Christmas decorations 2011

: ) Thank you everyone for all the congratulations! You all put a big smile on my face. I am due in May and I agree I should not be on any ladders! I took a good fall this morning and it made me realize just how clumsy I've become! I'll be having an ultrasound the last week of the month and hopefully will know whether I'm having a boy or girl. I'll let you know. :)

Be careful!

I'll be more careful! Not sure if I've mentioned this but I drive a school bus and a new company took over my town's contract and the new place makes us fuel our own buses and this morning it was wet out and someone must of had a spill and not cleaned it up like they should have. So my shoes were very slippery and when I went to step over the doghouse to get into my seat I slipt and fell face first! My elbow and knee took the brunt of it. I have a couple boo boos lol :) I'm sure I am fine they say a women's wob is like the best air bag equipment in a car. ;)

Wow - you need a Michelin Man covering, Meredith!

Take care of yourself, Meredith ...let us know as soon as you know what you are having.....

Make sure hubby does the spring gardening chores!

oh goodness.. please be careful!!!.. makes me nervous just reading that

BE CAREFUL!!!!!
My nephew's wife's twin sister had her baby today Ava 8lbs 15ozs, Michelle is due next month with baby Michael

Nice big girl.

Ava is such a pretty name!

By spring I'll probably be trying to get myself to go into labor and purposely out there doing clean up lol! ;)

just make sure the ice passes first!!!

Are you finding out if it's a boy or girl?


We went to 3 different Christmas tree farms today and they were all sold out of balled trees...guess they don't dig to order anymore. So the fake one is going up :(

Why not a cut one??

excuse my mess but this was from a dear friend of mine.. the lilies smell great!!!

I love it!! Bet it smells good!! ^_^

I have a question...WHAT COLOR TABLE CLOTH DO YOU USE FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER?
I ask because I tend to shy away from white after once fiasco. :)

Very pretty Allison!
Celeste I usually do red but this year I am doing a runner no cloth.

What color runner Ronnie?

red or green would work

I do red since my center piece tends to always be green. Red just says Christmas to me more than green and I'm not a gold type gal!

we use the blue & white stuff once in a while too

I usually do red. This year I'm working on a runner. I'll post pics when it's done(I'm making it)

We usually have a white with pointepsettias printed on it.

Finished the tree today. Will try to get some pics up.

Victor! That was what the white was that got ruined!! It was hand embrodied by my Mother's Mother with red pointsettas and greenery on each cornor and in the center.

Oh, bummer! This was not handmade but is nice.

When all was said and done it had chocolate mousse and Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur on it.

I feel bad buying a cut one...rather be able to plant it out afterwards


I usually do red, this year I am using a green holly runner with round sparkly green placemats

I love chamboard .. mix it into my rasberry jam for thumbnail cookies!!!

Very pretty, Allison

I'll use white with poinsettias on it, too. My mom had 3 like it.

Very pretty centerpiece, Allison

thanks... smells so good in the dinning room now!!!.. wonder if the lilies release the fragrance overnight like outside.. much stronger smelling this morning... should buy some for myself in Feb when I can't take the winter anymore... giving me happy summer thoughts

Our favorite table cloth is a crate N barrel red cloth with a bare tree across it. It also comes with w white background. I haven't seen if they're still selling it this year. Otherwise, favorite table runner is from a painter's going out of business sale--it has angels flying all over it. No chance to get them out until maybe tonight, so we do have some red snowflake chargers from target.

Yup Jen I'm going to ask, hopefully the baby doesn't cross their legs! lol :) We got our tree it is huge! It was netted until we bought it so we didn't realize how wide it would end up. IT's at least 8 feet too. I let the girls decorate it and it only has ornaments on the bottom right now. I have to finish it tonight.

Congrats, Meredith. Do you work for First Student, by any chance?

Very pretty flower arrangement, Allison....lilies are the best any time of year! Pixie, I used a white tablecloth today....it is soaking in the washer with Lestoil on red pizza stains & chocolate ice cream stains....and the kids didn't sit at that table....I had placemats on their table....those are soaking, too!

DH is decorating the tree

outside house lights

another shot when it got darker outside

Very pretty!!

Pretty J