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lisapizzac72 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:18:54 +0000

This is an archive of old posts. This blog is no longer being currently maintained. If you would like to read newer posts about holiday crafts and happenings, jog on over to “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” and click on the Holidays tag. Happy reading!

Posted in Misc. holidays

Taking down the Christmas decorations

lisapizzac72 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:05:36 +0000

Well, it’s a little sad, but I’m taking down the Christmas decorations. The tree will probably come down next weekend…I’m just focusing on all the “extras”. It’s funny. Last year I packed up all of my snowman decorations, thinking I would put those up when I took down the Christmas ones. That’s kinda a lot of work though, to decorate twice for the holidays. And frankly, when I’m done with the decorations, I’m kinda done. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to do that better? My initial reasoning behind it was because I had too many decorations to put out at once. Maybe next year I should just put out a mixture of snowmen and Christmas and keep some put away.

Posted in Christmas, Decorations

Christmas Letter from Jesus – from MountainWings

lisapizzac72 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:58:32 +0000

A few days ago I received a wonderful email in my inbox from MountainWings.com . It is a letter written as if from Jesus. There are a few good reminders in it as we continue to celebrate this special season. I hope you enjoy it.

www.mountainwings.com/past/7337.htm

Posted in Christmas

Christmas posts

lisapizzac72 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:29:14 +0000

Hi again! Hey, I did a lot of posting about Christmas on Hometown Holidays last year at this time. If you are interested in reading about last year’s Christmas preparations, please check out the Christmas posts in the category drop-down list to the right. Thanks!

Posted in Christmas

Merry Christmas!

lisapizzac72 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:26:52 +0000

Ok, so I’m a few days early, but please let me be the first to wish you Merry Christmas! Perhaps I’m in a festive mood today because we got a lot of that crazy white stuff (something like 7 inches maybe) and I didn’t have to go in to work today. Whoopie! After shoveling and snowblowing our walks and driveway, I wrapped some presents and worked on our mailing labels for our Christmas cards. Ummm, ok, so like they’ll be Christmas/New Year’s cards at this point. Doesn’t that happen to everyone? I was so focused on getting all of our friends and family’s addresses into my Yahoo contacts so that they are in one standard format. And then I didn’t have the correct labels, so the formatting was off. My wonderful husband Tony just went out to get me the proper labels. Perhaps I should give the dreaded label project another go.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year to all!

Posted in Christmas

Hope you had a super Thanksgiving!

lisapizzac72 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:55:35 +0000

Hi everyone,

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. I hope you had a fantastic one! My sister hosted Tony and I, and it was the most relaxing and enjoyable time. We ate, drumroll please: turkey, dressing, sweet potato casserole, cranberries, rolls, cherry salad, green salad and pumpkin pie! Yummy yummy! Next up, Christmas! I just took down most of our fall decorations and we got the boxes in from the garage. This weekend we’ll put up the tree. Yippee! Enjoy everyone! Please let me know how you’ll decorate for the holidays!

Posted in Christmas

Happy Veteran’s Day

lisapizzac72 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:41:19 +0000

Today is Veteran’s Day. Are you flying your flag? I forgot about it until a little earlier today, at work. I was heading home early, so I wrote myself a note to remember to put it up. However, it is sleeting here, so I don’t think that is the best move. Tony and his Dad put the flag holder up a few months ago…this would have been the perfect day to fly the flag. Oh well. Thank you to all of the veterans! We appreciate all that you have done for our country. And thank you to our current armed forces as well. Whether or not we agree with the wars being fought, we do certainly appreciate your sacrifices. God bless!

Posted in Patriotic holidays

Fall flower arrangements

lisapizzac72 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:16:39 +0000

I recently created three fall flower arrangements using silk flowers that I purchased from JoAnns. After choosing which flowers looked the best together, I bound them up with florist tape and wrapped the stems in ribbon. I made a bow for each vase as well. One of the vases is in our living room, one on our kitchen table, and one in our upstairs hall. I think they make a nice addition to our house! Here they are, what do you think?

Posted in Decorations, Halloween

Fall is here

lisapizzac72 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:15:36 +0000

So that means that Halloween is right around the corner! I started decorating with silk flowers this year for the holidays. I made up three bunches (purchased at JoAnns), wrapped the stems in ribbon, and plunked them into a jar. I’ll take a few pictures and add them soon. And it is time to start decorating for Halloween soon. I can’t wait! What are your Halloween decorating plans? I’m always looking for good ideas, so feel free to comment!

Posted in Halloween

Patriot Day – 9/11

lisapizzac72 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:25:27 +0000

A few days ago it was Patriot Day, otherwise known as the anniversary of the World Trade Center disaster. What a sad time. It’s hard to believe it has been seven years since that happened. Since that time I’ve gotten married and moved…two big and very good things. That was such a tragic day in history.