This is one of the lovely mirrors I had asked and hoped for that my kind husband purchased for me, I asked for one but got two , which was so nice, because the second went into Sophie's room over her dresser, they were a little worse for wear as in the store they had been bashed around with obviously some black frames and were very badly marked, but I fear not, a few q-tips and acetone free nail polish remover later and a gentle hand and all the marks were gone.
I love them so thick and bold with all the nail heads.
Were splurged on this big screen tv , not my first choice of size , but I gave in here, easily after all the price dropping going on, we removed one shelf and a doored cupboard from this hutch and the tele fit perfectly. I have some repair work to do , but this makes the best tv console .
Sophie's chandelier has been crying out for some love, o I found these cheap yet shapely shades and glues on some super soft chenille velvet Ric rack and ribbon as well as these three beaded flowers that I have had for years.
I love them , aren't they so sweet.

Now that's a lot of Webkinz, now what to name them all.
She is quite pleased.

My wish came true , I got the coveted Kitchen Aid mixer , I love it , that will help me so much each week to make the nut free treats for the school.
Oh they are so cute when they cuddle in their new matching sweaters.

This is the chair I often sat on when visiting my Oma and Opa, throughout my childhood, it has obviously seen better days. Some time ago my Mom dropped it off to me to have me work on it, I haven't found that time, as I have been doing constant home improvements over this past year . Until tonight ,, after I brought it up last night during our party , and I was inspired.
So I will show you its sad state, I have made great headway on it tonight, as it is a tradition on Christmas Eve to do some random unplanned project , last year it was painting stripes on my bedroom wall.

I little Christmas decor added to the boudoir...I fell in love with these paper crafts , and bring them out each year at Christmas time to add some festivity to the bedrooms, Sophie had kitties, as well as Mason has kitties.
Here is the bedroom Christmas tree, full of presents, no not matching my color scheme , I have to be practical and use the paper we have, I would love to see a sea of white and silver gifts , oh that would be perfect.
We had my family for dinner and time together last night , we had a very nice time , Mom and Lawrence made Martini's using Oprah's pomegranate recipe , so good. Janice gave me a lovely hostess gift I went gaga over this canape cutter tin , so me , I love it , thought you all would love it too. http://www.oprah.com/foodhome/food/recipes/food_20051123_drink.jhtml

As you might tell we are not having a white Christmas after all, it is well above zero about 8c (46 f) which is just fine by me, I am not a fan of snow on any given day , I hate to be cold. Christmas is Christmas no matter the weather . There is snow on the ground but it is quickly melting I see green grass.

Ready for a frosty wintery party tomorrow night with family.

Mason was dressed very festively in her red and sparkly shirt, she is growing up so quicklyI clearly need a new camera for distance, as mine can't handle it very well.
It was a very civilized night, lots of singing and instumentals , lovely.

good friends

I always love a good concert ...
pj's were the perfect attire...
Merry Christmas everyone.

The two aqua blue ornaments were my Oma's , very vintage, glass , hand painted and glittered well the large one , the small ones look like mercury glass, they are beautiful. Sophie was a great help placing many of the unbreakable ornamets for me, her idea was to clump her things together , hmm that's different.