Happy 2008!

I wish you all a Happy New Year! I am looking forward to what 2008 will bring!

Jen

Ready for the Weekend!!!

I'm ready for the weekend! Hopefully I can rest a little :) Christmas has come and gone and now we are getting ready to get ready to celebrate the new year 2008! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you a very Happy New Year! How do you celebrate New Year's??? Have a wonderful weekend! Jen

Merry Christmas!

I wanted to take a few minutes to wish you a very Merry Christmas! I hope Santa brings you and your family everything that you have wished for!

Holiday Home Party Hosted by Karla's Cottage

Karla has done it again! She is hosting another party :) I thought I would come to this party too!

So, welcome to my home this holiday season! I have already posted several favorites in my home during this month. Here are a few more things in my home that I love! This is in my breakfast area. Here are my kitchen Christmas towels :)

Next, I love this plate. I don't know if you can see the angel or not, but it has an angel on the plate. I love the verse that is on the plate! "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow". I love it! More angels... I love angels! Our Christmas tree! We did our tree in colored lights this year - there are lots of memories on our tree! All of the ornaments are from my husband's childhood and my childhood and of course all of our children's ornaments! :) Bandit even has his own ornament :)The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...

I have enjoyed this party! Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

Patiently waiting...

Happy Hump Day! I thought I'd do a post to kill some time - I am waiting patiently for the doctor's office to open. (Actually I have been pacing the floor.) My daughter was up at 4:00 this morning complaining about her stomach hurting. She has been complaining alot about her stomach lately, but not in the middle of the night. So, I think it is time to pay the doctor a visit. Please say a little prayer for her that everything is ok -

Thought I would share this little corner of my counter top with you.

Here are some apples and berries sitting on a table in my kitchen.

Isn't this the cutest little red bird???? :)I hope that Elizabeth feels better tonight. We are going to grill steaks - today is my wedding Anniversary!!! 9 years today! Happy Anniversary Chris! Time flies when you're having fun!!! :) Hope you enjoy your Wednesday.

Jen

UPDATE: I appreciate all of your comments about Elizabeth! I appreciate all of the prayers :) She is doing much better. She has a problem with her belly, but we are getting it under control. Hopefully in the next couple of days she will be good as new :)

Little Table...

Hope you are having a great weekend! I have shopped and wrapped all weekend~ I have enjoyed it though. I am so glad that my husband and I have just about finished all of our shopping. This probably sets a record for us! Now, we will be able to just enjoy the rest of the season without having to worry about fighting all of the traffic and crowds to find that perfect gift.

This little round table is in my Family Room. I love my small, but tall white snowman and my candy dish - it also has a snowman on. Let it snow, let it snow. I don't see any snow the Alabama forecast though :)

Here is a closeup of the white snowman! It is a tea light :>)

See my little cany dish with the snowman. I love it and the Andes mints in it too... mmmm....

I hope you have a great Sunday!

Santa's Coming to Town

Happy Saturday! I am exhausted! Chris and I shopped non-stop all day! We are taking a little break right now. I guess I will get started wrapping presents in a bit, no better time to get started! I thought I would share a few of the many Santa Claus' that we have around our house. My hubby came with many Santa's when we got married!

Here are some of Chris' Santa's. I have them lined up on the piano!

This Santa below... Chris' Great-Grandfather made - isn't he beautiful? This is the most cherished Santa in our house! :)

Here is an old train that my Grandmother gave us a couple of years ago!

These are a couple of Santa ornaments that are on our tree!

Here is a Santa that is in the Powder Bath.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Well, my husband and I shopped all evening and plan to get up early in the morning and get at it again. Hopefully, we can finish up all of our Christmas shopping tomorrow :) It is beginning to look like Christmas around our house! Here is a picture of my breakfast area.

Here is a close up of the ornaments that I tied on with ribbon on the light over my table. :)

Below is a wreath that my Grandmother made many many years ago. Way before I was born :)

Have a good weekend!

Jen

Happy Thanksgiving!

I thought I would take a break to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! I have been busy tonight getting all ready for tomorrow - we will have a busy busy day tomorrow, as I am sure everyone will! :)

I have so much to be thankful for - I will list a few before I get back to work while the rest of my family is getting their rest for tomorrow :)

On the top of my list is my family! I am so thankful for my family! I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband and three wonderful children! I am thankful for my mom and dad - my one and only brother. I am thankful to have two wonderful grandmothers to still get to share the holidays with! I am thankful for my aunts, uncles, cousins and in-laws. I am thankful for my home & everything in it! I am very thankful for my health - I am thankful to be able to get out of bed every morning! There is so much more, but I will stop here! I am also thankful for all of the sweet ladies that I have met in the blog world! I hope that each and everyone of you have a blessed holiday!

Jen

Fun, Fun and More Fun

Wow, it has been one week since I have posted! Time flies! We had a wonderful weekend in Fairhope visiting my brother and sister-in-law! Time went way too fast! The weather was absolutely beautiful while we were there! We did some window shopping in the shops in downtown Fairhope! What a neat place :) We got to see the Veteran's Day Parade too! Here are a few of many pictures that I took.

The beautiful sunset!!!!!

Today is my step-daughter, Maria's birthday! (I definitely claim her as my own!) HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY, MARIA!!!!!!!!! She is a wonderful daughter!!!

Off for the Weekend.

I've just been busy tonight getting ready for the weekend! We're all packed up and as soon as Elizabeth gets out of school tomorrow, we will be off to see my brother and sister-in-law in Fairhope! I am SOOO excited :) They got them a new house and "fixed" it up - I can't wait to see them and their house! Bandit is at my Grandmother's for the weekend. He loves his Grandma, but he just whined and whined when we were leaving him. POOR THING! Hope everyone in blogland has a wonderful weekend! I am looking forward to the weekend!

For Girls Only...

Look at this rug that I got from T.J. Maxx for 5 bucks!!!!! It goes perfect in my powder bath.

I love this bathroom! Purses, shoes, hats...

and LOVE...

Potting Table

OK, do you remember the potting table that my hubby made me for my birthday??? Well, here it is a month later. I finally painted it! Not sure that I picked a good color, but it will do for now. :)Hope you have a good afternoon!

First of November

Goodbye October! Goodbye Halloween! Where did October go? I always look so forward to Halloween and then it just comes and goes! We had a lot of fun trick or treating lastnight! Elizabeth ended up dressing up like Ariel The Little Mermaid. She looked mighty cute :) Even though October has come and gone so fast, that is ok. Now we get to look forward to Thanksgiving! The love of family and food - what could be better than that???? Happy November to you!

Sitting Area

Happy Saturday to you! :)

Here is a picture of my sitting area in my foyer. I thought I would share my new lamp with you. I bought this little lamp at Old Time Pottery for my kitchen. Well, I didn't like it in my kitchen since it has gold on it, so I figured it would look good in my foyer right in between my two chairs. I like it there! (for now!!!!) :>)

Hope you all have had a good week. I missed blogging during the week. For some reason, my week was busier than usual! I hope to catch up on reading my favorite blogs later tonight! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Jen

I've Been Tagged...

I've been tagged by Michelle at I'm A Little Teapot to tell 7 things about myself. How exciting! Thanks for thinking of me, Michelle! Here is my list:

1.) My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving! We get together with all of our family and it is about the family, not the gifts! :) (Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas too when we get to watch the kids open their gifts! :), but Thanksgiving is my favorite!)

2.) My favorite food is Mexican!

3.) Speaking of food, Monday through Friday, my breakfast usually consists of a mountain dew to drink and a pack of peanut butter crackers or peanut m&m's. Am I healthy or what??? :)

4.) I love candles! Especially the fruity smelling ones!

5.) I like to drink my milk with ice in it!

6.) I am afraid of spiders! All spiders! They give me nightmares :( Just ask my husband!

7.) My husband and I met while working together at the ice skating rink!

Ok, now I am to tag 7 people! Tag, You're It!

Tina at Cherry Hill Cottage

Kim at Daisy Cottage

Becky at Sweet Cottage Dreams Michelle at Vintage Pasitiche'

Karen at My Yellow Farmhouse

Jen at The Cottage Nest

Karla at Karla's Cottage

More pumpkins

ok, I have moved some of my pumkins around to a what I think is their permanent place now. I ususally move my pumpkins around several times before I find a real home for them for the season! They are now on the front porch. I have two small columns right at the steps that they are sitting on. I also moved a few of my mums to the steps. Mr. Scarecrow is sitting on our favorite glider. Every now and then, he'll just have to scoot over ;)

Last but not least, I put these three pumpkins on a big big rock in one of flowerbeds.

I hope you enjoy your Saturday!

Jen

Things on Shelves

I thought I would share some things on two of my favorite shelves with you.

Here is one of the shelves that is in our family room.Kim Anderson was the theme of our wedding in 1998. This plate was on the table next to our Guest book :)

Another favorite shelf in our family room with all on it being gifts to me! :)

TGIF! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!