I think we love the holidays so much because we get to stay in our own house. For most of our lives when we lived all over the country...we mostly trekked to Ohio or Colorado for the holidays...but now we really like to not travel on the holidays. When our parents were the focal point … Continue reading Patty And Den’s Festivus!

Here is the list of things that we no longer can leave out or use...Tinsel/iciclesSatiny beautiful ribbon bowsCurly festive ribbonAny kind of fake greenery...attached to anythingDried Christmas decorationsPlastic of any kindPoinsettiasBread bagsRubber bandsShopping bagsWide tapeNew things can be added to this yearly...I now cannot leave anything wrapped in Saran Wrap or Press and Seal on … Continue reading Tinsel…Or Rather The Total Absence Of It!

We still get a live tree...in fact...there are some years we get two smaller trees...and sometimes we get a really tall tree and put it in the sunroom. The ceiling in the sunroom is vaulted and we can get a tree that is really really tall...our first year in this house we had a 12 … Continue reading It’s All About The Tree!