GrAnNy NaNnY with Christmas in July
Welcome to HomeHaven! I luuuuuuv the Christmas Season when our weather is like a winter wonderland and so much decorating, baking and gift exchanging is taking place as we await Christmas morning to worship and celebrate our Lord's Birthday.
Every year I give it thought as to where the Christmas Trees will go and when to coordinate the decorating. When we lived in Omaha, the children were little and I had a Norman Rockwell thought that I'd put Christmas music on to listen to as the children would tamely decorate the Family Christmas tree.
No where in my thought life was there the reality that the kids would be overly sensitive toward one another and there would be fighting...hum. How'd that happen?
It was not relaxing as I disciplined them just to have to do it again and again. The evening didn't go as I had thought it would...none the less the tree got decorated and I listened to the music. Had cookies and milk for refreshments and made a memory.
Maybe I wouldn't have been so exhausted afterwards if I had had a more realistic approach to it all. Stay limber and flexible...go with the flow and don't get so uptight as the children are just being children in need of some gentle guidance and be told...it's alright...we'll work together on this.
Onto GRANNY NANNY! It was Christmas in July as Lil Miss decorated a gingerbread house that I bought for $2.50 at a After Christmas Sale. $2.50 for a KIT is a fantastic price for all this entertainment. AMEN.
What a good time she had...playing in the frosting and popping a piece of candy in her mouth from time to time. Afterwards we all enjoyed the little house with all the trimmings.
I want the LORD to be my reason to celebrate Christmas in December. Not so far off...huh? I have started my Christmas shopping and getting some ideas as to what to present the Grandchildren, Children, Family Members and Friends.
Now for some ACTION SHOTS of decorating the gingerbread house!
May you have a sweet Summer!
~Granny Nanny here~
DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE
Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you. BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.
Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water
Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.
Simply delicious,
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DECORATING
I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."
John 3:7
“Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.”
King James Version (KJV)
PSALM 118:17
I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding
it is established;
through
knowledge
its rooms are filled with rare
and beautiful treasures.
SALVATION
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~
PSALM 90:12
SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISHES
NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna
8 comments:
LOve it!
I began the tradition of making "candy houses" with our college/young adult group. What fun!
I'll have to blog about it...
Jane
HI Deanna!!!!
What a GREAT IDEA!!!
i have seen those houses on clearance lots of times, but I always say, they would not be good in 11 months!!!Now I can make one when ever we want!!!SO next year, I may just buy 2 or 3 of those!!!I mean who even eats them anyway!!!The candies are good, but I bet the shelf life on candy is 5 years!!!How fun and what a "Sweet " way to spend a Hot summer day!!!!
Hats off to you for thinking about Christmas so early. I need to get a few gifts bought now to, kids are easy!!!
hug sweetie,
jamie
ohhh you got me wanting to put the trees up LOL I ususally start in Oct because I have a tour of Lights party for friends & family every year & itt akes that long to decorate each room & outside lol
Helen
Dear Deanna,
Love the sweet Candy house and what a lot of fun making it and eating all the candies.
Also love the old Norman Rockwell pictures, they are always so much fun.
Yes, not too far away until Christmas.
Sending hugs
Carolyn
Now that looks like real fun - good for a smart Nanny to have a bit of Christmas in July - wouldn't it be fantastic if people acted year around like most do right around Christmas??
We use those kits every year, and I try to pick them up after Christmas, too. We don't really eat anything except some of the candy; it's just a decoration until the season is over. At that point it goes out on the snow or ice covered deck, piece by piece, and the birds eat it (by then the "old" candy has been pretty much picked over and the hard gingerbread is all that's left).
Great buy, and doing this in July is a great idea!
Amen sister! I buy my presents for my family during the entire year because when Christmas comes I want to attend EVERY SERVICE I can and visit friends and sing and carol and EAT and cook and not have to worry about the $$$ I've spent while shopping.
It is a destresser to plan ahead. If I worry about everything being perfect I forget what I'm suppose to be celebrating!
GREAT POST!
xoRebecca
Christmas in July, why I never thought of that!
Boy, amazing how much time we parents put into "ideal" family events and then forget reality, only to get uptight when the ideal family event doesn't measure up. Funny thing is, the kids don't remember the arguing, and actually remember having fun. Guess that really is making good memories, memories we naturally edit. Boy am I thankful for that.
Sweet gingerbread house, and what fun she had making it. Good memories for sure.
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