From the moment you walk up the steps to Mrs. Ralph’s home, you get a clear impression of what awaits you inside. Her beautiful home has an off-set entry, and thus it has need for decorations on the walk and by the front door. Be still my heart. I love the large urns by […]
The Jeffersons are a group of ladies that have been friends for many many moons, and they enjoy celebrating birthdays and holidays together throughout the year. For our annual Jefferson Christmas Party, we were invited to Mrs. Ralph’s home. (Mrs. Ralph is my friend who channels Ralph Lauren in her decorating style.) Needless to say, […]
Mikel is Number One Son’s sweet wife, and she is a woman after my own heart. She loves to decorate for Christmas. We stopped by their home a few days ago, and I had to get Trusty Camera. In the midst of practicing and singing in the church’s Carols’ presentation, she found time to display […]
Each year I can get bawl-eyed when I put out Christmas decorations. Here are just a few of my favorite Christmas things. Oh, there are many more, but…. This year I put an arrangement on the bench in our “entry”. I do not think I have ever decorated this space before, and I think I […]
True confession – I am not a huge fan of cake balls. I know the rest of the world loves cake balls, and gobble them up by the fistfuls. BUT – So many of the cake balls I have eaten were gummy and mushy. It is not a taste thing. It is a texture thing. With that announcement […]
Maybe there could be a Christmas song that would go something like this: Deck the trees with jewels and babbles Fa-la-la-la-la–la-la-la-la Sweet Mother of Pearl. That is exactly what three of my friends have done. They have created beautiful Christmas trees from jewelry – pearls, gems, gold, silver, beads, and rhinestones. They have used bracelets, […]
During this Christmas season, I find myself relying on my favorite recipes. I thought you might like to have the links to these recipes for easy reference. The heading of each recipe is the link to the older post. If you can not link to the older post, go to lanabird.com or click on the […]
One of the easiest and most delicious holiday appetizers you can make is a cheese ball. The great thing about this delicious treat is that it is super quick to make, and you can make it several days in advance.. In about 15 minutes, you can have a cheese ball made and chilling in the refrigerator. What I […]
This is not something new, but it is something new for us and Pretty Baby. Fisher Price makes a Little People Nativity Playset. I first learned of this playset when The Queen of Everything bought Fisher Price Nativity Playsets for her grandchildren. I wanted one then, but I didn’t have a reason to buy one. This […]
On the Monday after Thanksgiving in 1914, students moved into an eight room modern red brick schoolhouse on Greenville Avenue. On December 6, 2014, students, staff, alumni, and members of the Richardson community, celebrated the 100th anniversary of this historic building. In 1927 more rooms were added to the red brick schoolhouse. At that time, people […]
