DO YOU REMEMBER THESE DAYS?..........I DO!!!

SOME MORE PICTURES TO BRING BACK A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES. ENJOY...............

I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SHOW, I WILL SHOW THEM IN MY NEXT POST........RIZZI

WATCH OUT GIRLS, HERE COMES THE BEAUTIES OF 2011!!!!

AREN'T THESE PICTURES SOMETHING? I THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET A KICK OUT OF THEM.

THE SAD PART IS I REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE STYLES,

MY MOM HAD HATS AND DRESSES VERY SIMILAR. HOW EVERYTHING CHANGES. TAKE CARE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. RIZZI

BY TO 2010 AND HELLO 2011

I LOVE GETTING READY FOR CHRISTRMAS. IT BRINGS A LOT OF WARMTH TO YOUR HEART. DECORATING THE TREE, HANGING THE STOCKINGS, REMEMBERING BACK WHEN YOU PICK-UP AN OLD ORNAMENT, CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, PREPARING A DELICIOUS FEAST, AND GREETING OLD FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. BUT....NOW IT IS OVER, AND WE WILL ALL START DOING IT AGAIN RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, AND LOVING IT, EVEN IF WE ARE TIRED. I RECEIVED SO MANY LOVELY GIFTS THIS CHRISTMAS, I WILL SHOW JUST A FEW TODAY.
I WANTED TO GET BACK IN READING, AND I WILL START WITH MY NEW BOOK.

CRAFT EMBELLISHMENTS

CRAFT PAPER, AND MORE EMBELLISHMENTS

THIS IS CALLED A SMOKING CASTLE, YOU BURN INCENSE

AND THE AROMA AND SMOKE COME OUT OF THE TOWERS.

ISN'T THIS A SWEET CUP, AS YOU DRINK THE WORD LOVE IS THERE WITH EVERY SIP.

MY FAVORITE COLOR BLUE, AND YES "TEA", JUST WHAT I DRINK. (AND A FEW COOKIES)

WELL, LET US ALL START A NEW YEAR 2011.........IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE HOW FAST TIME GOES BY. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SNOW THIS WEEKEND, MUST GET OUT THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND MARSHMALLOWS, AND A FEW COOKIES. HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS, AND THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY. RIZZI

HAPPY NEW YEAR....2011

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE 2011 IS HERE ALREADY. I DIDN'T GO TO ANY SWANKY NEW YEARS EVE PARTY, I FELL ASLEEP AND 2011 ARRIVED WITHOUT ME. NOW I KNOW I AM GETTING OLD. WE HAD A LOVELY NEW YEARS DAY, JACKIE MADE A YUMMY PORK ROAST DINNER. I CALLED MY OLDEST BROTHER ANDY, HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD WHEN I WAS BORN. HE IS THE OLDEST OF 7 CHILDREN. IT WAS SO GOOD TO TALK WITH HIM. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE NEW YEARS DAY. HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DEAR BLOGGER FRIENDS, YOU ARE SUCH A PART OF MY LIFE, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. RIZZI

WE HAD A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS, SANTA STOPPED BY AND LEFT SO MANY BEAUTIFUL GIFTS.


THE KIDS WERE SO HAPPY WITH ALL THE GIFTS THEY GOT. THEY HAVEN'T STOPPED PLAYING WITH THEM YET. FIRST THING THEY DO IN THE MORNING IS RUSH OUT TO THEIR TOYS. MATTIE AND MAKAYLA GOT ALL KINDS OF BARNS, HORSES, AND RIDERS....THEY ARE INTO HORSEBACK RIDING SO THEY JUST LOVE THEIR
GIFTS.


OUR SNOW STORM, WE HAD ABOUT 18 INCHES. A LOT OF SNOW PLOWING.

CHRISTMAS COOKIES JACKIE MADE, GREAT WITH A NICE HOT CUP OF TEA.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BARK WITH DRIED FRUIT AND NUTS, JACKIE MADE, REALLY DELICIOUS.

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS. TAKE CARE, STAY HEALTHY. RIZZI

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A VERY MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY BLOGGER FRIENDS. HAVE A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
DAY. LOVE, RIZZI

CHRISTMAS TREE

WELL, JACKIE PUT UP HER FIRST TREE, IT'S NOT A BIG TREE, BUT....IT'S HER TREE. SHE PUTS IT IN THE SMALL
SITTING ROOM.....(I CALL THE ROOM THE TEA ROOM) THIS YEAR SHE ADDED A FEW NEW ORNAMENTS, AND STRUNG SILVER BEADS. IT LOOKS SO PRETTY.


ANGEL
THE DAYLIGHT DOESN'T GIVE THE TREE THE RIGHT LIGHTING.........

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE ORNAMENTS ON THE TREE.

DIDN'T REALIZE I TOOK A PICTURE OF MYSELF..YIKES!

WELL, THERE IT IS, I THINK IT IS SO PRETTY, NOW HER SECOND TREE, WHICH IS REAL AND MUCH BIGGER WAS PUT UP AND DECORATED LAST NIGHT BY THE WHOLE FAMILY. THAT'S ANOTHER POST. HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THE PRE-CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS......I MUST GET STARTED IN DECORATING MY ROOM...JUST A LITTLE......RIZZI

FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT

I RECEIVED MY FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT TODAY IN THE MAIL. MY NIECE KAREN, FROM (OVER THE BACKYARD FENCE) SENT ME A LOVELY BOX OF ASSORTED CHEESES
AND SAUSAGE.


CAN'T WAIT TO TASTE THE ITALIAN DRY SAUSAGE....

DUTCH CHEESE, EDAM, AND BRIE FROM FRANCE....

WHAT A LOVELY GIFT I THINK I'LL SAVE THIS FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK, WHEN WE GATHER AROUND THE TREE, AND SNACK, AND SNACK, AND SNACK, AND SNACK. :)

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

WELL, IT'S TIME FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS...............
AND THIS IS THE WORK CREW....JENNA AND HER DAD.



JENNA

FRONT OF THE HOUSE

THE MANAGER----AS YOU SEE THE BABY JESUS DIDN'T ARRIVE YET.

SANTA CLAUS---------FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

REINDEER

SLEIGH AND REINDEER

WOODEN SOLDIER

REINDEER

SORRY SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE BLURRY, AND IT WAS HARD TO FIT EVERYTHING IN ONE PHOTO.

JACKIE AND JENNA DID A GOOD JOB IN TAKING THEM.

WHEN ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON THEY LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL. JACKIE, PAT, AND THE KIDS BOUGHT THE TREE, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO DECORATE IT. RIZZI

GIVEAWAY GIFT I WON FROM KORALEE, BLUEBIRD NOTES

KORALEE, FROM BLUEBIRD NOTES HAD A GIVEAWAY, AND I WON. ISN'T THAT GREAT. I HAD TO GO TO PIXIE DUST PAPERIE, (KRISTY) AND PICK OUT SOME GIFTS.



I PICKED OUT TWO JACK AND JILL COLLECTION PAPER PADS, AND TWO MINI ALBUMS.
JACK AND JILL PADS

SOME OF THE PAPERS INSIDE THE PADS, THEY ARE SO PRETTY.

MY TWO MINI ALBUMS.

I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU KORALEE, AND THANK YOU KRISTY, YOU MADE ME VERY HAPPY.