2012 A Wonderful Year!!!

As the year winds down, I am truly grateful for many blessings. 2012 has been an absolutely wonderful year for our family. As I look back through my blog, I am delighted that I was able to complete so many projects. We were able to travel a good bit. We had a trip to Arizona, including the red rock canyons of Sedona and the Grand Canyon; we took our “last” spring break trip to Disney World; I spent the month of June preparing for a three week teaching trip to China which was in July; we had our...

Bethlehem Christmas Dining

For the past several years I have used my Bethlehem Christmas Dinnerware in the dining room. I am partial since I designed this pattern several years ago and have a lot of blood, sweat, and equity invested in it! I still get excited when I pull if out each year. I’ll let the pictures do the talking but if you would like to see the complete line of dinnerware you can click here. Don’t forget to take time to Savor the Season! I certainly am! I’ll be linking to Tablescape...

It’s My Birthday!

I guess you could say this is my birthday of the century! 12-12-12! How exciting! I am delighted to be another year older as several women in my family never made it to 50 so I’ve got 3 years on them! I wanted to share a gift from my daughter. It can see it on her blog here. I will be doing a follow up to her post with my own post on our tour of the White House! It was super exciting! At the end of her post, she gives information on my birthday gift. It was a gift of education to Pakistani girls!...

Christmas in the Den

Our Christmas décor is very eclectic to say the least. It’s the one time of year when I just mix everything together, no matchy matchy themes here! Our den is probably the most eclectic.   You can read about the nativity mantel by clicking here. Our snow village is displayed on a table in the corner. The skiers and sledders at the top of the hill are my favorites. Living in the south, this is all of the snow we will see during the holidays! The tree in the den does...