Well, THAT's done!

Had the day off and Fred and I spent it finishing up our Christmas gift shopping. We still have each other to do, but we need Connor with us separately for that, but everyone else is DONE....including Connor.

Now, I have to tackle the wrapping....my favorite part! :)

I love bows, but unfortunately so do our cats and they never stay on the packages, so I try and get a bit creative with my wrapping.

I've almost finalized the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day menus and am getting started with my food lists.

Christmas Eve
Italian Sausage stuffed Mushrooms
Artichoke and Roasted Red Pepper Dip with crispy rounds
Crescent Wrapped Little Smokies
Cold Shrimp with spicy sauce
Soup or Chili? (Still thinking about this)
Beer & Cocktails

Christmas Day
Bruschetta
Tossed Salad with various greens and chopped vegies
Lasagna with Italian Sausage and Portabello Mushrooms
Homemade Garlic Bread (will probably pick up a couple of loaves of South Union Bread)
My sister is handling dessert


We had a traditional Christmas dinner last year and I like to mix things up. Hubby isn't always happy about it, but he won't starve. Besides, I can make the lasagna the Sunday before and freeze it, so the only thing I'll have to do Christmas Day is make the bruschetta, salad, salad dressing and bread. Easy Peasey!

Once we got home from our shopping, the weather was nice, so I headed out for a brisk walk up to the new recreation area and back home. It's about a 40 minute round trip walk. I got a couple of my fitness DVD's out and I'm going to try those this week since it's already dark when I get home from work, so walking after dark is out. It's too damn dark!

On the iPod playlist today:
Salt in My Tears - Martin Briley
Work for the Working Man - Bon Jovi (NEW!)
Looking for a Stranger - Pat Benatar
The Flame - Cheap Trick
Heavy Metal - Sammy Hagar
Restless Heart Syndrome - Green Day
Thank You - Led Zepplin covered by Tesla
Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
Lost in the Sun - Hinder
Space Truckin - Deep Purple covered by Tesla

Hope everyone has a good week! I got a busy busy day ahead of me tomorrow...hopefully the rest of the week will even out.