twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder where you are.

I have three of these sparkly stars, but to be honest not sure where I am going to put them.

a bit more

so this Sat for the first time in a while I did not have to run to work or have to be at any soccer games.

what were we to do with all our free time.

well this is what I did, other then just the usual cleaning, I got to do a bit more decorating.

this Santa is my fav. I got that in MO years ago.

this cute tree was a Hallmark buy many years ago as well. it's one of my favs as I always take it out and place it in a special place. it has little silver bells attached so when a little bit of wind hits it you can hear them jingle.

the holly wreath bought in Old St. Charles, MO at the Flower Petlar, if you ever are in MO you need to go there. they have wonderful wreaths.

well that is a bit more I wanted to share. it's all coming out slowly.

stay tuned for more.

soccer season comes to end

outdoor soccer if finally over for my two boys, but the saga continues.

Indoor soccer, yes, indoor soccer.

Thank God that my older child has a break of soccer till January.

The Wheaton Antique market is today, I am going to try and run to go for just an hour as I have to go to Indiana and see my mother in law this morning.

Look at this wonderful farm I spied with my little eye in St. Charles, IL.
BEAUTIFUL...

Well by looking at the clock here it's 7:25 and I am still in my p.j.s and all is quiet upstairs.. I think the anqtique market will have to wait till next month.

corners decorated in my home

so when I was on my way home from work on Friday, I got a second wind and I started pulling boxes out of storage... as I was oohing and aahing and thinking oh my I forgot I had that my smart ass husband always has to make some kind of comment and this is how it went.....

Angie, YOU don't have to go to the flea or Home Goods to go buy any more decorations just invite your cousin over and both of you can go shopping in our garage... I, of course, just ignore him and continue unpacking, unwrapping, and running all over the house looking for the right place for the right piece.

So here are a few of the decorations I put up this Sat. I love decorating the edges of mirrors or door handles.

well I am off to work tomorrow. the decorating will continue as I have my dinner table upstairs full of stuff that needs a special place. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and come by to see more soon.

okay so I know Halloween was just this past weekend and I am totally jumping over Thanksgiving, but last year all my Christmas decor was in boxes.

so what am I getting at, well since I was off this past Friday, I started digging through my Christmas stuff and already started decorating.

I know I am getting way ahead of myself and by the time the holiday comes around I might be bored, but I am so excited to start putting all my stuff out. so here is a little sneak peak.

I also forgot to mention that I snuck away to the Kane County flea where I found a bunch of dried berries from a few vendors. I did not buy much as I am really waiting to see what the next few flea markets around town will have available for Christmas...

I am just really excited for this Holiday to come soon.

No, I am not excited about the cold weather and snow and ice, but this year I have decided that I will go all out with my decorations. Why save it for next year....

Are you SCARED?

fun was had by all last night on Halloween. our two nephews joined us for a fun filled night.

last year we trick or treated in the south side of Chicago, but this year my boys wanted to stay in our area.

We have been in our house now for 11 months today so I can understand why they wanted to just hang around here.

candy was collected, little people were tired.

it ended by going back to our house for pizza and candy and pop. they played till they wiped out around 11:00.

oh and yes they were up bright and early this morning.

hope you had a very ghoulish night like we did.

it's a bit eeeery

here are a few pics I took at
a ghoulish night they had at Naper Settlement.

our little family went and we had a great time, except for my 8 yr old that kept saying he wanted to go home and go to sleep....

Thanks Patti for the suggestion we had a great time and hopefully this will become our little family Halloween tradition every year to come.