Hi friends and Happy Friday! Well, we’re already over half way into January and Twenty 13 has been great so far! I usually have a little bit of a hard time after the holidays and January, February and March are not my most favorite months. No offense if your birthday falls in these months…Holden’s birthday [...]
Well, the last of our December weekend commitments have taken place and now I need to focus on baking, wrapping, delivering and enjoying. Elliott had her Winter dance recital yesterday afternoon and we went to see The Nutcracker last night. This was our second year attending and I can tell that it would be something [...]
I hated taking down the stockings from the fireplace after Christmas. While I was out scouring the sales on holiday goodness, I thought about finding some red {or pink. or white.} stockings and transforming them into Valentine’s Day stockings. I picked up a sparkly “E” ornament at Kohl’s and an equally, if not more sparkly, [...]
{Thank you to the random woman in Toon Town that offered to take our picture for this here Christmas card!} ***** Santa has come and gone. Gifts have been wrapped and unwrapped. Elliott has been face timing me all afternoon on her new iPod Touch. Holden has mastered his Batman Lego Wii game. Turkey is [...]
Oh my. It’s been 5 days since I’ve posted! Every day I plan on sitting down and doing so, but it just hasn’t happened. My days have been filled with the following… driving around to four stores looking for gingerbread syrup for some martinis…then it dawned on me that I could have just walked into [...]
We were under the magical spell of Disney on Saturday. 12 hours of fairy dust, smiling faces, skipping, jingle bells and feeling like a kid again! There is nothing like Disneyland at the holidays. It’s MAGIC {to infinity and beyond}. It’s our little family tradition that we go during the holidays right after they set [...]
100% of our out-of-town guests have arrived. 90% of our gift shopping has been achieved. 25% of the food shopping for the next 3 days has been completed. Absolutely 0% of the 90% of the gifts have been wrapped. That leaves lots of stuff to do today! Factor in a haircut for Elliott, 4pm mass [...]
As I am here putting certain things away and exchanging them for all things Christmas, I am noticing that I am extremely traditional when it comes to our holiday decor. Lots and lots of red and green. Oh, there’s nothing wrong with that, but I do notice that I also LOVE holiday decor that steps [...]
No, it’s not going to be a White Christmas here in So Cal, but I am already dreaming of all my holiday favorites. I know we still need to give thanks, roast our turkeys and prepare all the accoutrements, but I promised myself again this year that I am going to plan ahead, get things [...]
