A Walk to Build Our Stamina and Our Bedroom is All Dressed up for Christmas!!!

Louis Dean and I are hard workers and we get a lot done.

 However, after hauling in some tubs of Christmas decorations this morning after our coffee and reading, we found ourselves tuckered out! We work hard in spurts but don't have the stamina we used to have. I have walked and exercised daily from 1983 to 2012. Somehow, when we were down in Katy helping Amber and Mike after the quads were born, I slacked up on my exercise to the point that eventually it became an occasional thing instead of the real routine I had kept for so long.

I have continued to do yoga and Tai Chi AND walk.....but not on a daily basis.

It's important to be Heart Healthy so today was THE day that we started walking again.

My son and his wife took a photo of their shadows kissing recently so when I saw ours - we did the same thing!

Normally, I walk the 1.7 mile snake of our neighborhood.

Louis Dean prefers to have a destination. 

SO we walked to the local elementary school - around it - and back.

We saw some pretty tree color!

But we were both glad when we were on the last leg of the walk.

We FELT like we were on our last leg!

I forgot to take my Celebrex today and it sure does make a difference!

Back home and back to work!

It took all day but our bedroom is dressed up for Christmas!

I have never decorated it like this before so I was designing as I went along.

My idea was to use all the white, silver and gold things in here.

All clustered up to make an impact.

In the past - Amber, Ben and I made a lot of those little angels like I did with the quads over the weekend. That was my starting point. I hung them up over our bed along with some pretty ribbons.

This is my view from the bed.

I have never decorated this chest before.

I took out all the 'normal' stuff and replaced it with my Christmas things.

I love it!

I wrapped wall plaques with foil and added a ribbon to them on either side of the wreath.

The lamp was replace with a glass one and I wrapped the shade with ribbons and then sat a wreath of gold bells down on it.

I like it!!

This is my side of the bed.

I brought in a taller glass lamp and a new shade.

It sits on a black box for extra height that I covered with a section of a gold sequined skirt.

The frame above the lamp had four photos of us with the quads. I covered them with firm white paper and will add a quote later.

It all just sparkles!

My view as I sit in the corner chair......

I love that we have a back door we can open to the cool night air!

His side of the bed......

It's hard to take photos of my bathroom since it is so small.

It has a shower to the right of this pic.

For a long time, the quads had no idea it was even there.

I have a rack that goes over the glass door with pretty decorative towels hanging there so it is camouflaged.

I'm certain there is no other bathroom quite like mine.

Louis Dean and I redid it just for me.

Tomorrow I will move on through the house and hope to get the hall, bathroom and dining room done! One room at a time! It WILL happen!

And that's why I decorate!!!