Look! It's all painted! Michelle says we'll go to Joann's tomorrow & get flowers for the window boxes...she's got a coupon that's good tomorrow.
And check out the inside! Michelle painted some stands for me to put my bonsai tree on, waiting for them to dry. We're also waiting on the delivery of my china cabinet. And surprise, surprise, Michelle ordered a dining table & chairs for me! I'm going to start moving in very soon!
Michelle just has trim left to paint on the outside of the house. Isn't this a cheery color of yellow?
Here's my side window & window box.
And here is the interior. Just trim in the living room left to paint, the upstairs is done! I love the pink for the downstairs & the upstairs seems so much bigger & brighter with the white paint! Michelle won me a china cabinet today that will look so great downstairs! It's white with painted flowers on it. I can't wait until it arrives!
Michelle got the shingles on & stained & the floors stained tonight! She says we have to wait for tomorrow to do more. The stain has to dry & she wants to give it overnight. I'm thinking white for the 2nd floor to brighten it up since it has no windows & maybe a pale pink with rose trim for the bottom floor.
I think that the outside would look nice a pale yellow with dark yellow trim and maybe orangish accents. I can't wait to move in...Michelle says hopefully by the new year!
Michelle surprised me last night when she showed me the house she was building for me!
She says I've outgrown my basket, so we'll just save that for vacations. I should have enough room here!
She put the roof and front door in this morning.
All that's left to do is shingle the roof, paint inside & out, stain the shingles and floors, and then I can move in! I'm very excited. I've even got two window boxes!
Merry Christmas! Here is my first present this morning.
Wow, what's inside?
How cool is this! It's a Llama! Wow! I always wanted a llama...on to present number two.
Oh wow! A bonsai tree! Hey, llama stay outta the tree.
What cute packages! A panda pail and a sweet little Christmas bear box! Now to check out what's inside.
Oh man! A towel! How pretty & a snowy white!
And in the little box...a silver tea set, a new teapot, and a troll pillow for my bed!
And now my stocking!
Wow! Pretty plates and some plate holders, now I just need a china cabinet.
My last present...what could it be?
A new afghan for my bed! What a great Christmas I had...I hope everyone else had a very Merry Christmas also!
Look! Riley & I went to the Mall this afternoon & met Santa! Riley introduced us-she's met him before-and then she got a candy cane. I got to be in the picture & I whispered to Santa what I wanted for Christmas. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve & we are going to Michelle's sister's house for the evening. We are having a nice ham dinner & opening a few presents from each other to each other, but Michelle says we won't get to open presents from Santa until Christmas morning.
Look! A snowman! I asked him what he was doing here, we don't get many snowmen on the coast. He said he was an advanced scout, he's heard it's been very cold here lately and they wanted it checked out. He's thinking about inviting his snow buddies to join him here. One snowman is very cute, but more than one might just be too cold.
The fourth graders from Riley's school all sang at the Shoreacres Holiday lights today. After they were done singing we walked around the park & looked at all the lights. These mushroom lights are at the pond.
My new lighted frog friends are also at the pond. They have butterflies, turtles, snails, worms, and lots of different birds done in lights. There are also several "animated" lights:Orca Whale, Blue Whale, pelicans, frogs jumping into the pond, seals diving off the rocks-but these don't show up well in still pictures.
Here we are in the gardener's house looking out the 2nd story window. You can see just about all the lights from here, but the picture didn't turn out well because the window is kinda frosted up. It's really cold here on the coast right now.
Here is the other bedroom. They've got it made up like a kids room, with lots of toys (especially teddy bears) around. Just wait til you see the tree!
Here is the tree! Notice all the bears amongst the ornaments. This was my favorite room in the house. They even had a little tea set for tea parties!
Here is the scene at the entrance...it's like being underwater.
And here is the giant clam that sits just outside the gardens. There's animated dolphins swimming around the clam, but they didn't show up in the picture. There's also some animated crabs moving around that are cute.
Michelle says that there is more to Christmas than Santa & presents. She takes me to what she calls a Nativity Scene. There's a stable, a couple of angels, a shepherd, a donkey, a cow, a couple of sheep, some wise men, a daddy, a mommy, and a baby. She tells me the story of how the mommy & daddy (Mary & Joseph) came to Jerusalem looking for lodging and were turned away everywhere but at a stable. That was were baby Jesus was born. The angels came and brought the shepherds. The wise men came following a star...
She took me to another Nativity Scene. I look down at the baby Jesus & I think I get it.
Look it's Santa Clause! I promise I've been a very good bear this year Santa!
And Mrs. Clause! What an honor to meet you Ma'am.
Everybody smile for the camera! Did you get my letter?
Look how huge & cool (or is that Yule) it is! It's very fragrant also, but it's a good fragrance. We immediately hung it on the front door.
Wow! Look as some of the Christmas Bears (and Moose & Penguin) that Michelle has. We have a lot by Ty-both Attic Treasures & Beanie Babies, a cute Boyd's Moose, and an adorable bear dressed as a Gingerbread man by Russ. One is dressed as Santa Clause, one is an angel, and the rest have festive hats and scarfs.
Michelle even got me a Christmas Bear plate to sit by my little tree, which is still lacking a star on top, ah-hem.
We love Christmas trees at our house & have several. This is a live tree that Michelle bought today...the planter is one from a previous year. Oh, and how do you like my Santa dress? I think I'm rockin' it.
This is the family Christmas tree this year. We have a kitten & then there are the puppies & we didn't figure the big tree would survive the holiday with out getting knocked over a lot. Michelle has several antique glass bulbs that have been in her family for generations & she'd like to continue the tradition. So, we opted for the smaller tree & all handmade ornaments (read unbreakable). Michelle even made the angel for the tree top. I like this tree & hope it'll be used next year even if the big tree makes a come back.
Here is the little tree that Michelle surprised me with for my basket. It has little red balls all over it & it has been frosted. Michelle has an idea for a star for the top, I'll make her post a picture when she gets it finished.
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