tis the season

okay a month away from

this little blog is not a good thing.

i have been dying to post

but i haven't taken

pics of anything lately

and really haven't been

able to think of anything worth posting.

the pics in this post were taken in our

dark upstairs part of our house

so please excuse them.

anyways,

i finally have something worth posting.

oh yeah,

a huge jackpot of a habitat trip.

when i say habitat,

i'm talking about our local

habitat for humanity store,

here in thibodaux.

i believe i have blogged about it before.

it is a thrift store that is super cheap

and all of the money that is earned

goes towards the habitat for humanity

project that builds homes for those

who can't provide them for themselves.

i try and make a stop every saturday.

it's hit or miss and you never know what

kind of little treasures you can find.

so, if i'm around the house,

i try and pop in.

this saturday, the lord was with me.

yes, the lord comes treasure hunting with me.

some like to believe that he gives through

finances or blessings, or healings,

and i believe all that,

but he definitely comes through on my

treasure hunting trips.

christmas is always on my mind way

early in the year for a few different reasons

but this year even more so because:

one.

christmas is my most favorite ever.

it was always quite the experience

in my home growing up and it is a season

that is filled with magic for me.

two. 

it's our first christmas in our new home.

three.

we are hosting one of our families'

christmas gatherings

four.

our home will be in tour of homes

this year.

it is a fundraiser done through

a ministry in our church

where ladies buy tickets to tour four

homes and ours is one.

with all of that said,

i am trying to start gathering decorations

and formulating a decor plan for this place.

so, back to the habitat trip,

i headed into habitat saturday

and they had put out loads of christmas

decorations. 

lord, you should have seen me.

i was digging around in that place

 like an olympic gopher.

(wow that was a lame analogy.)

two of the first things i spotted 

were these wreaths and i thought my heart

would explode.

i will christmas up the quilted one

some kind of way

but they are just both so perfect.

i found lots of precious ornaments.

i mean the cuckoo clock ornaments

are to die for.

i love the little cross stitched ones too.

i also got a few little christmas village ornaments.

i bought this little angel

that is so old but so so good.

i found these really unique candles

and candle holders.

i love them and can't wait

to display them somewhere in this place.

i picked up lots of old

garland stuff to add to wreaths

and hanging garlands.

i got four old school star

tree toppers that i will add to 

vignettes and some of our trees.

all together i spend $50

and that's including a 7 1/2 foot artificial tree

that seems to be in pretty awesome condition.

i am not sure what the decor plan

is for this place but i am working on it.

we are currently up to our eyeballs

in our kitchen remodel and our house

stinks like, well something pretty stinky,

from the mud on the walls.

i am thrilled to see the kitchen

when it's done and get this huge project

 out of the way.

it's defiantly crunch time 

to finish all of our lingering

projects so that our house is ready for the tour.

but, i'm loving it because at the end of the year,

we will be pretty much done around here...

for now.

ash...