The Main Event

 

Today is Christmas in our bedroom.

This little area next to my closet.

The black cabinet in the back is Bob's.

He keeps his Bi-Pap supplies in there.

Also his Bi-Pap machine is next to the bed.

I don't want to mess with it,

so it is in the pics.

View looking in coming from the hall.

I did a simple faux tree in here.

I made the stockings and the large candy cane. 

Rye baskets and wool in this hanging cabinet.

Candle and pair of mittens to the left.

A prim Santa hanging on the right.

My little bucket bench that I use for my shoe collection.

One of my many red and white quilts.

Stitched this up years ago on Onasburg fabric.

Found free cross stitch images online,

and just stitched it up...wanted it to look like

a small wreath of images.

Sold these Santa's years ago.

My creation.

The pillow was given to Bob and I from 

an antique vendor when we first got into antiques.

This person is now a vendor in our store.

We still remain friends all these years.

A vintage bulb on top of some fresh cranberries.

The Noel pillow I stitched up as well.

Sold these at the store at one time too.

Love the darling colonial girl print.

Noel up close. 

Used the leftover coverlet pieces from

when I sewed up the stockings.

Corner view with more quilts.

Antique pierced tin lantern.

I so love these.

Pumpkin pine cabinet.

Windsor chair display.

Top of cabinet.

This Child's chair is a repo.

I plan on painting black at some point.

Leather books.

More of my handmade Santa's.

Did not make any this year.

Small crock jug and ink holder.

Another Santa hanging I made.

The other one I purchased from a friend.

My desk.

I always wonder who sat at this one...

and what they did.

My side of the bed.

Foot of the bed.

The stockings hanging I sewed up from

 antique coverlet pieces.

Tucked in a coverlet red heart with greens.

In other news,

only 20 days until Christmas now.

Do you have your shopping done?

I do thankfully.

Just have to do my Christmas cards now.

We are going into a cold spell for a few days now.

This mornings low was  5. Brrr

The high only in the 20's. More Brrr

At least I do not have to drive to work again

until Monday and am working from home today.

Tomorrow I am hosting my family for 

Christmas dinner.

Just my siblings and their spouses...

and of course my mom.

Will do another dinner for the kids either

Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

Hope everyone stays warm and has a festive weekend!

Main Event Blessings To All!

Janice

Living For Christmas Part 2

Hello friends.

Hope all is well with you.

Here is the second half of our living room.

Antique blocks with a Santa I made.

One of my antique Santa's with reindeer.

My second antique feather tree with antique

cotton spun fruit ornaments.

Again I was unable to find more 

to add to my tree this year.

I chose to place my latest Santa here.

Santa topper on my third and last 

antique feather tree.

This tree has vintage cotton spun bells on it.

 Finally a lil display on the side table

by our couch.

In other news,

driving home from work Monday,

an elderly lady had gone into the marsh.

Her front end was in the water up to her

  front door.

The rest of the car was in mud.

Fortunately for her, the water level

is much lower than normal in the marsh.

She might have been submerged if higher.

I found out later she was alright.

Yesterday I turned 67.

Yes it was my birthday.

Bob took me out for dinner.

I had Mango Chicken Tacos.

He had a Fat Slim Ham Sandwich...

similar to the Slim Jim's that Big Boy has.

73 days to my 6 week sabbatical...

then I have to report back for one week,

then retirement. YAY

My boss called to wish me a Happy Birthday.

She then said,

"You could give me a birthday present

if you said you were staying"

I laughed and said "NO"

I know she will miss me. 

Saundra asked what the round piece was

from my last post.

This is an antique riser.

I purchased this at an antique show

years ago.

The dealer told me it was an early lazy susan.

That is incorrect.

It would have been used in a store to elevate

a display the shopkeeper wanted to show off.

I chose to elevate this display.

Now I must get my butt to work now.

 

Thank you again who comment.

I so appreciate each and every one.

Re-Living For Christmas Blessings To All!

Janice

Living For Christmas Part 1

 Hello friends.

Next up is half of our living room.

My prim Santa...

In his very own sleigh.

Am disappointed that the nose on

my Arnett Santa scraped off.

Now I have to find the time to paint it.

Do you notice another character?

Ever since my grands have been little,

I hide elves for them to find.

Another Arnett Santa with my leather deer.

This antique feather tree has a small

collection of vintage chenille Santa's. 

Except for this one glass antique one on the left.

The other corner of our living room.

I even added a candle and small wreath

next to our crock lamp.

Our red curtains are actually red throws

that I attached to clips on a rod.

I purchased these years ago at 

primitivestarquiltshop.com

This is the same online shop I purchased

our coverlet for our bed.

In other news,

the big snow storm was a dud.

It did snow, however the rain came in.

Then yesterday it did snow some more.

Not enough to cover the grass though.

Other parts of Michigan got it much worse.

We did test my mom for a UTI.

She does not have one.

Her hemoglobin has gone up to 10.

This is better than it was.

Hopefully she will get better.

It is in God's hands.

Thank you to everyone who commented

from my last post.

I appreciate each and every one of you

who take the time to comment.

It means so much to me.

You all are the BEST!

Living Christmas Blessings To All!

Let Christmas Begin

Hello friends.

With Thanksgiving over,

it's onward to Christmas.

From now until mid December sometime...

I will be posting every other day

as I always do for the Christmas Season.

Today starting with my 2 mantles.

Hope you enjoy this year's tour of rooms. 

In other news,

Thanksgiving dinner was a hit.

My sister did not disappoint.

The food was delish.

If you went home hungry shame on you.

No one went home hungry...trust me.

It was nice seeing my kids and grands

all together.

We caught up on things.

We all sat together at the table,

including my mom.

However my mom did not interact with us.

She just focused on eating her food.

Very odd, but it is what it is.

She is still lashing out at my sister.

Does not want to do her home therapy exercises.

Lied to me saying she was doing good,

when I know she is not.

Even after dinner asked her to show me a few.

I knew she was cheating on doing them....

because the ones I asked her to do were

the same ones I had to do myself when

I had my frozen shoulder issue.

I did call her out on it.

She did not lash out at me though.

I also told her if she does not want to help herself,

then she would not be going back to her home.

She had out patient therapy yesterday,

and lied at the questions the therapist asked.

My sister told me what happened.

I have no idea what should be done.

It is so hard because I love my mom...

but if she is giving up then who knows what

we should do.

We are planning on having her take

a dementia test in January.

My sister now thinks she may be getting it.

Guess she needed to see for herself.

Looks like some snow is moving in today.

Anywhere from 3-6 inches.

Tundra will like it.

Let Christmas Begin Blessings To All!

Janice