Pink Saturday ~ Pink & Black Tablescape

This is a little preview of my Pink and Black Tablescape that I put together while home in Washington State. I’m travelling from Washington to San Francisco today to meet up with my husband who is attending a conference there. Today happens to be our 34th Wedding Anniversary and we will be celebrating later at a restaurant in San Francisco. On Tuesday we will both fly back to our Southern California home. I hope to get around later this weekend to see all your pretty pink. Have a wonderful Pink Saturday everyone!

Visit our wonderful hostess for Pink Saturday, Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to see more PINK!

Last Full Day in Washington!

Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow I accomplished everything on my list today. The early morning skies were beautiful with the sun shining and puffy clouds filling the sky. I got to the post office and dropped off all the Christmas cards so they are on their way.  I bought myself some new walking tennies at the Brook’s outlet because my daily walks with Willow have put the miles on my old pair. My house is in a Christmas mood. I even was able to do a little cleaning up in a couple planters outside. And last but not least I baked some Loaded Chocolate Chip cookies for my kids and we’re having dinner together shortly. Tomorrow I’ll hopefully be posting something from San Francisco…

Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne from Living to Tell the Story is the hostess for Friday’s Fave Five. Click on over to view more Fave Fives or to join in the fun…

Well it’s no secret that all my favorites this week are from the state of Washington. It’s been so good to spend some time in my home here with my children and extended family. So here are the 5 in no particular order.

1. Seeing everyone cuddled up on my couch in my Family room.

2. The view from my stairwell window of the maple tree and sky. The maple tree is in my neighbor’s yard but she shares all her fallen leaves in my yard. :0)

3. Family willing to pose in whacky places for this blogger!!

4. My home all decorated for Christmas with the fireplace on.

5. Goodwill in Washington. I bought 10 of these green goblets that we’ve used twice already! The Goodwills in Washington are so great compared to California…

Today is my last full day in the Seattle area with some last minute things that need to be done. I hope to get around and see everyones Fives sometime today. Have a wonderful weekend.

Ho, Ho, Ho!

My time in Washington is winding down. Yesterday was a full day. I got my roots taken care of by my favorite hairdresser in the Seattle area. I wrote the Christmas letter, addressed the Christmas cards, and now all I have to do is stuff the letter in each one and we’re good to go. I took out the decorations that are going to go up this year and they are all in place. A scaled down Christmas for us. On Saturday morning I fly to meet Dear in San Francisco. We are going to celebrate our anniversery dinner at Scoma’s on Fisherman’s Wharf. We’ll take the trolley from the hotel. Most of my time in San Francisco I’ll be exploring on my own as Dear is busy with a conference there. I’ll let you know what I see next week. Enjoy your day everyone…

Trim the Tree Thursday

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We’ve always gone with the traditional red and green theme for our Christmas tree. We have thrown in some gold with the red and green. If I’m going to change up anything for Christmas it will reflect itself in our table settings and not the tree. There are so many ornaments we’ve collected over the years that we’d miss if they didn’t appear on the tree. I really love my Beatrix Potter ornaments. These are Hunca Munca and the Amiable Guinea Pig.

Here are some of my vintage Christmas goodies that we inherited from Dear’s mother Verna…

So here’s my dilemma this year. I live most of my days in Southern California because of my husband’s job but we celebrate Christmas where all my Christmas goodies are, in my home in Washington. My children all live in Washington. The last couple of years I’ve been home in Washington the whole month of December so I can decorate and get ready for Christmas. This year is an odd year because we decided it was time for our kids to come down and spend Christmas Eve with my extended family in Southern California. My parents (their grandparents) are 85-ish and we haven’t spent Christmas with them since about 1990!! So I’m only in Washington for 10 days which included Thanksgiving. I leave for California on the 6th of December. My kids fly down on the 23rd of December and spend Christmas Eve with my family. Then we jump on a plane Christmas morning at 6:30 am to fly back to Seattle for 10 days. Josh and his wife Laura will need to spend Christmas Day with Laura’s family since we hijacked them on Christmas Eve. So in typing all this out I have come to the conclusion that a Christmas Tree is just not going to work out for us this year. I’ll put up all the other decor and we’ll just concentrate on Christmas Stockings and forget the tree.

So…any photos you see of a tree will be my tree from last year!

For more Trim the Tree Thursday Posts visit Brett at The Southern Hostess.

WFW ~ Matthew 2:9-12

Matthew 2: 9-12 ~ …and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshipped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

For more Word Filled Wednesday visit Amydeanne.

I always spell Matthew wrong with only one t instead of 2!!

Here’s the full size version of this great Nativity I saw in a store in Bellevue, Washington…

Ruby Tuesday ~ Molbaks Woodinville

Today we enjoyed Dear’s last day in the Seattle area with a trip to Molbaks in Woodinville, Washington to see all their beautiful Christmas poinsettias and displays.  The photo in front of the Poinsettia tree is of Dear, our daughter Katie and me, ellen b. We are looking forward with anticipation celebrating Christmas with our family and friends.

For more Ruby Tuesday Posts click over to Mary’s at Work of the Poet.