Deck the Halls

Deck the Halls

Now that the kitchen is back in order and the houseguests are packing up, its time to shop! I like to kick off the season with holiday music, a brandy milk punch – once the music is playing and I am a few sips in the decorating can begin. Here are a few items...

O Christmas Tree

Welcome to the Lonergan’s first Christmas in our first house. We are loving it. We got our first tree. An almost 9 footer from here, that was only $20 (um, and yes it is real and smells delish). Shhhh…best kept secret in town! We don’t have many...

Christmas Cards

Have you started on yours yet? I went all arts & craftsey this year on my cards, I’ll give you the details after they’ve been sent. Next year I think I’m going the OKL route, they’ve had the cutest ones this year!

Bells Will Be Ringing

I’m so getting in the mood now….how about you? Images: here, here, here, here, here, here

Under the Weather

The LeSueurs hit Thanksgiving ’09 pretty hard this year…and now I’m feeling under the weather….How cute is this Umbrella from MoMA? I love everything they sell…great Christmas presents!

Late Check In Gift Guide

I love all of these gift guides floating around blogland. There are so many great ideas, thanks bloggers for helping us out! Here at Late Check In, I have only one gift suggestion this year. The Help, by Kathyrn Stockett. Have you read it? Am I totally late to the...