put up their Christmas decorations?

Yeah, I’m really not one of those annoyed people. I love Christmas. I love the twinkling lights (please no LED’s), cookies, wrapping paper, Christmas trees, family gatherings and of course the anticipation. It’s always been about the anticipation.

I think my father may have taught me that. We would open a few gifts Christmas morning have breakfast, open some more, have lunch and then finish opening up the rest by late afternoon. I was never one to search high and low for my gifts. I always loved surprises and would be disappointed when the day was over.

My sweet Daddy had the philosophy that folks needed to ease out of the Christmas holidays. He usually would take my mother and I up to Gatlinburg, TN for a little post-holiday season fun. That way, we always had something to look forward to after Christmas.

Anyway, I love seeing everything decorated and only wish the season could be longer.

I have yet to start decorating my own house on account it looks like something out of the television show Hoarders. No joke. I’m painting my craft room and working on some pieces of furniture and my hallways are filled with boxes and crafting supplies. It is such a wreck!

Unfortunately, I have a short attention span. When I’m cleaning and organizing, I find that I get distracted quite easily. So while I was supposed to be painting my craft room last weekend, I found myself working on a Christmas wreath for my dear friend Grace. She has had quite a few health problems in the past two years and I thought this fun wreath would be a nice pick-me-up.

I love making collage wreaths. It gives me an excuse to buy all sorts of fun vintage nick nacks at thrift stores and antique malls.

This was the first time I used mica glitter on the ornaments. I used Modge Podge to glue the mica. It worked like a champ and I love the results. It reminds me of snow.