Drum Roll.......

You've been waiting to see what was in the 4 gift bags.
Each one plays Christmas music alone or you can sync them to play as a band.
The husband and I LOVE them.
Thank you Charlie, Love Mom

Merry Christmas

Love & Hugs,

Susi



5 on Friday Wish List...

1. I'd love to have this so that I can listen to music while cleaning, cooking, crafting etc. Its a nightmare trying to use my husbands sound system so for now I just turn the TV to a music station.
2. New cookware. More of a need than a want. But I want it because I need it! The husband told me to pick this up myself because he wasn't going to buy me cookware for a gift.
3. A new rolling pin. I like the idea of the rings for rolling out dough.
4. A tripod for my Canon T1i. I don't know much about them but I may want to shoot the moon once in awhile. : )  I'm sure I will also use it for other shots. 
5. Some new comfy PJ's to keep me warm this winter. It hasn't been too cold yet but I know its just a matter of time before old man winter wakes up.

What's on your Wish List?
I hope you get everything you wish for and more.

Have A Happy Weekend,
Love & Hugs,
Susi

Unexpected Gifts...The Best Kind...

A couple of weeks ago my daughter handed me a gift in a Christmas bag and said "this is one of four". She also said "you can open it if you'd like but if I were you I'd wait until I had all four of them". I have been tempted a couple of times but I do not intend to open them until Christmas Day. Guess what, that is only 60 days from today. Have you started your shopping yet? Me...No!

And last week I received a gift in the mail....all the way from Australia : ) My dear friend Paula sent me a box filled with Aussie Halloween Goodies. Thank you so much Paula. I will savor each and every bite and I may even share. LOL

Merry Christmas...

Be Safe and Enjoy Your Time with Family and Friends!
SUSI

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year...

And I hope you are all having as much fun as I am. Not only have I been busy shopping and wrapping gifts. I've been to my Grandson's Christmas concert, decorated the house a bit, baked lots of cookies, peanut butter fudge and stained glass candy, made each of  my Grandbabies an owl Christmas ornament, had a holiday party with the girls in which we made Christmas trees out of two by fours and have been trying to keep up with Shimelle's JYC class and a CYH 2010 class over at Get It Scrapped . And yes I'm a bit behind but I'm loving both classes and learning quite a bit about taking holiday pictures. Oh and I got myself some fancy new Christmas shoes...long story...short...I purchased them to wear just for my daughter and she does not like them..LOL! I finished up my shopping today...gift cards...easy peasy, the gifts are all wrapped, the baking is done and now I plan to sit back and relax for a couple of days. : )

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Wishing you all a ...

Merry Christmas

A Holiday Dance For You...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

This Is What Christmas Is All About...

"And there were shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And the Angel of the Lord came upon them and said, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring you tidings of great joy. For unto you is born this day a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.' And there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly hosts praising God and saying 'Glory to God; peace on Earth, good will to men.'

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Gift Exchange 08...

This was actually the day before, we got together to make our goodies. I had to have this picture because I told my dear husband that I was going to make them do this. Aren't we cute?

Summer said the other two girls and I should get our picture like this also. The one in the red doesn't look all that thrilled. Wonder why?

Here we are holding our little snow bottle people. We did these together this year, I will be cleaning up glitter for many moons. Again I saw these over at Two Peas and my daughter has a magazine with them in it. I can't remember the name of it.

And here are the snow bottle people. The second and third from the left are my daughters, she has given them some unusual names. The second one is Peace Pimp and the third one is Snow Ho. I can't remember all their names. Mine is the tall one, his name is quite simply Mr. Winter.

A Card and Some Popcorn...

Here's the little gift I made for our Annual Gift Exchange. I saw this card & tag over at Two Peas. Yeah-I used up a few scraps ( I have way to many of them) and that peanut butter, white chocolate popcorn with M&M's is quite tasty. Luckily I bagged it all up to give away. I've definately been eating way too much lately.

A Few Of My Favorite Things...

My ever so Perfect Charlie Brown Tree.



















I've seen pictures like these on other blogs. Again I'm no photographer but I thought the idea was neat.



















And My Perfect Little Puppy-He's really a Dog now but don't tell him.

A Little Christmas Joke...

What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?
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Claustrophobic

HA-HA

Wiiiiii...

I told my husband before Thanksgiving that I'd like to have the Wii and the Wii Fit for Christmas and that he should get it soon. He told me if I was out and seen it to go ahead and pick it up. I found the Wii right after Thanksgiving but no Wii Fit to be had anywhere. I've had half the family searching for this thing. Well just yesterday my daughter and I went to the ever famous Target, I told my daughter I was going to check to see if they had the Wii Fit. I was pretty sure I was gonna strike out again, not one Wii Fit on the shelf so I started to walk away and a store clerk says to me "May I help you"? I told her I was just checking to see if you had any Wii Fits in, so she scanned the tag and to my surprise they had 16 of them in the back. I waited about 15 minutes for them to bring them up front, made my purchase and left the store. My search is over and I cannot wait until Christmas Day to try it out. I've heard they are alot of fun and not as easy as one might think. I'll let you all know soon.

Our Annual Gift Exchange...

is today. No major crafting this year, I just ran out of time. So this year it's a handmade card, tag and a bag of some peanutbutter, white chocolate popcorn with MM's. We will be having a taco bar for eats, some sweets and drinks and we will also be crafting something special together. I can't wait to see how these little pretties work out, they are just too cute. Well I'd better get ready as company will be arriving soon.

Have a Great Weekend!

I Finally Found One...

This baby is headed my way, I should have it by the middle of next week. Isn't it just the cutest little tree you've ever saw?
I totally LOVE IT :)

Merry Christmas...

I’d like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Be safe and enjoy your time with family and friends!

Ornaments...

As most of the ornaments on our tree are handmade and couldn't be seen in my last post. I'd thought I'd share a few. The angel was made by my daughter, it has been on our tree for 22 years. The star/santa was painted by me (in my Tole Painting Days). My daughter and I made the bear together. Every year it seems we add atleast one new handmade ornament to our tree. I just love all the memories associated with each and everyone of them.

Troubles...

Sometimes I think I have the worst of luck…our old tree went kaput. The lights were doing crazy things and I didn’t want the house to burn down so I got a new tree which looks a little better than the old one. Oh..and I couldn’t connect to the internet (thanks to Norton). I think things are fixed…at least for the moment. Here's a picture of the new tree-I just noticed the angel on top isn't working. That luck thing strikes again.

A Little More Spirit...

Peppermint Bark Hearts-Aren’t they pretty? Try some out…

Small candy canes (shape (2) onto wax paper to make heart). Vanilla candy coating (melted). Spoon melted candy into heart shape and sprinkle crushed peppermint candy on top. Cool in the fridge for a few minutes. ENJOY!

Christmas Spirit...

If you need to get in the spirit try this: Turn on the tree, the Christmas music, fix yourself a drink and bake some cookies. Always works for me. Trying out some new cookies this year. These are Rolo Cookies-very simple (4 ingredients) are they are quite tasty too .