Lookie, my tree is still standing!

I didn't know Paul took these pictures until now when he called me to tell me he put them on the KT.

LOL Ignore the little note stuck in the top of my fire place screen. It is to remind me to close the damper in the morning.

Paul's new camera takes nice pictures. I will have him take a couple of daytime pics so you can see the decorations. The poster over my mantle is my Miracle on 34th St poster. I put it there this year instead of the wreath. The mantle is filled with bits and pieces, little houses, deer, nothing is to scale. LOL

That's Loki on his bed in front of the fireplace.

Anne

It's beautiful, Anne! gorgeous. Lovly floors! Beautiful house.

Loki is a beauy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My 95 lab mix has a stuffed puppy of her own. It's a little bit bigger than Loki's and its a dalmation! lol It's amazing that they haven't ripped them to shreds!

Thanks Kat!

Loki loves his babies and he has lots of them and knows them all by name. If Paul had just moved the camera over to the other side of Loki's bed you would have found about 5 other big ones.

I store them in a laundry basket near the front door and Loki is always pulling them out so all day long I am picking them up off the floor. Some days when he is upset because I have gone out I will find his bed surrounded with his babies. He stresses whenever I leave the house or even get ready to leave and his babies are his security blankets and he uses them to soothe himself. LOL He holds them in his mouth and pads them with his front paws and goes into almost a trance like state and he cries. LOL It is such a pitiful sight at times Kat. Other ones like that small one in the picture he snaps/breaks the material fibres with his front teeth but he never rips them open although I did find one he tore the ears off from tossing it around so much.

The vet says Loki doesn't have any plaque because his stuffed animals help to keep his teeth clean. LOL

Dogs are funny creatures.

Anne

Anne, your tree and fireplace are beautiful!!!
Thank you for sharing!
Tammy

Very pretty!
:-)

It's gorgeous!! and I love Loki!!! He's precious!!

Beautiful!! Looks sooooo cozy!

Donna (^_^)

Your tree is beautiful! The first thing I spotted was the bubble lights that reminded me of my childhood!

Very pretty!! I noticed the bubble lights too! I love them!

Very pretty Anne. Lot's of time spent on decorating that tree. I like the way that Loki is right in front of the fireplace. It'd make a great Christmas card.
Leslie

Very festive! I can attest that Loki is a sweetheart, and you should hear him TALK to Anne when she comes in from an outing! He carries a baby in his mouth while he talks to her too LOLOL. And the cats are also adorable. Very small, like my Patches was - nothing like my bowling ball butt Jasmine ROFL!

Nice looking house, Anne. And the mixer (from the other post) looks nice on the counter too!

Dances.

Beautiful tree and mantle Anne.You did a great job with them,also love the bubble lights.
Kathi

Very pretty, Anne. I'm glad to hear that you got such a great mixer also. I love my Kitchen Aid. One of my dogs likes to have stuffed "babies" also. It's funny, he's the alpha and pretends to be the tough guy, but he has to have his baby whenever he gets tired. My female has no interest in stuffed animals.

Anne, I need your touch. My tree is still in the box. :)

Very pretty!

Looks like your brother is turning in to a KT poster. LOL

Moni

Wow...it's beautiful...Now THAT is Christmas....

That HK better come over and see it...or he'll be missing out...

patti

It's all beautiful Anne! Love your fireplace!!! And Loki is a real beauty! Sedona has a basket of "babies" too and she can carries them everywhere. In the morning when it's time to go out to relieve herself I have to wait while she does "the roundup"! First she will get DH's sweatpants that are at the foot of the bed, then she will pick up as many stuffed animals as she can carry, and out the door we go. She will gently set it all down on the sidewalk, go off and do her thing, and then gather them all back up to bring back in the house! LOL!!! Yep, they are creatures of habit.

Thank you everyone.

I love this time of year because my house looks so much better decorated. So far so good, my tree is still standing thanks to my friends who poured the cement in the stand. I think I have had a strand of lights go out but I think only I would notice it.

I am looking forward to having visitors come to my house over the holidays - something that I haven't been able to do in years because of the state of my kitchen and bath but now I can!

Patti, hopefully one of my visitors will be HK. LOL

Any Kter's in the area (or across the river) are welcome to drop by for a visit.

Anne

How beautiful, Anne!

Please pass on our thanks to Paul for bringing the pictures to us.

Good wishes for a lovely, blessed Christmas.

ole joyful

Beautiful I will try and post mine soon..Stacy

Anne, it is just beautiful!! Thanks for sharing the pics with us!

Beautiful room and wonderful dog!!
Merry Christmas to you and yours and thanks to your brother for posting!