BLOGMAS DAY 11 -- DECORATING PART ONE

Hello, friends!  Such a busy day today so I am posting early.  I have begun my decorating but I am by no means finished.  I thought I would show you what I have up already, though.  I love looking at people's decorations and I thought you might also.

Let's start with the kitchen.  The first pictures are a little dark because the sun was just rising when I took them.  Such a pretty day.

I decided to put the little red truck candleholder on the stove where the blue truck with the pumpkins was.  I have a Santa spoon holder too.

It's so nice and cozy to have a little candle burning to greet you in the morning.

I took down the fall sign from the side of the pantry and put up this cute sign I found at Target.  "Good Old Fashioned Candy Cane Factory.  Manufactured in the North Pole.  Making Christmas sweeter since 1954."  Since 1954 was my first Christmas I thought it was perfect for me.  After all, I've been making Christmas sweeter since 1954 too.  Ha, ha!

I was looking for something in the junk drawer and found my Christmas tree night light.  Just perfect by the back door.

Another item I bought at Rite Aid was this little Christmas gnome.  In Scandinavia they call them nisse (pronounced nissy) and they are all over the place.  People put out food to appease them and have them help with their farm work.  If you make them mad, though, watch out!  This one was adorable and I had to get him.  Especially at 75% off.

There are a few other things around the house.  But the only one I have photographed is my lantern that is on top of the wood stove in the living room.  It looks so nice lit in the evening.  It has been getting dark around 4:00 p.m. these days.  When I found it, I couldn't get it to light.  But a change of batteries fixed that.

There are more decorations around and I will show them to you later this week.  But at least I made a start.

This morning Joe has a doctor's appointment.  As soon as we are finished, we have to head over to pick up Donna and then the three of us are going to church for our Saturday matinee.  We are showing the movie "The Nativity Story."  Somewhere in there we will try to get lunch.  When I get home I have to type up and print the bulletin for Sunday.  So it's a very busy day.

TODAY'S MUG:
Well, actually it's last night's.  And it's the match to the other Peanuts mug I used.

One side says "Merry Christmas" and has Lucy, Linus, Sally and Peppermint Patty with the little Charlie Brown tree wrapping it in Linus' blanket.

The other side has the Peanuts gang singing around the now beautiful tree.  This is one of my favorite parts of the Peanuts Christmas special.

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
Again, this is last night's dinner.  I have no idea what I'm having tonight.

I had chicken cooked in the air fryer, asparagus and a baked potato.  It was very good.

And now I have to run.  I hope you have a great day today.

Kathy