Peek!

Mantel pictures coming soon ...

Growing.

After a couple days already I can see progress with the paper whites! Can you?

Work It Girl ...

The Ornaments Runneth Over ...

When getting ready for the jolly season of Christmas, each year I like to take a gander at my collection of ornaments and decide if there is anything that can be given to someone else or donated.  You see, I have a problem and each year even though I know I have a good collection of ornaments for the tree ... when I see them in the store, I have to get some. I know ... it's a problem, but the first step is admitting you have a problem right? Hello my name is Allison and I have a Christmas ornament problem. 

I don't shy away from anything. Got glitter? I love how they sparkle against lights on a tree. Fake birds? Why yes, those make me happy! Balls in lots of colours! Yes, silver, gold, red and brown ... the more the merrier!

I like to keep all of my ornaments organized in these nifty little clear shoe boxes that I get at Canadian Tire each year. It keeps them nice, neat and clean, and you can see what's in them easily. You know me ... got to be organized!

Easy Peazy Blooms ...

Or so I hope to have. On a couple of blogs I saw a neat little trick in growing some oh so lovely flowers called Paper Whites or there more technical plant name "Narcissus". I found these bulbs at Canadian Tire for $4.99.

 So what you have to do is fill a glass container (I had this one downstairs with all of my other glass containers) and get some river rocks ... I bought these at Walmart ages ago, and pretty much just keep them around for whatever I may need them for.

Make a base with the rocks for the bulbs to sit on. Then place all the bulbs in and secure them with a couple smaller rocks.

Fill the container up with water until the bottom of the bulbs are submerged. You don't want to drown the bulbs but make sure that you check the water line every couple of days so that the bulbs don't dry out.

Then just stick them somewhere where they will get some light, and hopefully, fingers crossed they will grow long and lovely! Apparently they are suppose to smell nice too. Well guess we will see if my black-thumb can keep these suckers alive! I will let you know!

Monday Morning at Our House ...

Still in our jammies, but ready to start the day ... 

It's Coming ....

I dusted off some bins last night, took inventory of decorations and even purged some unwanted things ... it's almost time to crack out the Christmas stuff! I can't wait!

Yes that is all my Christmas stuff in the bins ... and let me tell you - they are packed!