I feel so blessed and I do not take those blessings for granted. 
Love and joy, peace and light!
The family, the food, the smells, and fun, the memories, even the presents...make for a wonderful day!
Just a short little post filled with love and also to remind you of my giveaway with the winner to be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Click HERE if you'd like to enter. Oh, and I've got to start putting up all this Christmasing! :)I'm joining A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday
Be a bunch of sweeties,
Shelia ;)
I'll leave you with a little Note Song ~ I think this still applies :)
My Grownup Christmas List
Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well, I'm all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown up christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up christmas list
As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath our tree
Well heaven only knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal
A hurting human soul
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up christmas list
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, oh
This is my grown up christmas list
This is my only life long wish
This is my grown up christmas list
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well, I'm all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown up christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up christmas list
As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath our tree
Well heaven only knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal
A hurting human soul
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up christmas list
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, oh
This is my grown up christmas list
This is my only life long wish
This is my grown up christmas list
~ sung by Amy Grant
Merry Christmas! Glad you had a great day. It's kind of a let-down when it's all over, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI did have a great Christmas. Glad that I can now have it as a memory though and begin slowing back down. All that shopping, baking, visiting people takes a lot out of ya! Glad to know that you had a nice Christmas too.
ReplyDeleteSo glad it was a good day
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy ya'll had a great day, we did too...
ReplyDeleteMe too...I can't stand all the "stuff" anymore! I must be getting old!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a great Christmas.
ReplyDeletexoxo bj
I hope you had a beautiful day, full od love and memories. I am getting around a little late. But any how Merry Christmas, after and the new year is a comin. Your blog friend, Richard, from My Old Historic House.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a Merry Christmas! I really enjoyed all your lovely Christmasing posts. Your pictures are beautiful. =) xo ~Liz
ReplyDeleteI'm going to wait another day or two before I begin to pack away my Christmas decorations. Now why is it so much more fun to drag it all out?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Shelia.
Hoping your Christmas was Merry and Bright anf that God fills your new year with his Blessings!
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Hoping your Christmas was Merry and Bright anf that God fills your new year with his Blessings!
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Those are beautiful pics Sheila!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I need to check out your give-away!
Did you get to see your darling grand-baby? I know how hard it is to be far away from one of them.
Big Hugs,
cindy
Love the pretty photos!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
So happy that your Christmas Day was a good one! Such a great song!!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you sweet friend! I'm still enjoying some Christmas music and happy memories of the day! I love the song by Amy Grant...I haven't heard it in years! ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteStopping by a little late - but the wishes are the same. Hope your Christmas was 'over-the-top' with joy! Wishing you a New Year filled with blessings more than you can imagine!
ReplyDelete~Adrienne~
Hi Shelia, it was a wonderful day. The words to the song are really good! Happy New Year! Linda
ReplyDeleteTruly we are blessed dear Shelia.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a wonderful Christmas, and I wish you a wonderful new year. Your candle arrangement is so pretty. laurie
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and Happy New Year! Enjoy the quiet of the week after Christmas. ~ Sarah
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had a wonderful Christmas! We did, too! it ends all too fast! But I am going to enjoy my decorations a while longer. I sort of like the whole mess! ;-D
ReplyDeleteXO,
Jane
What a wonderful post. I'm glad you had such a wonderful and blessed Christmas.
ReplyDeleteJocelyn @
http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com
Glad to here you had a great Christmas Shelia! We did too but it went by way to fast:(
ReplyDeleteVisiting from TTT. Very pretty! I always forget to use something like a meat tray for a centerpiece base. I think I will pop on over to your giveaway and check out your goodies.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to my happy Note Song girl!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo good to get back and see what you've been up too...
Always a smile here! That's what I love most about you girl!
xoxo Kathy @
Sweet Up-North Mornings...
Sheila, Lovely grownup Christmas list! Your silver tray filled with candied fruits and multicolored glass candle holder is so festive, bejeweled and bedazzling. Happy New Year! ~CJ
ReplyDeleteShelia, your tray is gorgeous. Thanks for joining TTT. Hugs, marty
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