merry vacation to all

I had grand plans to have a whole house tour and shovel out one last dose of Christmas cheer. However, the cheer of real life got in the way and I'm having too much fun to sit still long enough to put together a proper tour. So these pictures will have to do.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUttxhK0S5XjPmH0Jge7-o1GyRUDVUg04ZK-IZ7bwtB5kOAtZivtDxiV7xIPD-n_EvOHsbc22xDOKGIz2xrRX4Z557GYyS3UMK1UBNrCV2p75yUQDe2IDftX6sjeMVEY1owxliFT3azwmz/s1600/BlueandWhiteChristmas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUttxhK0S5XjPmH0Jge7-o1GyRUDVUg04ZK-IZ7bwtB5kOAtZivtDxiV7xIPD-n_EvOHsbc22xDOKGIz2xrRX4Z557GYyS3UMK1UBNrCV2p75yUQDe2IDftX6sjeMVEY1owxliFT3azwmz/s640/BlueandWhiteChristmas2.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzbqviwHk0OpuNYmA90rPH_P7lsPoIIkJlZvjHjkK2tMgTMFDmE7DfILIPQqgQGc-FIffyKykOVKZ_eAYTaq8ZXcuACGXe-J_-MDIV1Kzjv_qcEghHi6SaEqTIPlEASTB2HldCPkT5Xpz/s1600/ChristmasOrnaments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzbqviwHk0OpuNYmA90rPH_P7lsPoIIkJlZvjHjkK2tMgTMFDmE7DfILIPQqgQGc-FIffyKykOVKZ_eAYTaq8ZXcuACGXe-J_-MDIV1Kzjv_qcEghHi6SaEqTIPlEASTB2HldCPkT5Xpz/s640/ChristmasOrnaments.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q-XX8YoYYC_QT6naExlrv8F8sbpnY2EJNIc-f47OvA5OCAmtH8580RK3um4dqbpMd2Wk05BHL5HB5xwF7jClK5mBnlw5NwMS628LdpYlhP3fd6eB0IPDUHo5wZ5cWJJk6RObi8FOGo0C/s1600/christmastree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q-XX8YoYYC_QT6naExlrv8F8sbpnY2EJNIc-f47OvA5OCAmtH8580RK3um4dqbpMd2Wk05BHL5HB5xwF7jClK5mBnlw5NwMS628LdpYlhP3fd6eB0IPDUHo5wZ5cWJJk6RObi8FOGo0C/s640/christmastree.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vH2_qUdz3mUYiAWwdyEStFv6QMAwBu0RleEEPBX5jE8HhtvRk5pjm6txCl7v18ATgCfKpKGjHl_HeVSMbB7PSoMG2hYKWmlhqirjqq0mj2pdakHa25THIViIQmmOnVLUiSW2zpa5bAnO/s1600/livingroomchristmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vH2_qUdz3mUYiAWwdyEStFv6QMAwBu0RleEEPBX5jE8HhtvRk5pjm6txCl7v18ATgCfKpKGjHl_HeVSMbB7PSoMG2hYKWmlhqirjqq0mj2pdakHa25THIViIQmmOnVLUiSW2zpa5bAnO/s640/livingroomchristmas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span id="goog_1109339394"></span><span id="goog_1109339395"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsywf2Uc9b1J4u2ZRgfou56MxCf0ezqZ-DDhabHcWxFuiDjfXJUOiHwr1qsq38pMEDmc9ktX_66n1K784lGn5w5vywhOl2sZDGsc7AFNx3iuAooz1VslSdmgvgoH55C-SeMUJCn9TV_Ei/s1600/nativity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsywf2Uc9b1J4u2ZRgfou56MxCf0ezqZ-DDhabHcWxFuiDjfXJUOiHwr1qsq38pMEDmc9ktX_66n1K784lGn5w5vywhOl2sZDGsc7AFNx3iuAooz1VslSdmgvgoH55C-SeMUJCn9TV_Ei/s640/nativity.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ILUFqe1xh0OSgPssQhoBXjH2o3gSGwS0tJJQKfqU8Mv8i3VPxQWRxGgeJTjZ4idpE8_PftV18VpWEJskTth9SWvM086fM8r3OsX5sy0g7KvUh9agBFNis9tFbH9mO8jAnUU2fgSE5xJD/s1600/peppermintwreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ILUFqe1xh0OSgPssQhoBXjH2o3gSGwS0tJJQKfqU8Mv8i3VPxQWRxGgeJTjZ4idpE8_PftV18VpWEJskTth9SWvM086fM8r3OsX5sy0g7KvUh9agBFNis9tFbH9mO8jAnUU2fgSE5xJD/s640/peppermintwreath.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0vrZAV1Pa9RbRZco526-JvXYqAByWXfZ6dhs37U19PAKqwTVcTpb_Dhh-l4hVoXbe72lQIALWHjRCmPzPjeWqCgfL58vAEt3uiUA6wkpX1f8BjWk6JGNppm3NPyX_znG9B_cHlPX7mwe/s1600/peppermintwreath2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0vrZAV1Pa9RbRZco526-JvXYqAByWXfZ6dhs37U19PAKqwTVcTpb_Dhh-l4hVoXbe72lQIALWHjRCmPzPjeWqCgfL58vAEt3uiUA6wkpX1f8BjWk6JGNppm3NPyX_znG9B_cHlPX7mwe/s640/peppermintwreath2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Merry Christmas and see you in the new year!!

Christmas merry vacation to all

I had grand plans to have a whole house tour and shovel out one last dose of Christmas cheer. However, the cheer of real life got in the way...

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