Before, During and After

Today I'm joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday. Visit her for more fun Metamorphosis pics.

Here's my living room all clean and decorated for Christmas. Now it's time to wrap my presents............................................

Aghhhhhhhhhhh! Can you relate to this? I bet most of you can. I always try my best to keep it organized, but it never works. I'm Always losing my scissors, tape and pen. heheheheh

Ahhhhhhh! That's better. All the presents are wrapped, and everything is "Metamorphosised" into neat and tidy again. :)

It's a good thing, too. Because I wouldn't want Santa to see it that way.

I want to say Merry Christmas to all my Bloggy friends! You are all such a great, sweet group of friends, and I enjoy visiting your blogs and sharing mine with you all so much.

My Christmas House

Hello and welcome to my home. Here's the outside of my house.

I've had my reindeer family for many years, and I just love them. Mama, Daddy and baby deer in the middle. :)

Come on in the front door. I'm glad you are here!





Here's my living room. I've got a nice fire waiting for you.

Come warm yourself by it. I just recently got this firescreen from Lowe's.




There's the tree over in the corner.

It's not real, but don't tell the tree that. :)

I got all my decorations from Walmart this year. I loved the way their display tree looked, but when I went to buy the ornaments, they were almost all gone, so the clerk told me I could "undecorate" the display tree; and that's what I did.





I love the texture of the reds and browns in the collection.

Now let's move on in to kitchen. It's red and white, so it's easy to decorate for Christmas.

I've had this teapot and cups for several years also. I'm sure it's a familiar pattern to lots of you.

Another view of the kitchen.

My stove and desk area.

This is a shelf in my kitchen eating area.

Here's my little, green hutch in the dining room all decorated for Christmas.

I put a few Christmas touches in my hall bath, too.

I just installed this cabinet over the commode. It looks so much better now.

Well I didn't show you all of my house, but I'm glad you came by to see me. I'm linking up to several parties for this post. Be sure to visit them all for more Christmas pictures and fun.

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Breakfast With Santa

Come on in. We are having breakfast with Santa this morning in the kitchen.

Santa has his own special mug.

Gotta make the Big Guy feel special. :)

Everybody else has white cups.

The place setting is simple with the red and white plates from Dollar Tree (love those), my red and white napkins and red silverware from BB&B.

Santa Salt and Peppers. These came from Hallmark several years ago.

Santa coasters!

We are using Santa's favorite flowers for the centerpiece.

And here's what we are having for breakfast. Yummy! I do hope he likes it.

Thanks for stopping by. I loved having you. Please join Susan over at

Between Naps on the Porch for more great, fun tablescapes.

The MAGIC Christmas Book

Hello Bloggy friends. Today I want to show you one of my favorite books. I love this version of "The Night Before Christmas" because of the beautiful and magical illustrations by Cheryl Harness.





If I had a Victorian house, I'd want it to look just like this one. Wouldn't you? And wait till you see the inside!!!!







Here's the parlor. (I can only show you one side of the room at a time because my scanner wasn't big enough) :(



See? Everything is dark and quiet. See the little mouse under the stairs? He's even got his stocking hung. Study the room carefully. Notice the angel on top of the tree.




Now look! Santa has come! It's straight up 12 midnight on the clock. All the lights have come on.

The mouse woke up and he's taking his stocking to Santa. Look how the angel has changed. Notice the little figurine in the corner. She is now pointing at Santa.







OK, now here's the other side of the same room. The dog and cat are asleep. Notice the pictures of the man and woman on the wall.

Now the lights are on and Santa has arrived. The dog and cat have both woke up to see what's going on. Look at the pictures now. They are smiling. Did you see the face on top of the mirror? It changed, too.

It's fun to look at the pictures and see what all has changed, and the illustrations are so beautiful. When I taught day care, the kids just loved this book. Now I love reading it to my granddaughters. :)

Thanks for visiting me today. And as Santa says, "Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night". :)

I'm linking up to Met Monday at Susan's Between Naps on the Porch, and Joan at Anything Goes Here for Vintage Christmas Monday.

Cynthia's Log Cabin

Hi! Today, I'd like to give you a tour of my friend, Cynthia's log cabin. We attended a party at her house this past Friday, and I took pictures. :)

Here's her cute little eating area off her kitchen.

Closeup of her cabinet.

This is the downstairs bedroom. Wouldn't you love to stay over? I would.

Her dad pulled this bed out of the dump and refinished it. Can you believe it?

Her mantle all decorated for Christmas.

A view of living room from the stairs.

This is her master bedroom.

Cozy corner of the Master.

And here we are. I'm on the left in the back. Cynthia is on the back on the right. Thanks for joining me. I loved having you.