Happy Endings..
There is good news at the end of the year...I am grateful for prayers for Peck . He rallied for Christmas and so were are taking it one day at a time.
Between the Cottage Tour, my projects,the wonderful vet, the great help and support of the docents and my friends.( the $12,000 we raised) ..and Christmas Christmas......I am grateful and pooped!!!!!!
I came to the office to gather the receipts, the last of the things to be returned , the mail, the bills and the photographs...and the dreaded invoices.
Funny how going to the office is relaxing, I must be weird. Instead of working, I am playing "blog catch up" with my friends in the blog world and watching Lance (the office cat) doze on my computer.
The quite is so welcome and relaxing . ....
The plan for 2013...invoicing and....having more fun!!!
We had a wonderful Christmas oyster roast and dinner .....My son and his wife decorated the boat building shed and we all had a ball!!
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the hostess with the "mostess" |
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merry coastal christmas!!! |
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the oyster roast..on christmas day |
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our beloved Peck ... at the party and wanting some of everything!!! |
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Peck waiting on the roast .... |
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Peck getting some love .. |
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starting the fire.. |
There is nothing like a fire to warm your soul..and good friends and family enjoying our Christmas Tradition...
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the chandelier never made it to the client..Oh well.. |
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cranberry, orange water.. |
After you eat the oysters you can make a wreath, a lamp, a chandelier.... some candlesticks..even a driveway... with the shells(after you bleach them).... the ultimate recycle.
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and you say that looks terrible...looks terrible .. taste yummy!! |
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the" host with the most" having crab stew... |
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my Christmas mimosa... |
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the oyster factory in Bluffton where we buy the oysters.. |
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yummy snacks.. |
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a shell tree skirt...happy holidays... |