Sickie-Poo!

Hi everyone! No projects today because I am sickie-poo :o( I've run my engines dry I guess and I'm taking a day of rest so it doesn't get worse--too much to do over the next few weeks, ya know! So, I thought I'd share a few more holiday pictures with you of my family at the Christmas Tree farm this past weekend.


If you haven't entered for my WOJ blog candy yet and wanna see more Christmas pics---go to this post!
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Me, my daughter Alexa & son Riley at Snickers Gap Tree Farm in Bluemont, VA. We're standing in front of the tree that now graces our family room--all 11 feet of it! This farm has acres & acres of the best trees evah'--we go every year & finish it off with hot cider in the barn! It was a beautiful sunny day in the low 40's--perfect for "tree hunting" as we call it, lol!

My daughter, son & hubby with our first cut-down--the blue spruce that is now beautifying our rec room. My son actually hauled this all the way across the farm to the barn where we check out--I still remember chasing him around as a toddler trying not to lose him in all the trees, lol! How time does fly! (of course he got sick the next day, so now I feel guilty about him tuggin' the tree, lol)

Oh, my silly kids! My daughter always decorates the tree in her Santa hat & we have Xmas music blaring the whole time! That of course is my son making faces behind her back--typical! And yes we have to use a ladder to decorate the tree, but not till Mom (me) strings all the lights--which in this case we ran out of (GASP)! I thought I had extra but didn't, so we had to pack up & run to Lowes to buy a cart full of white lights (can't run out again)! Typical for the Dean family, LOL!

I hope your December is starting off Merry & Bright! I'll be back tomorrow with some more projects for ya!

hugz,

Suzanne

Christmas Pics & Blog Candy!!

Happy Wednesday everyone! 22 Days & counting my friends!! I had a wonderful time with my friends at my holiday luncheon yesterday. Lots of yummy food and fun talk! Thanks guys for kicking off the holiday season w/ me :o) I'm sharing some pictures with you today of my house decked out for the holidays--I haven't finished the outside yet so those pics will come later this week!

***THIS IS POST #1 FOR TODAY--I WILL BE BACK LATER WITH MY WHATCHADOIN' WEDNESDAY CARD FOR SUINK!!!***********
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This is the yummo-licious blog candy that I'm offering up for a lucky someone! Katharina of Whiff of Joy gave me (so generously & kindly) 2 awesome holiday stamps, Snowman Herb & Charlie 007 for ya! I'm including this wonderful glittery dp by DCWV and 2 spools of holiday ribbon too (including a wide gold Offray ribbon that is from my favorite stash)! So if you've been wanting some of these fun holiday WOJ stamps, now's the time to enter.

You will be able to enter until Friday (12/5) at 11 pm (EST) and I will announce the winner picked by Random.org on my Saturday blog post. Just leave a comment at the bottom of today's post answering this question, "What's your biggest wish for the New Year?".

And don't forget to visit Katharina's blog for the Whiff of Joy Advent Calendar Event. Every day until Christmas a new window opens up to reveal the "surprise gift" you can win each day. So hurry over there and see what's up!
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I had to share a picture of one of the wonderful gifts I got yesterday (thanks & hugz to you all) from my friend Alex. She's a wonderful & talented sewer and she made me this decorative pillow matching up my blog header and colors to perfection. Isn't this the prettiest "blog pillow" you've evah seen? It's going on a shelf in my craft room. You can see more of her projects on her blog Sew Cute by Alex!

Below is the slideshow of my trees and inside of my home. I wish you could see my trees IRL becuz' they don't show up as pretty & sparkly in pictures~ I will upload pics of the outside when we finish it up. (CLICK on slideshow to make LARGER & see captions)

That's all for now folks, I'll see ya back here later today with my SUINK card. While you're waiting make sure and visit the SUINK blog to see more inspiration for this Wed's Challenge--"White Christmas"! My card is done, but I wasn't able to get good picture of it yet--no sun :(

hugz~~Suzanne