Pictures!
It took until nearly Christmas eve to get the final decorations up, but I was very happy with how they turned out. Very little of what I put up is "Christmasy" in either the biblical or secular sense, I just like putting up winter scenes or colorful vignettes that bring joy to those who look upon them. My nieces and their husband and significant other spend Christmas eve with me (this is part of the family drama, that they don't join the rest of the family for the "family Christmas") so I did want everything done before they came.
This was my favorite new addition to my decorating - I did the tops of the tall furniture for both fall and winter. I just love these three words - Joy, peace and hope - as they do sum up what the season is supposed to be about.
I love how the top of this hutch turned out with the flocked garland. It adds so much to the room, which doesn't get much decoration.
I know I show this picture most years, but I have never been more pleased with how the top of the fireplace turned out and this year my broken internal thermostat has made me cold for the first time in years so I have been able to enjoy the fireplace.
As usual, a cat finds his way into the scene. When he breaks things, it's on purpose. And when he just wants to look out the window at the birds, he is very careful LOL.
This is my absolute favorite new display. The blues and the doves play off each other so beautifully and when it is lit up it is breathtaking. Even guys commented on it.
What ties this display together is the Holly. This is what I look at from my bed and it really is beautiful.
Even the stove got decorated this year!
I wanted to do a silver display and this just all came together. One thing that is hard to pick up in the photos is texture, and there are so many complementary textures that this one is just unique to look at.
This is perhaps my cheapest display, but I love it - the Christmas rats! I found these little rats for a dollar apiece in a clearance bin. They are all coming out of the woodwork and the plants as if they were seeing a decorated tree for the first time.
My sofa table is the snowman forest which I have shown in previous years. This bobble snowman is too large for the display so he got his own special spot at the end of the table. And he does bobble! I forgot to upload the picture, but I have an artist Jim Shore Tigger pouncing on a snowman. It is my new favorite Jim Shore snowman.
And I even decorated the bathroom this year! There are snowman candles at the back of the tub and this very cool deer sleigh on the back of the toilet. So my aides laugh because now every surface that I can reach is decorated.
The other news that I mentioned in the other post is a change in my rheumatologist's thinking. He has always been a keep fighting, live at all costs kind of doctor. With being turned down for the last treatment that was available for me, he has finally had to admit that I am not going to get better ( and just get worse) . He has recommended hospice care at this point. I have been at this point of acceptance for some time, but it is a big step for him. What I will appreciate is that I will get the home health care that I recently lost (Medicare requires that you have an acute skilled nursing need for a condition that shows continual improvement). I got bedsores in the hospital and they did heal, so that kept me on for a while, which proves I have better blood flow to my butt than anywhere else LOL but none of my other complications show improvement. There truly is no place for the chronically ill. Having recently had sepsis shows how severely immunocompromised I am and the likelihood of future severe infections is high, so hopefully I will get the home care I need through hospice. Homecare is so nice - getting out when I am feeling well is very difficult and getting out when I am not feeling well is impossible - and so cost-effective as the only route of transportation when that sick is ambulance to a hospital, where I don't want to be anyways. I have been in palliative care for several years, and that is only comfort care. One should not have to go to a hospital to get comfort care! What a waste of resources! I have learned to leave these things in God's hands. If they are his will, they work out. One of my favorite verses is Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The peace of God is worth more than all the health, wealth and prosperity this world could ever offer.
This was my favorite new addition to my decorating - I did the tops of the tall furniture for both fall and winter. I just love these three words - Joy, peace and hope - as they do sum up what the season is supposed to be about.
I love how the top of this hutch turned out with the flocked garland. It adds so much to the room, which doesn't get much decoration.
I know I show this picture most years, but I have never been more pleased with how the top of the fireplace turned out and this year my broken internal thermostat has made me cold for the first time in years so I have been able to enjoy the fireplace.
As usual, a cat finds his way into the scene. When he breaks things, it's on purpose. And when he just wants to look out the window at the birds, he is very careful LOL.
This is my absolute favorite new display. The blues and the doves play off each other so beautifully and when it is lit up it is breathtaking. Even guys commented on it.
What ties this display together is the Holly. This is what I look at from my bed and it really is beautiful.
Even the stove got decorated this year!
I wanted to do a silver display and this just all came together. One thing that is hard to pick up in the photos is texture, and there are so many complementary textures that this one is just unique to look at.
This is perhaps my cheapest display, but I love it - the Christmas rats! I found these little rats for a dollar apiece in a clearance bin. They are all coming out of the woodwork and the plants as if they were seeing a decorated tree for the first time.
My sofa table is the snowman forest which I have shown in previous years. This bobble snowman is too large for the display so he got his own special spot at the end of the table. And he does bobble! I forgot to upload the picture, but I have an artist Jim Shore Tigger pouncing on a snowman. It is my new favorite Jim Shore snowman.
And I even decorated the bathroom this year! There are snowman candles at the back of the tub and this very cool deer sleigh on the back of the toilet. So my aides laugh because now every surface that I can reach is decorated.
The other news that I mentioned in the other post is a change in my rheumatologist's thinking. He has always been a keep fighting, live at all costs kind of doctor. With being turned down for the last treatment that was available for me, he has finally had to admit that I am not going to get better ( and just get worse) . He has recommended hospice care at this point. I have been at this point of acceptance for some time, but it is a big step for him. What I will appreciate is that I will get the home health care that I recently lost (Medicare requires that you have an acute skilled nursing need for a condition that shows continual improvement). I got bedsores in the hospital and they did heal, so that kept me on for a while, which proves I have better blood flow to my butt than anywhere else LOL but none of my other complications show improvement. There truly is no place for the chronically ill. Having recently had sepsis shows how severely immunocompromised I am and the likelihood of future severe infections is high, so hopefully I will get the home care I need through hospice. Homecare is so nice - getting out when I am feeling well is very difficult and getting out when I am not feeling well is impossible - and so cost-effective as the only route of transportation when that sick is ambulance to a hospital, where I don't want to be anyways. I have been in palliative care for several years, and that is only comfort care. One should not have to go to a hospital to get comfort care! What a waste of resources! I have learned to leave these things in God's hands. If they are his will, they work out. One of my favorite verses is Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The peace of God is worth more than all the health, wealth and prosperity this world could ever offer.