On the 6th day of Christmas

I went to work this morning with happy thoughts of yesterdays events - Rosie was Baptized at the Providence Cathedral - followed by a delish long lunch at Madeira with family and friends.

I'm off to celebrate New Years' Eve! I hope everyone enjoys a safe and happy evening!!

On the 3rd Day of Christmas

my true love gave to me! 3 turtle doves......

Well, yesterday was a SNOW DAY for us in NH. My office was closed and Matt worked from home as the flakes dropped and swirled for more than 12 hours leaving us with 14-18 inches of snow!

I did spend part of the day doing laundry, opening mail, shoveling, playing with Reese in the snow :-) but most of the day was spent on the couch watching Season 3 of Downton Abbey. oh! was it delish!

I also managed to take some photos of other xmas decorations on the first floor..... ya know, like our Christmas Tree!

Our xmas card 'tree' this year.
The kitchen bar is on the left with the dining room on the right.

Reese - monopolizing two laps and one arm all at once! LOL

the Christmas Tree in green :-)

and in full color - the theme this year was white lights
with white and silver ornaments

It's a smaller tree than we've had in past years,
but on the plus side there was plenty of room for the star on top! 

 While decorating this year was a little piece-meal (the basement is currently strewn with boxes!), everything turned out quite well and I loved having some of the decorations up early (first weekend in December) so that we could enjoy them all month  long!

Still up is second Christmas on New Years (my side of the family) and Twelfth Night!

On the First Day of Christmas.....

..... My True Love Gave to Me!!

Last week was a blur of baking (over 30 dozen cookies in 7 varieties!), errands, Matt's birthday, wrapping and shipping packages, picking up the Christmas Tree, doctor's appointments (I have graduated from my nutrionist!), mailing last minute holiday cards, a quick trip to the Theatre, lighting the tree, my birthday (we saw SkyFall - the 007 movie!), decorating the tree - a strange birthday occurrence of mine that could be called a tradition at this point! packing the car, celebrating Christmas at Matt's parents house with 13 adults, 2 children, 1 dog, 2 cats - WHEW!, seeing The Hobbit and then back home again before returning to work today.
A marathon to be sure!

My apologies for not keeping up with the blog - I will be catching my breath a bit this coming weekend and will post pictures of the tree and maybe even a recipe or two!

Thank you for your patience and I sincerely hope you are all enjoying a Very Merry Holiday Season with those you love and cherish!

Matt w/Uncle Jim and cousin Stephen creating a marble shoot