Herbie and Jabby- Puppy Love

Oh, this is so cute!

Where is Spring?

Ah, yes, here it is. . . . .



Have a tea-rrific day!

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Happy New Year!

Thought I'd share some of my holiday decorating with you:

My Winterberry table setting

One of the baskets I put together for friends.  It had a layered soup in a jar, layered cookie mix in a jar, a little cookbook, some homemade chex mix, candy, dog treats for their dachsund and an ornament.

My kitchen table centerpiece

My coffee table centerpiece

My fireplace Santa

My mantel.  All in Santas.  The two pictures are of windswept Santas.  Just love those.

My living room tree.  This is the one with a lifetime of sentimental ornaments.

One of the ornaments from the "pink/gold" tree in my dining room

Snowflake ornament from my pink/gold tree

Snowman ornament.  He looks so happy!

Dining room place setting

My dining room table.  This is the first year I've set it up with my Winterberry collection.  All I needed was some people to enjoy dinner off of it!  Oh, well.  Maybe next year.  It was pretty to look at anyway. 

I had the outside lit up, too, but my camera doesn't take good pictures at night.  It was lovely, though.  Still lit, too.  Getting together with family on Friday, so I'm enjoying them for another week!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Here's a wonderful tribute to the meaning of Christmas!

School's Almost Over

I've been taking a class on how to write a business plan the last few months, so I can try to seek out some capital for VL&L.  Almost done, one more exam left.  Then it's on to completing my plan.  Should be done sometime in the spring.  Wish me luck!

Getting back in the swing

Obviously, since I haven't been posting, it's been a hectic last few weeks.  Took some time off from work over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Shopped just about all day Wednesday, put together my Christmas cards, prepared Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, shopped the morning of Black Friday, served Thanksgiving dinner Friday afternoon and have been decorating ever since.  I'll add some pictures to this post in the next few days.  I've been mad at my camera of late as it keeps giving me blurry pictures.  Very frustrating. 

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.  On to Christmas!