DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

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......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Saturday, January 7, 2017

An Evening Tour, Christmas Home Tour, 2016

MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!!!!!

What???????

I know what you are thinking!!!!!!!

No, I have not lost my mind!!

It is Russian Orthodox Christmas Day!!

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Hugs,
Deb

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Just a Few New Dishes and a Few Old Ones.....

Welcome back to my regular Blog, Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

Since November, I have been posting over on my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas, for the Holiday Season.....

I still have a few more posts about Christmas to share so I will still be posting over there for a bit including some of the things that I bought after Christmas on Clearance for next year and for other Holidays and Seasons.....

I did do my Annual post on what My One Little Word for 2017 is.....

Click HERE if you missed it.......

I will also be sharing what I bought for other Holidays and Seasons here starting with this post......

But first, I do want to Thank Myrabev ( Miranda), over at The Myrabev Life, for featuring my post,
Fall Foliage, as a feature of the November's You're The Star Blog Party!!

Thanks so much, Miranda and all the other hosts of this great party!!

Please stop by and link up to this great party!!

From my past posts, I am sure you realized that Joe loves to shop and finds some great deals.....

He shops in Wegman's several times a week and always checks out the Decor department for me.....

They carried this line of dishes for the Holiday Season called Holiday Harlequin......

I loved them and thought that they could be used year round and not just for the Holidays.....

I only wanted a set for 2 because I have so many other dishes......

I think all Bloggers have a "thing" for dishes, don't you?

The black and white diamond design is reminiscent of Mackensie Child's designs.....

Of course, I had to have the Teapot!!

The fruit design fits in well with my Kitchen as does the red and yellow colors.....

The mugs came with 4 different fruit designs on them but these were all that were left......

Red onions......

My blogger friend, Ellen, said it may be a pomegranate instead of a red onion.......

And yellow pears......

He was also able to buy the Sugar and Creamer set.......

The sugar bowl has apples on it.....

And the creamer has pears on it...

The 2 dessert plates that Joe bought have apples and grapes on them...........

And after he initially bought these dishes, he found bowls on Clearance too!!

One with red onions or maybe a pomegranate and the other with grapes on them.....

I think this set will be prefect for a Winter display in my kitchen .......

And also for a nice soup and sandwich luncheon, don't you think????

This is what everything cost at Clearance prices......

Mugs- $2.00
Dessert plates- $2.00
Bowls- $2.00
Sugar and Creamer set- $2.49
Tea Pot- $5.00

Total of under $20.00 for everything!!

Not bad, huh????

Joe also found these at Pier One on Clearance......

So cute!

These were $2.10 each!!

Along with a sweet Winter candle....

Also for $2.00!!

And the last thing that I want to share is my simple New Year's Day tablescape.......

I make a double batch of lasagna for New Year's Day for the kids to enjoy.........

And since I do not take Christmas decorations down until Epiphany or the Feast of the 3 Kings which is considered the end of the Christmas Season in the Catholic Church, I set the table with what I thought was a Christmas theme.......

These plates remind me of Charles Dicken's Scrooge!!

These dishes are the perfect size for a large piece of lasagna!!

The chargers were bought at a Flea Market and are made by Lenox......

And I used these for the bread dish.....

I thought the clock showing Time would be appropriate for the New Year......

The silverware was bought on Clearance a few years ago in Wegman's......

I used Ruby Red Depression Glass Tumblers........

After we ate, Chips were placed in this Ruby Red bowl.......

And candy in this one!!

A simple but festive table for New Year's Day dinner with family.....

And yes, the freshly baked bread on the table also came from Wegman's!!

As I mentioned, I don't start to take down my Christmas decorations until the Feast of the 3 Kings which is Jan. 6th this year.

Many in our area celebrate what we call "Russian Christmas " or Russian Orthodox Christmas which falls on Jan. 7th this year, as they follow the Julian Calendar rather than the Gregorian Calendar.

Because of this , many in our area leave up Christmas decorations until then honoring the many immigrants of Eastern European background that settled in our area in the early 1900's......

When I do start to take down Christmas, I will be changing over many decorations to Winter Decorations that I leave up all Winter long and then to Valentine's Day Decorations which stay up during the entire month of February......

So I hope you will come by and visit again!!

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

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

Hugs,
Debbie