Snow Days {Where You Stop Being Sad & Start Being Awesome!}

Snow Days

Snow Days are Awesome Days You know those wonderfully unexpected unusual days where you are safe and snug, but stuck at home because of snow? Yeah. Those days are the best, if you are busy most other days like I am. On a snow day, you stop … ** Read more **

Random Snapshots {And Video}

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Here are a few little cell phone snapshots of the past couple of weeks... We finally got to make our Christmas cookies. My youngest daughter made homemade granola from her sister's recipe. YUMMY! We've been sitting by the fire (these … ** Read more **

All is calm. All is bright.

Jack the Goldendoodle

Because I know you are all wondering how I fared over the weekend (thank you all so much for your support and hysterical comments on this post!), I successfully dug the table out from under the avalanche. Go me! Ironically, as I was taking the top … ** Read more **

After the Christmas Tour. The Unraveling.

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After the Christmas Home Tour. Sometimes I just have to laugh. Or wonder what is wrong with me. HA! I see so many people with their homes seemingly (still) all decorated ... perfectly, shiny and pretty. They are hosting parties in their homes this … ** Read more **

My Christmas Mantel 2011

How to Decorate a Christmas Mantel

Well, the sun never came out (hello, Washington in December!) but in spite of the rather dreary day, I got a few pics of my Christmas mantel. While in our dining room I added pops of red this year, in this room I decided to go with a more simple … ** Read more **

Keeping Christmas Magical {Decorating}

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I spent a delightful few hours decorating for Christmas this week. Even though we have not brought out a single box of decor and have no Christmas tree yet (ha, did I say I was hosting a Christmas open house for you all?), it was still fun to get … ** Read more **