A BUSY MERRY KITCHEN

Hello Loves!

I consider myself to be a tad bit ahead of the game

as this is only the THIRD day of December.

Do you realize that there are only THREE Saturdays left

before Christmas???? 

With the darling's upcoming surgery, I need to make the most

of the days, since he will be out of commission for a few days.

I must be "IN THE MOOD" to be productive...

I jumped out of bed early, made the coffee, bacon and cinnamon rolls

so that the decorating could begin.

I prepared a gorgeous big pot of

the ultimate homemade spaghetti and meatballs

yesterday and had enough to freeze a batch!

The farmhouse table is set and ready for the holidays......

My favorite little snowman of the season.....

My first cookie recipe to bake is

the Gooey Butter Sprinkle Cookies......

And, I came across these little guys yesterday...

I think these might make some darling little pudding tarts for

Christmas Eve!

Today, I am making Ina Gartens stewed pear and applesauce

in the crockpot!

I have made this before and featured this recipe

in a previous post....so delish!

We did manage to put the tree up

and begin the decorating....

How darling is he?

Wonder who can make these tiny little clothes?

 A work in progress....

takes me a while to decide on what ornaments

I want to use......

I also picked up this adorable holiday mug...

classic!!!

And it was filled with chocolates and a sweet

little reindeer...which of course.....

Became a new baby for Maepole.....

Thank you darling girl, for always making it feel so merry!

You do feel merry, don't you?

The Christmas Kitchen in Atlanta is all aglow

with the appearance of Elf on the Shelf....

I honestly don't know how all of these adorable ideas 

can last for twenty five days!!!!

 AND.....the most exciting news of all....

all of the new appliances have been selected

for our kitchen update, which begins today

and will not be completed until month's end....

We are over the moon excited...

we selected Black Stainless, which we both just loved...

Let the adventure begin!!!!

Hope y'all are in full swing of decorating and baking....

by the way, Michael Buble' HOLIDAY on PANDORA is fabulous!!!