Bored

Amazingly I have already gotten bored with my background. It will probably change before Christmas again. Does anyone know of any great websites to get new backgrounds from?

The perks are starting...

So I guess all those years of studying and that whole graduating thing are reaping some rewards, besides the obvious, saving vision. Here is a Christmas gift basket that I received in the mail, well actually via UPS.

Treats for those who have been nice :)

As I promised, here are the pictures of my perishable presents :) I think it turned out pretty good. I found some great disposable small loaf pans at The Palace. The first set of good little boys and girls are getting banana bread. It took all my might not to eat any when I was baking it :)
I love that the look and sound good :)

How funny!

This is from an email I received today. No, I do not know the person that this pertains to but funny none-the-less :)
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"Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take my fake man down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was only one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard."

This year's wrapping

I love fun wrapping paper and finding new ways to wrap. Here is this year's wrapping. I am wrapping more gifts tonight and baking, which has a whole different packaging. I will share that later once it is done.

Christmas list

Newest item to make it on this year's Christmas list... Gloves for my new iPhone! What a great idea!! Size small please :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

We had a good first snow last night and it is still coming down. Not sure when it will end but luckily it happened to fall on my day off. Schools were closed today, except for K-State of course :)

This was my house at about 11:30 today. I cleaned my driveway and my neighbors, but I am sure by now you can't even tell. Boy I have a new respect for my dad, shoveling snow by hand. Days like today I really wish I had a husband... or a roommate that likes to shovel snow.

I have been a very bad blogger lately. Just so much going on and trying to keep up with my workout routine. I never thought I would crave the gym, which I don't know if I would say I crave it but I hate when I skip it.

A few weeks ago I started to put up my Christmas tree. It took about 2 weeks to finish b/c of life in general. I have finally put myself on a spending freeze. I could buy and buy shopping carts full of Christmas decor. I love it! Makes the house seems so warm and cozy.

I do not have a tall tree of my own and had never priced them out, boy are they expensive! Never have I had a real tree either, so I didn't want to mess with it b/c I wouldn't have a clue as to what I was doing. I was very excited as to when my friend Audra offered to let me borrow her tree that she was not using this year. It is prelit and a slim one, so it fit perfect in my entryway. Maybe she will forget she let me borrow it... :) I love the tree topper, it was the second one I bought, the first one shed glitter a little too much. But during that trial and tribulation I learned of another use for a lint roller.

Here is the view out of my bedroom window. So much snow!

And out my front door. The flakes coming down when I was outside were the biggest flakes I have seen in quite sometime. It is so pretty and I am so lucky to be home today and get to snuggle on my sofa and watch movies, instant message, and blog of course.

Love it!

About a year ago everyone was reading the Twilight books. I thought they were all crazy, it is a book for teenagers... Well then I gave it a whirl and was HOOKED! If you have not read them they only question I have is, WHY NOT?? I could not believe how much I enjoyed them. So obviously I was excited for the movies, disclaimer: they are corny and not the best acting but good b/c you can put faces with names and plainly you get sucked in! I am not one who would go stand in line overnight to see it but there are fanatics that do, I think they are crazy! I enjoy sleep and warmth more. This is a funny video about the fans. Check it out!