DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG: Winter at Nelson Crest & a Birthday Celebration, 2026

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

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Saturday, February 21, 2026

Winter at Nelson Crest & a Birthday Celebration, 2026

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....

I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....

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In my last post, I shared how I left out a few decorations after Christmas for Winter in my bedroom...

Along with new lamps that I recently purchased....

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

And now for a few Personal Notes...

For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....

On THURSDAYS, I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...

I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....

On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...

Being that it is SATURDAY. I will be sharing What I Have Been Up To in the past week....

Last Sunday was the monthly breakfast that our Community group at church hosts after 9 am Mass....

Some friends....Sue, Dan and Joanne.....

Along with coffee, tea and hot cocoa, we served water and juices....

We support a local bakery, Bakery Delite, by purchasing the bagels and sweets from them....

Different flavors of Kolachi, cinnamon and coconut delights...

Different flavors of bagels....

And grapes....

I bought red and white tablecloths for Valentine's Day....

We had a nice turn out even though the kids were not there from CCD as there was none because of the Holiday weekend....

On Tuesday, I finally celebrated my Birthday with my family.....

We had pizza, fries and chicken bites....

Lily and Gigi wanted to get up from the table and run in the circle as they love to do when they come to Mimi's house so Jim and Danielle were feeding them on the run!!

They do like pizza as does Faye and Azumi, my grand pups!!

Mimi gifted them Easter books for Valentine's Day!!

Instead of a cake, I bought cupcakes which everyone enjoyed.....

Even Faye and Azumi wanted some!!

There is a picture of the twins on the fridge that they like looking at!!

The whole family was in the Kitchen!!

Lol!

It was a great evening spent with my family!!!

And it brought so much joy to this Mimi's heart!!

Winter is not over here in NEPA....

We are going to get brushed with the Nor'Easter on the eastern sea board...

These are the early predictions from our 2 local network stations for the storm starting tomorrow on Sunday......

Or this could happen!!

Time will tell!!

Winter is not over here in NEPA until April as we have gotten some of our best snowstorms in March....

Today, I want to share how I decorated the front of my Victorian doll house, Nelson Crest, for Winter....

As I have done through out the downstairs after Christmas, I took away the Christmas items.....

Left out anything pertaining to Winter....

And added a few other items....

I left up all the wreaths...

Moved around some snowmen....

It will stay this way until I decorate Nelson Crest for Easter.....

I also want to share the downstairs hallway......

Above the coat closet.....

A Winter swag that I made...

Sorry but this is a narrow dark hallway so it is very hard to photograph.....

A Valentine's wreath that I made....

And a Winter wreath that I made....

I hung a lighted snowman head from the top of it....

Two Kissing booth signs hang underneath the wreath....

I embellished both...

Across on the gallery wall.....

A swag I made using red velvet roses...

And that now ends my room by room tour of the inside of my townhouse decorated for Winter/Heart Month....

I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY for my next post which will be my annual Winter.Heart Month Home Tour!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

And try to find JOY in every single day!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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