Good afternoon ladies! It is the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend and we survived yet again hosting for our family !On Monday afternoon we both went to the elementary school to see our son play the ukulele in their last session for the year. He likes it and is interested in getting his very own. Tuesday was spent getting the house spick and span ( well more spick and span than usual!) in anticipation for people coming on Thursday.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning it snowed 5 inches , the kids had the day off anyway which was good. Last minute items were picked up to be ready for the big day. The kids stayed up late watching a movie which helped them sleep in the next morning. We did a bunch of food prep and people started arriving around 10.30 . They had dishes to heat up after driving . There were 16 in total including us 6. It was a lovely time together with good food . We are all thankful for another year together. People left by 6pm and it was a quieter house again ( its never totally quiet here!)
I did not go black Friday shopping . Instead on Friday morning we transformed the house from fall to Christmas decorations, and put up the tree. The kids helped this year in a big way. They were excited to! We baked Christmas cookies trying to start a tradition going forward . They were all decorated in unique ways by the kids. Our neighbor Maddi came over to help also ( she is 6 months younger than our Daughter and her parents split a few years back unfortunately and spends 7 days at each house) We had Lasanga in the evening and maddi and her Dad joined us for it. We got another 4 inches of snow overnight , so it truly is a winter wonderland all before December 1st!
SHOUTOUT!!! This is for Courtney and her Husband Jake who through her blog announced she is pregnant and are expecting their first child in May See her post here congratulations to both of you!
Please rate out of 10 this Nina Leonard lace up sleeve sweater sheath dress from Kohl’s see here
Have a lovely weekend all , Terri xoxo.
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I love getting our home set up for Christmas too, I start early and add a little more each day. I hope to set up our Nativity tomorrow. I prefer to set it up on first Advent but these have been busy days and because of my concussion, I have to take it slow.
A black dress is a basic in any woman’s wordrobe and I like the lace-up sleeves. 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend dear!
❤️carmen
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That is a good idea doing a little each day setting up for Christmas Carmen. Yes it is the right thing for you to do by taking it slow. The black dress is a basic in anyones closet, I liked the addition of the lace up sleeves.Thanks so much for visiting Dear, Terri xo.
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Check out Cindy’s Christmas village Carmen, It will put mine in the shade ! https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/95202801/posts/2510895318
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OH WOW!! Thanks so much for the link to Cindy’s post! What a charming Christmas village! I have yet to set mine up. ❤
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You are welcome Carmen, I think you will enjoy Cindy.s blog if you choose to follow her. I am sure yours will be lovely , Terri xo.
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It sounds like y’all have been busy and had lots of snow! I hope your Thanksgiving was lovely. I didn’t Black Friday shop either. I am so behind this year. Baking Christmas cookies sounds so fun! Maybe I’ll do that this weekend. Decorating is so much fun! Ahhh thanks for the sweet shout out. We are so blessed. That dress is beautiful! Very classic!
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We did have lots of snow Courtney! Thanksgiving was really nice. I can see how you are behind on shopping, I hope you get to bake at the weekend! You are welcome for the shoutout ! Your news warrented it. It is a cute dress alright. Thank you for visiting Dear, Terri xo.
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