Posts belonging to Category Christmas

Yuletide Decorating

Yesterday plans changed quickly. Originally the evening was going to be spent at Carraba’s with the inlaws for eldest’s birthday. I was going to take the red velvet cake I made from scratch. Side note: I will never buy a red velvet cake OR cream cheese icing from a store again! Ok now to get [...]

Some Willy-Nilly-Ness

Going to bed last night, I had a post in mind. But I was too lazy to get up and jot a note down to myself. As a result, I sat on the John this morning struggling to remember what awesome inspiring post I had hiding in the inner sanctum of my mind. It’s still [...]

Lots Of Little Stuff

So I got LOTS of little projects done this week. First I got the baby blanket finished and I am very happy with the end result. So then I thought how about some washcloths. Ok really it was Alex wanted me to make him something and what yarn I have isn’t enough to do a [...]

Christmas Eve

I started my sabbatical on this day. It just seemed fitting with all of the family stuff at hand that I would start on Christmas Eve. It has become a bit of tradition that my husband and kids do not shop until Christmas Eve. And somehow I get roped into going. This year I was [...]

Christmas Day – A Recap

When I was a kid, my mom would wake us up at 12:01 am on Christmas Day to open presents. When I had my own I decided I was not going that route. We usually wake up at a more normal hour, like 6 am. Then the kids get up and tear into their stockings [...]