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All Decked Out

Next week the neighborhood garden club meeting/party is at my house and there’s nothing like a Christmas party to motivate me to get my Christmas decorations done.

Christmas trees – check

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Staircase garland – check

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Dining room buffet – check

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Oh I can’t forget the jazzed up candle rings on my mantle.  Smile

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I love decorating for the holidays and I’m really looking forward to the party. But the thing I’m really getting ready for is this.

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‘A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”’ Isaiah 40:3-5

Peace, Kelly

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  1. Susan Simeroth Payne says

    December 4, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    What a beautiful and big home you have! Decorated very tastefully, too!

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    • Minding My Nest says

      December 5, 2011 at 6:57 am

      thank you so much susan!! 🙂

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