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.

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Decisions, decisions

I have some Christmas money that is burning a hole in my pocket. You are probably thinking, look at the calendar crazy woman. It is only 12/22. Oh yes, but I "accidentally" opened a card and a check fell out. Opps.


Anyway, I am brainstorming on what I should purchase.
But, if I were to get a beautiful monogram necklace would I get gold or silver? My monogram or A's monogram? But, then what do I do when Baby #2 comes along? (FYI, I am NOT pregnant) Plus, A loves to pull my necklaces so this might break within a week anyway. There are probably too many factors here for me to make a decision.Or this would be nice. I know lots of people love them and I am a product junkie.


Oh... a chopper. I wonder if this really works.

Or maybe I should save it for this beauty.

Christmas Cards

Checking the mail is a blah activity.... but when it is Christmas card season it is anything but blah! I love to see the card designs... the pictures... what people are wearing... the fun vacation pics, etc.



I plan our card down to the very last detail. Obviously, our outfits all coordinate. I hand address the cards using an ink color that coordinate with the card. The stamps would even coordinate in an ideal world. And as far as the card goes... I don't like anything with too high of a cheese factor. No talking snowmen or singing Santa's will be coming from this house.



And, I love to display the cards so we can look at them throughout the Christmas season. I made these clips using clothes pins and scrapbook paper.


(Steve was cat was not posed... just an added bonus)



From year to year I save all of the photo cards, as well as a copy of our card from that year. They are in an album and it is fun to look at the cards from previous years.



(That was last year's card.... do you think I would send out a card without Miss A?!?!)

Wedding Weekend

Last weekend we attend the wedding of one of my very best friends. The wedding was beautiful and the bride was absolutely glowing. I was completely jealous of the FABULOUS hair pouf she was able to archive. I promise there was no bump it involved in creating that perfect wedding hair.

We were also able to get together with some college friends. It was great to catch up.

We stayed at The Peabody. Their lobby has a beautiful tree for Christmas... I said hello to the ducks each day in our way in and out of the hotel. They quacked back.

Other than that, we have been up to the normal December activities.

• Playgroups
• Wine dates
• Decorating for Christmas
• Christmas parties
• Seeing Santa!
• Baking Christmas treats
• Christmas cards

And regarding the fashion dilemma.... You can see that I wore black. I was not courageous enough to rock the navy tights/navy dress.

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Fashion HELP!!!

What color tights do you wear with a navy dress??

I have a wedding this weekend and NONE of those lovely LBD's below worked out. Too small. Too big. Too much bubbie. You get the picture. So, I am left to dive into my closet.

This dress fits (whew!) and is wedding appropriate. The only problem is that I have pasty, ghostly white legs and I need to cover them up with tights. But what color? I have lots of shoes, so that should not be a problem. Hopefully.

Oh yeah, the wedding is this weekend. Help!

Kiss me!

Holy moly... It has been a while since I last posted. We have had some crazy times in our household lately, but nothing a little baking can't cure.

We went down to S Texas for Thanksgiving and had a great time. While we were down there, my cousins and I made some delish cookies. The recipe was from a Hershey Kisses calender and we took the easy way out and used premade cookie dough. Maybe that is why ours do not look like the ones in the calendar. But they were still tasted wonderful!

Before we departed on the trek to S TX, A and I met up with some lovely bloggers and had a wonderful time! Ladies, thanks for a wonderful lunch.

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Mommy Juice

Does it defeat the purpose of a walk if I am sipping on this the entire time?

I need to get something more discreet... The solo cup screams LOOK AT ME!! Perhaps something with a lid.

LBD and Sequins

Is there anything better than a great little black dress? Maybe a great pair of black sequin shoes!


I have 2 weddings to attend this December so I am beginning to plan my attire for them. I plan on wearing the same thing since they are two completely different crowds. (Best friend from college AND my grandpa... yes, my grandpa)


I am going to mix Kate Spade with Target. Who cares is the dress cost 1/10th of what the shoes cost? And, since I am still getting rid of the baby lbs, I have no idea what fits me so I had to order a variety of dresses.

Here are the shoes:

And here are the dresses..

Add a pair of black tights and some glitzy earrings and ta-da!

Which one is your favorite?

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