Mute Your Speakers

I can't believe I'm doing this...decorating my blog for Christmas already! Do you just hate me. When you hear the Christmas music you surely will! Well, get out your chestnuts and start roasting like me! I've been working on my Christmas swaps today getting them ready to mail and poor old Thanksgiving is once again getting slighted! Two years ago my sister was buried the day after Thanksgiving so we just skipped it. Last year we had a Thanksgiving breakfast so my brother could be with family before we left to go out of town. A nice get together but everyone rushed off to go to their "real" Thanksgiving dinners. And this year my son is getting married ON Thanksgiving. So we'll have a wedding and then a Thanksgiving feast for the reception. I'm so thrilled to have something really wonderful to celebrate and I'm truly thankful that my son finally found the love of his life and I'm thankful that I get a little granddaughter in the deal!!! But today with Halloween decorations still hanging around I decided to go straight to Christmas! (A swap sneaky peek!) I used to be a super woman decorating big time for all three holidays but lately I'm taking a more minimalist approach. I'll definitely do less shopping this year. I'd like to pay more attention to my Snow Village and maybe less of the other decorating. Make more of my gifts and

I'd like to bake more and take sumptuous goodies to my neighbors and friends. We all have too much "stuff" and I know my friends would love homebaked goods. So here's my plans for this year:Keep the Thursday stuff to a minimum......And make it a point to:

Big Holiday Hugs! Nancy