More of our Christmas Tour ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, now, we're down to only FOUR days away!  Time to start wrapping presents and making my grocery list for our Christmas morning feast!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd share just a few more pics of our holiday home before the big day! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always try to give our mudroom a little splash of Christmas!</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNKnUTFZUhyphenhyphenoVNMpZucUYcHLM2hH8VVjvSo52gx-zTsyeJ5n0UcWbfpzImR6J8zBBSEzxE9q8yS1qwbhRiLDiz_mkfBSPrmCUcudj6APEi9SuSZfTLMLoDBSa6hXDIqtK3bpJ8N6xvw0/s1600/xmasmudoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNKnUTFZUhyphenhyphenoVNMpZucUYcHLM2hH8VVjvSo52gx-zTsyeJ5n0UcWbfpzImR6J8zBBSEzxE9q8yS1qwbhRiLDiz_mkfBSPrmCUcudj6APEi9SuSZfTLMLoDBSa6hXDIqtK3bpJ8N6xvw0/s640/xmasmudoverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAQQ6xDJAlVhV3ntXDPxUEZ2fFin31HferZ1oAlJhF_1gkDIK3WMvQq3Lx01OpAsd4np1HSn1wqXO75mCldU9-o1Zil_Iwx2m59Oex7S99Q9BjanC9zuVAe3kexZ0nNzVWLPtcXeSzlM/s1600/xmasmudcounter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAQQ6xDJAlVhV3ntXDPxUEZ2fFin31HferZ1oAlJhF_1gkDIK3WMvQq3Lx01OpAsd4np1HSn1wqXO75mCldU9-o1Zil_Iwx2m59Oex7S99Q9BjanC9zuVAe3kexZ0nNzVWLPtcXeSzlM/s640/xmasmudcounter.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inexpensive canisters from Wal-Mart become the perfect place to showcase ornaments, Christmas cards and candy ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEe-LKJYjOZq80zbEmDLrLUNYA6wJaiEknIJuR3axdByL413uglMwqYdWQZwBV6EOkcjUzseJLq9nwpzxEA9o9905yOCtXiBbUYMQZ7tnElq8sPfxhudqPE9EhbQQFyvNu7MEaUK3sQj8/s1600/xmascountertree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEe-LKJYjOZq80zbEmDLrLUNYA6wJaiEknIJuR3axdByL413uglMwqYdWQZwBV6EOkcjUzseJLq9nwpzxEA9o9905yOCtXiBbUYMQZ7tnElq8sPfxhudqPE9EhbQQFyvNu7MEaUK3sQj8/s640/xmascountertree.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year, I decided to "hang" the Christmas cards from white clothesline and mini clothespins … thought that would be kinda fun since it's our laundry room!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOQFwADmGVTw1d6VaZ9P1KhUuzMVO-JMV4s1QPH90MxrPWJ6U8LJR15uRc-onE-qKvL9NSi0UdmoqpKrW6Mox99t-_ISVhfh6MeZGZsxb1y6asfUd0wR1r4SHHJ2Vgoy0SZyDW4MnsnI/s1600/xmasmudcard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOQFwADmGVTw1d6VaZ9P1KhUuzMVO-JMV4s1QPH90MxrPWJ6U8LJR15uRc-onE-qKvL9NSi0UdmoqpKrW6Mox99t-_ISVhfh6MeZGZsxb1y6asfUd0wR1r4SHHJ2Vgoy0SZyDW4MnsnI/s640/xmasmudcard.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNPJM5mo0EzknKNuDF79pJUVK49Tj9F3PGARw9b1lAnLLuHr20LBDkEAwDf68MVykpaSZ3HWq8vEcb3zYzvK93lJI3dIan8Ia-bO99IGzdewB10Il_QxOVDGIXW_hS5xOFfmFhI6TOdI/s1600/xmasmudgarage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNPJM5mo0EzknKNuDF79pJUVK49Tj9F3PGARw9b1lAnLLuHr20LBDkEAwDf68MVykpaSZ3HWq8vEcb3zYzvK93lJI3dIan8Ia-bO99IGzdewB10Il_QxOVDGIXW_hS5xOFfmFhI6TOdI/s640/xmasmudgarage.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My son's "little" bedroom got a matching "little" tree, filled with all things sports!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6cNyGy_YDaCLn4skPLs2zVdn4NeZX0BOoP2QZmKqLn0xRqpfHB6o-50kNCk0tZZM4YmVbEcJ-pdPw-2IeChEYXT2v1Boq5zfvVbMTjuDJaz8OpkTXKb2QJU-uBPthNLL8tVAoiO0SxU/s1600/xmasjaxtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6cNyGy_YDaCLn4skPLs2zVdn4NeZX0BOoP2QZmKqLn0xRqpfHB6o-50kNCk0tZZM4YmVbEcJ-pdPw-2IeChEYXT2v1Boq5zfvVbMTjuDJaz8OpkTXKb2QJU-uBPthNLL8tVAoiO0SxU/s640/xmasjaxtree.jpg" width="426" /></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;">I love the tree in my son's playroom … he pretty much did it all by himself, with just a little bit of help from me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEqfTwbXGQVresHaviMytFB7vjdgJWaGVIOZX4MaL0iJaVsEOi9cGf1-L2cHKttDX_f-RD-NEJRuQDiLI51c3mDvRo0n2FerAKc2PoIfzeEEE2BaVklF34prpIQ1yHxVkHyrHLfFbiWY/s1600/xmasgaragetree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEqfTwbXGQVresHaviMytFB7vjdgJWaGVIOZX4MaL0iJaVsEOi9cGf1-L2cHKttDX_f-RD-NEJRuQDiLI51c3mDvRo0n2FerAKc2PoIfzeEEE2BaVklF34prpIQ1yHxVkHyrHLfFbiWY/s640/xmasgaragetree.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I" might just hang out on our back porch, especially since it's in the 70s right now!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6fRB6eg1Rvi8-iueZEctPWnLtgUGuzPiE7u8wMdmGa7CFoYpzHQ78yP5WWX4VMdnY8GOxP9LRsWTRdHoCIXmaGUK_0dVrAwBmJkTNcbpBX3rCb6wOQo5lnIgmeEqZ6I6Z3uvQJ1bmzc/s1600/xmasporch1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6fRB6eg1Rvi8-iueZEctPWnLtgUGuzPiE7u8wMdmGa7CFoYpzHQ78yP5WWX4VMdnY8GOxP9LRsWTRdHoCIXmaGUK_0dVrAwBmJkTNcbpBX3rCb6wOQo5lnIgmeEqZ6I6Z3uvQJ1bmzc/s640/xmasporch1.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by,</span><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

More of our Christmas Tour ...

And, now, we're down to only FOUR days away!  Time to start wrapping presents and making my grocery list for our Christmas morning feast...

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Our Christmas Dining Room and Breakfast Area

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Six days and counting … can you believe it ?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I *should* be out shopping, I've been here, snapping and editing pics to share more of our holiday home before it's too late!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll keep my *yacking* to a minimum, l</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ike I did the other day when sharing our <a href="http://www.adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com/2013/12/our-christmas-great-room-and-kitchen.html">great room and kitchen</a> … just pretend Bing is serenading you while you first take a peek at our dining room, where red, black, white and silver have taken over for the season!</span></div><br /><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/AVvXsEhkE6fHoMAAIWMw0HChwTNB5YEXmltPyZNF0zMBXO7FGFseFLz3KLg7s3FSBdduItnRXCWfY2tTQLuVIcr1haEFuZZt9EqYuCGudwIg9Gh-fm98CtNAYevs-padAIqeXKpZxOvG9IpYZlQ/s1600/xmasdiningoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkE6fHoMAAIWMw0HChwTNB5YEXmltPyZNF0zMBXO7FGFseFLz3KLg7s3FSBdduItnRXCWfY2tTQLuVIcr1haEFuZZt9EqYuCGudwIg9Gh-fm98CtNAYevs-padAIqeXKpZxOvG9IpYZlQ/s640/xmasdiningoverall.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These wintry plates (from HomeGoods) were the inspiration for the colors in here.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBRRU0qUMt5dAl6nRjs7L3olTwYFRmu5rc7yIwHJVgYXVYIgraW8gUWo7RiN-KXqFegTx5YW8pb4Q5RLMUUL6LR2GFq3b89SBbAK1VflAbSVq3wOw0_qlHay4tKY4K9d76O_BjpktgsQ/s1600/xmasdiningplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBRRU0qUMt5dAl6nRjs7L3olTwYFRmu5rc7yIwHJVgYXVYIgraW8gUWo7RiN-KXqFegTx5YW8pb4Q5RLMUUL6LR2GFq3b89SBbAK1VflAbSVq3wOw0_qlHay4tKY4K9d76O_BjpktgsQ/s640/xmasdiningplate.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our glittery reindeer, mercury trees and red finials sure were happy that our neighbor was able to fix our broken table leg so that they were able to come out and "be seen!"</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXwpLJv-Whglr2bCq2F2PmA5M3qir8iUQ9NQaRJlzeHY4xd_vuCXzDJ8Tcy5o5g_UUdqRIvPHPG4UdNaj1Sr79Dl80emAtnlQ6yIc0k2gtyB_mV_93jOiLdplrQof_z8bMFopsghf1QU/s1600/xmasdiningcenter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXwpLJv-Whglr2bCq2F2PmA5M3qir8iUQ9NQaRJlzeHY4xd_vuCXzDJ8Tcy5o5g_UUdqRIvPHPG4UdNaj1Sr79Dl80emAtnlQ6yIc0k2gtyB_mV_93jOiLdplrQof_z8bMFopsghf1QU/s640/xmasdiningcenter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mini lights, tucked into the garland placed on our buffet, help make our room glow at nighttime. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFd8e4WEnAzCDllpxSArMnReq40J1qYLeD4oQwmf81r0rtsc2-EE9Hlg4AwPgwIRHDApwWkygScnEiRb01_SdNUYbU_8KXPaTObNv2SudZ7zQpyrY8sSKTbclxkcIyrfa0rjdL4xOaEA/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/AVvXsEjBFd8e4WEnAzCDllpxSArMnReq40J1qYLeD4oQwmf81r0rtsc2-EE9Hlg4AwPgwIRHDApwWkygScnEiRb01_SdNUYbU_8KXPaTObNv2SudZ7zQpyrY8sSKTbclxkcIyrfa0rjdL4xOaEA/s640/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIkcxXdeaxu9zQBZlAcSISqsA_iJ_TKkt_prk76aYeeFh_9V9kjOau-MwT5rvvMn-p_wxnHKHkt0rnK2y4JfLWOhMik8TY0UN3Ys1u1MpHCrvhgAb97YyUHLXgydlvf_1rTnEKxsD1DY/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/AVvXsEhaIkcxXdeaxu9zQBZlAcSISqsA_iJ_TKkt_prk76aYeeFh_9V9kjOau-MwT5rvvMn-p_wxnHKHkt0rnK2y4JfLWOhMik8TY0UN3Ys1u1MpHCrvhgAb97YyUHLXgydlvf_1rTnEKxsD1DY/s640/xmasdiningbuffetclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></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/AVvXsEjXvSp6Keo_hK6nuFhSm2wCbh-0zSZoqcVuPVRqL95dYOxDvh9c9g49yp23UeIaO2v_ay13OryQuZ98yJWgweZL6f0mwNpBFsu4UAeIQdspK41ODKnoz7Lw7X6i1cdnbBQkcFzNqGS_j8I/s1600/xmasdiningmercury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvSp6Keo_hK6nuFhSm2wCbh-0zSZoqcVuPVRqL95dYOxDvh9c9g49yp23UeIaO2v_ay13OryQuZ98yJWgweZL6f0mwNpBFsu4UAeIQdspK41ODKnoz7Lw7X6i1cdnbBQkcFzNqGS_j8I/s640/xmasdiningmercury.jpg" width="426" /></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;">A Christmas first for me … the addition of black!  And, I gotta say that I'm really liking it mixed in with the red, white and silver!</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/AVvXsEg1kKWT7ThOT63lUY31VoVLKLsPM6lK0fJuZzDnYGyEqpvR5runT3cQHbWJj5FFLVYUW7Mn1Jv9FKkmvOHtnMMdueoNgMgDLn19O7PK6NFJTLUIziWdFy_7e8SV6IDUV6GcfLbfw-PI7BQ/s1600/xmasdiningtreeoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kKWT7ThOT63lUY31VoVLKLsPM6lK0fJuZzDnYGyEqpvR5runT3cQHbWJj5FFLVYUW7Mn1Jv9FKkmvOHtnMMdueoNgMgDLn19O7PK6NFJTLUIziWdFy_7e8SV6IDUV6GcfLbfw-PI7BQ/s640/xmasdiningtreeoverall.jpg" width="426" /></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;">I spotted these wild sparkly poinsettias at a local Christmas shop and just *knew* that they had to come home with me!</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/AVvXsEjVtExpfs_1k62AqyK3LB19UlUR6Gj1Lzs9woqLdQENbIZ8HGx5vyMeyKusaSCYE8fj9wjiOc72Bf-YtXi7ADBRVGL0NEby97-29wcsJwj2BN5w-zIqA7S08HWQRBiWHnDtCTIfkFT7gLg/s1600/xmasdiningornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtExpfs_1k62AqyK3LB19UlUR6Gj1Lzs9woqLdQENbIZ8HGx5vyMeyKusaSCYE8fj9wjiOc72Bf-YtXi7ADBRVGL0NEby97-29wcsJwj2BN5w-zIqA7S08HWQRBiWHnDtCTIfkFT7gLg/s640/xmasdiningornament.jpg" width="426" /></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/AVvXsEg0ikgV0qWZz7NKjVZkgjGrrAjqzaGOOHM0mMDA8NBDiVOBAuHBxqyiLXlMh_Twnh_J2krPY4F-bwPv01MjI5UjZAX2l8pgZBG_ANEQRIg8cd_LJJrrVy8URycbsD7tF53MweoUd8793f4/s640/xmasdiningkitchen.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, now come on over to our breakfast room, where traditional Christmas colors have met up with tiny pops of deep purple!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkJLwvoSWdzvkD5H1KJR4jfCQY9SdHIvOfjq67IBM9oKPzoF3CLPYluc0jmw2eCV89PIRZpme4rDQK2kbs8tICmiNC5_V5tjBS1QpCucvaEs8v-aIdl12wX_hy8b1KFw7SygnANyOBe8/s1600/xmasbfastoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkJLwvoSWdzvkD5H1KJR4jfCQY9SdHIvOfjq67IBM9oKPzoF3CLPYluc0jmw2eCV89PIRZpme4rDQK2kbs8tICmiNC5_V5tjBS1QpCucvaEs8v-aIdl12wX_hy8b1KFw7SygnANyOBe8/s640/xmasbfastoverall.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuShM5KiPnjqCAPiQ3yn4e3qGxfgYRaVvvjR8EvoVns1jyOi3HTapakRBw66YepAB3RSymsbkzPQ8OEMIzQFyZeNOjqG4ay4cvN58887ImodpsCVqHXtHOaONBgt9gB2LN6mkqrmO0O4E/s1600/xmasbfastdrybar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuShM5KiPnjqCAPiQ3yn4e3qGxfgYRaVvvjR8EvoVns1jyOi3HTapakRBw66YepAB3RSymsbkzPQ8OEMIzQFyZeNOjqG4ay4cvN58887ImodpsCVqHXtHOaONBgt9gB2LN6mkqrmO0O4E/s640/xmasbfastdrybar.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a big fan of the box "Y" tree from Wal-Mart (which is a 7 ft, pre-lit Berkley Pine faux tree for only $68)!  We have a few of them around the house ...  they're the perfect tree for little corners and/or small spaces!</span></div><br /><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/AVvXsEgjmyqam0jg7ezbUfAsb_Vmy4JfszVYlug81d8EglY6shSOqy-w173_GQBnv7eKDaS5ST4pzPWPPCI-cPk5NsC0_L6-7Dww-54LgL1OZxgsxAQJ_S2kDSv1OKtOSxJZsLrRXEJNdDpb6_0/s640/xmasbfasttreeorn.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's fun for us to be surrounded by lights and trees when "breaking bread" in here!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOogmpmdmYN-S0600vvoKVSEMf5Wn8QMQGrj3ppDTGV_ogKZTBVboBb83r0XJ2p0V9H0wxSAzNVMQZHfMocMq82NgryKbSzacm7lacLvMlWBNVv29YH-UKxdUU3WexMmAlooGXqlTEHjw/s1600/xmasbfasttreeboth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOogmpmdmYN-S0600vvoKVSEMf5Wn8QMQGrj3ppDTGV_ogKZTBVboBb83r0XJ2p0V9H0wxSAzNVMQZHfMocMq82NgryKbSzacm7lacLvMlWBNVv29YH-UKxdUU3WexMmAlooGXqlTEHjw/s640/xmasbfasttreeboth.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for taking the time to visit our holiday dining room and breakfast area!  I'll be back to share just a "tad" bit more!</span></div><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

Our Christmas Dining Room and Breakfast Area

Six days and counting … can you believe it ?! While I *should* be out shopping, I've been here, snapping and editing pics to share more ...

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Our Christmas Great Room and Kitchen ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WOW, is Christmas really next week ?!  I better get on the ball and finish (wait … make that *start!*) my shopping!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, I thought I'd share more of our holiday home … I'll keep words to a minimum since I'm overloading you with pictures of our great room and kitchen!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step on into our great room, decked in traditional Christmas colors!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcqHzwn24zjmpytzO6EULd5gxRdnDOto2f34mL9cgppYweZHcRQiyN5xBqJbpfuv6_yxs1jqfO6XfBZT1fcv2lHaVtLa2-03EWYbVg3c8PtugyDNr-J3vBe3oz4O3YroZLdsiby-S_Cs/s1600/xmasgreatoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our Christmas Great Room and Kitchen ...

WOW, is Christmas really next week ?!  I better get on the ball and finish (wait … make that *start!*) my shopping! In the meantime, I thoug...

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