I’ve been BUSY! This is part of the living room with the new furniture. It’s since been decorated for Christmas, as has the rest of the house, and the outside as well. We also finished the bathroom, and it looks a lot more modern, even though the sink and vanity and floor need to be replaced. We’ll eventually get to those fix ups when time and money allow. Right now I’m just totally sick of spending money!! With Sarah’s wedding, Ben in school, new shingles on the roof, new gas fireplace insert, new living room furniture, Christmas shopping, Mom’s 75 birthday evening, and all the food and liquor for hubby’s 50th birthday party, I’m SICK of it!

I’ve been cleaning and decorating for 2 weeks now. But I can say that the large majority of the house is in pretty good shape, and we accomplished a lot! We ended up having about 30-35 people here, and everyone had a really good time! Especially hubby! The last guests left around 2:00 am, which is VERY late for us old farts! We had bought a ton of booze, but many people gave hubby a bottle as a gift, so we seem to have accumulated our liquor for Christmas! I also ended up with way too much food leftover! I think I’ll pack up quite a bit of it and take it in to work as my Christmas gift to the staff.

The pups were pretty well behaved. I brushed them, and put leave on conditioner in their hair, which makes them all soft, and shiny and smell nice. They get very exited when people come, but overall they were good. They were also cute, as I put them in their Christmas collars. I’ll share pictures later when Jess sends them to me.

The younger crowd hung out in the family room playing Guitar Hero3, and Scene It, and I hung out up in the loft with a bunch of the ladies that I hadn’t seen for a long time, and the rest of the gang was in the living room. There were people everywhere!

It was a TON of work, and I didn’t even do much of the food prep, I ordered trays for the bulk of the food, but just getting my house in order (and I’m no slob!) and free of cat hair was a lot of work! We locked the cats down in the basement so at least they weren’t running around too! It was all worth it though, because my hubby had a blast!