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Thursday, December 16, 2010

A casual dinner & pink Christmas trees

I had my Bible study group over for a casual 'potluck' dinner last night. We meet at my house most Tuesday nights and since this was our last meeting before Christmas we decided to have dinner. I provided dessert - my apple crisp (I had made two, one for me, one for my new neighbor). I also made a very easy hors d'oeuvre. I took Boursin cheese (the pepper flavored one) and poured Bonne Maman strawberry preserves on top and served it with crackers. It is always a huge hit and you can't get much easier than that!



I set a very simple table - we are a casual group - but I think it is nice to use cloth napkins and I just happened to find an entire box filled with acorn ornaments earlier in the day when I was going through my Christmas decorations that I had forgotten all about. I purchased them a couple of years ago after Christmas for a dollar or two. They made the place settings feel a little more special and everyone got to take home a little gift.




Our group spent the year reading through the entire Bible. Last Christmas we all got 365 day Bibles that had a passage for each day of the year. It was set up with a passage from the Old Testament, a passage from the New Testament, a Psalm and a Proverb to read every day. It starts at the beginning and goes in succession all year long. It is only about 15 minutes of reading a day. It was a great Christmas gift to give out because you can start reading it on January 1. I gave one to a lot of my family and friends. I thought it would be nice to all be reading the same thing at the same time. You know, like a great book club.

It was really amazing reading the entire Bible including all those passages you usually skip over. I know that the Bible is the number one most read book in the world (3.9 billion copies) but I wonder how many people have actually read it fully - not just parts of it. Reading it in its entirety was fascinating; it is filled with so much history and since it was in an "easy to read" translation a lot of it read like a novel that I didn't want to put down (some days I would have to read on). I would highly recommend it to everyone. Here is the specific Bible we read and if you are interested in finding out more about it or want to purchase it, click here


My sister, Patti sent this to me today - she is a photographer so of course she always has her camera with her (although this was actually taken with her phone). She had gone up to her camera store to get some supplies and this was in the store next to it. She thought I would appreciate it especially in light of the announcement of the new color for 2011 (Honeysuckle ... basically hot pink)! 

© Prizler Photography
How very cute is that? Later in the day I ran into this one at Borders:


Are you smiling? I think maybe this is a "sign" ... a pink tree for next Christmas? ;o) ha ha!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really like the idea of putting an ornament on each plate and then letting the guests take them home! Pink Christmas trees? Not so sure... :-)

Prizler Photography said...

Love the acorn ornaments! But I must agree with pk, I think the pink might just stink. My neighbor's husband got on the color wagon and grabbed himself a purple tree. Decorated it with gold bulbs and he's a happy Laker fan! (Big game coming up)
PS: Katie took the shot as I don't know how to use my cell phone camera! LOL My kids laugh at that too.

Kate at Dream To Life said...

Oh wow! your table looks gorgeous!

cheers!
Kate

Luciane at HomeBunch.com said...

Do you know when you find a blog that you just know you want to spend lots of time reading everything? Well... I am so glad you found me, so I could come here and have some fun! Your blog "speaks" to me. I love your style and the way you seem to be.

Lovely post, lovely blog!

xo


Luciane at HomeBunch.com

Maria Killam said...

Wow the pink tree, I don't think I'd ever go that far but a white one would be cool I think!
Great and thoughtful post!
maria

designchic said...

Love the acorn ornament...such a fun and festive touch!! Thrilled to have found your blog this evening...

barb cabot said...

I too love the acorn ornament and the fact that you read the whole bible! I'm sure you get so much out of your bible study group. Lovely table filled with love.