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Outdoor Lighting Creates Your House’s Ambiance

At night time, the decorative lighting you have can really showcase your home and make it look like the castle it is. Not only will it light up the way when you come home or are going to and from your vehicle in the driveway, but it can also be made to create an ambiance that makes the nightlife more fun, more peaceful and even more festive for Holiday seasons. Aren’t these amazing? These would love marvelous outside of my daughter’s new home – maybe around their pool… What I absolutely love is the wide variety of solar lighting now [ ... ]

Christmastime is Coming: Get Ready to Decorate

Christmastime is coming and I love to decorate for Christmas – Decking the Halls, so to speak! I love trimming the tree with gorgeous, Victorian-style ornaments in all pink, of course. I put candle lights in every window and get out my Nativity Sets. A few years back, my son-in-law and daughter picked out one of the most beautiful nativities I’ve seen and I proudly display it on my sideboard in the diningroom for Christmas. I have two lighted reindeers that move for outide, but what I would really love now is a Nativity Scene for my front lawn. Jesus is [ ... ]

Help! Company is Coming…And It’s a Surprise!

I imagine this has happened to most of us. .. My husband was notorious for bringing company home without letting me know, or more often, he would give me a couple of hours notice. Of course, when he would call to tell me about our unexpected guests, they would already be in his company and I wouldn’t want to embarrass him or them, by freaking out on the phone. But, sometimes there were a few choice words. However, in the end, all was forgiven and we usually had a wonderful time. Easy for you, you say. Where to begin? [ ... ]