Merry Christmas

This month... this year has gone by too quickly. This has been a wonderful year; a challenging year too as we found our new routine (please note challenging does not been bad). Brad and I had been going down the same path for so long. Our routine had been the same for years. We would get up go to work come home either make something or go find something to eat elsewhere. Run errands, run the dogs. Relax on the couch and then go to bed. We would visit PA, go on one wonderful vacation a year. I would travel with Brad when he would go on a business trip. We enjoyed traveling. And then in the wee morning hours of a day in April it all changed. Our once seemingly stagnant life was jolted. We closed one chapter of our lives and opened a new one. Do I still look back at that chapter? I do. How can I not? They were some of the most wonderful years of my life. But I am so in love with this next chapter. It was challenging, adapting is the key. You learn, and you learn quickly. And then 8 months later you will look back and think what a beautiful magnificent change, and you will smile because your life makes you happy.

Are you watching???

Sundays at 8:00 pm on ABC.

I am in love.

Same creators as LOST. Not the reason why I started watching, I learned that after the fact when I saw Henry eating an Apollo candy bar, and I thought "Hey, that is from LOST." You do have to watch it from the beginning or you will be very confused. So go watch it now on hulu you have until Mid-January then hulu only provides the most recent 5 episodes.

It's good. Real good.

And those who are already watching. Can you love Snow White and Prince Charming any more???

D.I.Ying and baby overload

I am not crafty. The only way I can do a craft is with my SIL, Andrea by my side helping me every little bit of the way. However, this pinterest has got me thinking maybe, just maybe I can be crafty, and possibly can be a D.I.Y-selfer. So I did my very first D.I.Y. project (all on my own). I have been seeing these tutu skirts everywhere. I know they can be easily made. I thought "why not?" And I have to say I really outdid myself. NOT only did I make the skirt, I made the onesie (not the actual onesie but the design) AND the bow.




Of course, there are many mistakes, many. The biggest being the actual onesie. It is suppose to be a Christmas tree, except I only realized after the fact that I didn't narrow it very well, so it looks like a big block with a bow on top. In fact, Brad had no idea what it was. The poor outfit was only worn about 3 minutes before it became a casualty to tonight's dinner of chicken with apples.

The bow. I wasn't even planning on making a bow, but I had all this left over ribbon. And my SIL (Andrea, yes) showed me this cool way to make a bow by wrapping it.

Now, it wouldn't be a project in this house if a dog wasn't victimized or used as a model. The victim, of course, being Dixie. Sweet Dixie, always wanting approval and love so much she is willing to wear a ridiculous tutu. She received treats for the humiliation. Well, worth it really.

T'Was Perfect

It was the perfect night to the chaotic day. It was one of those nights you would read in a Jane Austen book, or watch on the Hallmark channel. The ones that rarely happen in real life so when they do, you much capture it and hold it in your heart forever.

We kicked off Christmas. After a dinner of homemade soup we got cozy around the fireplace (BTW of a very clean house, yes mopped, dusted, AND vacuumed - it makes it that much better) as we sipped our Stephen's Hot Chocolate (the more hot chocolate I drink the more I love Stephen's Hot Chocolate), nibbled on wafers, we read Fancy Nancy to the babe, we read Luke 2. We just sat and enjoyed it. I love Christmas. I really do.

PS I have to make a shot out to my Nanny who is celebrating her birthday today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I hope I am as cool as you at 84. I know you are not suppose to reveal a woman's age, and most certainly not your grandmother's. BUT there comes a time that it is impressive to be 84, let me explain my Nanny is a facebooking, Jerseylicious watching, blogger - see impressed?