Its been a busy time for most of us with the holidays once again . I always enjoy the holidays and it seems like I spend so much time getting prepared, then I blink and they are over until the next year.
I spent Thanksgiving this year at my parents house in Lewisburg with Mom, Dad, my younger sister Karen and her husband David. We also had the pleasure of meeting Mackenzie the newest and youngest granddaughter of Karen who is quite lucky thus far to have four beautiful grandaughters while Gary and I have none, no girls or boys and we are beginning to wonder how does one raise two boys who are now 29 and 32 , one married and one engaged and not have ANY grandchildren anywhere??? I would love to have a grandchild and would especially love to have a little girl. I suppose time will tell the story. I in the meanwhile will continue breeding my Persians and enjoying those adorable little furrie purrees.
We had an enjoyable Thanksgiving and it was great to catch up with my sis and her beautiful little angel Mackenzie.
Shortly after returning home from our Thanksgiving trip I started decorating the house for Christmas. I put up two Christmas trees, the largest one 71/2 feet tall and so big around that I have alot of trouble trying to put the lights and beads around it. I have tons and tons of ornaments that I have gathered through the years and I would imagine that I had around seven hours total into decorating this huge tree which I put in our dining room so I would not have to move any furniture out of the living room. I put up a smaller tree in the living room and they were absolutley beautiful after all the mess was cleaned up and I got the chance to sit down and enjoy them. I then with my husband Gary began the task of the outside decorating and I must say that I am so pissed off at the lights that you buy these days, they can be new just out of the box and work fine when you do the initial plug in to test them but once they are hanging on the house they just go bonkers and half the string refuses to light even though the box says if a bulb burns out the rest will stay lit. I took down several strands and replaced them and one of them still went out dead center of the strand. I gave up as it was to much trouble to keep dragging out the ladder over and over. I remember when Christmas lights would burn for years and could be used for many holidays to come. I would imagine that the stores receive almost as many back as they sold due to this defect and would be wise to carry better lights not made in China in the future.
All said and done with the shopping and the decorating it has been a busy time and I love this time of the year but am always just a little bit disappointed after the packages are opened and all is done. It seems like we spend so much time getting ready and in 10 minutes time the gifts are opened and Christmas is done and the New Year is coming. I hope all of you out there reading this had a nice holiday season and remembered the real reason for the season. It's a time for giving from your heart and being thankful for who and what we are. Jesus is the real reason for the season indeed.
I will leave the Holiday decorations up until after New Years and hope and pray that we have some nice mild days coming so it will be easier to take down the outside decorations without freezing while taking on the task. One thing about it they always seem to come down much faster than it took to put them up .
Enjoy the photos and Happy New Year to all !!!
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