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Showing posts with label Christmas 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas 2014. Show all posts

Monday, December 22, 2014

Christmas Sunday

So for the first time ever we chose to split up the Christmas activities that traditionally have happened on Christmas Eve. Got that? We used to be soooo busy fitting everything into one day on Christmas eve, we decided to try doing the Folks' Christmas on the Sunday before Christmas. Good idea!!!
We also thought we could get my baby sister on Skype, but we were running behind and she had to go to work...so maybe for new years! It wasn't for the lack of tech support in the kitchen!
 Now on to the good stuff..presents. OK kiddos, take turns...youngest first......
 meanwhile, Men get your knives out! Haha...made me laugh, I was going to snap a picture of the men folk sitting in the other room, and look...they both were opening packages with their pocket knives!!
 Deep sigh...still waiting to open the present....why is it the youngest first??????????
 Fun was had by all, and it was such a nice Christmas Sunday!
We will need to remember to have it go from oldest to youngest next year!!!

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Well Darn It!

Look at this! The slider door handle broke! 
 So I pooped into town to fill ip the car, and YAY! Gas at Costco is $1.99! WOW!! That's awesome....
 So I get a replacement door handle, but wouldn't you know it our door id 1 1/2" thick and they only sell 1 3/4" thick replacement door handles....Darn IT! Well, I'll just use the old bolts and this should work out...well Kind of...I guess I have to make another trip to Lowe's to get some washers to fit in to make it fit tight. Darn IT!
 But I'm also ready to go to the Family Christmas at my Mom & Dad's Look at how cute and sparkly this little envelope I made is. It's a gift card from JoAnn's for my Mom from my Sister....Merry Christmas indeed!

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Finish-Finish-Finish

So, look! I finished the Randall Boggs costume..it's been the bane of my existence, but a lady I know at work has a kid and all he wants for Christmas is a Randall Boggs costume...how could I say no? Here's the tail section and, here's the finished costume.
It's made of fleece because I couldn't find felt in the right color-Darn! But Finished!
Have I mentioned that every time I go to a store, they don't have what I want? I'm thinking the retail industry is against me. Never mind.
I got my Christmas decor up! Yay! Look at this adorable Ho Ho Ho banner that my Mom made. Last year I didn't get any Christmas decor out because we were in the midst of the great dishwasher flood/flooring drama. This year, I'm all back to normal!

 The shepherds, and wise men & Mary, Joe & Jesus are in place and the goats-new last year-are now in place at the stable! Finished!
 DD dropped her Christmas shopping off for me to wrap...did I say I could wrap...I don't think so! But look here's a cute wrap job-brown paper with cut out letters and I used my Red, Duck brand tape to hold these two odd sized gifts in a nice stack! I'm so smart, and festive too! Finished!

 ANd she also bought this large heavy gift so I sewed up a Christmas gift bag to fit it and the handles of the gift stick out so it can be easily carried-it's pretty darn heavy! Finished!