Our Snow "Children"

Snowmen are not a common sight in SC. We rarely get snow and if we get any it's usually a dusting.
The only ones we get to see are stuffed ones that hang out in the warmth of our house and amazingly don't melt. lol
I've had the ones above for years. The guy below just came to live here a couple of weeks ago. Isn't he cute! We had company the other night and a snowball fight broke out! Really!

My hubby thought he was so cute but I didn't want to pay the price. See his price sticker?
We found him at Old Time Pottery and turned out he was half price on clearance. I still didn't want to pay the price. Then I noticed he was damaged and hubby took him to an employee. She readily said, "Let's make him $12.50." Hubby said, "That works for me!"
Paint covers a multitude of sins! Sorta like makeup, come to think of it! lol
Before

After

He had a few other scrapes and bruises we fixed up. He's so happy we adopted him into our family!



I put out more Snowmen in the kitchen after Christmas.
Are you still with me... you may need a cup of coffee from the Keurig about now! lol


These little guys are ornaments with their face painted and a child's sock for a hat.




I have two cookie jar snowmen. No cookies but their still cuties!
Our grand daughter, who is three, was over yesterday and she kept coming to tell me when she found another snowman.


I painted this guy many years ago and hung him on the back door (to the garage). A lot of
people come in through the garage so I always have something on the door to greet them.
That's all for today. Believe it or not I have more in the dining room and outside at the entrance of the house to show. I'll same them for another time!
I hope you're having a great week and thanks for stopping by!

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Share Your Creations Party #22

Things Are Heating Up In SC

I have tried to get a post done for a week and to no avail. I was very frustrated with trying to post on explorer with the new interface on blogger. I tried to do what Marty said but could not do it for various reasons. The week got busy and I gave up. I went over to Firefox and it was a breeze to go back to the old interface. Hallelujah! I will post my snowmen soon.
In the mean time here's what's going on in SC right now.
Lots of rally's, debates, and robocalling. We have met with some of the candidates trying to sort out who we should support.
We've met and talked to Speaker Gingrich...


Radio talk show host Mike Gallagher....

Went to a rally to hear Governor Romney......


Met Governor Mitt Romney.....

His beautiful wife Ann......


and saw Greta Van Susteren interviewing the Governor.


Tomorrow is a big day for all the candidates still in the race!

Thanks for stopping and have a great weekend!

Snowmen Tablescape

It rarely snows in SC but it's still fun to decorate with "snowpeople". lol I put out my "snowpeople" after packing away Christmas decorations. I had two snowflake plates from Cracker Barrel and this is what I came up with for a tablescape.
I decided to use something a little "unconventional" for a table covering. I had a cute snowman hooked rug (clean of course) and used it in the center of the table. I have a few snowball candles from Partylite and used one for the centerpiece. On an after thought I took the clear cake plate stand away and just used the snowball on the red candle holder. I thought it would be lower for conversation purposes.
What do you think? Which looks better?

I found snowflake placemats at Old Time Pottery the other day.

I'v had the snowman glasses for several years and can't remember where they came from. The little snowman candle, at the head of the plate came from Big Lot, as did the little plate in the pic below.

The snow mitten plates are from Cracker Barrel a few yrs. ago.

Cute Mr. & Mrs. Salt & Pepper shakers. They look so happy, don't they?

Thanks for taking time to stop by! I always love it when you visit!

I'm linking to Susan @Between Naps on the Porch.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Back to Normal

I finally got my tree down, everything labeled, boxed, and put away! It was up longer than usual but I didn't fret about it because I didn't get the tree up till around the 15th of Dec. That was a first! In the past it's always been up Thanksgiving weekend or before but the old Flu bug had other plans for me. So we went from this around here............... to this! It sure opens things up and lets more light in!

So nice to have everything back to normal, isn't it?

I always have to check back and look at pictures before the decorating to know where things were sitting. lol Anyone else have to do that?

I brought out the snowmen and women and I'll share them soon. Thanks for stopping by and taking time from your busy schedule. Have a great week!

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Just wanted to say HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you!

May it be your best year ever! I appreciate each of you so much!

I'll be back to blogging after a short break!

From Our House to Yours

I wanted to wish all of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
From our house to yours we wish you a wonderful holiday weekend with family, friends, love and joy!

I'll leave you with a picture of our sweet grandchildren celebrating the real reason we celebrate Christmas..... The birth of the Christ child...The Savior of the World!

Merry Christmas!