Cooking Christmas

This year, Santa was very nice to me. The majority of my gifts revolved around a cooking theme which is just fine with me.

This avocado pitter/slicer is a great gadget. I used it tonight for the first time and it made slicing the avocado a breeze. This will definitely be used a lot in our house.


I have yet to try out this Ebelskiver pan. What -- you have never heard on Ebelskiver pancakes? They are light and fluffy pancakes that are usually filled with jam. I also got the recipe book to go along with it. There is a wide variety of recipes -- from sweet to savory. I am getting hungry just thinking about them.

And today is New Year's Day... Happy 2010. Last night we celebrated NYE in a very responsible / parental kind of way. We had a family game night with some friends and were home in bed by 1. And as far as resolutions.... I am just going to aim to get rid of the baby weight. I think it is going to be the death of me.

***New pictures on Baby M ***

Fore!

May and June are busy months in our household.... Mr's birthday, Mother's Day, my birthday, and Father's Day.... all of those events that can make for some creative gift giving. Although he never has to get too creative, anything from here or here is always good with me.

This year we are going to break from the jewelery and give each other golf lessons! We are going to take lessons together...hopefully we will not kill each other. One of us is a tad bit competitive.

I am going to try to channel Catherine Zeta Jones when playing. I hear she is a pretty good golfer and she always looks great while playing....

Blueprint Crafts

I was browsing through the new issue of Blueprint last night to find these really neat (and easy) craft projects.









I love this business card holder template, but I also think it would be really neat to hold photos. The site says it can be blown up, depending on what you are going to use it for. I am not sure if craft stores carry the leather and metal brad piece... I will report back on how these turn out.









This is also a neat calendar. I am not a fan of the big wall calendar for the office, but this one would look sleek on a desk without looking too over the top.

Little Blue Box

Registering for wedding gifts...One of the true tests of a couple's relationship. If you can make it through an afternoon or two of Lenox vs. Kate Spade, Waterford vs. Kate Spade, and Mikasa vs. Kate Spade, then you will be in wedded bliss. Right? Not so fast. All is good until you receive a call at work that goes something like this:

Mr. Accountant - "Have you looked at the registry today?"

Me - "No, not in the last 30 seconds. Why?"

Mr. Accountant - "Why do you think someone would buy us something that is not on the registry? I mean, do you think we are going to really need a 1 cup glass measuring cup**?"

Me - "I guess they felt the need for us to have the 1 cup glass measuring cup**."

Replay this exact conversation, except for every ** substitute red, black and yellow spice tins, dish towels, and random stemware. I think it is great people are buying gifts for US. I LOVE it. Mr. Accountant does not love it. He does not understand why someone would buy something we did not pick out. That being said, this week we received a gift in an unmarked box. No Macy's box. No Crate & Barrel box. Not even a Bed, Bath & Beyond box. This box is completely plain with not even the slightest clue as to where this gift is from. You can imagine my surprise when Mr. Accountant rips open the box only to say "we didn't register at Tiffany & Co."

Mr. Accountant got to open this box because his name the only name on the outside of the box, therefore the next 5 minutes consisted of me chasing Mr. Accountant around the living room until I cornered him on the couch and I could maturely get him in a headlock and pry the glorious little blue box out of his hands. Who cares if the box only had his name on it. This is a Tiffany & Co. box and I was going to be the one opening it. Mature... yes, I know.

You can imagine my surprise when I open the box to find this:

The moral of this story is simple. Registry gifts are good, but Tiffany & Co. gifts are even better.