~New Year Wishes~

Hello Friends!

I wanted to get on and wish each and everyone of  you a Happy New Year.  I've had tendonitis in my wrist, so typing is a little challenging.

In the New Year, I wish you the best year you've ever had, and that each new year will be better than the last.  May you realize your fondest dreams, and take the time to recognize and enjoy each and every blessing!

Thank you all for your friendship and encouragement during the past year.

Blessings,

Terry

~Merry Christmas To All~

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?  It came without ribbons.  It came without tags.  It came without packages, boxes, or bags.  And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore.  Then the Grinch thought of something that he hadn't before.  What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.  What if Christmas, perhaps, means a bit more.  ~ Dr. Seuss

Good evening friends!  I have been so blessed this season with health, family, and wonderful friends.  Mr. Moon and I decided not to exchange gifts this year.  What could we possibly want or need that we don't already have.  So our Christmas gift was giving to someone who really needed it.  Of course that didn't stop Mr. Moon from completely surprising me with a little goodie.  He was running errands one day and spotted this little snowman window.  He is such a sweetie!

Our kids live so far away, and with their jobs they won't be making the trip home, so we will be spending Christmas Eve with our dear friends this year.  We have known them for 25 yrs. and we've been through bad and good times together.  

On Christmas day, my mom, and sister will be coming for dinner.  I was worried about the weather at first, but it seems we will be having rain instead of ice on that day.  Whew!  All the snow we have on the ground now will probably be gone, so no white Christmas, but hopefully a safer one in our area.

My little pooches are ready.  We had them groomed last week, although they don't look like it.  We only had them bathed and trimmed.  It's been too cold for a full groom.  It was Benny's first time, and he did really well.  They thought he was a sweetie, and he even sat out front with the receptionist in her lap until we picked them up.

Here's my pretty girl - Olive Oyl.

And here's little squirt.  He's up to 12 lbs. now so he is filling out some.  He was so tired from the ordeal, he was sitting up sleeping!  hahaha!   He is such a comedian we laugh at him all the time.  He and Olive O are becoming really good buddies.

Benny Bean -

To all of my blogging friends, and wonderful followers - A very Merry Christmas!

May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,

The gladness of Christmas give you hope,

The warmth of Christmas grant you love.

~ Author Unknown

Till next time,

Terry

~A Few More Christmas Pics~

Hello again friends!  

Wow!  Another post so soon?  Haha!  I've been tweaking.  It's the best part isn't it?  I noticed after I took the picture, my favorite snowman has lost an eyeball.  I'll have to fix that tomorrow.  Poor guy can't walk around with just one eye!

 

 

I put this little wreath on my kitchen window.  

This picture didn't turn out very well but I think you can see it okay.  This is on my table next to my couch in the Living Room.  I've had that Snowman bag for years, and it's the first thing I bring out for the holidays.

Someone ask me where I got my bottle brush trees I have displayed.  I was lucky and won them on Ebay about 5 yrs. ago.  There were 68 of them in the lot, and I was thrilled when I won.  Mr. Moon calls them my forest.  hehehe!

We had our first snow fall this morning.  Only a 1/2 inch, but it was so pretty looking out my window when I got up.  Benny Bean was so funny when his paws hit the grass.  He didn't know what to think.  Olive O sure did though.  She had the most disgusted look on her face!  She cracks me up!  She hates snow!  It's all gone now, but tomorrow we may get some more.  Yeah!

I better get this posted and head to bed.  Mr. Moon has some blood work that needs to be done in the morning, and I need to go grocery shopping.

Till next time,

Terry

~It's Starting To Look Like Christmas~

Hello Friends!

Hope this post finds you all merry and bright for the Christmas season!  I've been slow getting decorations up this year.  I was moving right along, then decided to pull out my refrigerator and clean behind and underneath it.  Not a good thing to do when my back was acting up anyway.  I grunted and scooted, and got it moved out okay, but when I tried to push it back, I pulled some muscles again.  You'd think I'd learn!  Mr. Moon was gone for the day helping Santa, and boy I wish I had waited until he got back.

I didn't do as much as I normally do.  In fact, I didn't even put up one of my bigger trees.  I used a 4 1/2 ft. for the living room.  It's doesn't look too bad and I think I'll like not having as much to put away after Christmas.

The tree has a combination of handmade, antique, and prim ornaments on it.

I did this little display on top of the Apothecary chest.  I painted the Merry Christmas sign on the wreath.  Oh, after I took the picture, I added one more tree.  haha!  I noticed I had an even amount, and that would have driven me crazy to look at it that way all season.

I sat a small twig tree in the homemade antique potty chair in the kitchen.  I made the snowmen heads out of paper clay a few years ago.

The pooches and I took a walk out to the back of our property and cut some pine branches yesterday.  I put them in one of my crocks on top of my mustard cupboard also in the kitchen.  I think I need to trim them back a bit, but Mr. Moon liked how it looked, so I left them for now.  I love that little Olde Sleds sign that Kath made.

More bottle brush trees surrounding a handmade log cabin on top of my kitchen cupboards.  This was a Christmas gift from my best friend a few years ago and I just love it.

This is the top of my clean refrigerator.  Ha!  The tree is not decorated yet.  Can't find the gingerbread ornaments I put on it.  I painted the civil war Santa on the paper mache oval in the shelf, and made the paper mache snowman.  Mr. Moon carved the wooden trees.  The big wooden Santa was made by a teacher I worked with years ago.  I'll be tweaking this some more.

Last one is a little display on my small red cupboard in the kitchen.  More bottle brush trees, and some more goofy snowmen I made.  I got the church years ago in a shop.

 

I'm sure I'll be tweaking here and there as time goes on, and my back feels better.  The only thing we did outside is put wreaths on all the windows.  I may put my sled on the front porch, and that's it.  

I've so enjoyed seeing all of the Christmas decor in blogland that you all have shown.  You all are such an inspiration!  Next on my agenda is Christmas baking.  My favorite thing to do while listening to Christmas music.

I do hope everyone is enjoying the season!  I'm wishing for a white Christmas this year!

Till next time,

Terry

~Thanksgiving Wishes To All~

I wanted to hop on and wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving before I head to bed.  I've been busy getting our new little pooch settled, and cleaning.  Cleaning snowballed into rearranging kitchen cupboards, organizing things differently, and taking some things to Goodwill.  Ha!  Once I get on a roll, I can't stop!  The good thing is now I'm ready to start decorating for Christmas as soon as dinner is over tomorrow.

Our little guy is going great.  We have named him Benny, and I call him Benny Bean.  It just suits him.  He is a funny little thing, and he and Olive O has become good pals.

I did get a make-over finished last week.  We got this little table at a yard sale last summer, and it sat on our front porch until I decided I better do something with it.

I painted the bottom black, and waxed the top.  The top is a little lighter than what the picture shows, and the black is not that shiny.  Not bad for 5 dollars!

Wishing you all a very Blessed Thanksgiving!

For those who will be traveling - safe journeys!

Till next time,

Terry

My Halloween Treat

We adopted this little guy today.  We've been wanting another pooch for a while.  We've been looking on and off for about a year.  I spotted a couple on the web site of a shelter near here that were possibilities, and today was open adoption from 1 - 4 pm. 

The two we went to look at were not a good match for us or Olive O, and we spent a good amount of time with each to make sure.

This little guy was in a pen behind us the whole time, and I kept looking back at him.  He was so sweet, and just a tiny little thing.  I bet he doesn't weigh over 9 or 10 lbs.  Olive absolutely loved him, and so did we.  He was found running around in a corn field about 2 wks. ago, in pretty bad shape with fleas.  He still needs some grooming, but we'll wait a little on that until he gets settled in better.

Mr. Moon is calling him Henry, but I haven't decided yet if that will stick.  He does sort of look like a Henry though.  haha!  I'm in love with the little guy!  He is so quiet and so sweet, and fits right in our family.

That wasn't a bad treat at all for Halloween!

Hope you all had a good day!

Till next time,

Terry