2011 Christmas Tour of Homes

I'm joining the party over at the Nester for the 2011 Christmas Tour of Homes! To see many more, much better Christmasy decorated homes - CLICK HERE!

While I have had great intentions this year and even got my decorations out of the attic fairly early, my plans have not panned out. I actually have supplies for a couple of wreaths and other things that I haven't even had time to mess with. I guess after January I'll make the wreaths so they'll be ready for next year.

Without further ado...

Welcome to the 2011 Christmas at the Wades'!

Front Door and Entry Niche

Mantle  

Big Tree

Sofa Table in the Living Room

  Bookcases in the Living Room

 

Dining Room Light Fixture

Master Bedroom Tree

 New Craft Room 

(and a sneak peak)

Kids' Rooms and Tree

Texas Snowman Bathroom

  Our Nutcracker Collection

I didn't even make it to the tops of my cabinets in the kitchen this year!

As I was arranging these pictures, I realized that I could do an entire post that would be a blooper reel for this year's decorating dilemmas. I've got outdoor lights that only work about half the time and took me a week to figure out which GFI plug they were connected to so that I could get them back on. I have a Wise Man that has been chopped in half. I have the 2 and a half hours that it took me to figure out the lights on my prelit tree. Not to mention the stack of stuff on the fireplace hearth that was just a pile for a week or two - things that never found a home and eventually were just carried back to the garage. Considering the circumstances and that this is our first year to really spend Christmas in this house, I feel okay about what I've been able to do.

Merry Christmas....gotta get working on my cards. Hope there's some good movie on late tonight to keep me company as I retype my Christmas card labels that were lost in the fatal blow to my external hard drive!