Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Christmas Spirit

This year the AOW household has received numerous Christmas blessings from Decorate A Vet, an organization that thanks veterans for their military service by putting skilled artisans and volunteers' hands to work. 

 Jeff Jones, the founder and vice president of Decorate A Vet says when we thank him, "Gotta love the Christmas spirit!"  And the expression on his face when he makes this statement is one of joy.

As you'll see in the some of the photos below, the blessings we received from Decorate A Vet go far beyond decorating veterans' homes for Christmas. Permanent home improvements are made!

Monday, December 16, 2013

More Christmas 2013

The first photo was taken on December 9, 2013 after an ice storm, and the second photo on December 10, 2013, after a snowfall:




Decorate A Vet
is responsible for decking out our house and front yard in style.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Christmas 2013

Before Decorate A Vet decked out this old house:



Now, for Christmas 2013:


We have outside lights, too.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Jen's Nightstand Project

Jen Nifer proposed this little project.

Here is my narrow little nightstand, an antique made of black walnut, and it allows for no clutter:


Mr. AOW's nightstand is a lot more interesting than mine: