Posts Tagged ‘christmas’

Part 2 of Christmas Before and After…

The hutch in my dining room before…

After..

And after again..

Here's a before of my buffet table. I bought this table at an auction

for $50.00. I loved the top, it's stainless steel.. and the insides of the

drawers are lined with stainless steel. Pretty cool huh?

Here's my after… I bought all the wood trees from Starbucks

three or so years ago. The paper cone trees are from Starbucks

5 years ago.

My dining room.. before.. ignore my "not framed" french doors.

This is a work in progress..

Dining room after.

These red and white cone trees came from Starbucks. I've seen

them from time to time on eBay.

After …

After.. window decoration…

My kitchen tree.. with glittery fruit.

I forgot to included this one from yesterday.. This is in my entry way.. On

my banister I have all the different stockings that we have had since 1994.

I've made 4 sets of different stockings over the years, and when

I have a new baby I can't find the matching fabric.. so I make new ones.

Which will be happening NEXT year..

Entryway After…

We've been doing a little decorating at our house.. Here's a few before and afters.

Before.. This little desk thing is not my favorite. I used to have a bench type thing in here.. I liked it better. The man likes this thing. Don't get me wrong.. I like it. I just don't like it here.

Here's another before of the entryway. Yes… that is a TV sitting in my entryway.. don't ask.. it's not where *I* would have put it.. but currently it's where my children play the Wii.

After..

While I was making gravy today I thought.. “Good Gravy! (and it was good gravy) I forgot to send out Christmas Cards!  If you didn’t get a card from me.. (and we know you didn’t)..  Please accept my apology..  and know that it would look something like this.

Sunday we went to The Man’s parents house to celebrate Christmas with them.  I affectionately call my mother and father in law Ward and June Cleaver.  I’ve done this because The Man has always referred to his childhood as living the life of The Cleavers.. you know the show “Leave it to Beaver” ?

I don’t know if you can see Sam (he’s the cat with the green arrow above his head).

This photo reminds me of him being a “basement cat” from that cute site Icanhascheezburger.

The day started out great… the stockings were hung…

The men were relaxing.  That’s The Man and his baby brother.. oh and

#2′s there in the back and black.

Here’s #4 and his uncle.  They are pretty cute huh?

(oh and they both are single… You’ll have to wait a while for #4 though)

It was a pretty normal family Christmas party.. trees, stockings, food, family.. until we got

to the presents.  Here’s #2.. nothing too weird here.

We have #4 opening is rocket ship.. This kid loves space.  He’s going to be

the first kid from our little town on the Moon.

Here’s #4 and his uncle “the punk” playing with the rocket..

Then we came to #5.. he’s been wanting one of these for a LONG time.

He loves Transformers, and this Bumblebee Voice Changer Helmet is

a perfect gift for this kid.

Here #2 and my mother in law “June” (without the pearls and heels)

watching  the festivities.

Wait.. what’s this? It looks like #4 has found something..

Could it be?  Did #5 leave the Bumblebee helmet UNATTENDED?

Holy Smokes.. #4 has been spotted with the helmet. That blur there is

#5 coming over to get his helmet back.  Can you see the Bumblebee

Transformer car he dropped on the floor?

He’s not happy…

He’s working  up to throwing a fit…

Wait.. The Man busts into the room to save the day…

Peace and Order is restored and #4 gave him the helmet back.  Whew…

melt down diverted to another day.