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Only a few more days until the new year  and there are lots of new things on their way to us and some are already in store waiting to go up  on the site! But we gotta make room there on the  site -- don't want to hog all the bandwidth in cyberspace with our site, so we're having a big sale to free up some room online for all the new year's new things!! The Sale/Clearance page is packed with great deals, and nothing on the page will be restocked so  it's a first-come, first-served sale, as quantities on a lot of the things are already quite low. I'd love to be one of the first to wish you nothing but fun, laughter and blessings in 2011!' The sale is HERE   

Time to say Merry Christmas and wish you all -- my sweet and beloved blog friends, a wonderful Christmas. It will be no surprise to those of you who know me,  that I wish to share my wishes by song, so without keeping you any longer, here is my song for you this Christmas. A beautiful rendition of  In The Bleak Midwinter by James Taylor. And, a BEAUTIFUL story read by Paul Harvey... Perhaps you can listen to them both as you surf the internet or busy yourself about the house. Either way, enjoy and see you after Christmas with lots of great new  shop items to share. But for now... enjoy.    :) **PLEASE FIND THE MUSIC PLAYER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE BAR AND PAUSE IT FIRST -- BEFORE PLAYING EITHER OF THESE.**

{If you're wondering what this image has to do with anything, read on..} Well here we are -- at almost one week until the BIG DAY... We wait for and long for it all year it seems, but now that it is just around the corner I almost wish I could go back at least one month -- just to have THAT MUCH MORE time to savor the anticipation. It has been a busy time with the store, but fun as always. I love this time of year when I wonder who is getting the things people buy as gifts -- knowing that the box we ship ultimately will be placed under someone's tree and be privvy to the warm, loving family times and gatherings up until the 25th, wondering what their expression will be like when they open it, and then thinking of how the person will use or display their new gift. Yes,  ALL those "deep ponderings" and more with each gift that is wrapped and shipped from here. And as we near Christmas, the shipping gears are finally going to slow to a halt and rest a spell. As my sweet

Here in Florida we are having some wonderful cold weather -- the kind you'd expect to have this time of year, instead of our usual temps in the 80's in December  and if you've read my blog very long  at all you have to know I am just  OUT  OF  MY MIND  HAPPY about this! The house we live in now is old (1891) and has character galore  but what it no longer has  are working fireplaces... It used to have three of them -- two downstairs and one upstairs. But... When the house was cut in half and moved out here to the country from it's place in our town's historic district,  well... a lot of things had to be compromised and the fireplaces were one of those things. All but one of the three still stand and have their mantles, but a peek inside  the hearth shows that they are now an integral part of the HVAC system and house the A/C returns.    Sad. BUT! Instead of a crackling fire in the hearth during this wintery weather week, I've been enjoying  THIS FauxFire.com is

I got the sweetest blog award and I'd love thank Adrienne of "A Whole Lotta Love" blog  (don't you just LOVE that name??) The award is the  "Stylish Blogger Award" and it completely made me smile.  :) Thank you, Adrienne!!  How fun!!!  :) Along with the award, I am constrained to share 7 fun facts with you then pass the award on to 7 other stylin' bloggers.   Super fun!     Sooooo, let's get this party started: 1.)  I am a city-girl through and through.  I never want to go camping a day in my life. Ever.  There's a reason we've made improvements through the centuries to include indoor plumbing, electricity and running water.  If I ever get a hankering for the  "good old days"... take me antique shopping.  ;) 2.)  Though I am a city girl... I do harbor a secret desire for the more simple things -- things with the character that only history can give. Wooden screen doors slamming as guests enter.  Large farmhouse-style kitchens with