What I got for Christmas....

Oh yes.....what did I get for Christmas?  Well...I had pointed out to Steve some boots that I saw that I liked....

I told him that I wanted a new camera....REALLY....REALLY....BAD!

I pointed out that I was almost out of my favorite perfume......

I showed him a coat I LOVED....

Come Christmas Eve....my gifts that he wrapped were under the tree....

I am sitting on the sofa staring at them and thinking.....

Not big enough to be a pair of boots in that box......

Definitely, definitely NOT a coat.....

Not small enough to be my perfume....

Doesn't look like a camera box......

So....what was it you ask?

You really want to know???

Well, it was a Nintendo DS and two games.........

I'll give you a minute to process this.....go ahead.....take your time......really....

WHAT???????  A Nintendo DS???  Okaaaaaay!! 

Seriously......SERIOUSLY.....WHAT WAS HE THINKING!!!!!

I WANTED A CAMERA OR SOME BOOTS, OR SOME PERFUME!! 

I am really an easy person to buy for!!  REALLY I AM!!

Lord have Mercy on my SOUL and ALL the little children of the World!!

I simply do.not.get.it!!

And I looked at him and he was so proud of  himself!  Bless his heart!  He said, I remembered one day you saw these on a commercial and said it looked like it would be fun....

Seriously, that HAD to be 6 MONTHS AGO!!!!  AT LEAST!!

Dear Heaven, give me strength.....

I smiled and thanked him and told him it was just perfect.........cos' that's how I roll.....

I am just venting here....to you guys....

Thankfully.....he doesn't read my blog.....

**sigh**

I am buying my OWN gifts next year~~!

Gotta love him....

I WANT TO BE A MAN IN MY NEXT LIFE!!

After much consideration....I have decided that in my next life (metaphorically speaking of course) I would like to be a man!  In my experiences.....the man.....has it made!!


Case in Point.....


I have been decorating, shopping, cleaning, wrapping, cooking, not to mention, I work full time, for three weeks now! 


Sweet husband Steve?  Not so much....


THEN...yesterday he tells me that Thursday morning....Yeah, Christmas Eve morning....he is going hunting for a "few hours".  Okaaaay....we are supposed to be at his parents house at 3:30.


I ask him....Are you done with your shopping?  Meaning MY GIFTS!!!  Because, seriously, that is ALL HE HAS TO BUY ON HIS OWN!!!  And he looks at me with that "deer caught in the headlights" look.  Well, he says, I have a couple more to get!  Well, he better get to gettin' is all I have to say!!!


Deer Hunting!!!  WHAT!!


He has already killed a deer this year.  That should be enough right??  Noooooooooo, that just fuels the fire!  I can't even look at them when he kills them....breaks my heart!


I was decorating the outside of the house a few weeks ago when he called all excited to tell me he had "gotten" a deer.  It was a doe.....sniff, sniff.  Good, I say.  Wonderful.....rah!  He pulls up in the driveway with said "kill" and I turn to look (as I am hanging garland and greenery and wreaths and such) and behind him pull up about 4 cars filled with Cameron whom he had also called to tell of the "kill".  Cameron and about 8 of his friends stream in behind him for the "viewing", if you will.  I don't look...  They go to the back yard and I continue my decorating.  I put a bow and greenery on my gas lantern at the top of my driveway...and when I step back to admire my handiwork my foot rolls over and down I go like the proverbial tree!  My ankle is killing me and I am laying there all splayed out in the driveway in pain thinking, "I hope no one saw me."  I yell out for Cameron or Steve cos' I seriously can't get up....nothing...they don't hear me......so I am trying to just shake it off....and I hear an all too familiar voice ~ It's the little lady next door who gets mad when I put my sticks at the end of my OWN driveway.  It is behind her house, where she puts her sticks IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE!


I sit up and look at her with pine straw all in my hair and on my clothes and she says "I don't like it when you put your sticks right there."  And she points to the end of MY driveway.....and I say, sweetly, "Well, Winnie, your just gonna have to get over it!  Cos' that's where they are going to go!  She huffs off!  I yell after her "MERRY CHRISTMAS"!


I struggle to get up and hobble to the house and look out the back where Steve and his posse are busy desecrating Bambi!  I quickly turn away and think, Lord I hope the neighbor kids don't see that.  A flippin reindeer hanging upside down in my back yard!!


So...sure, honey, you go on hunting....really....no worries....I will take care if everything, I mean, after all.....I HAVE BEEN DOING IT ALL MONTH, WHAT IS ONE MORE DAY!


All I have to say is....come Christmas morning....if there ain't a Canon camera under that tree for yours truly, from sweet husband Steve....


There is going to be HELL to pay!


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

MY CAMERA IS DOWN....AND OUT

Yes, my camera is afflicted! Afflicted I tell ya'!! I thought it was just the batteries! ALAS, that is not the case. She has some other ailment and is hopefully being healed of those afflictions!

I have won several WONDERFUL give aways that I so desperately NEED to tell you about!!! I could tell you....but there would be no photos and your gonna WANT to see this!

SO....give me a couple of days to see if she gets up and running again so I can post said post!!

If not, I will describe them to you in detail!!

This has been one of THOSE days at work! You know the kind.....bad...REALLY bad!! I have wielded sharp objects all day! BUT, it is almost time to leave! I insist that I survive this day! I flippin insist!!

Hope you all have a geat weekend! Me? I can only go up from here....

~Christmas Tour of Homes ~

Well, it is ALREADY December 10th and I cannot believe it! I have always said this month goes by quicker than any other month of the year! I still have so much to do!



BUT, today alas, I am hooking up with Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for her Holiday Party! Please go over and check out her blog, because it is marvelous!! But also the other awesome bloggers who have linked up!!



So, what are you waiting for? Come on in!

This is a "Just Because" photo!! I was taking pictures outside and happened to notice sweet Bella watching me through the door!

My Santa ~ please excuse the flash! I got him a couple of years ago at Art.com. It was CHEAP!

The tree from the door as you come into the house...

After I painted my dining rooms walls the WONDERFUL Rosemary Sprig color from Benjamin Moore, I decided to use pinks in here which I really love! Looks great against those green walls. My wreath is just a Hobby Lobby boa wrapped around a Styrofoam ring. I LOVE that! And OF COURSE bottle brush trees galore! LOVE'EM!!

CUTE!! I found the trees and the plates at TL Maax....LOVE ME SOME MAAX!

Wreaths on the backs of the chairs~~

Of course my rabbit! But let's look a little closer.....What is that on his arm???

Oh my gosh!! LOVE THIS TINY STOCKING!! I got this from Dawn at The Feathered Nest!! I cannot tell you how much I LOVE this!! I don't think I can bear to pack it away after Christmas! It will probably stay on the rabbit year round!! It is glittered and has an itsy bitsy jingle bell on the toe! SO ADORABLE! Thank you Dawn, for being so dang talented!

Is that a pink dragonfly? Yep! He has the Christmas spirit too! I'm just sayin'...

Well, that's about it for me today people! I am already late getting this baby posted!! Merry Christmas to each and every one of you!! I pray for health and happiness and blessings for you all!!

DECK THE HALLS ~ FA LA LA LA LA

Today I am joining in on the Deck the Halls Party at Thoughts from Over the Rainbow. Be sure to get on over there and check out all of the gorgeous decor!

I have added some random shots around my home that I have managed to get finished!

These are some of my bottle brush trees! I just LOVE bottle brush trees ~

I appreciate your visit so much and I will be posting pictures of my dining room later in the week! Have a great day! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Last Year's Mantle Party

I am joining Beth at The Stories from A to Z for Last Year's Mantle.  I LOVE visiting all the TALENT that signs up!


I am going to share my mantle from last year! Now, my mantle is loooooooooong! So I was almost standing out in the front yard to get this picture....


The trees I got at TJ Maxx several years ago....and if you follow my blog, you know that I am ALL ABOUT the GLITTER and SPARKLE!



I started with these poinsettias, which are glittered around the edges, though it is hard to tell in the photo. The I stared just poking in this and that....

Love the trees....

Since we do use our fireplace, I can't let things "hang over" too much, or else we will have meltage.....

Love my Santa print...got him from Art.com. I replace the picture that is usually over the mantle with Santa for Christmas....

I hope you are gearing up for a Wonderful Christmas Season ~~Thank you for visiting me....

Now hop on over to Beth's and check it out...