My sister is coming to visit for Christmas!!! She will be here tomorrow morning!! I am so excited to be able to spend Christmas with her...
Until then I wasn't really in the Christmas mood and barely got the tree put up. I usually have all my regular stuff down and the living room filled with snowmen of all sorts... This year I just didn't feel like doing it. But when I heard of her coming - my mood changed and so out came the snowmen!!
Well, in the snowmen are candles and votive holders... As I was placing them around in strategic places - I saw that some of my regular votive holders are way overdue on dusting. In fact they were so bad they had to be washed. So, I took them to the sink and was washing one when it broke - and sliced into my finger. I finished washing it and saw that it could be repaired. I got out the superglue, pieced the broken glass back into place and proceeded to glue my fingers to the glass. After pulling my fingers apart and ripping off the skin - I put away the votive holders and decided to ignore any other dust bunnies that might (are) lurking in the living room.
I knew there was a reason I didn't dust....
Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Finally....
Well, the tree is finally up... and it has colored lights and a star on top....although I think we need a new topper... 
Like I said in the survey - it's a hodge podge of misc ornaments from over the years... Here's a sampling....
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Like I said in the survey - it's a hodge podge of misc ornaments from over the years... Here's a sampling....
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Guess it's my turn....
I was tagged by several friends on their blogs - with 25 Christmas Questions...
1) Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? I do like Egg Nog... but nothing beats a really good hot chocolate... like the one at the Parking Lot Party the other night - it was YUMMY!!!
2) Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Usually Santa bring in the BIG gift so it is either in a very large bag or maybe a sheet thrown over...
3) Colored lights or white? Ummm... I forget what I have on my tree... I think it's colored????
4) Do you hang mistletoe? nope
5) When do you get out your decorations? whenever I can get someone to muddle through the mess in the garage to get them out... (which is tomorrow morning - thanks to Danny!)... and whenever it fits into my schedule - which there hasn't been much room lately...
6) Favorite holiday dish, excluding dessert? Well, we don't do a "traditional" (yes, I did use quotation marks)dinner at Christmas time... but at Thanksgiving it's my mom's stuffing!!! white bread, apples, sausage.... yummy....
7) Favorite holiday memory as a child? hmmmm... can't seem to come up with one...not a particular one anyway ... but I always loved when we all went to my Grandmother's house for holidays.... I loved it there...
8) When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? what do you mean "the truth?"... what are you trying to say?
9) Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? yep - generally we open all our gifts on Christmas Eve (except for Santa) because that is the only day we have all 3 boys... Cole and Christopher are usually gone by Christmas morning....
10) How do you decorate your trees? Everyone in the house has ornaments that were put into their stocking when we took the tree down the previous year ... they are then responsible for hanging those ornaments on the tree this year... there is really no theme to the tree - if you can believe it about me - very little "matches".... just a hodgepodge of stuff I have collected over the years...
11) Snow, love it or hate it? Have never lived in the snow - but loved it when I visited it!
12) Can you ice skate? I have only tried once - when I took Christopher to Colorado on vacation... we did manage to make it around the rink a few times...
13) Do you remember your favorite gift? hmmm... another one I have to think about... John works really hard on gifts for me at Christmas and he really outdid himself last year.... I am still amazed at my Fossil purse and how he picked out just the right one!!!... also my horse blanket from several years ago that he went to 5 stores to find... EDIT: just read Hattie's blog and her favorite gift is her cello - which reminds me of the violin that John bought me - no, I don't play but desperately want to.... and then that reminded me of the year he got the flag from my dad's funeral put in a glass display box ... I really do have an awesome husband...
14) What is the most important thing about the holidays for you? Jesus and my boys
15) Favorite Holiday dessert? fudge
16) Favorite Christmas tradition? how we open the gifts... I don't put name tags on the gifts... everyone has their own wrapping paper... I put a swatch of that wrapping paper down in the toe of their stocking... so we then draw names and take a turn at opening the stockings - it's at that point the boys begin to realize which gifts are theirs under the tree... then we draw names again to see who opens a gift... putting all the names back in after one gift... we continue until all the gifts are open... this slows down the whole process and makes it all about watching each other and not a mad dash to just tear into your own stuff...
17) What tops your tree? wow - I am losing it - I don't remember that either...
18) What's better giving or receiving? should I be honest or do you want the good Christian answer?
19) Favorite Christmas song? Possibly O Holy Night...
20) Candy Canes, yummy or yucky? they can be good.
21) What do you want for Christmas? Disneyland passes... but since John has lost weekends (32 hours of OT on each paycheck) ... not sure if that is going to be possible...
22) Do you attend an annual Christmas Party? church banquet where we watch the annual slide show!!! - (which we are still working on - so if you have a great picture that just MUST get in there - send it to us!!)
23) Do you dress up for Christmas eve? I try to never dress up...
24) Do you own a Santa Hat? there is one around here somewhere - not sure if it is mine
25) Who do you normally spend Christmas with? John, the boys, and my brother Matt and Nancy.... sure wish my sister could be here!!!
Is there anyone who reads my blog that is not tagged??? If so - consider yourself tagged... yes, that means you Heather and Jen.... and if you are a reader that doesn't have a blog - you can do it in email!!!
1) Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? I do like Egg Nog... but nothing beats a really good hot chocolate... like the one at the Parking Lot Party the other night - it was YUMMY!!!
2) Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Usually Santa bring in the BIG gift so it is either in a very large bag or maybe a sheet thrown over...
3) Colored lights or white? Ummm... I forget what I have on my tree... I think it's colored????
4) Do you hang mistletoe? nope
5) When do you get out your decorations? whenever I can get someone to muddle through the mess in the garage to get them out... (which is tomorrow morning - thanks to Danny!)... and whenever it fits into my schedule - which there hasn't been much room lately...
6) Favorite holiday dish, excluding dessert? Well, we don't do a "traditional" (yes, I did use quotation marks)dinner at Christmas time... but at Thanksgiving it's my mom's stuffing!!! white bread, apples, sausage.... yummy....
7) Favorite holiday memory as a child? hmmmm... can't seem to come up with one...not a particular one anyway ... but I always loved when we all went to my Grandmother's house for holidays.... I loved it there...
8) When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? what do you mean "the truth?"... what are you trying to say?
9) Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? yep - generally we open all our gifts on Christmas Eve (except for Santa) because that is the only day we have all 3 boys... Cole and Christopher are usually gone by Christmas morning....
10) How do you decorate your trees? Everyone in the house has ornaments that were put into their stocking when we took the tree down the previous year ... they are then responsible for hanging those ornaments on the tree this year... there is really no theme to the tree - if you can believe it about me - very little "matches".... just a hodgepodge of stuff I have collected over the years...
11) Snow, love it or hate it? Have never lived in the snow - but loved it when I visited it!
12) Can you ice skate? I have only tried once - when I took Christopher to Colorado on vacation... we did manage to make it around the rink a few times...
13) Do you remember your favorite gift? hmmm... another one I have to think about... John works really hard on gifts for me at Christmas and he really outdid himself last year.... I am still amazed at my Fossil purse and how he picked out just the right one!!!... also my horse blanket from several years ago that he went to 5 stores to find... EDIT: just read Hattie's blog and her favorite gift is her cello - which reminds me of the violin that John bought me - no, I don't play but desperately want to.... and then that reminded me of the year he got the flag from my dad's funeral put in a glass display box ... I really do have an awesome husband...
14) What is the most important thing about the holidays for you? Jesus and my boys
15) Favorite Holiday dessert? fudge
16) Favorite Christmas tradition? how we open the gifts... I don't put name tags on the gifts... everyone has their own wrapping paper... I put a swatch of that wrapping paper down in the toe of their stocking... so we then draw names and take a turn at opening the stockings - it's at that point the boys begin to realize which gifts are theirs under the tree... then we draw names again to see who opens a gift... putting all the names back in after one gift... we continue until all the gifts are open... this slows down the whole process and makes it all about watching each other and not a mad dash to just tear into your own stuff...
17) What tops your tree? wow - I am losing it - I don't remember that either...
18) What's better giving or receiving? should I be honest or do you want the good Christian answer?
19) Favorite Christmas song? Possibly O Holy Night...
20) Candy Canes, yummy or yucky? they can be good.
21) What do you want for Christmas? Disneyland passes... but since John has lost weekends (32 hours of OT on each paycheck) ... not sure if that is going to be possible...
22) Do you attend an annual Christmas Party? church banquet where we watch the annual slide show!!! - (which we are still working on - so if you have a great picture that just MUST get in there - send it to us!!)
23) Do you dress up for Christmas eve? I try to never dress up...
24) Do you own a Santa Hat? there is one around here somewhere - not sure if it is mine
25) Who do you normally spend Christmas with? John, the boys, and my brother Matt and Nancy.... sure wish my sister could be here!!!
Is there anyone who reads my blog that is not tagged??? If so - consider yourself tagged... yes, that means you Heather and Jen.... and if you are a reader that doesn't have a blog - you can do it in email!!!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Easter...
Was just reading one of the blogs I follow... Refuge Farms
It is a farm much like the one I want to have...
On her site - she has the following:
“I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak… I will watch over. I will feed them in justice.” Ezekiel 34:16
Her last blog was about Easter - and what it meant to her and on her farm... Enjoy...
It is a farm much like the one I want to have...
On her site - she has the following:
“I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak… I will watch over. I will feed them in justice.” Ezekiel 34:16
Her last blog was about Easter - and what it meant to her and on her farm... Enjoy...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Valentines...
This is out of order because in the busyness of last week - I forgot to post about Valentine's Day.
John and I both had to work .. and it is rather common that he calls me to ask what is for lunch. Valentines was no different.... he wanted to go out but I was soooo far behind on my work I just couldn't. So he asked what I wanted - and I said Sushi. He said, "I was just thinking that." So he showed up at my office with sushi...
But not just any sushi.. he went from Long Beach to the place I have mentioned before that we both love in San Pedro to get sushi ... and then to me in Lomita. We sat in my office and shared sushi over mounds of paperwork... that was it but it was very possibly the best Valentines Day I have ever had.
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