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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/17/05 06:44 PM
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Love your tree Ian and Gus. Very pretty.
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 06:11 AM
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Arlene
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I absolutely love that card!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 02:00 PM
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Ian and Gus, What a gorgeous tree........thanks so much for sharing it with us. Merry Christmas!! Cindy
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 03:37 PM
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Everyone's decorating looks great! love all the details and variety. We are finally getting started - here's a few from our house:
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 03:41 PM
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Gorgeous Leslie - thanks so much I love looking at the pixs - Love the plasma ours is so close to my eyes I am blind - joanna
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 03:49 PM
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Leslie, Very pretty! Betty
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 04:20 PM
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Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 05:04 PM
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Gorgeous house, Leslie. Is this the Chicago one or Santa Fe?
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/18/05 05:55 PM
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/19/05 05:19 AM
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BEAUTIFUL, Leslie/Brad, Ian/Gus!!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR TO ALL!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/19/05 06:00 AM
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Thanks everyone - it's our Santa Fe house. I hoped to get an outside view or some of the sunset, but my camera skills are very basic.
Joanna - I won the plasma TV a few years ago - I entered a contest from Qwest while paying my phone bill online. First time I've ever won anything. A friend of mine quipped "well , you're probably the only person in New Mexico who pays their phone bill online..."
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/19/05 07:54 AM
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Leslie, your home is just beautiful.
Happy Holidays!
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12/21/05 06:29 AM
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 06:33 AM
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Love it love it Donna!!! Everything looks so lovely and perfect for the holidays - your home is special - Joanna
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 06:53 AM
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Donna, How beautiful! I am having a hard time deciding which LCTer's holiday celebration I want to invite myself to! ;)
Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 08:14 AM
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Donna, Your home and your decorations are beautiful. Thanks for posting the photos. It's really fun to see where our LCT friends live and how they celebrate the holidays. Betty
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 08:24 AM
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Everyone's homes look so festive and beautiful that I decided before the holidays were over, I'd better put my mantle together. Donna - love your home!
Grumble, Grumble Grumble. I just fell off the bottom step of stepladder getting my box of decorations off the top shelf of the closet. I am thankfully not hurt (maybe a bruise) but, a few of my glass bulbs broke and some of the lights too. I couln't manage getting down with a full box in my hand and lost my balance. Why didn't I just call up to Frank for help?
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 08:28 AM
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Donna, your home looks so beautiful!! It looks like a showplace! Kathy, sorry about your fall, glad you didn't twist an ankle!!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 09:19 AM
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Donna,
Your decorations as well as your home are just beautiful and warm.
Merry Christmas, Nancy
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 01:54 PM
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Karen, you can celebrate the holidays at my house anytime!
Thanks Joanna, Marcie, BettyK and NancyP. It's really just a normal house, not a showplace. You only saw the good rooms ;) . But, I do love decorating for Christmas. I have banned myself from Michael's! I keep finding one more thing that needs tiny white lights, a ribbon, yada yada yada. My kids are not going to appreciate that I spent all my time decorating and very little of it baking their childhood favorites!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 02:14 PM
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It is very warm, Donna, and I love everything but especially your piano and entrance hall which is so inviting!!!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 02:25 PM
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Donna,
Your home is LOVELY! GREAT JOB with the decorating!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 04:02 PM
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Beautiful decorating Donna! We can see the Tucson scenery outside and love the high ceilings!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 04:30 PM
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Thanks, Leslie and yes, you do see mountains and desert scenery. The front of our house faces the Tucson Mountains and the back has a view of the Catalinas. High ceilings make such a difference and they give a great illusion of space. I love the feeling of freedom and space that the West provides!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 04:40 PM
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I hope this does not double post - got an error message - I love this thread because we all "talk" on LCT but so nice to see where everyone "hangs out" through pictures - Joanna
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 04:55 PM
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I agree, Joanna. Plus, I think you hang out in a pretty nice place! I love Ponte Vedra. I've got to introduce Alan to some southeastern beaches!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 04:58 PM
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You know I forgot you had been here - when you lived in Atlanta??? - we have lots of Atlanta people - can't remember why you were here - a different life?? I can relate -
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 05:02 PM
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Yes, a different life. It was when we lived in Roanoke and came down on railroad business. Oh, and also for the Gator Bowl a couple of times. Didn't stay in Ponte Vedra then but we always found ourselves driving over during the stay. Even considered early retirement there. I would have enjoyed Ponte Vedra but I'm so lucky that my life took a different path :app: !
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/21/05 05:47 PM
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Donna,
Your home is beautiful, incorporating the southwestern style with traditional touches. But, are you wishing for some magnolia leaves for greenery? I do have magnolia leaves, gold balls and candles on the mantel.
I've never posted pix, but for the first time, we have greatly "downsized!" We always said we'd never have an artificial tree, so this year we bought a "pyramid holly bush'" about 3' tall, which grows in the shape of a tree, and decorated it accordingly. When the the boys and their families arrive on the 26th, I can't imagine their expressions! It wasn't so much the time involved in doing the tree, but the endless trips up and down the attic stairs! Guess I'm really getting to be an OF!!
My best wishes to all for a wonderful holiday season!
Another Kathy
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/22/05 02:13 PM
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Awwwww, Donna - love your house!!!!!
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12/22/05 02:23 PM
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WOW Donna. It's absolutely gorgeous.
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12/23/05 06:37 AM
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/23/05 06:52 AM
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Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/23/05 06:59 AM
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SPECTACULAR!!!!!! I love your staircase - everything is soooooo beautiful!!!!
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12/23/05 07:06 AM
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Oh, those are gorgeous pictures!
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/23/05 07:18 AM
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Wow Miriam, your house really gets me in the spirit! Just beautiful!!!
Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: 2nd annual "Show us your holiday decorations"!
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12/23/05 07:21 AM
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Oh Miriam, so gorgeous. I love you house and decorations. Awesome!
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12/23/05 07:58 AM
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WOW Miriam.........your house looks so gorgeous! I love everything you've done!!
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12/23/05 12:40 PM
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Miriam Can I hire you to decorate my house for the holidays next year? Your decorations are sensational. Another WOW!
Betty
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12/23/05 01:14 PM
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Maybe Radisson should hire the LCT'ers to decorate their ships for them.....we are clearly a talented bunch
Donna - i love the Arizona scenery from your windows, and your grand hallway and front door.
Leslie - i visited Santa Fe a few years ago and thought it was a magical place; it had just snowed and the combination of desert and snow was unforgetable.
Miriam - wow those lights are fantastic; especially the ones going up the bannisters.
Gus and Ian
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