A visit from Paulie

I have to play catsup....I've been so bad at posting so....you are in for a upload. Paul and his friends dropped in long enough to say hi and get a spagetti dinner. It's was so fun having him show up on my door step. Hey, by the way your all invited anytime....we have plenty of room!

Yep....she gave him one!

My Boys!

I love my boys! 5 Grandsons........

Early Christmas!

We entertain alot...always having someone over for dinner. So I wanted new dinnerware. Centerpiece free...tablecloth yard sale...dinnerware of course on sale!

Christmas 2009

Here are some pictures of my home.....

I have to have "Texas" long horns from the mission days.....

Yes, I have a Monk it goes with the decor!

Reindeer

Last year Emily had made these darling Reindeer. I decided to copy her idea which she found at Pottery Barn $99.00 each. This was the big project this year for Alan to do. He cut some twigs from our 300 year old oak tree and wala, wala....

Christmas 2009

This is the first time in 3 years that I have been home for the holiday's! I've had so much fun decorating. However, Alan doesn't like things to be changed so I had to limit myself to what I could decorate to make "my man" happy. There are some advantages to living in Southern California....I wanted my house to smell festive so I went outside and gathered oranges, lime, and lemons all from my trees. Add cinnamon sticks, cloves and you have instant potpourri. Cost? Free!