A puzzle, a poodle and a teaser photo from next week's Christmas House Tour. I have to say, and I don't say this lightly - along with the wrapping, I think this is my most favourite year for Christmas decorating ever.
There are MANY new things happening in the world of my Christmas decor this year. As we all know, it started when I threw half of my sectional onto the front lawn a few weeks ago.
If you have ever thrown furniture onto your front lawn, by the way, you are not mental. It's dead centre within the normal range of things that grown ups do.
Longtime readers will be able to spot a couple of things that are different in my house right away.
- I have blue velvet curtains hanging at the opening between my foyer and living room. Those are new. Got 'em a couple of days ago.
- I now have doors that separate my foyer from my dining room (I got them at a flea market for $120 this summer). They're very narrow doors. The 2 of them together fits a standard width door frame. 90% of the time they're open.
Now that I think of it, it was the antique doors that really started it all. If you're going into the way way back machine - it was the day I ripped all my floors out on a whim.
I really feel like the rest of this house needs to live up to its floors.
I'll be posting the whole Christmas House Tour this week.
Day 13 and I'm finally testing negative for Covid, thank you very much. I never thought it would take 2 weeks to feel better. I attribute that to having a diminished number of those recovery blobs that run around your guts fixing things.
After 2 flights and 7 days in Dominican Republic I only had 3 or 4 of those blobs left. Geriatric ones with whiskers.
I never stood a chance against Covid.
Have a good remainder of your weekend!
Karen- I recently found your blog and just at the right time. I have so enjoyed all your holiday posts (your Christmas home is so lovely and inspirational)! Thanks for spreading some joy (and new skills) this December. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
Best,
Rebecca 🎄
Hi Rebecca and Marry Christmas! Welcome to my site. Sometimes I swear. That's just the way it is. ~ karen! ;)
Karen,
Did you get a grey poodle now too?
I don't know how I missed that breaking news letter.
Glad you're feeling mostly better.
Happy Holidays,
Ben
No, no. :) I was just watching Philip's best friend, a silver standard poodle named Sterling. I can barely handle Lip let alone two of him. ~ karen!
Very sorry you've felt so bad, but glad to hear you're finally doing better. Phillip is a beautiful boy, as is his best friend, and I will never tire of dog photos. And I've become ridiculously addicted to the puzzle! Thanks for giving me 11:38 of pleasure today, more if you count the time it took me to read the post first :). .
I had no idea the puzzles were going to be such a hit, lol. But they definitely have been. I even included a couple in the Advent Calendar. ~ karen!
I'm a Jigidi member and "follow" you but there is only one puzzle under your "creator" tab (the jellybeans). Tried to find this one with no luck. I'll just have to make it here.
Take care & God Bless.
Me thinks the puzzle doesn’t like me, twice I’ve gotten about halfway through and it resets, grrrrr!
LOVE the curtains-could you share the source?
Hi Lolla! I've updated the post to include the links to the train and the curtains for both Canada and the US. Just scroll to where the curtain photos are and the link is there. :) ~ karen!
What is that beautiful building in the background?
It was built in 1929 as a school, and was converted into lofts about 10 years ago. :) ~ karen!
I love the new doors, too. I hope you listen to Carol who told you to keep wearing masks indoors around others. I still wear one when I have to go grocery shopping because too much of that stuff cropping up again (still) and now the school district is considering what to do about the spikes in cases and so many kids hospitalized with one respiratory virus or another.
As for poodle pictures, you are not going to get any complaints from those of us who knew years ago that if you had dogs instead of cats you would be featuring them all the time because who wouldn't? Now you know what it is to have someone who will do anything for you and will always know if you're not feeling well and try to make you better instead of demanding more because, cats and dogs. Different planets. Besides, Philip is such a cool dude and now we get bromance pix of Philip and Sterling and I personally look forward to sagas of their adventures together. Plus a video of Philip's reaction to whatever you give him for Christmas because dogs are so stoked when they get gifts. Seriously.
I didn't know you had Covid -thought it was some sort of flu. I'm so sorry! Hoping Christmas will be a really great day for you. Well I hope all days are good but you need to look forward to something specific. Santa! or at least Reindeer poop.
Looking beautiful!
oh fun! This one was harder, took me like 9+ minutes!
Yeah I love those doors!!! How delightful to have found them. And I can't wait to see the house tour! Well I can wait. Because I have wood to still stack, a shed to put a tarp over, some pallets to organize, and general yard cleanup before it snows. Which I think it's going to do in right now. BUT! I do look forward to it. I already love the ribbons on the tree.
hmf I guess your posts don't accept >< brackets.
here's how that should've read:
oh fun! This one was harder, took me like 9+ minutes!
*goes back to read the rest of the post*
Yeah I love those doors!!! How delightful to have found them. And I can't wait to see the house tour! Well I can wait. Because I have wood to still stack, a shed to put a tarp over, some pallets to organize, and general yard cleanup before it snows. Which I think it's going to do in *checks watch* right now. BUT! I do look forward to it. I already love the ribbons on the tree.
This message is far superior. ~ karen!
I blame YOU young lady! From the first one you posted I've become a total Jigidi Junkie. Having a desktop PC with a 32"curved monitor has helped feed the monkey -lol
Jigidi is my new hobby and worse - I showed my granddaughter and now she is hooked, also. Every time I open a Karen email I hope there is no puzzle and when there is, I jump on it like white on rice and park for a couple hours. Hope you get over your case of jigidi soon and there are no relapses - LOL.
Your home looks beautiful, and I look forward to seeing the rest of it. I'm glad you're testing negative and feeling better. Please be smart and wear a good mask (KN95, KF94, N95) when you're in indoor public places and public transportation-- especially around children, because they are little virus factories! The government here in the US downplays it, but any epidemiologist can tell you that this is a vicious virus, every infection, no matter how mild, does permanent neurological damage, the newer variants evade the immune system, so you can get COVID as often as every 5-6 weeks, and the more times you get it, the more likely it is that you will have serious complications or get long COVID. So please be careful. The pandemic is far from over.
As a long time reader I did immediately notice the doors, the blue curtains and the ceramic xmas tree. I'm feeling inspired to do something with curtains into my livingroom. Looking forward to seeing what you did.
Wow! You even noticed the ceramic tree. It's also new. I've loved those dumb little ceramic trees for years and finally got one. It's already moved from that spot to a new one in the kitchen. :) ~ karen!
I do hope you fully recover before all the official Santa festivities in14 days. Nothin' worse than being sick on a holiday. Your place looks gorgeous.
And fret not - poodle puzzles are always fun.
LOL. Thanks! Looks like you completed your poodle puzzle in record time. ~ karen!
The doors are a knockout! Since they probably didnt look even close to this when you found them, hope you post on their rejuvenation so we can all be inspired to refinish our worn but wonderful wood furniture.
So glad you are getting well, and hope you and Betty have a wonderful holiday!