Bored With Winter

 We have been lucky to have a few warm days, days with sunshine, scattered here and there in between the super cold days. Not much snow, but hopefully when springtime shows up the rains will come and save us all.

Naps on the front porch have been mandatory for some of us as we get through winter and wait for the daffodils to pop up and say HELLO.... I am springtime!

  If you lay in the sunshine and close your eyes, you can always imagine that spring is here.

 Valentines day will soon be here as well.... I love it, because I am somewhat of a selfish girl

and love the flowers, cards, and absolutely anything red or pink that arrives on my doorstep that day.

 In the meantime I am hiding in the house playing with phrases on my letterboard.

You really should get one and let your imagination go a bit crazy.

Signed,

just a girl bored with winter.

Just Because

 Just because I am already OVER winter and the near zero temperatures for WEEKS now,

 I am posting old photos of daffodils, because the warmth of yellow just makes me feel so much better,

 

than the gray days that winter offers us outside our windows.

Even the pups are over it and sad that so many hours are needing to be spent indoors.

Can you hear his heavy sigh?

Pigs Fly

When pigs fly.... that's when I'll stop having fun at Christmas time.

Have a holly jolly, ya'll, and instead of stressing over what to give who, and how big the Christmas ham needs to be or what to serve with it and which dishes to set the table with,

just be jolly and enjoy this special time of year.

That's how we roll around here.

(having more fun with my new letter board) 

 

What's Happening Around Here

 Here's some updates for December at our house.

A package or two have now appeared beneath the tree, and somebody is applying the 'snoop' factor.

She pokes at the bulbs each morning as she comes out of the bedroom,

and now that nose is poking at packages.

AND HIS poking nose has discovered his dads' already unwrapped Christmas present sitting out in the driveway.

These two pups don't let anything new around here get past the smell test.

 With all of the nighttime light already in our driveway, I'm not sure it needed any other statement,

 but, what's one string of lights going to hurt?

 I added a third red truck to my Christmas fleet on the mantel, and this one is a Woody sold by Target.

I love that the Target red trucks don't cost an arm and a leg as some of the trucks do this time of year.

 I also added one ornament to our tree, because who can resist a little pink reindeer with a look that harkens back to the look from mid-century?

Not I.

This is also from Target, and they had such great Christmas decor and tree items this year.

Kudos to Tar-Jay!!

 Do you light your tree often?

Ours are on a timer and pop on at 7AM until around 10AM, and then again from 5PM until 10PM.

We went to a lot of work to put it up and decorate this full sized tree this year, so we are going to enjoy it as much as possible before it's time to take it down and tuck it away into the basement.

You should too.

It's sort of akin to using your best dishes on a daily basis rather than just once or twice a year.

'Enjoy Things While We Can' 

 has become our motto as we've gotten older.

And, last but not least is the letter board which will display

small and fun messages throughout the year.

They are a great gift for that person you just don't seem to know what to buy.

I couldn't find a large one here in our town.... they seem to be sold out, but this 12x12 does nicely next to our wine cabinet.

And THAT my friends, is what's happening around here.

Hope your Season of Giving is going smoothly this year and everything is falling into place just as you had planned.

MERRY CHRISTMAS