The Official Start of the Holidays!

Had a really nice Thanksgiving with my sister, Chloe, Gunner, my brother and his best friend Craig. Spent the day hanging out and cooking. We ate around 3:30pm and then the L-trytophan kicked in and we napped for awhile.

I spent some time in my scraproom working on some Christmas projects. I'm not sure who's going to get these, but they were fun to make. I had seen a finished project at the cash register at Memory Bound and I knew I had the coasters, so I found a bunch of random paper I liked and started creating away!



I also like to re-purpose the Large Yankee Candle jars when I'm done burning the candle. I did a couple last year that turned out cute, so I did some more this year. I still have two more to finish, but I really liked the way these turned out.



I also decorated a couple of gift certificate holders with Basic Grey and raffia.



We got all 90% of our outdoor illumination done and I'm almost finished decorating the house. I still have the staircase and the foyer left to do.

Tomorrow Fred and I are going to finish up our gift shopping. Mostly just doing around and getting gift certificates, but there are a few things I need to find. We'll probably stop and have a nice lunch somewhere and plan on getting home around the time Connor will be home from school.

I'm right on the money with my Christmas organization and what I have left to do. Having a notebook to write it all down in helps tremendously!

I have a busy week this week, especially on Tuesday, but I'm hoping to get to attend a crop my friend Cheri is hosting Friday night in Ames. I really need to get this damn Disney World album DONE!

and before I close for the night, I have to give a big HUGE shout out to my friend Janalee for THIS:


It is the MOST heavenly smelling hand creme I've EVAH used. Janalee gifted me a tube of this and every time I use it, I want to eat my hands. They smell exactly like Lemon Meringue Pie. Seriously. I mean it.