ACS Think Pink Tea 2011 ~ Christmas, Garden Bird House, and Celtic Knot

Just one more tea post (after this one) and

I'll be finished with the Think Pink Tea Tables.

  

Here's Santa in his frosty world

of Silver, White and Blue.

~~~

This bird house was huge and had

several potted chrysanthemums on top.

   

I love the guest towels

and the cute mint tins

that she had at each place

setting for her tea party guests.

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I didn't make it back to the ACS thrift

shop to use my 25% off discount coupon.

We did go there on a Friday ...

but they were closed to get ready for

a Holiday Open House the following day.

The coupons are were good for an

entire month after the tea, and

were reuseable as well. 

This weekend we split and stacked

another cord of wood for our woodstove.

Just seeing the completely filled 

wood room, plus three rows 

of stacked wood down on the driveway

gives a great scense of satisfaction and comfort.  

I get the same feelings

when looking at a pantry shelf

filled with home canned jams,

pickles and such.

This weekend was also our

Thanksgiving Potluck at Seniors.

I roasted a whole boneless ham,

while a friend baked a half a ham

to go with it.  We planned on 50 people

so we needed a lot of ham.

Let me tell you something.

There's no reason you should

cook a whole ham, still intact.

Unless you're going to present it

at a carving station... or something like that.

Just cut the durn thing in two and

save yourself a whole mess of anxiety

on whether or not it's going to be done

in time... OK.

It was delicious.