A Great Evening With Friends!

Steph (my daughter) and I had a Pamper Chef Party last night. Our neighbor's daughter has started selling it.  It was great to see everybody!  I love how my freinds from different areas of my life can all mesh.  It was also cool to see Steph's friends there, too.  We had a blast!  After gatherings like this, I always say a prayer of thanks.  I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.

Okay, I know I promised Christmas pictures.  I've been using the month of Jan. to get caught up on preschool stuff.  I'm trying to get ahead so I'm not scrambling at the last minute to get projects ready for the class before I leave for France.

The last wreath is a sample of the 12 wreaths that hung from each window.  The reindeer (tree) held Old World Ornaments.  The foyer tree is 1 of 5 trees in our home.  This one is in the foyer.  It is an angel tree.  All of the ornaments are angels.  I did put a scattering of bronze ornaments on it to tie in with the greenery in the diningroom and study.   The bird cage was black and I sprayed it hammered pewter.  I am going to put different seasonal items in it throughout the year.  Also a picture of a portion of our Santa collection on the familyroom mantle.

The Christmas containers are almost all back in storage!!!!!  Yeah!  I'm really ready to get the Christmas pics printed and scrapbooked.  This year I'm going to really try to scrapbook my pictures as they get printed.  Also many of you asked for pictures of the front door of my home all decorated for the holidays.  I'll have them on this week.  I kind of took a blogging break over the holidays.  I'm ready to get back in the swing of it!

Had the best holiday!  This past month I've spent alot of time with family and friends.  Greg goes back to school tomorrow so the house will feel a little empty.  Tomorrow Steph and I are going to a visitation for a dancing mom.  Steph and Caitlyn danced for many years together.  We would all travel together around the country and would hang out while the girls danced.  We shared Vegas and Disney World and so much more.  Karen loved her family and will be missed.  Breast Cancer is a horrible disease and as women we must do everything we can to support research to find a cure and remind each other to do self-examinations and get mamograms!

Everyone is home for the holidays!  Christmas will be spent with my family and New Year's will be spent with Mike's family coming in town.  We are truely blessed this holiday season.

May all of you have a very Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Today was the last day of preschool until the new year.  As much as I love teaching, I'm looking forward to the break!  Today all the teachers went out to lunch at Franco's.  It's located in Soulard, next to the market in the old Welch's Baby Furniture Factory.  The food was outstanding!  It just so happens that I'm going there Thursday night with friends before the Fox Theatre.  I'm going to see White Christmas.  I'm looking forward to the show because the movie is one of my favorite Christmas movie.  I cry every time the general walks in the room and sees all the guys who came to support him.  Gets me every time!

The November Card Class was my last card class at FKS.  I loved teaching the classes and I loved the ladies who took the classes.  After much thought I came to this decision for several reasons.  My son is finally healthy enough to play baseball and I want to be able to travel and watch him play Wed. games and weekend games. He is in his 4th year of college and the opportunity to watch him is coming to an end soon and I don't want to miss it.  The other reason is my trip to France comes at a time when I should be holding Easter and Mother's Day card classes.  For the next 6-7 months my plate is overflowing.  I have always been a person who, if I can't give a 110% to a project or job, I won't commit to it.  I am aware in these hard economic times, that you spend your hard earned money to take classes at FKS and I feel honored you choose to take mine.  I also want to publicly thank Timi and Nancy N. for giving me the opportunity to teach at FKS.

For right now, I'm enjoying teaching preschool, taking time to decorate my home for Christmas and making my own Christmas Cards.  I am going to keep my blog going and I will display my projects and activites in my life. I would like to teach again but for right now this is the best decision for myself and my family.