Holidays...

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I hope that your holidays have been the most excellent!.. They've come and gone so fast!.. like my paperwhites... and this weekend we'll be ringing in the New Year!.. Do you have any plans?.. We're doing our favourite... low key... chilled out... quiet night in... pulled pork sammiches and movies... LOVE...

How was your Christmas!?.  We got up at about 5am on Chirsmtas morning... well I woke up... and then I woke Chris up... I couldn't get back to sleep... there were presents waiting downstairs!  hehe... 

We've been eating lots... good and bad... Christmas eve we had a little of both... for breakfast... 

...but for supper... prime rib roast...

Christmas Day breakfast... after presents of course... toutons!.. 

...and toast... eggs... bacon... back bacon... and tea!..

...We cooked a 15lb turkey for Christmas... along with the traditional Newfoundland Jiggs dinner... not to toot my own horn or anything... but it was my best one yet... it was to die for... and we almost died because we ate so much!.. can you say turkey coma!?.

...and of course every turkey cooked must become Turkey Soup... 

I love the holidays!.. lots of friends around... lots of food to eat!..

We've been having some beautiful weather as well... when we got home from some boxing day shopping I noticed the sun beaming in the front room... onto the birds nests!..

...of course no camera can come out without a fur baby appearance!..

...I was back to work today... thinking I should have taken these three work days off... oooohhh to be off for just a couple of more days... my head is buzzing with ideas of things I want to make... and refinish... for the Vintage Chicks Sale this coming June!..

I've been thinking about New Years resolutions too... not usually my thing at all... but I've started a list this year!.. more to come!..

xo

Lacey

Christmas Bulbs...

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My Christmas bulbs are well on their way... the paperwhites are in full bloom... I love how they look... but they're stinky... not a great smelling flower...

...they're so pretty...

The three amaryllis bulbs... one is super tall... about to bloom... then there is one that is just starting to grow... then the third one is just getting underway...  I can't wait until these bloom... hopefully before this coming week is over at least one of them opens up!..

This weekend has just been go go go... Friday night we got home a little later than I was hoping from work... we had lots of little things to do because Friday night was our Christmas drinkie and nibblie night!.. everyone was arriving just as we were finishing setting up all of the nibblies so I didn't get a chance to take any photos...

Yesterday Furs and I braved the Chinook Mall... it was beyond intense there... next year I'm finishing my Christmas shopping during the summer!.. today... laundry and finishing the VERY last bit of shopping that I had to do!..

It's time to chill out and watch some Christmas movies with my Furbear... when he gets home from his last bit of Christmas shopping!..

Are you finished with your shopping now!?.  I hope so!..  It's time to rest... chill out from a busy 2011!..

xo

Lacey

Week Off...

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Some exciting things coming in the future... some Vintage Chicks news... while that is in the works I've got the week off to spend with my parents while they visit us!.. 

We've gotten the tree up and Christmas decorating done...

Last year I had all different coloured balls on the mantle... this year I stuck with red and white and silver... a jar of bows and two jars of candy canes thrown into the mix...  

All but one paper white bulb are doing great!.. and they're not getting direct sunlight this year so they're not getting out of hand tall... the Amaryllis... two of the three are doing okay... the biggest doesn't seem to be doing anything... pictures of those to come as they get bigger...

I've got a few containers of balls around the house... front room... kitchen... upstairs bed... and bathrooms...

AND found this awesome tree skirt idea on Pinterest... it was all hot glued together there... I hand sewed this one all down over the past two days... have run out of fabric for the ruffles though... have to dig around upstairs to see if I can find a few mores strips... more information on the tree skirt to come... ruffles... so easy... so many ideas floating around my noggin right now for ruffled items...

How goes your holiday decorating?

xo

Lacey