Christmas & Winter

It’s almost Christmas! Are you ready?

I honestly don’t now where this month is going!  Feels like it’s flying by!  I desperately need more time!!!  I have to fit in making cookies, our hometown parade, Granddaughter’s birthday, school play, time with friends, wrapping presents, shopping, and projects for January.   Do you feel this way?  It’s going way too fast, this month we call December.

I’ve done as much decorating as I can this year.  There’s just not enough time!   I actually let my husband slip by without putting lights on the house!  I must really be feeling rushed to let him out of that!

Our tree stands in the center of the living room.

My little black cat named Topsy came out to see the tree.  She’s very shy so it really must have  attracted her!  She loved it!  She was purring, licking her paws and sitting so happily under the tree!  And yet, if you were to stop by you’d never see Topsy.  She’d be hiding as quick as a wink!

She’s content to sit under the tree…

…and enjoy the ornaments!  Or maybe she loves my little stuffed Allie dogs & Scooter Pie the cats!

My feather tree is dressed in silver this year, with a little touch of gold…

And the dining room hutch is home to my little pink sheep…

How do you decorate?  Do you always put your tree in the same place?  Do you have ornaments you mix up each year?  Different sets of ornaments?  Do you move everything around or does it make you feel more “at home” with things the same every year?

If you visit Kevin Sharkey’s blog (he’s part of the Martha Stewart team) you can watch how he decorates  his trees.  He has boxes and boxes of wonderful ornaments and he’s so dang organized.  I’m taking notes for next year.  Be sure and click on the slide show above the picture.  You’ll see 3 gold tinsel trees come to life.

Hope your shopping is done (LOL) and presents all wrapped.

Anne

32 Comments

  • Joanne Moore

    What a beautiful tree!!! Topsy looks just like my grandcat Maynard. My cats LOVE the Christmas tree each year. They also love drinking the water from the base. I’ve read they are not supposed to but after 13 years of Christmas tree tea they are still thriving. Love your Allie and Scooter Pie decorations. For years I kept lots of the Christmas stuff in my daughter’s upper closet and the rest went in the attic. So Dec. 1 I went to my daughter’s room to start the decorating process and her upper closet was empty! I forgot that last year I had my husband put everything in the attic so I could have much needed storage space. For an entire year that section of closet stayed empty!Man!I got so organized my brain could not retain it! Thanks for sharing the link to Kevin Sharkey’s trees. Beautiful. All the organized bins kill me. Good luck with all your Christmas prep. Somehow we accomplish those lists each year.

  • Jackie Ro.

    Love seeing your shy kitty enjoy ‘her’ tree :)
    Your Christmas trees and home look absolutely beautiful Anne.
    Blessings to you & yours throughout this holiday season.
    Jackie in NC

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