... because in a few days, our home will be the subject of a photo shoot for
Real Living magazine! I've always said that I live in a beautiful home, and the editors seem to agree because they've scheduled the home feature already. But over the long holiday, as I've been busily tidying up, I worry that my house isn't ready yet.
For one thing, I don't have lamps. The walls need more pictures. The living room needs a statement chair. The foyer needs a console table. The bedroom needs a slipper chair, side tables and new sheets. I need to buy flowers and fruits. And I'm thinking my bathroom needs new
faucets. Vince's bathroom has these cute ceramic faucets. Mine, well I chose my bath fixtures to be simple and functional, not for any design merit.
My shocking pink Christmas tree! Here it's fresh out of the box and with no decorations yet. The red, green, and gold balls don't match it. So I bought white lights and silver glittery balls!Then I have to take down the Christmas tree. Have I told you about my fantabulous vivid pink tree? I don't think so. It was Vince's birthday gift to me so it's been up since November. I've wanted this tree for a looooong time but he kept saying, "Christmas trees are green. Maybe white once in a while but never pink." So I was just about screaming my head off when I opened the huge box on my birthday and saw the shocking pink peeking through the box!
Fluffing it up a few days later. So very happy
I have a husband generous enough to indulge my silliness.And each time I felt sad because this was our first holidays without Mama, I looked at my pink tree and remembered how Mama decorated her tree with strange pink poinsettia flowers and I got really happy, knowing she'd have approved of my pink tree.
Mama always got teased for the big pink flowers on her tree.
Now I'm the one getting all the strange looks with my tree!
I'm so happy with it, I want to keep it up the entire year! I was thinking I'll put pale pink cherry blossoms for spring, big white daisies for summer, ripe fruits for fall, then the silver balls again for Christmas! But
Real Living's editor took one look at it and said, "You have to take down that crazy tree." Boo!
Frivolous Frances is happy.