Last Of The Christmas Pictures

Good Evening Everyone!

I just did my annual "walk through the house

to take pictures of every room".  I have

done this every year since I got married,

and we have been married for 44 years.

It is so much fun to look back at all the

years~the different houses, the different

furniture, the decorations that I have 

collected and moved around all over

the place.  Many memories of all the

wonderful Christmases.  

It is almost time to take everything

down and pack it away.  Makes me sad~

this year I was really late decorating so

I don't want to part with it just yet.

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Hope you enjoy my little Christmas album

Kitchen

I always decorate this window every season.

So much fun!

 Breakfast Room

 Breakfast Room~My stitching chair in on right.  

You can see a skein of floss.   The little divided

box on the top of the chest holds scissors, needles

etc. when Avery isn't here.  The chest is full

of needle necessities.

 Kitchen

 Back Hall

 Bathroom

 A Victorian inspired cone that I made

 Dining Room

 

The glass ornaments in the punch bowl belonged

to my husband Lehmer's parents.  We 

cherish these.  We use to foolishly put them on

our tree, and when it fell one year, we

lost a great many of them.

 Wonderful olde sock with the date "1879"

on my newel post

 Foyer

 Living Room

 Family Stockings

 Keeping Room

 Tiny corner cupboard with old plastic boots

and ironstone.

 An olde Fruit Cake tin that I fill with Christmas Card.

And to all a good night!

And to all a good night!

Sandra

"Peace and Cheer" Freebie

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Two blog posts in one day, that doesn't

happen very often, but I wanted to

do something special for all of

my friends out there.

It is about to be a new beginning and I

am wishing and hoping for you and

for me that it is going to be 

"A Most Wonderful Year".

I so want for all of us, our families,

and our friends to 

have 

"Peace and Cheer"

in the New Year.

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In keeping with that wish and as a 

thank you for your friendship and

for liking and stitching my designs,

this is a little gift for you to

start the year off right.

I haven't stitched it yet, but if you

do stitch it, please share with me

so I can share with everyone else.

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I chose to do this in one color, so pick

your favorite!  The picture shows it with two colors
that was stitched later.

 STITCH COUNT

81 Wide X 33 High
Just left click on the image to make it bigger.
Right click to print.

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I wish each and everyone of you

"Many Happy Stitches" 

in this new year!

Sandra

Precious Moments!

Good Afternoon!

Well, everyone left this morning and the house

is so quiet, so empty.  I hate it when this happens.

The energy is invigorating.  Now I just feel tired.

Of course, that could be from all the sugar

I have consumed in the last few days.

Not going to get on the scale.  No way!

I would really be depressed today.

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This is what I mean by precious moments!

Christmas program at preschool ~ so cute!

He really was singing~

Christmas Eve at dear friends' home.  Have been

going there for years.  Wonderful memories

of little ones singing favorite Christmas carols.

 Getting ready for the annual reading of

The Night Before Christmas

Setting on the steps Christmas morning waiting

for permission to go into the living room

Jumping for joy!  Cannot believe I caught him

with his feet in the air.  Saying over and over

"Oh my goodness" and "Wow"

Christmas brunch at Hollis and Paul's

Lehmer, Me, Paul, Cameron, and Summer

Hollis is taking the picture

I'm taking the picture, so Hollis is in this one.

 (Sorry Paul~not a good picture)

Next year I need to remind Cameron to bring

his remote for the camera.  I need to have 

a master list.

 Standing in a pile of presents.  Can't you see

the excitement!

 I think this might be his favorite present~

a fire engine tent

Isn't this ridiculous!  Wonder who Avery is calling.

Summer, Cameron's girlfriend, and Avery 

eating his favorite food group

 Relaxing in front of the fireplace the night after

Christmas night.

 Good to have some down time

 Not your typical holiday meal~a little Italian takeout

last night.

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Another Christmas filled with wonderful

memories.  

Christmas Blessings,

Sandra