Christmas Decor From The Past

I always have a vague idea of how I decorated the previous year.  In the 

past, I decorated most of the rooms.  I am less interested in going to all

that work this year.  It's fun going up, but a real chore to dismantle and

put away.  My knew motto is "take it easy".  

I plan to keep the interior decorations to a minimum.  We will have a

live tree filled with all the Christmas memories of the past.  The difference

is that I used to put up a tree in the living room and one in the family room.

Now it's just the family room.

I will however, spend a lot of time decorating the She Shed ...

because who doesn't want to see a little cottage all dressed up

for the holidays???

I sure do!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Social Media Can Be Cruel

I am hard at work on my book right now, but I wanted to take a few minutes

to discuss hurt feelings that can be caused by social media.  Here is my

question, have you ever been unfriended by anyone on social media?  I

am not talking about someone you have never met personally, or

someone with whom you only have a limited friendship.  I am talking

about someone who you have corresponded with regularly, or worse yet,

a relative.  How did this make you feel?  Were you hurt, or were you

angry?  Did you have any idea as to why you were unfriended?  

This happened to me just last week.  I am curious to know your 

thoughts.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Why I Woke Up in a Panic!

Last night at about 4:30 AM, I woke up in a panic!  I had a very scary

dream.  In my dream it was Christmas morning, but I looked around and

realized I never put up a tree, or baked any cookies.  I walked around the

house saying to myself .... How could it be Christmas already?  I thought

it was still November!  

I noticed that David had already brought in the newspaper.  When I looked

at the headline it read ....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No coffee cake for breakfast and nothing for dinner.  I had not been 

shopping and the pantry was empty!

No fire in the fireplace.  No filled Christmas stockings.  Nothing at all

to celebrate the holiday.  

When I woke up from this very scary dream, I looked at the clock.  

I checked the date on my phone.  Yes, still November.  What a relief.

Falling back an hour on Saturday night has me all mixed up!  But

I am taking no chances.  I think I will head outside today and start

decorating the She Shed.  At least one spot will be ready just in 

case, lol.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley

Hallmark Christmas Movies Made Me Do It

I have always had a rule for myself, no Christmas decorating until

after Thanksgiving.  So far, I have obeyed my rule.  However, this year

I started thinking about Christmas decorating much sooner than usual.

It's hard not to notice the Christmas decorations that have been out at

Hobby Lobby for some time now.  I tried to avert my eyes as best I

could, but well, I caved, and a couple of things just happened to

creep into my decorating closet.  Partly it's because I don't want to 

miss out on the things I like if I wait until after Thanksgiving.  I am

quite sure that the marketing department has me pegged and is 

appealing to my weak nature.   What can I say,  I am putty in their

retail honed hands.

But it's not just Hobby Lobby is to blame.  A big source of 

of the problem is ....

HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES!

I will admit, I am an addict.  Some of these movies I have seen several

times.  It doesn't matter!  I love them and will watch them again and

again.  Pretty soon the Christmas theme and scenes are whirling around

in my head and I just have to start planning my own Christmas decor.

Today I was outside for a while with Bentley.  I walked over to my

She Shed and started dreaming of turning it into a Christmas Cottage.

The ideas started coming and now I can hardly wait to start the

transformation.

It's too late now.  Full speed ahead!

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley