I'm Back!!   Where have I been?  No-where....Just shopping and sorting and wrapping and hanging out....

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It's that time of year.....You know, the busy time of the year.  I've done most all of my shopping online and I have loved it!!  Gosh....SO EASY!

Hey Y'all....she says! Look at me!  

This will be Emersyn's very First Christmas!!

I absolutely LOVE this time of the year....the Most Beautiful Time of the Year!

My newest Ornament this year!!  A friend, who owns a local shop here in my little town, gave this to me.

I love It!!!....I love it!

So super PROUD of my Air Force Grandson!

A TEXAS flag made of Christmas lights!

I need one of these on our back gate....I would want to leave it up all year long!

Christmas lights bring so much JOY!

We visited "Land of Lights" last week and oh how beautiful they all were..

Who enjoys wrapping gifts??  ME...ME...

ME...ME

I can't sit for hours wrapping gifts!

And this is what I do in between wrapping gifts!!

LOL.    🤣🤣🤣

Hope you all are getting ready for Christmas....

It's only 8 days away!!   

Thank you Lord for this Beautiful Christmas Season!!

Hugs to all...

Shug!

Why did I choose this for my header picture??   

Well....I finally sat down for the day, and as I looked up, I could see our outside Christmas lights shining through the glass on the door.  It is absolutely stunning and I'm very sad that the picture does not pick up on all of the gorgeous glittering lights reflecting on the bevelled glass.  

It's those small, unexpected things that make life great.   

I have a lot of catching up to do on reading everyone's post.  It's just that time of the year when the BUSY syndrome takes control of my life and I have to put some things on hold until I can catch up.  I know I'm not the only one that catches this syndrome.  

Posting a couple of pictures, but I haven't even had time to edit any of them.   

 I feel a lazy this year when it comes to Christmas decorations.  I usually am full force and sometimes can over decorate....but this year, I feel like I'm barely showing up for the decorating party.  I'm sure my family is wondering what is going on.  

Just noticed my Sonic drink in this picture.  LOL.   Maybe I'll make some money for advertising.  LOL.

I LOVE all the lights of Christmas.....  More photos on next post.  Nothing fancy, but lights sure make everything EXCITING!

I'll leave y'all with this picture that my sweetie posted on Facebook.  I'm not really entertaining Facebook much these days, but I just happened to learn today that he posted this photo.  He may be in the dog house!LOL...

Big hugs to all...

Shug.   🎄

Well....My last post was all about the beautiful golden yellow trees, and all about Fall.   I think there were a couple of pictures from the Christmas store in Branson, included in the post.  

Here I am today.....Posting a couple of Christmas pictures.  🎄👀

    As much as I love Christmas and I love decorating......I just simply have not been excited about it this year.   I honestly think I've been prolonging getting all the decorations out of storage, because my Christmas spirit has not arrived yet.  

I did decorate this tree yesterday, but I just wanted to be done with it before I even got started.

However...My sweet Sam, took the day off in order to help me get the trees set up.  He sent me a text on Monday, saying that he was going to take the day and spend it helping ME.

How could I not get this tree decorated??

This tree is not fully done, but maybe by tomorrow, my Vitamin B12 will kick in and I can focus on the completion.  

This is actually a wall hanging!  I'm looking up at it (backwards) while taking this picture.  

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We haven't even had Thanksgiving yet!!

The ol' Turkey is getting left out this year.

Speaking of Turkey's....I'm sure most of you saw on TV that the Greenberg Turkey Company had an explosion at the TURKEY place this past weekend.  I ALWAYS buy a Greenberg Turkey, both for Thanksgiving and Christmas.   

This place is only about 15 miles from us, and I always try to go early to avoid having to stand in line.  The Greenberg Turkey was on Oprah Winfrey's "Favorite things" list.   Certainly NOT the reason why I buy them....!!!   THESE SMOKED TURKEYS ARE AWESOME!!!

But...NO Greenberg this year!!

I'll be sure to post Christmas decorating photos as soon as I can make myself gather a little 

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Shug....🦃🎄

 

We truly serve a mighty God.  Just look at the beauty in my header picture.

This is just one of the trees that we saw on a quick trip to Missouri this past weekend.  

I haven't even taken the time to edit these pictures, but they are all so beautiful just as they are.

This was our morning view from the hotel room...absolutely stunning!

One of the trees as we drove up the drive to our hotel entrance.  We stayed at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson.  I enjoy staying at this hotel and this year, we had an extra surprise...The Christmas trees were all up and decorated.  

Another view outside our room...the fog was so heavy this day and you could barely see the lake.  

Sam and I at the Christmas Village.  Santa was there, but I thought it was kinda strange that Santa and his chair was completely roped off with a red tape.  No one could get near him, so I guess if kids wanted to talk to him, they would have to shout out their Christmas wishes...LOL.

Mylee Jo and Tori....they were so much fun on this trip and they both had a great time...

Our Crew....We left the rest of the family at home!!!  😂😂.   Since this was a spur of the moment get-away, some of the guys had to work and could not make this trip with us.  

The girls....Trista and Shanda...all decked out in their leopard mask...waiting for the show "NOAH" to start.

Me and Shan at the Christmas store..

These two are always so much fun....warming their hands by the FAKE heater..   LOL.

Branson is so much fun and there is so much to do in that area.  Even though it is a Seven and half hour drive from our house to Branson...we usually make this trip at least once a year...sometimes 2 times.  I'm not fond of the drive, especially the interstate part, but we always have such a great time.

It's those quick, unexpected short trips that make for tons of memories and FUN!!

Shug...💛