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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

12.22.2011

My Chintzy Christmas Decor

You're going to laugh. I just know it. So you can start chuckling now...

I decided not to go all out decorating for Christmas this year. Partially because of the drywall, framing lumber, and metal brackets blocking the storage door in the basement and partially because I just hate taking down Christmas decorations.

So this was my solution this year:

I hung over sized ornaments from the dining room chandelier.
 And then eventually got out the mini Christmas tree. I still don't know exactly where I'm going to put it but whatever. Probably either keep it in the middle of the dining room table, put it on the bookcase in the dining room or put it on the bookcase in the living room. We shall see this afternoon.

But y'all should know something. I still have one ornament to hang up on the chandelier. But I can't hang it up until I'm done sewing the burp clothes (pictures in the lower right corner of the above photo) because I'm too lazy to re-thread my sewing machine. Ok, laugh now. I promise that I'm laughing with you!

Also, from the above picture you can see that I have a few things to do:

1. Clean the floors.

2. Give a bowl back to someone.

3. Eat my apple.

4. Take care of the dying paperwhites.

5. Put away packaging tape.

6. Clean off the dining room table so we can eat on Sunday.

Yikes, that's a big to-do list. Sort of. Ok, not really. Most of it isn't that bad. But it in any case... I wanted to show y'all my chintzy holiday decor. Maybe I will get more into it next year.

1.02.2011

Christmas Is Over

 I took down the tree on Friday. We only had three presents underneath... thanks to my family's Christmas Gathering today. So... I decided it was time to take everything down. Now what's left seems so bare!
The bulbs are out of the glass vase and now I need some new ideas to fill it. Rusty thinks it should be treats. BUT I do have to say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the boot tray that I got at Bed, Bath & Beyond for $12.99. I was thinking about filling it with river rocks to help dry out the shoes and boots. Meh, we'll see how ambitious I get next week.

I also think that a trip to Ikea is in my future this week. Maybe looking at small buffet tables for the dining room or living room? Meh... we shall see...

Happy Sunday!

12.21.2010

Crap.

I ran out of Christmas cards.

You know, our Christmas card list is comprised of our wedding guest list.

There were 120 people invited.

That was about 75 addresses.

And now there's way more people on that list.

And I've only gotten through 18 cards.

Crap.

Crap.

Crap.

I will be furiously writing out more cards this afternoon.

Did I ever mention how disorganized I can be?

12.12.2010

Hey McTatty - Charlie Brown Wants His Tree Back

 Our cheesy Christmas tree. It looks so fake. Oh, well. This is what $16.99 gets you in 2003.
A close up of some of the ornaments. It's random. Sort of. Mostly from Ikea and then people keep giving us ornaments.

12.07.2010

Get In The Mood For Christmas



Because at this very moment I need some inspiration. I feel sorta Scroogy lately so I'm listening to Pandora's music channel. Not only do I like the Eagles, but this is one of my favorite Christmas songs.

So with a sigh, I'm giving in to the Christmas mood. I did put up the tree. It's a Charlie Brown tree. Seriously. I'll post pics later.