Moving Things Around A Bit

Well, it's hard to get a good photo in this room.  It tends to be dark 

anyway, but the dark gray and rainy weather doesn't help one bit!

Right along with the rest of you, I have been moving things around a

bit now that the Christmas decorations are down and mostly, and I do

mean mostly, packed up and put away.  I paired down a bit for 

Christmas 2018, but I don't think I paired down quite enough.  As

a consequence, I have now created a donate pile that is growing

each day.  I had a very firm talk with myself and I have been told

by me, that I am NOT to walk into Hobby Lobby when they start

putting out their Christmas decor next Fall.  I wonder if it is possible

to alert the store and have them turn on an alarm when I walk in???

So here you have the farmhouse table in my breakfast room.  I will

never sell or give this away because I love it dearly and have owned it

since before I married David.  I have one problem with it though, I 

always feel a bit challenged to create a centerpiece for it.  Apparently

I did not inherit my Mama's exceptional ability to create them.  I 

seem especially challenged when the table is rectangular like this one.

So I went with the less is more approach and just put some green

apples in a vintage wood bowl.  I toyed with the idea of adding some

additional fruit, but I held back.  I don't know how long this arrangement

will have a home on this table, but it does for now.  

That's all for today folks.  I think I will have a hot dog.  I have not had

one for years and recently a childhood friend of mine started talking 

about Chicago dogs, and it got me started.  I don't eat mine the Chicago

way with the peppers and onions.  I like mine with yellow mustard and

pickle relish.  I also like the NYC style with sauerkraut.   I was careful

to buy the kind without nitrates.  I am careful that way.  So I must

close and get that dog because I am so hungry for one!

Sparkle and Shine and Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley