Lights

I love Christmas, I love lights, I love Christmas lights. BUT...it is January 15th, take down your lights people. I just took a little jaunt out to the local 7-11 and was amazed and appalled at the lights that are still up. I know what you are thinking. "She needs to get out more.." Yea, I know, I have no life....anyway back to the lights. Okay so you have not had time to take the display off your house. I can see that, but for heaven's sake DON'T TURN THEM ON. It is January 15th....I understand it takes awhile to get down the 1,000lights you have lining ever single space on your roof, but why do you have them turned on?? Please help me understand?

Twas the Week Before Christmas

So are you all ready for Christmas? Presents purchased and wrapped? Kids all snuggled....no that is next week. sorry I got excited for a minute...

Check out this great website. KSBJ. Yes, it is a Christian Music Station of out of Texas. They are playing Christmas music 24 hours a day. Some is Christian Music, some is plain old Christmas Carols. You can listen right on your PC at home or work. It will get you in the spirit, even if the cookies aren't baked, the house is not clean and the presents are not wrapped (or bought). Enjoy!

Arlington National Cemetery

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers
Know the line has held, your job is done
Rest easy, sleep well
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held
Peace, peace, and farewell...



Readers may be interested to know that these wreaths -- some 5,000 -- are donated by the Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, Maine. The owner, Merrill Worcester, not only provides the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well. He's done this since 1992. A wonderful guy. Also, most years, groups of Maine school kids combine an educational trip to DC with this event to help out. Making this even more remarkable is the fact that Harrington is in one the poorest parts of the state.


Please remember our veterans, servicemen and women this Christmas season.

Letter From Santa

Back in the day when my kids still believed in Santa (this is new that they don't and I hate it) they loved to get their yearly letter from Santa! This is the best of the best of these letters and it is so reasonably priced. Check it out. We have kept ours over the years in our photo album to commemorate each Christmas as they have grown up.

Good News Sunday

The New Smyrna Beach Christmas Parade was yesterday, a grand time was had by all. Come very creative floats and people were in attendance. This is a great way to start the Holiday Season!

Deck The Halls

This is a big weekend at the beach. Starting Saturday and on thru next week there is a plethora of Holiday Happenings Beachside.

The Christmas Parade starts on Flagler Ave at 4pm on Saturday, December 1st, followed at 6pm by the annual Boat Parade that starts in Edgewater and cruises by Riverside Park.

Next weekend Light Up Flager is Friday night from 5:30-7:30. Click here for more Flagler Ave Information.

Fa La La La La

Set a Perfect Holiday Table

I was stumbling around the internet today and found this interesting site. I have never been quite perfect at the table setting thing, this site will show you how to do it perfectly depending on what you are having. They also sell discount linens if you are interested.


Proper Table Setting

Holiday Organization

Throughout the year I follow the Flylady principles. This makes is fairly easy to roll into the holidays. But this year we moved, I have a garage full of stuff, a storage unit, closets that are not organized on it goes....

So I started today organizing one thing at a time. I thought I would do the kitchen today, HA, did not happen,I realized quickly I had to take it in pieces. I did the pantry. Just the pantry.

1. Remove everything, clean the shelves and doors inside and out
2. Discard anything that has expired
3. If you have not used it in a reasonable amount of time, toss it.
4. Put like items together, canned good, snacks, pasta, condiments, etc.

Now I can find everything, my kids can find the snacks, it is clean and neat. A few minutes a week to keep it that way, and to put things away properly after a trip to the grocery store will keep you together.

Flylady would be proud...now on to the refrigerator....