Rudolph?

Check out the Reindeer gift bags I made for the girls at work! It included homemade turtles and Pretzel trees! I'm just in the crafty kinda mood this year! Next year I will be making snowmen! I already have it planned out!

Btw, the homemade turtles are awesome, thanks to my brother's recipe! Take pretzel twists and put a rolo on top, heat til chocolate is soft and smash a pecan in the center! Easy schmeeeesy!

P.S. If anyone finds my missing Christmas spirit, please tell him I need him desperately and to return very soon!

10 days til Christmas!

Jack Frost has finally hit and it's really cold! I'm loving every minute of it! I just wish I could get into the Christmas spirit! I don't know why but it just doesn't seem like 10 days til Christmas! I have finished my shopping and only have a few candies left to make. The tree is up and trimmed and I only have 4 gifts left to wrap but it just doesn't seem like Christmas time. Hopefully some snow will help! We are predicted some this week and I sure hope it comes to fruition! We are having Christmas as my house for the first time ever this year and so I need a boost in the Christmas spirit department! I did however get motivated and I am proud to show off my new Christmas project for this year! I made angels out of old church hymn books!



Isn't she cute!?! When we went to my brothers house for Thanksgiving he took Ruties house to visit. She had one of these angels sitting on her fireplace mantel and I just loved it. I mentioned how adorable it was and she said that she was making them. I asked her where she got the books and she said she had a stash from her church since they got new ones and she gave me some! How awesome is that? I took a picture on my phone then I came home and had my angel made in about 5 hours! She turned out so cute! I gave it to my bf's mom for Christmas and she just loved it! I am now finishing one for E's teacher at school! I will make a tutorial if anyone is interested! Thanks Ruthie!!! Your the best!

Burr!!!!

Blowing (50 mph) winds with ice cold temps cut right to the bone! I love the wintertime and snow but I sure could live without the winds. Hot chocolate, heat blankets and cozy fires are my favorite and today I was able to enjoy all three for the first time this season. It was awesome! It just makes my evenings so "relaxing" and comfortable! I love it! Tomorrow evening I will enjoy the same but will add wrapping gifts to the list, even though I HATE wrapping with a passion! Maybe I will just sit back and enjoy the fire, heat blanket and hot chocolate while I watch E wrap gifts.... what a great idea! Woot!!

Another semester of college will be history come tomorrow evening after I take my final. I am so happy to get this semester over with! It's been a pain in my boo-tay! I have had too many irons in the fire this year and it has made school hard. I am still carrying an A in my class but it hasn't been easy. Hopefully tomorrow I can make a good grade and keep my A. After this semester, I am going to take off a semester and get things back in order/settled then I am going to try and bust it out so that I can graduate in late 2009. That's the goal anyways.

Things have been hectic lately and I am so ready for the holidays to be over! Thanksgiving was no where near what I expected! E spent it with her dad and so my mom, dad and I went to my brothers in Keller, TX. We had a good time spending time with C and shopping but it just didn't seem/feel the same without E. Then there was issues with her having asthma attacks and not having her inhaler with her and me being out of town and not being able to get to her. Then she got the flu and was begging to come home but I was still in Keller. sucked. On top of all of that, my cousin took her life the day after Thanksgiving. Rushing to my Uncles house in Midland for the services, I had to leave E to finish out her flu cycle at her dad's. double suck. I am canceling Thanksgiving next year!


I will be updating with anniversary and Thanksgiving pictures in the next couple of days. I have lots of them to share!




* New blog layout is in memory of my cousin, Cana. She loved bling! *