Sending Warm Wishes

I'm not sure if everyone has rec'd the e-mail giving this information, but I think it's a wonderful idea and wanted to share:

When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.

A Recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001

"Providence will continue to manifest itself through women who respond to God's call with courage and love and who accept the challenge to serve the needs of our world today."

It's Snowing

I came home from work early yesterday and didn't go in today. I have sinus and ear infections -ugh. At least it's this week and not next week (Thanksgiving).

I just got back from the pharmacy and guess what?!! It's snowing!! Talk about getting in the spirit of Christmas. I tried to take a picture of the flurries, but the only thing I'm getting is the dark sky. I don't think it'll last, but it is so magical.

The couch and afghan are calling my name!

Cards are Finished

I finally finished making our cards. I wasn't sure if I really liked them, but in the end, I guess that they are growing on me. I used several different patterns of paper for the background, and the card stock and ribbon combination aren't your traditional Christmas colors, but I think that they work well together. The inside shows the house image and the "from our house to yours" saying.

So, now that the envelopes are all addressed (aren't the return address labels cute...very vintage), the only thing left to do is write the personalized message in the cards.

By the way if you are looking for a new pie recipe to try for Thanksgiving check out what I made for Adam's birthday. http://traditionalturkey.blogspot.com/ The crust looks a little dark, but it's just the photos. It was wonderful!

Be sure to check out Angie's blog for Tuesday's Holiday Show and Share http://www.theamericanhomemaker.blogspot.com/

Week 3

It just keeps getting bigger...let's hope that it blooms.

Top 10 Favorite Christmas Movies

Number 1: It's a Wonderful Life

Number 2: White Christmas

Number 3: The Homecoming

Number 4: The House Without a Christmas Tree

Number 5: Christmas Story

Last Five

Number 6: Christmas Vacation

Number 7: Little Women

Number 8: Miracle on 34th Street

Number 9: The Holiday

Number 10: The Family Stone

What Movie is Your Christmas Most Like?

Here's another fun quiz:

http://www.blogthings.com/whatmovieisyourchristmasmostlikequiz/


My Christmas is Most Like: Miracle on 34th Street
Sweet and caring, Christmas is about helping for you.While Santa may not exist, you try to share his spirit.

Here's fun little quiz to see what kind of Christmas Tree you are:

http://www.blogthings.com/whatchristmastreeareyouquiz/


I'm a Cranberry and Popcorn Strung Tree
Christmas is all about showcasing your creative talents.From cookies to nicely wrapped presents, your unique creations impress everyone.

Let me know what kind of tree you are!

It's Coming

I can hardly contain myself, Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away and the next day we get our Christmas Tree!

We are fortunate, in that just 10minutes away is the ultimate Christmas Tree adventure. A local tree farm (Varner's Tree Farm) offers horse drawn wagon rides through their farm taking you to fields of evergreen trees They have Blue Spruce, Frasier Fir, Douglass Fir, White Pine, you name it. The smell is heavenly. I think the Yankee Candle company comes fairly close with their balsam and pine scented candle (I bought one this past weekend). They also sell pre-cut and balled trees, but who wouldn't want to do the wagon ride?

The horses look like Clydesdale's all decked out with huge jingle bells and the wagons are strewn with straw for you to sit on. The ride lasts about 5-10 minutes and on occasion we've even seen deer in the fields. Sometimes it'll even snow, adding to the ambiance.

Everyone gets to choose and cut their tree (price is per foot, per type of tree). Then we go back via a wagon. They sell stand straight tree stands. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? This has to be the best tree stand ever!! It's basically a bowl that has a removable square flat metal piece inside with legs that extend over the edge of the bowl. But, the secret weapon is the peg (approximately 6inches long) that sticks up from the metal piece. The tree farm drills a straight hole through the center of the trunk, straight up through the middle. When you get the tree home you just add water to the bowl, add the metal stand and put the tree down over the metal peg. No tying the tree to the wall so that it doesn't fall over, no fighting, just plop it on and it's straight - EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's awesome!!

Anyway, while they are drilling our tree, we get a free cup of hot cocoa or cider. Then, we walk through the Christmas Barn. It's chock full of ornaments, decorations, fresh apples and cider too. The also sell greens, wreaths and old fashioned toy candy.

I think that I might start burning that candle I bought. Mmm...

Week 2 and other fun stuff

This is my amaryllis week 2. Isn't it amazing how quickly it's growing?

Angie over at http://www.theamericanhomemaker.blogspot.com/ asked me to join her on Tuesdays for a holiday show and share. Be sure to check out her blog this Tuesday!!

Christmas Fun

After shopping all day yesterday, I had to catch-up on some laundry, so what's a girl to do but throw in a Christmas DVD to watch while folding the mountain of clean smelling goodness.
I watched Holiday Inn (not necessarily Christmas), but Bing singing White Christmas is awesome!

I plan an catching up on my scrapbooks this week. Keep your fingers crossed.

Family Fun

8:00 am

This is the whole gang going into the IGA (a great grocery store) to have breakfast

Fun Weekend!

Saturday was our shopping trip to Lancaster. We had such a great time. We left our house at 6:30 am (notice that it wasn't exactly daylight yet). This is me and my Mum, a bit out of proportion since I took the pic myself.

Update

I've been soo busy this week.

• Christmas Cards are about finished (I need one more sheet of paper to cut tags from)
• I wrapped a few presents
• I bought all of the things that I need to make a few ornaments
• Tomorrow is my Shopping Extravaganza in Lancaster with my Aunt, Cousins and Mum
• I ordered and got my Christmas Stamps from the usps.com

How are your plans coming?

Christmas Ornament

I had some fun making a quick Christmas ornament this week.

One of my friends from my stamp club gave me the glass ball. The club used red crinkled shred to fill their balls and placed rub-ons on the outside.

I wanted to do something different, so I stamped a vintage image on cream colored stock using brown ink. Then I punched a hole with a micro punch and threaded cream ribbon through it. I then rolled the image around tweezers and put the image in the ball. I used the tweezers to unroll the image. I added brown rub-on snowflakes to the outside. Then, I embellished the top with cream and brown ribbons and added a vintage pin. I love it!

Amaryllis Week 1

I thought you might like to see my amaryllis as the grow/bloom. This is week one.

Anyone else growing them?