I wish you all a very Merry Christmas from our house to yours. We are not traveling this year, but staying home and 2 of Peter’s three younguns (all 20-somethings) are visiting for a couple days. I’m cooking a big meal on Christmas Day and we will celebrate the season with the kids and Peter’s mom and Grandma Eleanor. It’s sure to be a memorable day!
I’ll be seeing my family in a couple of weeks over in Atlanta, since we just enjoyed a very fun few days with them for Thanksgiving. It will be nice to just relax for the weekend and not have to be anywhere, but stay home and enjoy our cozy home for the Holidays, with the Christmas lights on and maybe watching some old movies.
I hope you all have a peaceful Christmas and revel in the beauty this time of year holds. Jesus is truly the reason for the season and may we all remember that.
One of my very sweet readers and a Southern Living at Home consultant, Patti, sent me my very own copy of Christmas with Southern Living 2009 and she sent an extra copy for me to give away to ONE of YOU! Isn’t that exciting?! 
From Entertaining, to Recipes, Decorating and Gift-giving ideas, the book covers it all. You know that if Southern Living writes a book, it will be a beautiful book and it certainly is that. 
The pictures are fabulous, as are the recipes and decorating ideas. 
This will be a book you will definitely want to add to your collection and pull out each Christmas for years to come.
All you have to do is leave a comment HERE on this post! I’ll leave the contest open all weekend through Monday and announce a winner on Tuesday.
Have a great Christmas weekend, my friends! I want to take the opportunity to thank ALL of you for being such great readers this last year and for your support of my blog. It means the world to me! Ya’ll make blogging so much fun and I am rewarded daily from the friendships I’ve made in the blogworld.
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! 🙂 I am looking forward to a very fun 2010 with all of you.
If you’re online this weekend and want to look at more Christmas inspiration, I’ve updated my Tumblr (click here and there’s always a link on my sidebar too ——>) file and added a lot of eye candy that I saw from the Home for the Holidays tour and around blogland in general. I was having problems adding things on there for awhile, but now I’ve got it going again, so you’ll want to check in from time to time. There are some beautiful pics out there from everyone! I’ll add more as I get time. I tried so hard to get around to all 300+ of you and I still haven’t made it. 🙂
Southern Living has the prettiest Christmas ideas..ohh..I would LOVE this book!! Triple crossing my fingers 🙂
Merry Christmas!!
Love, love Southern Living. I just used 4 recipes out of it for xmas dinner. Hope I win it!! Thanks for your great blog.
I subscribe to the magazine “Southern Living” — & would love the Christmas book…!!!
Please enter me in the drawing. I have all the SL Christmas books. They are great.
Merry Christmas to your family. Love SL and this book looks great!
I would LOVE to win,please.
I love Southern Living too !!!
That book looks beautiful, no wonder you Southern ladies have such lovely homes…what inspiration! Enjoy your holidays Rhonda and may you have many Blessings in the new year…jj
I would love to have the Christmas book…always wanted to have one and just never have gotten it.
Merry Christmas Rhoda! I hope you have a blessed Christmas day!
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Merry Christmas, Rhoda. Thank you for all the inspiration this year. I would love to win the SL Christmas book. 09 is one year I missed purchasing it. Thanks for the chance.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! You are a BLESSING to us all!
Enjoy a quiet Christmas at home–that’s what we’re doing, too!!!
In Christ,
Lana
I just recently found your blog and am enjoying going back through the archives. Would love to add this book to my Christmas collection. Merry Christmas!
Oh, please add me in this giveaway! I absolutely LOVE Southern Living! What a treasure this would be! Thanks…April
Hi Rhoda oh I hope I win, I love Southern Living..and I am a California girl…well a Southern California girl..so I am southern…lol
what a gorgeous book! This would make a perfect housewarming gift for one of my best friends…hoping I win for her!
Beautiful book full of beautiful ideas! Please pick me!!
I adore the Southern Living books – pick me, pick me LOL
Rhoda,
It has been a pleasure reading your blog. I feel like you are an old friend. Thank you so much for sharing your home, inspirational ideas, and yummy recipes.
Merry Christmas to you from the Mississippi Gulf Coast! I sure would love to be the recipient of this lovely book!
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you! I live in SOUTHERN California, so would like to add this book to my library. 😉 It looks beautiful. Thanks for reminding us that Jesus is TRULY the reason for the Season. God bless!
I stumbled upon your site while browsing other crafty sites. I’m now a subscriber. I’m excited to see what the new year brings. I’m a Tennessee lady, as southern as black-eyed peas and turnip greens! Please enter me in your drawing.