Monday, December 17, 2012

A day of silence for Sandy Hook


                             http://newtownyouthandfamilyservices.org/

 

                  
                  I wake up in the morning and I wonder

                   Why everything's the same as it was 
 
               I can't understand, no, I can't understand

                     How life goes on the way it does 
                                                                                             
                                                                                                 Skeeter Davis
                                                 Never to be forgotten

Charlotte Bacon, 6 - Daniel Barden, 7 - Olivia Engel, 6 - Josephine Gay, 7 -
Ana Marquez-Green, 6 - Dylan Hockley, 6 - Madeleine Hsu, 6 -
Catherine Hubbard, 6 - Chase Kowalski, 7 - Jesse Lewis, 6 -
James Mattiolo, 6 - Grace McDonnel, 7 - Emilie Parker, 6 -
Jack Pinto, 6 - Noah Pozner, 6 - Caroline Previdi, 6 -
Jessica Rekos, 6 - Avielle Richman, 6 - Benjamin Wheeler, 6 - Allison Wyatt, 6 
Rachel Davino, 29, school staff - Dawn Hochsprung, 46, teacher -
Anne Marie Murphy, 52, school staff - Mary Sherlach, 56, psychologist -
Victoria Soto, 27, teacher - Lauren Russeau, 30, teacher
Nancy Lanza, 52, mother

                                      star light, star bright 
                                  too many new stars shine brightly tonight

                                   sleep in heavenly peace          
 




Christmas in the Dining Room

Another job done - actually the dining room is finished now - another icy look - ( the kitchen is full of reds and greens so there is SOME color in this house lol )








The mirror candle holders come from Pier 1 imports - many years ago - the 2 on the left are much larger than then one on the right - I've mentionned before that I'm a magpie right?  All that glitters.


There's garland and lights on the top of the buffet - and some sprigs of christmas flowers on each end door


plus they hide the fact that I still haven't put handles on the doors of this thing -

I really still miss this one



has anyone ever tried to buy something back from someone lol?  I sold it right after last Christmas actually -
which is when I'm going to sell the one I have now - time for another one................
this is what it looked like when I bought it by the way


Ok - only I can take a Christmas post and stick a year old before and after in there - but I really do miss it!
Back to the present now

I put the ladder in the dining room ( where the tree usually goes - because I'm going to somehow try to fit the tree in the living room this year ) and I stuck a string of lights on it


John REALLY doesn't like the ladder btw - even less so today than yesterday




not much color this year but lots of bling!
my Paris Snow Globe - you want it, right Nicole?


Paris and New York are my two favourite cities - a few years ago I picked this up at Saks


Ok that's it for the Dining Room -
Oh I forgot to show you the table!!!
It's the very best part - if you'd like to see a gorgeous table - go visit Stacy at
South Shore Decorating.  She's on top of her game!


Let's see,
chalk paint - check
sanding block - check
Santa boot - check ( Debbie do you remember this? You brought it one year with flowers in it!!! )
books - check
lights - check
spray paint - check
bon ami - check
pillows - check
stencils - check
Ok - just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything - because the table is exactly how I meant for it to look. All ready for Christmas,  It does scream christmas doesn't it?
And you thought I was afraid of color, didn't you?

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