Just Because......It's the Sunday Before Christmas............

The Magic of Christmas Trees

It's Begining to Look......

I thought that I would share some of my favorite Christmas decor I have around the house.

Bright and Cheery!

And let's not forget the kitchen..........

And speaking of kitchen, today and Sunday, I'll be making cookies, muffins, and scones for Christmas.  That's all I have to do this year.  Someone else will be making Christmas Dinner.

Oh, it is my favorite time of the year!

Thanksgiving

I can't believe we are just a day away from Thanksgiving 2009. It seems just yesterday I was planting my herbs for my spring garden. Well never-the-less, I am happy about it. Two years ago was the last time I hosted Thanksgiving dinner. I am thrilled that this year I shall don my apron once again and have my friends and family over to celebrate and be grateful.


Poor Thanksgiving. It seems it's always overshadowed by Christmas. It doesn't stand a chance. Once Halloween is over...Christmas decorations are on display. As a child, I remember seeing paper cutouts of turkeys on windows in every shop and home. Pilgrims, pumpkins, and other symbols of Thanksgiving were a given and commonplace. You see very little of it today
I guess it shouldn't really matter. Thanksgiving is felt within our hearts...and we have reason to be ever so thankful on a daily basis. The first words I usually speak, when I open my eyes each morning are "Thank you for the blessing of another beautiful day of life."

Those words I have said, even during the worst of times.

So my dears...I wish you all a lovely weekend filled with many blessings..many reasons to be ever thankful.