Christmas...

Just got home...

from delivering, and setting up...One, of the Three, 

Chicago Cupboards.

It looks Pretty Happy, in it's New...Temporary Home.

{It was purchased, for resale. : ) }

: )

All Cleaned, and 'Slicked'...up. 

Two, left. : )

Thanks, so Much...to Chicago Ray....

for Bringing them, and...helping to set them up.

{The other two, are heading down the rabbit hole, tomorrow. }

Hope Everyone...had a Wonderful Christmas. <3

We had a Good One. : )

The Kids, and Grandkids...were here, and it was Fun...watching the Little Ones...

play, with the Insane... Noise Makers...I got for them. : )

I, don't know...what was funnier....

Watching the Little Ones...make All Kinds...of Racket!!!

or...

Their Parents...

CRINGE!!!

{I'm...sooooo Naughty!}

: )

Miss. Meadow....

Kept Us All...on our Toes,

 She Is a Climber!

Loved the Stairs!

oh my.

{Reminds me...of her Daddy, when He...was One.

: ) }

Thankfully, she has a Wonderful...Big Brother, Little Justin, : ) 

who Watches Over Her...like a Hawk!!! <3 }

Even, Miss. Scarlett...was perplexed...
: )
Meadow...headed for Those Stairs...
Every Time, we turned our backs!!!
yes...
She's a Climber!!!

Sweetie, and Miss. Meadow. <3

When everyone, left...

I sat by The Tree, with The Critters...

listening...to the last few hours, of Christmas Music, on the radio.

Soaking every last 'drop'...of 'Christmas'...in. 

I, never did....put any ornaments....on The Tree.

{well...I put a little 'Heart'...on The Tree, that had fallen out of a box, we'd pulled out.

I, didn't have 'the heart'...to put it back, in the box, and hung it...on The Tree. : )

and...

for the First Christmas, of my life, after moving out...on my own, 38 years ago...

Christmas Dinner, was served on paper plates.

It was a Huge...Meal.

We sat all of the Food, on the Table...

then....

I set a stack of paper plates...down,... and told everyone...

"This is what we're eating off of. 

If you want a 'Dinner Plate',
Help Yourselves... : )
You...know, where they're at...: )

 and, wash 'em...before you leave."

: )

To say, this Christmas, was 'Casual'...would be an understatement.

No one...seemed to mind a bit. : )

We all...ate...a little, too much.
and, seems...
the consensus...was,
'Paper'...is o.k.
: )
No one...opted...for a Washable Plate.
Not, even...
Me.
: )
{I, actually...ate from the Old...footed soup bowl...
that held Oyster Stew.
{we used Real Bowls...for Oyster Stew. : )
 Anything else....would have been Criminal. }

I, Hope...that never happens, again.

I, Truly...enjoy the Beautiful...Old...Soulful....Plates, and Platters, we eat off of.

but, 

last week...was soooo draining, on soooo many levels, I didn't have it in me...

to spend hours, cleaning...after spending hours...cooking.

{Make no mistake.... The Food, was all served...in, and on...

 our Old....

Ironstone.

{that's all we have, and... they don't make paper 'anything'...that could hold, our...

'Christmas Dinners'.

They...are Big. 

but, I wasn't going to wash a Mountain...of 'dishes', too. 

Call me Scrooge. : ) }

I'm tired, tonight.

It was so cold...and windy, today... we nearly froze,

working with the old...Chicago Cupboard.

We had to unload...all of the drawers, doors....and trim, outside, off the Truck...

for all three Cupboards, to match them up... with the One, that was sold.

It felt so Good, driving home....in The Ford.

He's got one Heck of a Heater!

{I, didn't want to get out, when I pulled in, at Home. : ) }

I have some Major...Mountains, to move...tomorrow, down the rabbit hole. 

oh my.

It's gonna be a Busy Day. : )

I'm gettin' to bed....Early, tonight. : )

Hope, you All...Enjoyed, 'Your Christmas'...

and, ate..a little...too Much, too. : ) <3

Love, to ya...

Barb C.

{WE, are So, very Blessed....that, we are concerned...
about...
'Paper Plates'
: )
There are MANY...on Our Earth....that, don't have a Roof.
Many...that, haven't eaten a 'meal'...for a long...time.
Some, folks...don't have 'hands'...to be able...to 'feed'...themselves.
or....
legs...to, walk...to find a meal.
{Our, American Soldiers...to name...a few. }
and...
'We'...worry, about eating a Meal...
from a paper plate.
I, think...
Not.}

Reminds me...of the saying I read, as a child.
"There are two times..in our lives, it doesn't matter...who our neighbors are.
The First...
When we are born...
The Second...
When we die....
Let's get along."
The quote had two pictures.
One,
with a Babe... in a Cradle.
One...
of a Headstone...
at a Cemetery.