Good Monday morning! One week to go! We did a bit of Christmas this past weekend, including visiting with some family and friends, making our Christmas apples, gathering as a family for Steve's spaghetti dinner, our Christmas with the Kranks movie night, and yet another one of my silly made-up games that concluded with everyone receiving a Christmas shirt I am sure they are excited to wear on Christmas Day. They really are good sports!
Have a wonderful day, my friends. I plan to spend as much time by the tree as possible this week, a cozy Christmas blanket on my lap, YouTube Christmas ambiance videos playing, and coffee in hand. Add in some planning, wrapping, and shopping, and I am all set. How about you? However you enjoy these days leading up to Christmas, I hope you can do that all week long. This is the time we think about, plan for, dream of, and long for. Enjoy, my friends. All too soon, we will add these days to our collection of Christmas memories.
Thanks for visiting!
Billie Jo
It sounds like a perfect week. I'll probably do much the same this week. Your home is lovely as usual. I have a bit of a cold or sinus thing going on so I'm staying inside as much as possble and watching Christmas movies.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the quiet peacefulness.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
I love the photos!
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see you here. Hope the remainder of the week is as great as the past weekend was for you.
ReplyDeleteSounds cozy and perfect for your week ahead! All of our festivities will begin this weekend now that we've cleared the plague out of our home. Lol Blessings to you all for a wonderful Christmas season dear Billie Jo. xo
ReplyDeleteAlways cozy when when I visit, Billie Jo. Lovely photo of you ---love your glasses! We're doing the same --trying to enjoy and not rush about . Merry Christmas to you and your darling family!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so festive - even your glasses! I love them!
ReplyDeleteDearest Billie Jo,
ReplyDeleteThings look cozy and also good food.
Those skies are exceptional—what a view.
Enjoy this time of the year as it is soon over with...
Hugs
Mariette
Oh wow those skies are gorgeous and the reflections a great bonus.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post and great pictures. However, my favorite is the two pups all settled in for the day. lol. It sounds like you have a wonderful Christmas coming up. Merry Christmas and love to you- Diana
ReplyDeleteI'm really late getting by to do blog visiting today. Hubby and I have been having fun working on a new jigsaw puzzle. :) I love your glasses! And your sweater! Love that you make up these games for the family to play...and that they are all such good sports. You are giving them memories, Billie Jo, that will be more and more special to them as the years go by. The Christmas apples look amazing! And the pictures of the lake...be still my heart! Enjoy that coziness for the remainder of your week. I have scheduled some tea drinking, cozy throws and good books for the next several days. xx
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy and having fun! I love the sweater you're wearing. That color looks good on you.
ReplyDeleteThe lake photos are so pretty!
Oooh... such lovely pictures. I think my stomach growled when I studied those - what are they, chocolate covered carmel apples????
ReplyDeleteOK, I am IN LOVE with your glasses!!! So cute!! The Christmas apples look delicious, and everything looks extremely cozy! I can't wait to see the Christmas shirts! I hope you share a pic!
ReplyDeleteI love that picture of you at the top of this post! Your glasses are adorable. It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! We really should add games into our mix of things to do when we all get together. Enjoy your day, my friend!
ReplyDeleteThere is SO much beauty in this post! I LOVE a pretty sunset. My little great-grandbabies are coming today they will make the day magical! I have a few gifts left to wrap, one small trip out for a couple small gifts to add and I'll be done. Enjoy your cozy day by your beautiful tree! HUGS
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas apples are wonderful, all wrapped up and tied with a bow. What a special gift for Christmas. They look so Yummy. The candles are so nice, and it looks like they have a vintage photo on them. And your Christmas cup I love. The spaghetti dinner looks delicious. One of my favorite meals, by the way. And meatballs with spaghetti is even better. A cute picture of you, and those plaid glasses are so really neat. These are such pretty photos of the skies over the water. And I like that photo of your tree with its reflection in both windows. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas week, Billie Jo.
~Sheri
Your plans sound perfect. Those views across the lake look wonderful. They make me feel calm and peaceful. X
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Calmed by Nature on YouTube?
ReplyDeleteLove that channel for Christmas and Halloween.
Christmas with the Kranks is a good one.
Saw Candy Cane Lane the other day.
Fell asleep twice under a cozy blanket
and Christmas trees in the snug.
Happy Christmas and boogie boogie.