Kreativ Blogger Award ~ My Values

Kreativ Blogger Award ~ My Values

Values/Not So Much

My new funnest, bestest friend Tardevil over at Confessions of a 40-Something Mama Queen gave me this pretty little award, by way of Bo at blinksnwinksfrombrown-eyes, and has asked me to post the 6 Things I Value & the 6 Things I Don't Value.Then, I'm going to ask a few bloggers to do the same.

Here's the rules: Mention the blog that gave you the award and comment on their blog to let them know that you have posted their award. You also have to list 6 things you VALUE and 6 things you Don't VALUE. Lastly, you have to pass the award onto 6 other friends! So here it goes...

The 6 Things I Value Most are:



1. God ~ Without the peace & love & understanding that comes from our dear Lord, nothing else is ever of any value anyway.



2. Family & Friends / Love ~ This is what I live for......my family: DH, Mother, daughter, granddaughter, SIL, soon-to-be little grandson, my sweet puppies, kitty, & grandpuppies, extended family. Friends, both the physical ones & the "virtual" ones ~ bloggers are awesome! All anyone really ever needs is LOVE (hear the Beatles here?)




3. Health ~ The older I get, the more I value this.



4. Happiness / Peace / Laughter ~ Giggles



5. Home ~ my little shallowness here is showing, but I truly love & value my home & my "stuff", too. Give me the choice of a terrific vacation or staying home & doing something to my home, & I'll pick HOME every time! It's my own little special coccoon, my safe haven, full of all I love & value.



6. Honesty







The 6 Things I DON'T Value:



1. Lying ~ My number one pet peeve. Don't EVER lie to me because that is one thing I cannot forget. Forgiving someone who has lied to me is pretty hard, too!



2. Cheating ~ Winners don't cheat....Cheaters don't win!



3. Envy ~ Get over it....it makes EVERYONE miserable!




4. Greed ~ ditto



5. Grumpiness ~ see above!



6. Mean-spirited/Maliciousness ~ If you can't say anything nice, just shush up!






The 6 people I would like to pass this award on to:



1. Shirl at Shirl's Rose Cottage

2. Nan at Manic for Mosaics

3. Mary at Isabella's Closet

4. Rhea at Sweet N Shabby Roses

5. Jen at Jennifer's Petal Palace

6. Vickie at Visuals by Vickie

Now I've got to pop in on Tardevil & let her know I've finally posted this.....see it is HER fault I'm so behind on everything, because she told us that we should all be out stimulatin' the economy, & boy have I been doing it!!!!

Hugs,

My Holiday Home 2007

My Holiday Home 2007

I want to thank Karla of Karla's Cottage for hosting this fun "What I love about my Holiday Home" party! Karla's parties are always so much fun!! Go to her blog & see the links to holiday parties all over blogdom today!

Thought you might enjoy seeing a pic of me circa 1960

A pic of me proudly wearing possibly the only thing my sweet Mother ever made for me ~ a cute white felt Christmas skirt. The sewing & crafting gene skipped her, almost skipped me, too, but I do love to craft a bit! Oh, how I wish we had kept that little skirt. Wouldn't it have made an adorable Christmas tree skirt? I don't know why Daddy had me pose with my leg hiked up like that, guess we thought my tree would show up better that way, but how could it with my hand covering it? Must have been wanting to show off my new bracelet~see, I loved jewelry even way back then!

Do any of you love to peep into other people's homes? We have so much fun riding around during the holidays looking in all the pretty lit windows. This is our home.....

What I love about my holiday home!

Decorating for friends & family

Cookie Baking

Giving Presents

Celebrating

A Warm Fire

Christmas Carols

Special Memories

Love

Gosh, what DON'T I love about my holiday home?!? Actually my home is my refuge, the one place I ALWAYS want to be. I love it & would rather be here than anywhere else on Earth. Especially with my DH, Mother, & my daughter & her new hubby, & my adorable granddaughter. Add sweet Sissy (Jack Russell Terrier), Rosie (Shih Tzu) & Muffin (Himalayan/Persian) & my little world is complete.

With all the holiday lights & Christmas decor, it is all just icing on the cake for me! Factor in that my birthday is on the 15th, & I have always thought this is the most wonderful time of the year! When I was little I used to think that everyone was really revved up about my birthday!!

Mother always made our home so beautiful, especially so at Christmas. And she always gave me such wonderful birthday parties. I remember the pretty little angel ornaments we gave as party favors one year. I'm still searching on eBay for those!!

This year I decided to go with a different color scheme ~ PINK PINK & MORE PINK!

I've been showing a few pics this past week, but have several more to share, so here we go........
I collect bottle brush trees.....the pink one has been displayed in my bedroom every year since I was 7 yrs. old! This year I placed it in our family room in the beautiful shabby wood box with appliques & crystal knob that my dear Daddy made for me. It is one of the last pieces of his that I have, given to me for my birthday 2 Christmases ago. I will treasure it always.

Celeste of La Rea Rose painted the adorable Pink SANTA for me and Mary of Oh Merci made the precious little pink church.

Pic of me, 5 yrs. old, 1960, playing with a stryofoam & plastic Santa, Sleigh, & reindeer. This is what started my addiction.....Below is the pic of the actual Santa ~ Mother was going to sell it for a quarter in a garage sale & I had a fit. It comes out every November! The sleigh & reindeer didn't survive ~ I broke them so many times, Mother finally quit gluing & pinning their little broken necks back together.

I pair it up with this little wooden reindeer my daddy & my daughter made one night while my parents were babysitting while we attended a party. I'm surprised Bree hasn't asked for it yet for her new home. Shhhh, don't remind her I've still got it!! :0)

Jen of Jennifer's Petal Palace painted these Christmas balls several years ago & I usually leave them out in my favorite cherub compote, another gift from my parents, until closer to Christmas.

Then I bring out the blue snowflake tablecloth & my favorite Blue Santa & some of my vintage bottle brush trees & decorate the dining room for Christmas dinner.

Isn't Santa regal looking? I always place him on an oversized antique plateau mirror along with tons of sparkly blue ornaments.

This is one of my favorite SPODE Christmas plates.

I will have more pics next time of some of my other favorite goodies. Thanks so much for coming to my holiday home. If you post a comment, I'll enter you in my birthday giveaway on Sat. night!

Hugs,
Stephanie