Happy New Year!!  I hope everyone is safe @ home enjoying time with your family.  I was going to be very productive and get lots if painting done in the shop today, but we are all kinda being lazy – as we should!!  I am so, so ready for the holidays to be over and get back into a routine.  Everyone goes back to school and work tomorrow, so i should be cranking out lots of furniture soon ;) …………………………. I didn’t post any pics of my Christmas decorations besides my ornament wreath, that’s because most of it was last minute!  I tried to decorate early this year, but just didn’t have the time.  I even decorated my entry way on 12/23!  And that’s only because we had a family party on 12/24 – otherwise i would have just skipped it. Christmas mantle and tree…i bought all the ornaments @ [...]

> This year Christmas has kinda been like Halloween – i had big plans to go all out on my decorating – i had so many ideas!!  But, i was just too busy.  I got my tree up, the kids trees in their rooms and a few little things here and there – but other than that i didn’t do much.  I will show you my tree today and then some other little things soon :) I wish you could see this in person – its very glitterly and sparkly – pictures just don’t do it justice…you will just have to take my word for it :) My tree is not huge – i like the skinny trees – it’s only 7 feet tall so i put it in a flower pot every year to make it look a little taller – i know how it is being short – [...]