christmas in north cack & happy thoughts for my camera

hope y'all's christmas was very merry!
ours certainly was.
we had christmas eve eve at my granddaddy's house, but i forgot my camera and took no pics.

christmas eve was at my parents with my siblings and their significant others.
{on the left is me with my two bros' girlfriends & on the right are my two brothers and anj}
i have another sister too, but she and her boyfriend had to leave before the pj party started. :/

brody exhausted himself with all of the excitement of having everybody around.

but not enough to keep from begging people to throw his ball, even if he was too lazy to go get it more than once.

we had this bright idea to get a group shot with him in it, using a treat to manipulate him of course.

well, that didn't quite work out. but it made for some hilarious shots!
just check out the facial expressions of the brother in the middle!

we ate too much for every meal.

and we always have sausage balls on christmas morning and open presents while A Christmas Story plays on the tv in the background.

my brother eric made this sweet ass bank for my other brother mack after he mentioned that he really liked one similar to it.
super fun toy/money saving device.



after christmas at my parents' in the raleigh area,
we headed to anj's parents in the charlotte area,
where we once again, ate too much.
gotta love kale soup.

i got the two sweetest shirts of all time:

i am obsessed with the wagon wheel song.

yeahhhhhh, north cack!
{from santa at my parents' house. i heard she had some awesome elves helping out this year}

annnnd, the one on the right is so me. my SIL saw it, and my MIL got it for my christmas present. 

i am in love with it. however, i cannot stop obsessing over the fact that it's missing an apostrophe. what do y'all think? fabric paint? fabric marker?
i'ma doctor her up and she'll be good to go!

the FIL must have been good this year.
yep, big silas landed himself a brand new bike.
he was just like a kid. he'd ride awhile, come in and socialize, go back out and ride some more. repeat.
after all that and the kale soup and wine, he had to sneak away to get him a little nap.
look at his widdle bedroom shoes!

hubs and i arrived back home christmas night and exchanged gifts with each other.
he loves me because i pick out the most awesome books ever.
right anj?

and now, for my broken heart story.
i got the most delicious new lens for christmas, y'all!
just loooooooook at that buttery bokeh. dayum. melt my heart.
oh hey, mustard.

then Nita Nikon got some kind of illness and started to have a meltdown. she was goin' downhill with the quickness.
i almost cried over her. i use that camera just about every day.
the thought of leaving her with some stranger who surely does not love her as much as i do is killing me.

but, the good news is, i got to rock my new bean boots out in the downpour this morning to take her to the doctor.

we're lookin at around $185 {hopin' that's the upper end of the estimate} and probably four weeks until he can get to it.
but - i'd rather support a local business and have it fixed in-house by someone who's nikon trained than to have to ship it off to the scary nikon warehouse {?} in new york.
y'all please send some happy thoughts toward Nita. she is toe up.
and i feel like someone has my kidney.

happy wednesday!
 

it's christmas eve!

 

 

twas the night before christmas, and all through the hizzle,

all the children were gorged on goodies bought at the stizzle.

 

the stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

saw snowflake pj's at target, and we all got a pair.

 

 

 

  

we been gettin our christmas eve on to the max up in heah:

christmas eve supper

hot chocolate bar with all the toppings

christmas cocktails

a nice round of 'would you rather'

a little crochet action

just finished watching 'it's a wonderful life'

 

brody's had a busy day as well. he started by paying the consequences of treat overindulgence -

 all of which he did not have permission to consume.

he 'paid the consequence' while we were eating breakfast. yep.

bounced back with the quickness, though. got his bath on - nice & shiny, smellin fresh as a daisy.

he got a little wound up while we were havin' game time. wound up as in doin' laps, divin' into the game spinner, throwin' himself onto people's laps.

the whole family here at one time?! it's just too much for the poor guy to handle.

eventually {14 hours later} he was able to bring it back down to earth.

 

 

love my bobo.

i hope santa is bringing goodies for his stocking too!

 

Happy Birthday Jesus!

 

 





Merry Christmas, from our house to yours!!

Tis the Friday before Christmas, friends!

Here's to wishing you and yours a warm, cozy, safe Christmas with lots of love, rest, and time with those you love.

Thanks to all of you who have sent cards to us!

On another note,
hubs and his mama are more alike than we thought.

{Our card image was his idea, and his mama undoubtedly picked out their Christmas cards.}

Check out the one that his parents sent us on the right. 

How's that for creepy?
PS - Some folks feel that Elf on the Shelf is creepy.
You tellin' me that the idea of "Santa Claus is watchin' you" ain't?

Bobo also demanded that he be able to deliver his Christmas greetings to y'all as well.

Merry Christmas!!

*ps, I'm linking up with Kelly, Kristen, Faith, and Courtney
 today. Check them out for more Christmas cards!

what's on your christmas playlist?

i personally, love classic christmas - bing crosby, brenda lee, burl ives, a charlie brown christmas, dean martin, elvis, nat king cole, perry como & frank sinatra.

and this:

i don't know why i don't find this song to be insanely annoying.

she has an extremely nasaly voice, and she is singin about a hippo.

but, i love this!
check out homegirl on the ed sullivan show:

and these fellas.

don't you love them?

i remember the record playin at my granddaddy's house.

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) is my JAM.

here's a playlist to tickle your fancy, you know, in case you are there, at your desk, fantasizing about an escape.

what are some of your favorites?
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make some new bloggy friends:

{and yes, i realize today is wednesday}

Mini Christmas Tree!! Ooooh

Did your grandma or somebody you know have one of these when you were growin up?

My meemaw had this one. She told me I could have it!
It is bigger than the ones I was looking for, but I am still in love.
Not too in love with the birds, but you can buy the decorations separately - colored lights, clear lights, birds, whatever. She got this one at a flea market years ago.
Any idea where I can get more bulbs? They just sit down in the holes that are in the tree.
What childhood Christmas decor has inspired your own Christmas decor now?

christmas festivities and some longhorns

thanks for hangin' tight last week while i did three link ups/scheduled posts in a row.

i was out of town, here, there, and everywhere - 

eating too much.

not sleeping enough.

walking all over malls and shops.

ruining christmas cookies. {who knew the decorations would keep them from baking correctly. whaaaa?!}

but - got to hang out with some faves that i don't see often enough.

i hope your week gets off to a magical start.

i am excited to do more rearranging/organizing at the store, 

mailing out of christmas cards,

ordering/purchasing/wrapping of christmas goodies,

creating of christmas crafts

also wanted to share some shots of these sweet, sweet shugpies for good measure. 

 there is something about cows that i just find to be precious.

hope your week is full of awesomeness.

until next time,

SIB

weekend: guns, bevies & a hint of Channing

I sure hope your weekend was super awesome and that you got in some relaxation and some Christmas magicalness.
{new word, you like that?}

After setting up my Christmas goodies at the Store yesterday, we helped Ma Davis put together her furniture purchase, and then this ensued:

Kickin' Christmas off right with the bro-in-law & hubs shootin' down some mistletoe!!!

Ooooh Wheeee!

The rest of our weekend involved this:

this:

{you can find the recipe in this post}

this:

and this:

all up in the middle magical world of our Christmas decor and Christmas tree lights.
Ooooooooh ...


Yessssssss, pleassssssssssse.
Works for me.
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And here's to a little Channing action to get your Monday off to an awesome start:

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Christmas Goodies by Yours Truly at Davis General Store!!

Guess Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!

Shug in Boots has set up {a tiny little piece of Christmas} shop at the one and only

S.W. & C.S. DAVIS COMPANY GEN. STORE

{check us on on facebook, y'all! ^ or you can click here for more posts on the store}

If you live near Charlotte, you needs to stop by!

The store is like a museum, for real. The store was started in 1890 by hubs' great-granddaddy and great-great-uncle.  

1890! 

And not a whole lot has changed.
 You could go in there a million times and still see stuff you missed.
We even graced the cover of this book!

{and you can check us out on the upcoming TV show Banshee, from the creator of True Blood, {here's the teaser} scheduled to air on Cinemax on January 11 ... here's a tidbit of them filming in this post}

And the best part about goin' to the store is gettin' to see this sweet sugarpie, who I am so blessed to call my FIL:


  When Silas said I could sell my Christmas goodies at the store, it made me as merry and jolly as Santa Claus himself!

Check em out!

Now.

I know you wanna go get you some handmade goodies to decorate your crib!

You can get your Carhartt and deer corn on while you're there.
And seein' Silas is icin' on the cake!

{On a lucky day, I may be there too!}  

xo