THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!

Boy ... I have been so busy ... between work and getting ready for my brunch

on Saturday ... but I did take time to take some pics of my house all spruced

up for the holidays! And I wanted to stop in and say hi to all of you!! Thank you

to all of you that faithfully read my very insignificant blog! I feel as though we

are all friends! Here are the pics (don't forget ... if any is cut off, click on them

for a full view):

I love old Shiny Brite ornaments!! I have a ton of boxes of them!

I save vintage bottle brush trees ... here are a

few:

Here is one of my brothers and myself (I was

about 15 months old) on Santa's lap in 1961:

Here are all three of my brothers

(before I was born) on Santa's lap in the 50's:

This one you will definitely need to click

on for a full view -- I didn't want to take

too much of the right side of it because

that where our paper shredder is.

I mentioned in my last post that I had a

funny story about one of the brunch gifts

I gave to the girls. About 10 years ago,

I did a garden brunch and for the favor

for them to take home, I purchased herbs

and little terra cotta plants. I was going

to replant them into the little pots. Well,

my Dad was a master gardener and he

sweetly volunteered to replant them all

for me. Once he got them done,

he brought them by my house. I set

them on the entry table the morning

of the tea. Well, once the tea was over

and I start to let everyone take

their herb, we notice there are ants

everywhere ... in the plants, on the table,

everywhere! I found out my Dad had

used soil that he had outside that

had ants in it and he never even noticed.

My Dad has now been gone for 7 years

so this is just another one of those fond

memories that I have of him! :-)

Next post I will be sharing my brunch

photos and menu!!!