Happy New Year,,,,,,,,,,

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.......I PRAY THAT 2008 WILL BRING US ALL CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THROUGH BLOGGING......WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR BETTER ONE PERSON AT THE TIME.....

I WISH YOU ALL A PEACEFUL, HEALTHY, JOYOUS, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR........

Our Christmas Card To You.........Unselfish Christmas Gift.........A Poem That Is So True.....

From our home to your home........



WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOD'S RICHEST BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL.......................................................................................................



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A company, (I wish I could tell you the name of it but I can't locate the email) places a wreath on each grave in Arlington National Cemetery each Christmas..........................................................................................................................................................................................................

I Corinthians 13 - A Christmas Version

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family and friends, I'm just another decorator.

If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love to my family and friends, I'm just another cook.

If I work at the soup kitchen, carol in the nursing home and give all that I have to charity, but do not show love to my family and friends, it profits me nothing.

If I trim the spruce with shimmering angels and crocheted snowflakes, attend a myriad of holiday parties and sing in the choir's cantata but do not focus on Christ,

I have missed the point.

Love stops the cooking to hug the child. Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the spouse. Love is kind, though harried and tired. Love doesn't envy another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens.

Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way. Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

The giving of gifts is not something man invented. God started the giving spree when he gave a gift beyond words, the unspeakable gift of His Son.

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Little Red Guest House.......

This is our little red guest house.......

Small but comfortable......
Looking out our bedroom window in the spring.....

The living room settee was bought for $20.00 at a porch sale....I had it recovered in tapestry several years ago and it still looks great.....the two blue chairs were rescued from the curbside, the little white table a $5.00 purchase from a friend, the chest a gift from my Daddy when I graduated from high school. It received a new face lift with Queen Ann legs, and new hardware.......
This distinguished fellow was found in a thrift store....my husband's forefather came from Scotland so I decided he is a good representation for our family......He reigns at the little house as Lord of the Manor........
The Northwood Christmas tree.......
The gentleman's wardrobe was bought when I was a child to hold my clothes...the Bentwood chair a $2.00 buy, the little Nantucket table bought at a thrift store.....
A vintage Santa wreath.......
I was in a variety store and saw this Santa in the trash can...I asked about it and bought it for $1.00.......He had a broken hand so I glued some Holly on it........
I bought the goose on wheels at an antique mall for $8.00......
Empty gift boxes.......
A tea cart bought for $40.00......

I bought the candle lantern in TN for $1.00 several years ago....later, I saw one either like it or very similar for several dollars......

A rescued mirror frame sprayed white with red and white Willow dishes..........
My $1.00 white French Provencial chest painted black....I faux marbled the top and sprayed the hardware gold.....
The mantel with an original oil of an antebellum scene...a $10.00 purchase. I've seen prints of this picture....


The chair belonged to a dear lady who has passed away. The knitted throw has a label 'Nantucket'......It came from a thrift store.......

A print..........
Black and white toile...............
A battery radio drop leaf table bought for $2.00. The man I bought it from said it can be repaired.......
Lowboy chest I bought when I won a shopping trip.......
A highboy I bought in a thrift shop......the two chairs were 75 cents each.....
My animals bought when I was very young....years ago we covered everything that wasn't moving with calico.......
A letter my twin granddaughters wrote to us when they were very young........
Grandson drew wanted to give me something one Mother's Day...in his little hand he had a quarter......one of the best gifts I've ever received........
Bombay plate caddy with Redbird dessert plates....

Double jelly cabinet......
My Daddy's parent's cupboard....
I saw a wreath like this in a tea shop for $50.00....I made my own.......
A yard sale pitcher....once when I was serving dessert to ladies, one of them asked me if I knew the yellow pitcher was an antique......she had one like it that belonged to her grandmother.....

A 50 cent round old platter........
This vintage cabinet was in my Mama's kitchen when I was a little girl......
The kitchen....the pretty lace square cloth is actually plastic .....the rooster picture was painted years ago when I painted.....the green chair usually is in the living room.......the blue, child's youth chair came from a thrift shop....
The bath room.....another one of my paintings.....

A sewing machine cabinet holds a lamp........well, that's the little red house.....I had the guest book back at the beginning for you all to sign but somehow it got deleted.......thank you for visiting with me........

Show and Tell Friday......antique snow globe.. Sun porch, garden room and patio, back door...

Welcome to our home........it's Show and Tell over at Kelli's...I've missed several weeks.....today I want to show you an antique snow globe I bought last year......the silver filigree base is tarnished but I haven't cleaned it.....I think it adds character....


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Today finishes up a look inside our home.......this the back door....a snow sled in the deep south is just good for decorations.......well, once every 5 or 10 years we might have snow........




A woodsman Santa greets you in my little all purpose room......

Not a very good picture of the lighted glass cube..........
Hand painted bells from years ago........
A wreath that dried from a wedding a few months ago......
The chest, that belonged to my Mama and Daddy holds red tin containers labeled 'Reindeer treats and elve treats'..........
Many hours of enjoyment spent on the digital piano-organ......
A row of toy soldiers on top of the corner cabinet.........the toile fabric is wet with liquid starch and smoothed on the doors.....ribbon trim around the edges.......can be pulled off and you would never know it had been there....it's great on any surface and especially in rented apartments, etc.
Snowmen.......................

Even a canine angel.....................
Snow man pillow........along with a vintage sock monkey.......
A revolving fiber optic revolving tree from a dear friend..........
I found this wooden angel for $2.00 at a Salvation Army store....
My storage house gets a wreath, too........................
The rabbit dressed for Christmas.......
Ling Ling wants to be included..........
Who is that shadow woman making pictures?
Looking out the den door to the patio............................
The carport entrance.........

Another Goodwill find for a couple of dollars.....................well, that concludes our home but, hopefully, tomorrow we'll visit our little red guest house......so come on back............