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. 🙂
Thanks so much for a chance to win this book! Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas Rhoda! Hoepy ou and yours have a wonderful one!
Love anything SL..guess it is just the ‘southern’ in me that loves all the little special details they are so great at!
I’ve been reading your blog this year and so totally enjoy it. I too love Southern Living even though I live in the southwest! I hope I win.
Take care and Merry Christmas Rhoda.
Merry Christmas. I enjoy reading your blog every day!
Heidi
LambethZoo.blogspot.com
and Merry Christmas to you! I’ve followed you blog for the longest time & enjoy learning new tips & ideas from you! Please put my name in the hat for the SL book – absolutely LOVE their wonderful magazine!
I love Southern Living and would be thrilled to win the book.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas to ya’! What a sweet day!
Blessings to you,
lana @ ilovemy5kids
I AM A NORTHERNER BUT WE COULD USE A LITTLE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY! PUT OUR NAME IN – THANKS
I’ve been eyeing this great book! yea!
Love the Southern Living books. My friend has one from every year and they are so much fun to look through for inspiration. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! What a great Southern Living book. We are finally in our home and I so hope that next year I will be able to decorate it like I’d like. We have a new puppy this year so time has been spent not decorating, but puppy training – and just when I thought I had the kids trained. 🙂 Love reading your encouragement to us all.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!!
what a great cookbook.merry christmas
I love the Southern Living books and the Christmas editions are the very best!!! Thank you for all of your fabulous ideas throughout the year!!! My home is still a work in progress even after living here four years!!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win the beautiful book!
I always pour over the Southern Living cookbooks when I visit my mother-in-law, and would love to start my own collection. Thank you for the opportunity to win. I truly enjoy all of your posts throughout the year. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas! Love your blog and can’t wait to see what you share in the new year!
I love anything Southern Living. The elf hanging out of the candy dish cracks me up. Thanks for your inspirations. I have truly enjoyed reading your blog throughout the year
I would love to win this book. I need new ideas.
Wanda
Rhoda, Merry Christmas to you and your family, may it be a special one remembered in years to come.
Please enter me in your book giveaway, I love SL!
PS. Your new bedding looks terrific!