Wheww... am I pooped! Is it Christmas YET?

Oh seriously, I just deleted everything I typed... Dang, if I didn't go & hit the "USE THE NEW OPTION" thingy when I have 9,000 things to do & NO time to mess with learning this NEW way to post.... Ok- it's been a while so let me fill you in on what we've been up to:

1. Gingerbread House- PRE-baked & in my opinion, the ONLY way to go!!  They had this one at Joanne's & it's by Wilson less than $10!  Comes with everything you need (except patience!)

 

Darlings favorite part: sucking the (yucky) frosting from the bag...go figure!

Then we decided our angel that my Mom made us last year needed an extreme make-over... sorry Mom, no offense!  It's just when your child is afraid of the Christmas Angel, & wants to sleep in your bed every night as it is- you must take extreme measures to remove anything within your holiday decor' that will cause nightmares....

Here she is with her "hair" removed... it was Spanish Moss & something about the grey color wasn't very Heavenly... again, SORRY MOM!

Now I realize at this point, she still is looking creepy, but... hang with us, she's not done yet!

Still creepy... but there is a PLAN!

Then... the Advent Calendar!  I know, I know- I've had it since LAST year & I decided the last day of November to start the re-vamp... (keep your shorts on Cheeky Green- today is the day I finish it!).  This is how it started out:

Step 2:

ALMOST there... almost!

I just need to get the rest of the doors finished!

It's been perfect here for finishing projects, since we can't leave the house:

We've been under a Blizzard WARNING for the last 3 days!

Yes, these pictures were taken from the INSIDE- the only way I go outside:

go out kitchen door which leads directly into the garage

get in car

ride in passenger seat & let the Mister man the wheel

get dropped off at the door

get picked up at the door

have the Mister pull into the garage

walk back in house.

This gal was made for a tropical island... Maui, Maui- how i miss thee!

the sky really isn't this blue, I used my mac to "enhance"...

the view from my front door... No, no, I didn't open the door- it was taken thru the window of course!

Ok, I have to finish my cards, finish decorating, finish the advent, the angel, the gingerbread house & START my Christmas shopping.... I wanted to wait & see who was going to be naughty & who was going to be nice!

We've also got 2 Christmas parties to go to this weekend & let me tell you, that glass of Merlot will be well deserved!

Cheers Gals!

Oh geesh, don't tell me I don't have spell check anymore?  Yikes, I use that all the time so I can type sloppy & let spell check do the work...

OH &... enjoy the NEW Christmas music (thanks MO!)

I'm dreaming of a PINK Christmas....

Oh my!! Can you stand these pictures? Pink, Pink, & more pink!!!

(all these beautiful photo's were found on flickr & the photographers name is under each photo-go see their other stuff!!)

abbylanes

boopsiedaisy

(if you don't know of boopsie- you need to!! she has a GREAT store on etsy)

also by Miss boopsiedaisy

holiday_jenny

Oh i am in LOVE! I could have just copied her entire folder & put it on here! Beautiful, beautiful pink sweetness! Make sure you go see her goodies on flickr!!!!

holiday_jenny

holiday_jenny

How cute is this button ornament!!

RachaelH

Blythe... although I've never fallen in love with mine (i don't quite get "the love"), I do love the pictures others take of their dolls!

Ragazza

Love the stars she added to this photo... how DID she do that?

slcook52

GREAT...

just when I am getting close to finishing MY advent calendar I see this one by sugarsugar...

DANG, every time I think "man, I'm making beautiful work", I see something I love so much more! Anyone else do that? You make something that you think it awesome & then you find something that makes you feel like yours looks like a kindergarten project...

sugarsugar

I want this for my home... don't you??

beautiful wreath by TreasuredHeirloom

The tree is also by TreasuredHeirloom...

LOVE IT!

I know you're dying to know how my crochet class went... I will give a total update tomorrow because I have my granny square lesson today! I will tell you that at 1 point during my 1st class I thought "OH NO... I am NEVER going to get this..."

Enjoy the pinky goodness & please head over to flickr and type in "Pink Christmas" to see MORE!!

Thanksgiving Re-Cap

I'm happy to report no "wanna be celeb's" crashed our Thanksgiving! Which goes to show if the President would surround himself with Amish, it would have never happened! My parents are surrounded by Amish & nothing like that happens at their place.

I did a horrible job photo documenting our family event... Do you know what I got a picture of? This:

That's right, I took a picture of this box 'cause, well... it cracked me up! I love to jog on a mini tramp looking like one! Aren't those VELCRO shoes cool? Were they ever? The underwear over the tights? A look I'm proud I never took part in- yeah, I had legwarmers & giant sweaters, but underpants over outerpants? NEVER! That "man", that kid?

So, let's review: I took no pictures of the food, the house, the family or the kids, but i DID get a picture of a box from the 80's that houses a mini tramp! AND... why was this box in my parents kitchen during Thanksgiving?

Ok, enough of Thanksgiving because apparently is was uneventful...although delicious.

I got this advent calendar last year at the "1/2 off Target after Christmas sale". I thought it was UGLY, but knew with a little love, glitter, & glue it could redeem itself.

This is what it looked like yesterday:

I decided I was going to paint each little door, so I had to sand all the shiny paint off... ugh! I hate the work part, I'd rather just get down to the glitter part! As I was sanding I got to thinking how tedious it was going to be to paint each little door & how hard it was going to be to keep the trim between each door black, so....

I sanded each door then painted the whole thing black & cut some 2" squares from my scrapbooking papers. Mod-Podge to the rescue!! I love how I've had all year to do this but decided to start it yesterday when I need to start the countdown Tuesday! See the pink blur in the top right corner of the picture below? That's Teddy the Yorkie in his new PINK winter coat. I think he's running so his buddies don't see him & make fun of his coat.

I've got a pile of "stuff" pulled to glue on the doors & top... I can't wait to see what I come up with because if you know me, you know I have NO plan at this point! I'm a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda gal!

Today is my 1st crochet class... can you flunk a class at JoAnne's? I better run- literally! I have to go get my run in then run to my class & I've got a sick kid. My *~WONDERFUL~* Mister is going to come home from work so I can take my class.

Wish me luck! I'll report back tomorrow!