Petey got a haircut Tuesday for the Holiday visitors. He was getting really scraggly...but he so enjoys it when Brian or Anne come to visit...

 

I don't remember where we got these two...but they've been perfect for sitting over the entry way and providing security for the tree and presents when we're not here...;-)!

 

"And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there..." There are 5 hung on the mantle...one each for me, BD and Anne, then the two others for Emerson and Hoss...Gertie, as you can see, is in the Christmas spirit!! She's been dressed for the Season for two weeks!

 

Anne, BD's youngest daughter, is down for Christmas and her and BD were baking away this AM. They made homemade cinnamon rolls, with raisins for her family and without for me (I hate raisins...), a Red Velvet cake for me for Christmas dessert, and they're are going to finish off the day with an apple pie. You can also see the Christmas stuffed animals on the chair...got 'em everywhere.

 

You can see the scrabble game unwrapped under the tree. On Saturday BD and I wrapped gifts. I was in our bedroom and she was in the guest room. We promised to announce forays into each other's wrapping arenas...;-)! Anyway, BD said she was coming in, so I put the Scrabble game under the bed...and, you guessed it, forgot I had done so and failed to wrap it. When BD came to bed that night she said she was a bad, bad girl and I should agree to her saying so. I had no earthly idea what she was talking about until she said she could have ignored the game and not told me that she saw it...but she decided to let me know she saw it and demanded that since it was a "discovered" gift, unwrapped, it was fair game to play prior to Christmas. Sometimes I do the dumbest things...

 

We got the tree up last weekend. It is "bowed" in the middle, but straight at the bottow and top. We were going to buy a shorter tree this year, try to stay around 5' or 6', but when we went to the tree place this one just reached out. It's actually a couple feet shorter than last year, but I still had to have the 8' step ladder to trim it and put the angel on the top.

 

We bought 8 chairs to go with it. I didn't think they were very comfortable when sitting in them at the store, but now that they're here they are very, very comfortable...

 

Wanted to get a picture up of our new Dining Room table and chairs. We've got it "dressed" for Christmas. BD has a more formal table cloth with a Christmas theme and napkins to match that we'll put on it for Christmas supper...it's something we've wanted for a while and finally pulled the trigger. It's set for 8 right now, but there are 3 more leaves that go in that will sit 12...