Lost Christmas

Lost Christmas

Why wait till Christmas time again is here?

Why spend those precious hours in hectic ways

Doing the things that you could do all year

And let the noise of whirl of festival days

Drown out the angel's song? Why not take time

To lift the eyes to candles in the sky;

To walk some silent night, while carols chime

And hear the hush of wings brush softly by?

Take time to mediate: to catch the spell

Of childish trust, that simple faith you knew

When love was everywhere, and all was well...

The gift you lost may now come back to you.

Seek not for Christmas in the busy mart

But cradled somewhere in a trusting heart.

Rachel Van Crème

NO LIPSTICK!!!!!!!!

I left the house today to finish my Christmas shopping in a town called Shawnee about an hour from me. Dennis and I were so looking forward to another day out together.
We went through our usual routine before leaving. I had to take my medicine and make sure that Moses had his cooked rice and Dennis had to make sure that Zeke (the schnauzer) was fed and had his "time" outside before we left.

I took Mom her medicine and fixed breakfast for her and dad (hot cream of wheat) and got them settled into their day.
Made sure that the money was under the cookie jar for the gal that cleans for us on Monday and Thursday and started a load of laundry for Mom.

Hurried back over to the house took a shower, dried my hair , dressed in something comfortable with comfortable shoes slapped on a bit of make up , lined my lips and applied my lipstick. A look in the mirror and a pair of earrings to match my mood , travel cups for the hot cappuccino that we would indulge in on the way out of town, and out the door we went.

Cappuccino in hand, seat belts , cell phone, sun glasses and we are headed west for a day of shopping and just being together. HALF way there I began to frantically search for my lipstick. You do not understand, when I wear nothing at all I wear lipstick. Hahahahahahah

First thing in the morning after I have brushed my teeth, lipstick and even in the evening after I have washed my face and applied my wrinkle cream (does that give you wrinkles) I put on LIPSTICK.

I just cannot help it, I am a lipstick person and always have been. Red lipstick is my very very favorite but I have to be dressed to the nine's to wear that. Most of the time it is very pale mocha or very light beige. BUT I have lipstick in my pocket and lipstick in my purse and lipstick by my chair ...... Mercy...... what is that all about?

It was not there, there was no lipstick in my purse or in my pocket or in the pocket of the car or behind the seat! NO LIPSTICK.

I told my sweet DH that the very first stop in Shawnee was Wal-Mart. I had to have a tube of lipstick. (Am I obsessed or better yet possessed, is there a lipstick demon?)

Well it really did not make sense to stop at Wal-mart first as most of the shopping was to be finished at the mall... soooooooo with great personal grief I agreed. It was off to the mall first.

We shopped, we laughed we strolled through the mall in and out of shops.. so enjoying the day. THEN right before me was Dillard s! Dillard's! They have lipstick! Dennis saw the gleam in my eyes so he opted to go to the mens department as he knew this would take some time.

Ladies, I have not purchased make up in a department store in years! I usually buy Clinique' and as I have been using it for years I just know the colors that I wear. I also wear Revlon or Max Factor lipstick. I do not wear face make up so I quickly by passed that counter and there it was LIPSTICK and lots of it. I am a taupe coffee kinda color so it is easy to find, and find I did and while standing there some cappuccino colored eye shadow caught my eye. After applying a dab to the inside of my wrist I was sold.

I will take a tube of that cappuccino lipstick and the cappuccino eye shadow. She smiled and headed to the cash register. She had her back to me and I am so thankful for that, but I could see the total on the registrar. $ 48.78 ........ $48.78 !!!!!!!!!!!!! Was she crazy or was she just mistaken! $48.78 for one tube of lipstick and one SMALL round container of eye shadow...

OMG........ She had my card and she rang it up and handed me that slip of paper to sign and sign I did and took that SMALL bag from her and walked away with a less than cheery Merry Christmas.

Dennis was over in the men wear and he knew something was wrong when I walked up to him. I lifted my LITTLE bag and told him to peer inside and look at what I got for $ 48.78!!!!!!

LIPSTICK I said with a DAB of eye shadow. He had a good laugh and asked me why in the world I paid for it when I saw the price...... I told him I was tooooooooooooooooooooooo embarrassed to tell her to stop!

Now ladies, I am worth $48.78 I know that. But not this time of year when we are watching our $'s and we are out shopping for others. But really $25.00 for a tube of lipstick? Nope not me.

This is where I love my sweet husband, he took my little bag and told me to stay where I was and off he went across the floor. A few minutes he returned with a refund in his hand and a smile on his face. "There" he said, all done. I was so thankful.

We finished shopping and headed home and I finally asked him what he told the lady at the counter when he returned the items. He just told the gal that he was there to return the items and there was nothing else said.
Don't you know that she thinks that he is an ogre of a husband that will not let me have my lipstick! hahahhahha!

I survived the day without any lipstick and that is a good thing.

AND ladies do you know what the difference in Estee Lauder lipstick and Revlon lipstick?

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$18.50

FINALLY

I have pictures FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the tree in the shop.. I like to have it decorated for my customers when they come and go. There are lamps in each window that light at night. I decided on red this year........

This is just a little something that I put across the lattice behind the mail box....... I think it turned out too cute what ya think?

Each window has a wreath and sitting inside on each window is a candle......... Clear lights look real nice at night............I choose blue and white this year.

This is the very very large wreath...... It looks pretty small here but I cannot even lift it.... It is about 4 feet across and heavy.

Kitchen window with the tree inside...... I love to use fake snow for the windows...... It is hard to clean off but worth it........

Front of the house in the daylight. Looks so pretty......

Two bedroom windows on south side of the house..... Each window has a candle. You can just barley see them.






Entry into my shop. (I need to paint the door facing this spring)

Long distant view of the house... I bet you think it strange that there is a tree planted in the drive way......Yeap we did that this summer. We are taking all the concrete drive out and turning it into yard. We had converted the garage two years ago into my shop and now we want it to look like part of the house and not a garage convert....... Sooooo out comes the concrete and a circle drive will go in a little to the left of this picture. We planted a globe willow...... Can't wait to see it grow this spring.........

Night time just at dusk. The icicles look so pretty....... They are white but have a bit of color here in this picture. You can see the concrete drive way here. It will come out this spring.

Little tree in the front even got some lights.......

You can see the blue lights on the wreath now...... Actually blue and white snow flakes.

I love my life and love my home and love my husband and love my sons and love my mom and dad and love my brother PE and he sweet wife Alpha........ I love the Lord Jesus that calls me friend and I love you all...............

Merry Christmas my blog friends......... Merry Christmas.