First Snow of the Season and more Sneak Peeks.....

I still become a kid again when we get the first snow of the season and that happened today....

But before I get to the SNOW, I want to THANK Kathy over at A Delightsome Life for featuring my post over on my regular Blog,  Debbie-Dabble , " It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas"  from last week's
Home and Garden Thursday Party.

Thanks so much Kathy for this wonderful Honor!!  What a pleasant surprise.....
Please visit and maybe even link up to Kathy's wonderful Home and Garden Party...

And I also want to Thank Jody and Stan over at Rooted in Thyme  for featuring my post
Christmas Home Tour, Part one, The Outside of our Home from last week's Sweet and Simple Friday Party!!

Thanks so much Jody and Stan!! Again, I am so flattered! Be sure to stop by and maybe link up to Sweet and Simple Fridays!!

I also want to Thank Maria over at The Joyful Stamper for featuring my post Christmas Home Tour, Part one, The Outside of our Home from last week's Inspire Me Friday party !!

Thanks so much , Maria!! I am blushing!! Please visit and maybe link up to Inspire me Friday- Anything Goes Party!!

And I also want to THANK Kathy over at Life on Lakeshore Drive for featuring my post Christmas Home Tour, Part one, The Outside of our Home 

from last week's Bouquet of Talent Sunday Party!

Thanks so much Kathy for this honor!! Please visit and maybe link up to A Bouquet of Talent Sunday Party!!

Now back to the snow.......

I had to run and take pictures especially of the outside Christmas decorations.....
Because Christmas decorations do look SO MUCH BETTER with SNOW!!!
This was just a clipper storm or nuisance  snow as they call them around here.  1-3 inches of snow but it started during the worse time of day , the rush hour in the morning.

I drove home from work on mostly slushy roads......

I do look forward to the day when I can enjoy the first and all snow of the season and I do not have to worry about driving in it.....

I love the snow on my chippy angel and my Christmas gnome!!

And I love how it sticks to the trees....

This is looking to the left of my front porch......

And  to the right of the porch......

And the back yard.......

UPDATE: November28-
When I came home from work the next morning, I had my camera ready . I thought I better take these pictures then because temps. in the 50's are predicted for us...

 If this Winter turns out to be like last Winter, this may be  all the snow we will get...
I won't hold my breath on that though.....

Now I know I told you that I would be posting Part Two of my Home Tour soon but it has taken me much longer than I anticipated to decorate the downstairs and because of new furniture and different placement of furniture , I have been changing things up a bit so I should have the final touches completed on the Living Room ( I am STILL changing things around) by the end of this week .I hope to post Part Two, Our Living Room decorated for Christmas, soon so I hope you will stop back and visit....

Meanwhile, I have finished the Kitchen and am finished in the Den except for the Den tree and my Doll House. The Powder Room will be next and the downstairs will be finished....

So here are a few more sneak peeks for you......

I did decide to put this fine Gentleman out on the Front Porch to Welcome everyone...

Some peeks at the Kitchen....

And in the Den.....

And I thought I had better tell you that this is a picture of the garland on my stair rail.....
It is sort of a strange shot....

There is a story to this that only shows me how stupid I could be especially when I try to do something after coming home from working all night but you will have to come back at the end of the week to find out....

Then I will be able to tell you if it worked....

If you missed reading about Joe's Good Luck on Thanksgiving Day, please click HERE

We also went to see Trans Siberian Orchestra on Sunday.  Out of the 13 years they have toured, we have only missed 2.  This year, the 14th year, they decided to change the Story that is the first part of the show...
The New Tour, The Lost Christmas Eve, was SPECTACULAR!!

Here is a video of a previous show....
Apparently Mixpod is now extinct so I have no Music to turn off when you click on the video.....


Anyone know of any other Music programs that we can dd to our  Blogs????????

I am linking up to these parties:

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Fall into Fall Party
Wednesdays Adorned From Above Linky Party
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HOME Party on Wednesdays
Welcome Home Wednesday Party

DIY Holiday Highlights
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday
Treasure Hunt Thursdays
Show Off Your Stuff Party on Thursdays
Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share your Creations Thursday
Share Your Cup Thursday
Vintage Thingie Thursday
Transformation Thursday
Inspired Creations Linky Party
Time Travel Thursday
 Open House Party

Weekend Warmth Party

Home Sweet Home Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Simple and Sweet Fridays
Tickled Pink Party
Inspire Me Fridays 
 Flaunt It Fridays 
Fall into the Holidays
 Fabulous Fridays

Saturday Nite Special
Pink Saturday
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One Great Idea Saturday Party

Seasonal Sunday
Sunday's Best= Monthly-December 1
Sunny Simple Sundays
Bouquet of Talent Linky Party
Sunday SHOW-licious Craft Showcase 

Masterpiece Monday
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Make It Pretty Monday
Mop It Up Mondays
 DIY Project Parade

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Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!

Hugs,
Debbie

Christmas Home Tour 2012, Part One, the Front of our Home!

 MERRY CHRISTMAS!! ( I have just been dying to say that all year long!! ) LOL!!

and WELCOME to my Christmas Blog!!

I will be posting on this blog rather than on my regular Blog, Debbie-Dabble, for the next few weeks until the Holidays are over....

Today is the beginning of our Annual Christmas Home Tour 2012......

 There are 7 Parts to the Home Tour.
I will take you through each room of our home decorated for Christmas and share with you our 19 trees!!
 Yes, you did read that right... 19 trees!!
There is a link at the end of each post that will take you to the next part of the Tour until you go through all 7 Parts.

Enjoy the Tour of our home for Christmas 2012!

We are going to start with the Front of Our Home decorated for Christmas.

Now if you have followed this blog and/or my regular Blog, Debbie- Dabble, you know that we live in a townhouse.
We are the 3rd home in from the end in a row of 10 homes.
And we have to walk up 13 steps from our parking lot to reach our front porch.

So this picture has been taken standing in front of my car looking up from the parking lot at our home.....

 We are up quite a hill.....

 I haven't really changed much since last year except for lighting....

 I wanted the house to really stand out front the street and parking lot and I think the large wreaths on each window accomplishes that.....

 Last year, I added the shatterproof balls to the wreaths and I think they held up beautifully through the Christmas season here in Northeast Pa.

 If you are wondering, they are held on the windows by 2 large suction cups per wreath from the Dollar Store . I have used these for many years and even with the winds that we get being up on a hill, I have NEVER had a wreath  blow or fall off a window!!!!

 The large wreath in the center of the house lights up and is attached to a screw.  This year I have changed the lights on this wreath to Warm White LED lights which you will see later in this post....

 We have gone for a more energy efficient approach this year and you can see that there is a red CFL bulb in the light post. This and a green one ( that I have yet to put in) in the Porch Light were bought at Lowe's.

For several years, we had light up Penguins( Joe's Hockey team) in front of the light post but those have found a new home at my niece's house as part of her Christmas outdoor display....

 Now we are walking up those 13 steps ( which will be the death of me as I get older) to our front porch....

 My next door neighbor's home is identical to mine...

 I do like to decorate the little front porch that we have....

 I have used the garland around the door and railing for many years....

 This year, we have used Warm White LED lights on the garland..... One set of 150 was enough for the railing on the side and around the door.
I bought them at Sam's Club last season on Clearance after Christmas....

 I made the wreath a few years ago and added the shatterproof balls last year.....

 I love this tin stocking and the rust that is on it from several seasons of use....

 We have to have a penguin for Joe ( Go Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins!)!!!

Over to the right side of the front door....

Many of you already know that this sled is my childhood sled.....

I did a lot of sleigh riding when I was a child and a teenager so this sled holds a lot of fond memories for me......

 This is all faux greenery...

 A sweet slate with a nostalgic feel....

This wooden reindeer is near and dear to my heart as it was made for me by my oldest son, Joey , when he was in Cub Scouts....

And this is also another piece that is near and dear to me as this wooden sleigh was made for me by my younger son, Jimmy, when he was in Cub Scouts.....

This is my 3-5 and 7-9 basket.....

I had a friend visit a few years ago and she said she remembers seeing these outside of Funeral Homes , hence, the 3-5 and 7-9 basket( the times that Viewings used to be)....

I bought it at our church Flea Market.....

You can see we also used the Warm White LED lights on this railing along with on the garland around the front door, cutting back from 5-6 sets of lights to two sets of 150 lights for all the garland...

 Looking from the other side of the house.....

 

The flower bed under the Living Room window....

There is a new set of Warm White LED net lights , bought at Target this year, on the bushes ....

We decorated the outside on Veteran's Day last week since we had good weather with temps. in the 60's however, it is our tradition not to "light" the outside of the house until Thanksgiving Day night, ushering in the Christmas season.
Even though on my way to work at night, I have seen many homes already lit with their Christmas decorations.....

So tonight, on Thanksgiving night, the lights were turned on......

Just the 2 sets of LED were enough lighting...

 We do have a spotlight on the center of the house on the wreath which also has Warm White LED lights on it.
And there is the green CFL bulb lit in the front porch light.....

 This is looking out my front door...
Soon the shopping center to the side of us will be filled with Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday shoppers....

 The flower bed under the window and the Warm White LED net lights on the shrubs.....

 Looking up from our parking lot....

 There is the red CFL light bulb in the lantern....

So this was Part One of our Christmas Home Tour 2012. I hope you enjoyed it...

For Christmas Home Tour  Part Two , the Living Room, please click HERE

I will be linking up to these great parties this week:

Weekend Warmth Party
Home Sweet Home Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Potpourri Friday
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Simple and Sweet Fridays
Tickled Pink Party
Inspire Me Fridays 
 Flaunt It Fridays 
Fall into the Holidays

Saturday Nite Special
Pink Saturday- December 1-Holiday Porches
 Strut Your Stuff Saturdays
One Great Idea Saturday Party

Seasonal Sunday
Sunday's Best- Monthly-December 1
Sunny Simple Sundays
Bouquet of Talent Linky Party
Sunday SHOW-licious Craft Showcase  

Masterpiece Monday

Mod Vintage Mix Monday
Metamorphosis Monday

Make It Pretty Monday
Mop It Up Mondays
 DIY Project Parade

Cowgirl Up! Creative Linky Party
Knick of Time Tuesday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Tweak It Tuesdays
Totally Transformed Tuesdays 
Show Me What You Got Tuesdays
 Tout It Tuesdays

All Star Blogger Block Party
What's It Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
Rednesday
Fall into Fall Party
Wednesdays Adorned From Above Linky Party
Primp Your Stuff Wednesdays
HOME Party on Wednesdays
Welcome Home Wednesday Party

DIY Holiday Highlights
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday
Treasure Hunt Thursdays
Show Off Your Stuff Party on Thursdays
Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share your Creations Thursday
Share Your Cup Thursday
Vintage Thingie Thursday
Transformation Thursday
Inspired Creations Linky Party
Time Travel Thursday
 Open House Party

   Inspiration Fridays 
 Weekend ShowOff Party
 Farm Girl Friday Blog Fest

Clever Chicks Blog hop

Christmas Tour of Homes 2012
It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas Blog Hop
Tis the Season Holiday Link Party- Outdoor Decorations
Better Late Than Never Christmas Blog Hop
  Winter Wonderings and Holiday Happenings
Countdown to Christmas 
Holiday Housewalk Linky Party
12 Days of Christmas Outdoor Christmas Decor
 Deck the Halls - Doors
Tis the Season Holiday link Party- Holiday Home Tour

Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!

Hugs,
Debbie