MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
I have been posting my annual Christmas Home Tour, sharing each room in our townhouse decorated for Christmas...
All of these posts are on my side bar if you missed them!!
Well, Christmas Day has passed but for me and my family, the Holiday Season is far from over!!!
In the coming week, we will be celebrating my older son, Joe's Birthday on the 29th, we will be hosting a Neighborhood Open House here on the 30th, more family will be visiting on the weekend, Joe will be cooking his famous lobster tails for New Year's Eve Dinner for our family and I will be serving a vat of Lasagna for New Year's Day Dinner!!
So you see, there is a lot more of the Holiday Season left for me and my family!!
I do want to reflect in this post on this year's, 2017, Holiday Season and share with you some of the things that I have shared on my Face Book site where I post a bit more personal things than I do here on my Blogs.
On Christmas Day, I shared some photos of Local Churches decorated for Christmas that I thought were beautiful and showed the true Reason for the Season so I will post them here as I "talk' a bit.......
St. Maria Goretti Parish, Our Church, in Laflin, Pa.
I actually was quite under the weather......
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, where most of my family attend church, Swoyersville, Pa.
After a few days on the new medication, I literally could hardly move.....
St. Therese's Parish, Shavertown, Pa. where Father Jim Paisley, who is a former priest of our parish, is now Pastor.....
I still went to work and tried to decorate the house but at a much slower pace, needless to say!!
I originally thought all the pain was because I was hauling tubs up and down from the attic and that work was particularly busy and we were working short staffed......
St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Kingston, Pa.
Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Duryea, Pa.
My Orthopedic surgeon felt it was from the medication and said that he knew people who actually were not able to get out of bed after taking certain statins.
St. Peter and Paul's, Plains , Pa.
And to top it all off, I also tripped over a wheel chair with it's leg left on, sticking out in a patient's room and landed on my "good" knee!!!!!!
I did not have a "good" leg to stand on for awhile......
I was then back on tract with Christmas 2017!!!
I hope you enjoyed the photos of some of the beautiful Christmas displays in some of our local NEPA churches!!
The Season started off with Joe, who retired last year, realizing that he needed to get out of the house and that I needed him to get out of the house!!!!
LOL!!
He is now working as a part time cashier at Wegman's.......
They allow their employees to wear holiday shirts for Christmas and Joe really went a bit crazy with that!!!!
He bought them at WalMart for $5.00 each!!
The Abominable Snowman.......
He loves his job and he only works 15-18 hours a week!!
We were definitely in the Christmas Spirit after going to see Trans Siberian Orchestra in concert with our son Jim and his girl friend, Danielle, who had never seen them before!
They have toured for 19 years now and I have only missed 3 years!!!
It is part of our Christmas traditions!!!
On December 7th, we celebrated our younger son, Jimmy's, Birthday!!
I had finished decorating right before his birthday which was a week late according to my usual finishing date of December 1st!
Because I decorate our home like a crazy person, we have a lot of friends and family over to see the house......
This year, I was thrilled to re-connect with my dear friend Anne Marie, who has had a very trying 2 years ending with the passing of her beloved Dad.......
She saw that I posted that I loved these Vintage Carolers in a Tour of Lark Mountain Marketplace.......
I displayed 2 of the Carolers here on top of the hutch in the Living Room......
My new friend and co worker, Lisa, also came for lunch and she gifted me this sweet Monet Angel.......
I also hosted a luncheon for some of our friends from church........
Our friend Barb took this photo of us!!
My Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas was featured again as the Blog of the Week on PA Live on the local NBC affiliate!!
PA Live! Blog of the Week: A Debbie-Dabble Christmas
NEPA Blogs will be presenting the "Blog of the Week" on WBRE's PA Live! every Tuesday. PA Live! airs weekday afternoons on WBRE from 4:00 to 5:00.
Our PA Live! Blog of the Week this week is A Debbie-Dabble Christmas (http://adebbie-dabblechristmas.blogspot.com/)
Fun, creative, and affordable home decorating for Christmas!
Above is the post on NEPA Blogs......
My 3 seconds of fame....LOL!!
I did a lot of baking for the Holidays and I do have to admit that it is the only time of year that I do bake!!!!
And then an amazing thing happened........
Working night shift in a Hospital has meant that I have had to work either the Eve or Day night of every Holiday, not ever getting an entire Holiday off.
A Co Worker has her family coming in after Christmas so I agreed to work a day for her and she was so kind to give me Christmas Day night off!!
I was now off both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day night for the 1st time since I was on Maternity Leave with my youngest son, Jim, 34 years ago!!! WHOA!!!!
I did have to work on the night of the 23rd so I set my simple tablescape for Christmas Eve Dinner in the afternoon of the 23rd.......
With Pierogies........
And seafood......
We have scallops and shrimp.......
That is when we exchange gifts which is money and gift cards, taking a lot of the stress out of Christmas!!!
We were Blessed with a White Christmas here as it snowed a bit over night into Christmas Day......
I make a Sausage Stuffing that my Dad used to make........
Potato bread crumbs, celery, a jar of Heinz Pork Gravy, pepper, onion and garlic salt and Italian Seasoning......
Traditional Polish Kielbasi that I make like my Mom did....first boiling.....
We had a great Christmas Day dinner......
I was able to stay up and watch the Dr. Who Christmas Special!!!!!
I am a huge fan of Dr. Who!!
I was great to see David Bradley play the original Dr. Who....
But I am looking forward to the new season of Dr. Who with the first ever female Dr. Who......
I am going to close this post by showing you this present that Joe gifted ,me!!!
Well, he broke that agreement!!
He actually bought this lovely pendant for my Birthday which is the end of Jan. because I will be turning 60 years old......
I have been able to enjoy this Holiday Season with good friends and family......
So this has really been one of the BEST Christmas Seasons that I can remember and it is still not over......
I will keep you posted.........
So I hope you will come by and visit again!!
And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......
Hugs,
Debbie
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I'm so glad to hear about your wonderful Christmas....and more holiday fun to come! Our new great grandson was also born on the 29th just like your Joe. We're having a big first birthday bash for Michael! Your Christmas dinner looked yummy....we had 16 for our dinner. I served prime rib and all the fixin's
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try to catch up on all your posts when things calm down.....hugs... .
O my such lovely photos and 34 years is along time glad you were able to get that time off and be with you family and friends.. I will be turning 60 as well Jan. 15.. So if I dont get back here before then Happy happy 60th Birthday with love Janice Your pendant is awesome love in inscription
ReplyDeleteOh Debbie - I could write a whole blog post commenting on your post!!! Haha!!
ReplyDeleteFirst let me say 60 isn't any different than 59 was - I turned 60 last January! What a lovely gift Joe bought you. I love the inscription! That was a good break the rules case!
I am just sick now that we didn't get to Trans Siberian Orchestra this year. They were here Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I was going to go with my daughter and her husband but hubby wanted to leave for Thanksgiving that night so we didn't get the tickets. I definitely will try next year. They look so fun!
All of the food looks so great but those scallops and shrimp have me!!
I love that you continue to celebrate. We do too and it is fun because the hustle and bustle is over.
Everything looks so beautiful dusted in snow! We got our first snow Christmas Eve and the grandkids made an 18 inch snowman - not much snow but enough to get excited about.
Have a wonderful week - sounds like a lot of fun!
That Joe! He's a sweetie, Debbie. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and family!
ReplyDeleteYour dinner looks delicious! Beautiful church decor. Terrible to go through all of that pain because of a medication. I do know how your knee feels. I still have not gotten all of the feeling back right on the right side of my knee. It just feels a little numb when I touch it. I guess because of the nerves being cut. But it is much better with the surgery. The outside of your home is decorated so nice. Happy Christmas Season.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you were feeling back to your old self by Christmas! Those pictures from the Trans- Siberian orchestra show look amazing! I have been trying to get my family to go with me for years... I hope by showing them these photos they'll be more willing to try it out next year.
ReplyDeleteDebbie, I'm glad you enjoyed a beautiful Christmas this year. We did too! Hope you are feeling better. My husband suffered some terrible long term pain many years ago as a side effect from statins.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Debbie, the carolers were such a sweet gift from your friend! Love Joes shirts!! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
Oh wow, what a great post Debbie. So glad to hear you had a great Christmas. That necklace is precious :) Hope your feeling better. Happy New Year :) Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays.
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