Surprise Gift!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings, friends!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends and are able to take a deep breath and relax a bit now that it's all over!  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for my gang, we're still cleaning up bits of wrapping paper here and there, as well as starting the daunting task of Christmas "take down." (ugh)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, before I forge ahead, I simply had to give a "shout out" to my sweet husband for surprising me with this beauty for Christmas:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxA-0kFZfnIpmptT7RZwShk1LalPrSAxXvAIfvR5-LabT1wk5Qy64d8c21QlTkOvvapy3AJjxJ_uD8luCnNy3pnPxymD01UfLkT4bFY-4JgUAq-KhcPeC8PzzF036tYbnMeRSXTl-qiA/s1600/camera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxA-0kFZfnIpmptT7RZwShk1LalPrSAxXvAIfvR5-LabT1wk5Qy64d8c21QlTkOvvapy3AJjxJ_uD8luCnNy3pnPxymD01UfLkT4bFY-4JgUAq-KhcPeC8PzzF036tYbnMeRSXTl-qiA/s640/camera.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had *noooo* idea that he was going to do that and can't wait to get to know it better (although, admittedly, I'm a bit intimidated by its fancy lenses and *grown up* features)!  If you're a Nikon D3100 owner and have any tips and tricks you'd like to share, I'm all ears!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Until then, you can find me in an OCD panic, as I deal with boxes, glitter and *mess* everywhere!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy New Year!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>Becca</em></strong></span></div><br />

Surprise Gift!

Greetings, friends! I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends and are able to take a deep breath and relax a bit now that it's all over!   As for my gang, we're still cleaning up bits of wrapping paper here and there, as well as starting the daunting task of Christmas …

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Oh, Christmas TreeS!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yup, it's me ... again!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just when you thought you were done seeing my Christmas  posts, I thought I'd spring one more on ya' before the big day!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll make this easy though ... not many words ... just pictures of a few things that I had yet to share.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First up, the tree in my husband's office ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KYhtlmz-3cxJtJAkTSbiQ0OOdmozCvqbboAtHD6gps9Ar7c4GJwVZZXJ0JiPCktYRbJL1HUm-7-zU3JDIFwAv_uVj7GSiJEG8I7UYwK2ItH6-DuPMrBc9-m0SWYqwxZDKEhg8ejQNg/s1600/xmastreeoffice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KYhtlmz-3cxJtJAkTSbiQ0OOdmozCvqbboAtHD6gps9Ar7c4GJwVZZXJ0JiPCktYRbJL1HUm-7-zU3JDIFwAv_uVj7GSiJEG8I7UYwK2ItH6-DuPMrBc9-m0SWYqwxZDKEhg8ejQNg/s640/xmastreeoffice.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dressed in deep reds, dark greens, golds and browns and another crazy tree topper ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzn-1RSZqBWayyyf2YHskAZvrUxPziM9oX0EXgtUzY8EKURUfiM_1wtk3JGr1dcRaY0PRh1MU8iiAJk0RrJYG8Y_IiM1pOd71kT6gGD1euGGfMJJNBtbyq4mmcYa3BhpOGCyToqtbxQ/s1600/xmastreeofficeclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzn-1RSZqBWayyyf2YHskAZvrUxPziM9oX0EXgtUzY8EKURUfiM_1wtk3JGr1dcRaY0PRh1MU8iiAJk0RrJYG8Y_IiM1pOd71kT6gGD1euGGfMJJNBtbyq4mmcYa3BhpOGCyToqtbxQ/s640/xmastreeofficeclose.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">full of our "12 days of Christmas" ornaments,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqSYgDsLkNCW1oe9-c9bfKb3dpqjSiZA42OHbbcJJB6s9eU7XsJxzX8EEtiLAzEcmia8ciwBVvrOvFkvVMm1hFnkKrcdizQO4uJXNitMi2GdvjHakLAxRN4KAPIwCUy6-S33Ej_Twxw/s1600/xmastreeofficeorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqSYgDsLkNCW1oe9-c9bfKb3dpqjSiZA42OHbbcJJB6s9eU7XsJxzX8EEtiLAzEcmia8ciwBVvrOvFkvVMm1hFnkKrcdizQO4uJXNitMi2GdvjHakLAxRN4KAPIwCUy6-S33Ej_Twxw/s640/xmastreeofficeorn.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrHM0_mlKK7QS2ic876U_vLxujfv_YvxbVB6dbxv4Wj5p5hpbXzlJ7uap8S9bXLBSael6sJqpcwkzJnb3isxyin3U7j7Qnn_Q_qqO6HBLHpoFKDTYtZdkjEkR_1sgf8hX2MY8n-kK5g/s1600/xmastreeofficelantern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrHM0_mlKK7QS2ic876U_vLxujfv_YvxbVB6dbxv4Wj5p5hpbXzlJ7uap8S9bXLBSael6sJqpcwkzJnb3isxyin3U7j7Qnn_Q_qqO6HBLHpoFKDTYtZdkjEkR_1sgf8hX2MY8n-kK5g/s640/xmastreeofficelantern.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">along with a vintage golfing Santa or two.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZQkmU18rXvdgSywsPdjrsIdl-KE5zBoARTgHKhE_kZfxZbZMa9AC7UUkQqw3QCpZUMqqngQnAifjVTvFWfQGFihPCdyBxvBIN-vu_ytEck9WknyAFMKnPlkL9h_FPSsqeLopeIDjxg/s1600/xmastreeofficegolf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZQkmU18rXvdgSywsPdjrsIdl-KE5zBoARTgHKhE_kZfxZbZMa9AC7UUkQqw3QCpZUMqqngQnAifjVTvFWfQGFihPCdyBxvBIN-vu_ytEck9WknyAFMKnPlkL9h_FPSsqeLopeIDjxg/s640/xmastreeofficegolf.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving on over to little man's playroom ... you never know who you'll find on his tree ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-pcHBAoN_wRGvszEwGG0Uyb1RHlYitv5qGP1zWaVGbi-LQn7DyriyoBn1L4Zh-nfO0izk2ymka9JfFAVc6e5F9mQmykgd8QLoy0Fwo18K8issX1U37GAADwviNP2515i9kFai6pdKQ/s1600/xmastreejaxplay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-pcHBAoN_wRGvszEwGG0Uyb1RHlYitv5qGP1zWaVGbi-LQn7DyriyoBn1L4Zh-nfO0izk2ymka9JfFAVc6e5F9mQmykgd8QLoy0Fwo18K8issX1U37GAADwviNP2515i9kFai6pdKQ/s640/xmastreejaxplay.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's Frosty flying around,</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4blLETsX83o5kAq00gL_-LfhVA4e8iY37soLgTM5tTCMHZL_ghfbFUFoGPTl0MsHUf4UuuvAs0-hiO12pk6HNyMrebDNzsdbxYk-FrX9PZDzP6yFYpkXhyBim7KMPgPBIby-a5LI2Qw/s1600/xmastreeplayfrosty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4blLETsX83o5kAq00gL_-LfhVA4e8iY37soLgTM5tTCMHZL_ghfbFUFoGPTl0MsHUf4UuuvAs0-hiO12pk6HNyMrebDNzsdbxYk-FrX9PZDzP6yFYpkXhyBim7KMPgPBIby-a5LI2Qw/s640/xmastreeplayfrosty.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and even a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ready to attack anyone who dares to mess with any of the ornaments.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7e-Af4i7tt-MfOuyz6jDPKIiBEKowywZKkjdLhoP9aCKVAKja0AWMhwz4KhjQxshVNPwTu0VweMGl0UFBGKbUcl3wmgc2uRHvCtw8JO1yO3Z2FFT8SxDC6CuDLbP0adttWWsAEZ3Dw/s1600/xmastreejaxplayninja.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7e-Af4i7tt-MfOuyz6jDPKIiBEKowywZKkjdLhoP9aCKVAKja0AWMhwz4KhjQxshVNPwTu0VweMGl0UFBGKbUcl3wmgc2uRHvCtw8JO1yO3Z2FFT8SxDC6CuDLbP0adttWWsAEZ3Dw/s640/xmastreejaxplayninja.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Jax's bedroom, I added a small table-top tree:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbTDZbze9wh-iUI71MHTnnGNybaPaCfhMr-qerqnRFa0t6Jvo9lxjWyd5rnX2qXGHaMBhgKicUTbG9Hl8LIZO4ilnoDhQajWEcERjySmp0ZSpbrl9nufkfIz16cA-PbonXZdr_S7sfw/s1600/xmastreejaxbed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbTDZbze9wh-iUI71MHTnnGNybaPaCfhMr-qerqnRFa0t6Jvo9lxjWyd5rnX2qXGHaMBhgKicUTbG9Hl8LIZO4ilnoDhQajWEcERjySmp0ZSpbrl9nufkfIz16cA-PbonXZdr_S7sfw/s640/xmastreejaxbed.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dressed in all things sports.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM1BL465g5YrpKenyshBDOb7CaWeVvAAv55foWzXwUCs6tQsrgvuzl2PCdiEJh-ODDLmQzIiWNqrGQYS9kKmwIlBEevwQh5yGM7Cs4fcg2DpTM_59AFATcOF_hpkovqNLXV4npP-cmw/s1600/xmastreejaxbedorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWM1BL465g5YrpKenyshBDOb7CaWeVvAAv55foWzXwUCs6tQsrgvuzl2PCdiEJh-ODDLmQzIiWNqrGQYS9kKmwIlBEevwQh5yGM7Cs4fcg2DpTM_59AFATcOF_hpkovqNLXV4npP-cmw/s640/xmastreejaxbedorn.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, sp*eaking* of sports ... step on out to my husband's man cave, where I treated him to a NY Yankees tree (my apologies if you're not a fan).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2EoCutMcj8g-nJHJ8Qj9sRIYCTormUFFO7eYOUuBeh-rrnHOm1rB0DRivSaltSIFsdh_ypCnsWG-aRo9FzfBxlaYtcATUxsBQCw8q5OnCiLn2sdamSKOSGQlmXIiVJ6OVIQBBLtkpw/s1600/xmastreeyankee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2EoCutMcj8g-nJHJ8Qj9sRIYCTormUFFO7eYOUuBeh-rrnHOm1rB0DRivSaltSIFsdh_ypCnsWG-aRo9FzfBxlaYtcATUxsBQCw8q5OnCiLn2sdamSKOSGQlmXIiVJ6OVIQBBLtkpw/s640/xmastreeyankee.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For fun, I added a few things you'd find on a day at the ballpark, such as popcorn,</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm1OB7XAtB0WPEvhadRID5auKA9bHQSqdbzZctqCh5LC23kq40VO2FcUcTVyKPQvKx63eArBhJFCs9T6chUvg-fOC81k1_5I45VtMS25RSVHiDfkng5XjHdFJlsJTzyvSBsyG0WuOrg/s1600/xmastreeyankee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm1OB7XAtB0WPEvhadRID5auKA9bHQSqdbzZctqCh5LC23kq40VO2FcUcTVyKPQvKx63eArBhJFCs9T6chUvg-fOC81k1_5I45VtMS25RSVHiDfkng5XjHdFJlsJTzyvSBsyG0WuOrg/s640/xmastreeyankee1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">boxes of cracker jacks and an ice cold Budweiser.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuPWrdbHigRxMVj1_cH1WtLCK0DPAiPmVne-j6VT8DDXbPpE7T-XmQ8Km3sBhg-khCiZxAAv-0JnfvEWxC7e4TqnutWJAOF7x42w9HO9OG9692wWczHMuNVGqR8_8T08iBfnNV8AvCw/s1600/xmastreeyankee2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuPWrdbHigRxMVj1_cH1WtLCK0DPAiPmVne-j6VT8DDXbPpE7T-XmQ8Km3sBhg-khCiZxAAv-0JnfvEWxC7e4TqnutWJAOF7x42w9HO9OG9692wWczHMuNVGqR8_8T08iBfnNV8AvCw/s640/xmastreeyankee2.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, we'll cruise on over to our bedroom.  This tree is dressed in colors of blues, creams and golds to match our room's color palette:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoVqpE9ItXDHf7zgHvjb8nm_GSQPmR0nZs4gPbVNN2CKpAh7a9vR24NcR5QqK2G-H2Fz3SoUnpFNlEgrNrk7z-aiDdKOiA_v_KAhGRu7COwBg5m1xhIRDBHq9zx-xgFxtHu382hV6IQ/s1600/xmastreebed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoVqpE9ItXDHf7zgHvjb8nm_GSQPmR0nZs4gPbVNN2CKpAh7a9vR24NcR5QqK2G-H2Fz3SoUnpFNlEgrNrk7z-aiDdKOiA_v_KAhGRu7COwBg5m1xhIRDBHq9zx-xgFxtHu382hV6IQ/s640/xmastreebed.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fleur-de-lis ornaments (from Dillard's) sparkle in the light,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0Sk334pnoC-NOshwUQEaN3qmCpDqyTg3et0gnalw5HVSu3owsw51iOdjN33EBB0YHZN2OMv8upanSWOOJQMa6hl1wxDqE3mgrBZhYmMny431e8W30R7IdzPaQ-KVd55Bkn71kJyHuQ/s1600/xmastreebedfleur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0Sk334pnoC-NOshwUQEaN3qmCpDqyTg3et0gnalw5HVSu3owsw51iOdjN33EBB0YHZN2OMv8upanSWOOJQMa6hl1wxDqE3mgrBZhYmMny431e8W30R7IdzPaQ-KVd55Bkn71kJyHuQ/s640/xmastreebedfleur.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as do words of "Joy,"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Pszq-sfOZuGK3ueRT_iG4Dn5ABMUPrqX1dILxYkP1N-uqHR3yyYwDOeF4LD0trKed6gLCPpoKP6eoKRIpLI88uo54ccDuuKXsD-aVDLOuE_x_CHsdp2WKlvL_f12xpR5nSJXFoiRg/s1600/xmastreebedjoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Pszq-sfOZuGK3ueRT_iG4Dn5ABMUPrqX1dILxYkP1N-uqHR3yyYwDOeF4LD0trKed6gLCPpoKP6eoKRIpLI88uo54ccDuuKXsD-aVDLOuE_x_CHsdp2WKlvL_f12xpR5nSJXFoiRg/s640/xmastreebedjoy.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a wild and crazy tree topper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORmrPIfs6JCzqP-sGsB6AX0Ebws8OoDFaJHvhtSm2izsJ0SImnuTHKGU9fillnRiJ4oAxTXHi1tknXyOUnTT2r4e5fuHBhISPIm1UnFIsAlWocDBUSY0iySTbfFxl5nHsaajyXh7GUg/s1600/xmastreebedtop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORmrPIfs6JCzqP-sGsB6AX0Ebws8OoDFaJHvhtSm2izsJ0SImnuTHKGU9fillnRiJ4oAxTXHi1tknXyOUnTT2r4e5fuHBhISPIm1UnFIsAlWocDBUSY0iySTbfFxl5nHsaajyXh7GUg/s640/xmastreebedtop.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a bit sad that, not only will our trees be coming down next week, but our festive Christmas cards will, too (idea from Pinterest),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CTvYaEVUGeaTaXb21vup4ge7C88j0nkQ6w85zRBvGwu6m_WQDd9cbTVcPfDQzvzwBASW5efkZDt3uQuU8m3Psh-4XDv8gvj7LjvkHioCAptTx__puO6niMorDBWzZX59BIl5HVbaQA/s1600/xmasmudcards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CTvYaEVUGeaTaXb21vup4ge7C88j0nkQ6w85zRBvGwu6m_WQDd9cbTVcPfDQzvzwBASW5efkZDt3uQuU8m3Psh-4XDv8gvj7LjvkHioCAptTx__puO6niMorDBWzZX59BIl5HVbaQA/s640/xmasmudcards.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as well as allll of this.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPDorc0YHzwq8JkiRWhNq2GWmG7nLwrRmyTvCS4lUQ7KfxJmwOjRDrKbGQKCCsz98I01vcFgOz0df9cJjssvCrzFBuhozHLjuIgcdE-r4_5-T_WsfnbjAfvshYg1YUMmEXd7vGv8UMg/s1600/xmasbreakfastoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPDorc0YHzwq8JkiRWhNq2GWmG7nLwrRmyTvCS4lUQ7KfxJmwOjRDrKbGQKCCsz98I01vcFgOz0df9cJjssvCrzFBuhozHLjuIgcdE-r4_5-T_WsfnbjAfvshYg1YUMmEXd7vGv8UMg/s640/xmasbreakfastoverall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you a bit sad, like me, at how fast this holiday season has gone by, or, are you ready to start the New Year with a fresh, clean slate?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>Becca</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div align="justify"></div>

Oh, Christmas TreeS!

Yup, it's me ... again! Just when you thought you were done seeing my Christmas  posts, I thought I'd spring one more on ya' before the big day! I'll make this easy though ... not many words ... just pictures of a few things that I had yet to share. First up, the tree in my husband's office ...dress…

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Christmas Whimsy in the Kitchen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was a chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a Christmas kitchen, full of whimsy, complete with a tree on the island,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxBiyRfQNm6pceOyp6qNYztKXXepaybNW7t1bmj-4zCl5NRJCMKdhCqOheAWvKGAkOCWa-l6OXujGFuuv7w6oxBYPHSq2GMpdueebrgmKrlb8W0msDiRNlaDPTKDAc97-FzeCqKw6TA/s1600/xmaskitchenoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxBiyRfQNm6pceOyp6qNYztKXXepaybNW7t1bmj-4zCl5NRJCMKdhCqOheAWvKGAkOCWa-l6OXujGFuuv7w6oxBYPHSq2GMpdueebrgmKrlb8W0msDiRNlaDPTKDAc97-FzeCqKw6TA/s640/xmaskitchenoverall.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dp9qB2WyZabyit3-9V9DMiZpIhExrm9P_DFrd8gpxSUdJX1iqgx5hyC8ArbT0EZr50vzdB7nTXEdlg_1Bgil6LfbiA6xZ8waLoN823i57OKjD0yUuM6jcmxwVlI1atquZ8qvXNdSfA/s1600/xmaskitchentree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dp9qB2WyZabyit3-9V9DMiZpIhExrm9P_DFrd8gpxSUdJX1iqgx5hyC8ArbT0EZr50vzdB7nTXEdlg_1Bgil6LfbiA6xZ8waLoN823i57OKjD0yUuM6jcmxwVlI1atquZ8qvXNdSfA/s640/xmaskitchentree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and tiny elves climbing a ladder to help "decorate,"</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQWE266s_Scu1Uavmx77LmlNVpp6Ffhuu7LQvdUXlsfD2CHchU_G-I9W-MO_h0jBcUCwWCpKiOhCOrY1clqJe56WyUxuHGTjGOG0hmaho2dLEx6qKkYWx35q5G99dFpjoGlf32k3VHw/s1600/xmaskitchenelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQWE266s_Scu1Uavmx77LmlNVpp6Ffhuu7LQvdUXlsfD2CHchU_G-I9W-MO_h0jBcUCwWCpKiOhCOrY1clqJe56WyUxuHGTjGOG0hmaho2dLEx6qKkYWx35q5G99dFpjoGlf32k3VHw/s640/xmaskitchenelf.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by covering the tree with ornaments made of faux candies, miniature cookie sheets and lots of yummy treats ... </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkwGjgh4UX2AhvHMubJBUzf52JyFAvw8Xfwaxm9SrNhjnehfNuLNVqmhu5iBxZ7iMK9qeygmdooew5kdOImkFqKUkWwFnH74uxcbiwsoY8r1W_SDaiDi835tJ-QgfLWCx5OzJJRX1Bg/s1600/xmaskitchenorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkwGjgh4UX2AhvHMubJBUzf52JyFAvw8Xfwaxm9SrNhjnehfNuLNVqmhu5iBxZ7iMK9qeygmdooew5kdOImkFqKUkWwFnH74uxcbiwsoY8r1W_SDaiDi835tJ-QgfLWCx5OzJJRX1Bg/s640/xmaskitchenorn.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, where Mrs. Claus was waiting to offer you a gingerbread cookie.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdYtrWLerYJCVwiBSHDCfj2c9F1XIfB20MT_N-poZv_8vSWkFOgTAKmSO6agFMkk4MHXT3Wg5a6DAvnXS36HRVv6Pn7PVRG6fxrTPhujd1sxBZzxPOCbKEQEaWYtdms0UuGBfNayJ5A/s1600/xmaskitchenmrsc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdYtrWLerYJCVwiBSHDCfj2c9F1XIfB20MT_N-poZv_8vSWkFOgTAKmSO6agFMkk4MHXT3Wg5a6DAvnXS36HRVv6Pn7PVRG6fxrTPhujd1sxBZzxPOCbKEQEaWYtdms0UuGBfNayJ5A/s640/xmaskitchenmrsc.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was a chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a chalkboard on the pantry door, wishing everyone a happy *holly*day:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddiCyBnI_ThYjt1ZMKpvlagxwhKkVSRNpUcY2SEmhrFMiFENxzSW7-CF_rsSfbAzqmB_Y59dRE1dQywy2K_6oj_nwLv7i_szABB-A5WboDsEOmqPOtAjxZLfns6JGKLnaoHGUFkjpRQ/s1600/xmaskitchenchalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddiCyBnI_ThYjt1ZMKpvlagxwhKkVSRNpUcY2SEmhrFMiFENxzSW7-CF_rsSfbAzqmB_Y59dRE1dQywy2K_6oj_nwLv7i_szABB-A5WboDsEOmqPOtAjxZLfns6JGKLnaoHGUFkjpRQ/s640/xmaskitchenchalk.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, a yummy candy bar to sneak sweets ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G6XjT43TSxEyoH_wk4AYTbwz842w8D-0z6xxwporub3dwZqp8srgAm0Zav43WLBAOpTXwWKHEtqlKNSosm7sCZfgPdCloKEgdPCK2xlw4_Uoaw2GYUonKsZjzS_8n7ddv4duhRnWtw/s1600/xmaskitchencandy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G6XjT43TSxEyoH_wk4AYTbwz842w8D-0z6xxwporub3dwZqp8srgAm0Zav43WLBAOpTXwWKHEtqlKNSosm7sCZfgPdCloKEgdPCK2xlw4_Uoaw2GYUonKsZjzS_8n7ddv4duhRnWtw/s640/xmaskitchencandy.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">unless, this little gal tried to stop me.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQwWfu2fU8Wh5wg_eC1XZ0P6bRaozQU1Ep9y7lmjakZY-dRw2EWnpd22Ggp0nRRn49S4QsixlsQsqhc543LdKgr2a6J4eQmXZ3VB8LHLeLFj10cg0snpk3OwA0lo4xssGzF3GR4sy8A/s1600/xmaskitchencandyelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQwWfu2fU8Wh5wg_eC1XZ0P6bRaozQU1Ep9y7lmjakZY-dRw2EWnpd22Ggp0nRRn49S4QsixlsQsqhc543LdKgr2a6J4eQmXZ3VB8LHLeLFj10cg0snpk3OwA0lo4xssGzF3GR4sy8A/s640/xmaskitchencandyelf.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a Christmas kitchen with canisters full of a couple of the things you'd need to make holiday cookies ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnT-frNvQgd2_1qnaIuh7HjBeLsZtMm-J_gIIaEGQ-NFGfhqxtq4samR59zRB2Sz1MPhEXIlmPOKRkHojy_10ONQsVDblwlXQF7YWMQETCbeMdGi_U02N4mJ2JLvMATUk0cKNSmXNIQ/s1600/xmaskitchencanisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnT-frNvQgd2_1qnaIuh7HjBeLsZtMm-J_gIIaEGQ-NFGfhqxtq4samR59zRB2Sz1MPhEXIlmPOKRkHojy_10ONQsVDblwlXQF7YWMQETCbeMdGi_U02N4mJ2JLvMATUk0cKNSmXNIQ/s640/xmaskitchencanisters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and little vignettes splashed everywhere to make me smile ...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsaOj-JmB2yz-VwoVtvFtnc0lattflF7h3PYIxFFrIuIEnml07EjSBruRwnRkkmHp9gsPBNpRp2V9dC9Ea5s2nvazFkhsLMslUyxXXFztqBxNacCmgItEbbels1QEvwYCcQbLdl3zcQ/s1600/xmaskitchenbowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsaOj-JmB2yz-VwoVtvFtnc0lattflF7h3PYIxFFrIuIEnml07EjSBruRwnRkkmHp9gsPBNpRp2V9dC9Ea5s2nvazFkhsLMslUyxXXFztqBxNacCmgItEbbels1QEvwYCcQbLdl3zcQ/s640/xmaskitchenbowl.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_JW-SO7TIbjJCxito7uwztn5VD-GBdGCOCyd2Df25Il148FaX34Fnl-YxFH2VD5_HTVdaspK01yKeA-VTV2fOcYmc7-BeUdWa6MMqKxM7aYrLXCG4AEor0lr-ylqCQ2Q9IhgZLjo2A/s1600/xmaskitchenvignette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_JW-SO7TIbjJCxito7uwztn5VD-GBdGCOCyd2Df25Il148FaX34Fnl-YxFH2VD5_HTVdaspK01yKeA-VTV2fOcYmc7-BeUdWa6MMqKxM7aYrLXCG4AEor0lr-ylqCQ2Q9IhgZLjo2A/s640/xmaskitchenvignette.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzcCd1m9dgHvjyeUUAXtU5k_jstnEpfD_wf9JwAbYs6hAV_91Ud0teubGQdSPevpm-6nQuFsOMBEqR8WGgWe192tPLo7jH7S0Gc-6tykS2trr1fTQM-pjS09FQXP1rpmEP9ABODlf1g/s1600/xmaskitchenshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzcCd1m9dgHvjyeUUAXtU5k_jstnEpfD_wf9JwAbYs6hAV_91Ud0teubGQdSPevpm-6nQuFsOMBEqR8WGgWe192tPLo7jH7S0Gc-6tykS2trr1fTQM-pjS09FQXP1rpmEP9ABODlf1g/s640/xmaskitchenshelves.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would've loved to have had a soffit covered with snow-filled garland, revealing another sign of the season ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzM3B3CJvCqfmhVpkPt2fn9MLf8dCPRVjVIqtiRfaniv79qXmzPU2M5O1PR2f6vez3TlxDtNPi1BAGgF097VR8ehbmHu2qZX3h4uyYkDMHvMU7ck54ptEEfhKO3wCXlbAFpKRsLXxXgA/s1600/xmaskitchensoffitclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzM3B3CJvCqfmhVpkPt2fn9MLf8dCPRVjVIqtiRfaniv79qXmzPU2M5O1PR2f6vez3TlxDtNPi1BAGgF097VR8ehbmHu2qZX3h4uyYkDMHvMU7ck54ptEEfhKO3wCXlbAFpKRsLXxXgA/s640/xmaskitchensoffitclose.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUN9gH5Ze5l87HCUBca0cAH5258bGTbWJhfDOCzyR2l74LolnUnicEhPY0h0eUO2gnRN_yMvB9PgUkRZmBgGeFF2qMzK0_45reUrDe8gqhXaL21mwTm6XizxOFuujm4bw3IX7iOFL17w/s1600/xmaskitchengreat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUN9gH5Ze5l87HCUBca0cAH5258bGTbWJhfDOCzyR2l74LolnUnicEhPY0h0eUO2gnRN_yMvB9PgUkRZmBgGeFF2qMzK0_45reUrDe8gqhXaL21mwTm6XizxOFuujm4bw3IX7iOFL17w/s640/xmaskitchengreat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, other signs and sayings splashed around, too:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyf971otKkWLk5ZRTxGSqU45k8IEaW6x76MNMehyphenhyphenNd8gJOVsqmYFmjM7WVUnLVHohr6AcZfYzv_f1O1isHf4zDP-hVwY6cm1Jr5Il8JOSjqoR2uH48dwCkJiJ8iwvKMiyrevMhRdmIA/s1600/xmaskitchensign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyf971otKkWLk5ZRTxGSqU45k8IEaW6x76MNMehyphenhyphenNd8gJOVsqmYFmjM7WVUnLVHohr6AcZfYzv_f1O1isHf4zDP-hVwY6cm1Jr5Il8JOSjqoR2uH48dwCkJiJ8iwvKMiyrevMhRdmIA/s640/xmaskitchensign.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeOAF_BNanrM3a9CGOLKXrAxGFSr8FaQwgkIUj-M-_ygri5c_8xWQVmdCNU3wBqptsPKPBC_79h9sgphH-ZrnTv-AcYk1cCPO_xhEshHTOU0XAOjyx9RgQlOjYp_PLG1HQWRZ50XYvg/s1600/xmaskitchenplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeOAF_BNanrM3a9CGOLKXrAxGFSr8FaQwgkIUj-M-_ygri5c_8xWQVmdCNU3wBqptsPKPBC_79h9sgphH-ZrnTv-AcYk1cCPO_xhEshHTOU0XAOjyx9RgQlOjYp_PLG1HQWRZ50XYvg/s640/xmaskitchenplate.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I decorate my kitchen every Christmas, I dedicate it to that pudgy, little girl who wanted a colorful and festive kitchen, dressed for the holidays.  And, what fun it is that I can now attempt to create that for my sweet baby boy, who isn't so little anymore:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGEnh_YgcZT3NYEzNqvUzUjHI7ULzNzGd_Dz1dBmw8sAJFyhi7R8G4X1wM8ZmXFsXJMeHm1RwIbwiGTH3zUHjoNBmRrAmf3C0nlKbh8GS5l6mgWWpKgbAkUL7c0uI_aSoj0G2bZ5HJA/s1600/xmaskitchenjax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGEnh_YgcZT3NYEzNqvUzUjHI7ULzNzGd_Dz1dBmw8sAJFyhi7R8G4X1wM8ZmXFsXJMeHm1RwIbwiGTH3zUHjoNBmRrAmf3C0nlKbh8GS5l6mgWWpKgbAkUL7c0uI_aSoj0G2bZ5HJA/s640/xmaskitchenjax.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just hope he enjoys it!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPe7xGGgg0njLf9279x1NsGOsLIN5c2S6pVs9FtM_iFKiRmVbWVxFKZ1-UuwkTF0uv_Mi9Mj45fl8fBg1ZM0yeS93wA_3hF36cUwZTYoG2cb9IiDPrJhysFcTbv-qK6JLtffETAgwpA/s640/xmaskitchenisland.jpg" width="374" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm joining:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SavvySouthernStyle/~3/2XFUkssV5JA/wow-us-wednesdays-97.html">WUW</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-116/">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Coastal Charm/<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2012/12/nifty-thrifty-tuesday-no144.html">Nifty Thrifty Tuesday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/324/23F7A341254AC000A256EF1E6BE921AB.png" />

Christmas Whimsy in the Kitchen

When I was a chubby, little girl, I would've loved to have had a Christmas kitchen, full of whimsy, complete with a tree on the island,   and tiny elves climbing a ladder to help "decorate," by covering the tree with ornaments made of faux candies, miniature cookie sheets and lots of yummy treats ..…

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Snow in the Dining Room

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Sunday, friends.  Are you feeling the rush of the holidays close in on you?  I sure am and have lots of catching up to do this week!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you live in an area where you get snow?  Growing up in Virginia, we got our fair share of it.  I truly miss it ... especially how beautiful it made everything look, especially the trees.  Because we hardly ever get snow here in SC, I simply had to bring it into our holiday decor *some*how again this year:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdSCu_I-LY899-Z80YTOOQDJWnk-Ay2JSK1XXRe0kZiaUL-4KSxjbd6kDvlXiKVzUxYuoqBfRLuVx0mVl2h5Ixljw1ngcu0gaQtcNr7dmJbaZSuLbInFiJRBg0TR3X3lcVe9GIjvPfA/s1600/xmasdiningoverallt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdSCu_I-LY899-Z80YTOOQDJWnk-Ay2JSK1XXRe0kZiaUL-4KSxjbd6kDvlXiKVzUxYuoqBfRLuVx0mVl2h5Ixljw1ngcu0gaQtcNr7dmJbaZSuLbInFiJRBg0TR3X3lcVe9GIjvPfA/s640/xmasdiningoverallt.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, even if my version of snow consists of store bought *faux* bags of it (from Michael's), I'll take it!  It's good to improvise, right?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvD1NEnaMPWFsFddZabzQctFKFCIJeGJfcqIjL3C1oQM0n2UWAMLr6y-J7nZ6i9BfOYi1TA1bAQkfPFaQpMKb3DCbarjv7w1K6k5voepQSvubigk3btde06gsATOIjuAWgG7AswjpUw/s1600/xmasdiningtabledeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvD1NEnaMPWFsFddZabzQctFKFCIJeGJfcqIjL3C1oQM0n2UWAMLr6y-J7nZ6i9BfOYi1TA1bAQkfPFaQpMKb3DCbarjv7w1K6k5voepQSvubigk3btde06gsATOIjuAWgG7AswjpUw/s640/xmasdiningtabledeer.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A long mirror from Wal-Mart serves as the perfect runner and "base" to hold the snow:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOr_eF0ySzgfIWHOY8pedqAWoaRoPt61BretYtfyGJOFqE_SDRTDu-OIYdSY1nMvBBCOXm9rPahLptDHkIdpuR2c5U6NLv-m1fqIP2hqzGYWJfMmX3O6xdqzXy4kLwFRaA3jQIOeTyTQ/s1600/xmasdiningtablecenter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOr_eF0ySzgfIWHOY8pedqAWoaRoPt61BretYtfyGJOFqE_SDRTDu-OIYdSY1nMvBBCOXm9rPahLptDHkIdpuR2c5U6NLv-m1fqIP2hqzGYWJfMmX3O6xdqzXy4kLwFRaA3jQIOeTyTQ/s640/xmasdiningtablecenter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty *snow*flake plates (from Target) also make a return appearance this year.  I was excited to see that, not only did they bring back the collection this year, but that they added bowls, too:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirpxfQqKk3sfa2dPeCMxafwndGa5XslaVeTgQWh2z4ugYGEa7Wf60dhDYhswHZZKxeI_rmlXXdyCyWBsGWNqrdV2zvNhQJ9T5vs0oO6qLc6_8Ej7aIjHpbMoWXclU8dl4dyLKcHvgVw/s1600/xmasdiningtableplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirpxfQqKk3sfa2dPeCMxafwndGa5XslaVeTgQWh2z4ugYGEa7Wf60dhDYhswHZZKxeI_rmlXXdyCyWBsGWNqrdV2zvNhQJ9T5vs0oO6qLc6_8Ej7aIjHpbMoWXclU8dl4dyLKcHvgVw/s640/xmasdiningtableplate.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snowy pinecone "sprays" add a bit of fun to the backs of the dining chairs:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarsPrtCGzeN-yQ6D8clQ9ArFdzx_4k7GQb9CLq6RLbcQQ5thNsoQ3_V0hIBae8dPPJU-0nHovS5k-ioEmFIfnqoii_c_JUdzIjh3PLZSVxWqhWWh9aj07JAWbfSlr84X3D-gd9Z2gKQ/s1600/xmasdiningchair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarsPrtCGzeN-yQ6D8clQ9ArFdzx_4k7GQb9CLq6RLbcQQ5thNsoQ3_V0hIBae8dPPJU-0nHovS5k-ioEmFIfnqoii_c_JUdzIjh3PLZSVxWqhWWh9aj07JAWbfSlr84X3D-gd9Z2gKQ/s640/xmasdiningchair.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sparkle and snow continues over on the buffet:</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT6ja7rACRMSn5ctOo2TaZnNyzefBX1jJyxfJNlC61BLRt0FSBl_sFk34mb3o6OPb0E7f1FNHIN_EIVzYafWtw71k4LrThAknvFRySbSXccbehSG15D0Uj9bohwGkEbl8xmgYw8jgwA/s1600/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT6ja7rACRMSn5ctOo2TaZnNyzefBX1jJyxfJNlC61BLRt0FSBl_sFk34mb3o6OPb0E7f1FNHIN_EIVzYafWtw71k4LrThAknvFRySbSXccbehSG15D0Uj9bohwGkEbl8xmgYw8jgwA/s640/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcr-RbFl6urjF9P5T1JgWxja0C5u4cm6FmYc0LX2p-Ko62PUZDtrjCcpIU50PCfEgmDxQQYjJxVPQ2YHnW9alXN45hgmA1JfE3kUKU1Im7D-8KV6CFVgPr098o7bXYsXhU_ueDtFrQA/s1600/xmasdiningbuffetclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcr-RbFl6urjF9P5T1JgWxja0C5u4cm6FmYc0LX2p-Ko62PUZDtrjCcpIU50PCfEgmDxQQYjJxVPQ2YHnW9alXN45hgmA1JfE3kUKU1Im7D-8KV6CFVgPr098o7bXYsXhU_ueDtFrQA/s640/xmasdiningbuffetclose.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnd, tucked in a corner sits one of my favorite trees ... a flocked one!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA6J0uX-rhdeYHWoTEXu_IGR2iOqGFPYErdW9d9Xbr4YUEtptyT8iv4HoD1wC2KFCzFblS0kveyeRIVwzMo-4oOVSXlmR82f2CT30UqOL3t73NT8RJa7fQN3OrdHSeDTiThglQg-55g/s1600/xmasdiningtableclosetree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA6J0uX-rhdeYHWoTEXu_IGR2iOqGFPYErdW9d9Xbr4YUEtptyT8iv4HoD1wC2KFCzFblS0kveyeRIVwzMo-4oOVSXlmR82f2CT30UqOL3t73NT8RJa7fQN3OrdHSeDTiThglQg-55g/s640/xmasdiningtableclosetree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WQM2rMMN8klGqrA5hfsWLn3ToVRcZwNTe6wc0p7cacywh5ZeF_KMIjqDkQW-aNoh1L8RXm4a8J1VIM58DGiw5dtrbxr8b21a6_H2NPYedOQOdQwiaLInmyxBL8Hg9cSj_athyqzS1w/s640/xmasdiningtree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just love how the branches are dripping with snow?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVnv0gMK7uKS87NEVZDD_atnNW7y753HBhhjKGsTcxoPgFWLOTTuobYSYooYwGvCAwQFQDCwAmcZXiCe_2ieuN7QalA9Yf2m2es4rRYXIwbXW6BXBFYG9G7hcQDii6ATzXV8hTTv5KA/s1600/xmasdiningorn1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVnv0gMK7uKS87NEVZDD_atnNW7y753HBhhjKGsTcxoPgFWLOTTuobYSYooYwGvCAwQFQDCwAmcZXiCe_2ieuN7QalA9Yf2m2es4rRYXIwbXW6BXBFYG9G7hcQDii6ATzXV8hTTv5KA/s640/xmasdiningorn1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, how it really makes everything glow at night:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIo_0QNxe-6cM2wQ8e0gLeRzb06HB6f_x-pOTVAzrIDZH18S8z4gDtu-FOQ4FWjU_dFD3gT_KGa65Q0Kxy3NDuIMs4GUWtF688xplhP0lLJaI3A7H7XgqMK2E0RYDfZv2BKmtmU4RNEg/s1600/xmastreeornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIo_0QNxe-6cM2wQ8e0gLeRzb06HB6f_x-pOTVAzrIDZH18S8z4gDtu-FOQ4FWjU_dFD3gT_KGa65Q0Kxy3NDuIMs4GUWtF688xplhP0lLJaI3A7H7XgqMK2E0RYDfZv2BKmtmU4RNEg/s640/xmastreeornament.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glittery branches top it all off:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for stopping by,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come and join the fun,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Stroll Thru Life/<a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2012/12/146th-table-top-tuesday.html">Tabletop Tuesday</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-116/">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Snow in the Dining Room

Happy Sunday, friends.  Are you feeling the rush of the holidays close in on you?  I sure am and have lots of catching up to do this week!Do you live in an area where you get snow?  Growing up in Virginia, we got our fair share of it.  I truly miss it ... especially how beautiful it made everything …

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