Look...

what came for me today!!!

I'm so excited!

Sweet Carissa over at 'brown eyed fox' makes the MOST gorgeous things, ever!

Flying/Soaring hearts are my faves!

I just love the little 'extra' she threw in...LOVE it!

xo

Only 363 days till Christmas...

We wait all year for Christmas to come...at least the kiddos do. I LOVE buying/making gifts for everyone and seeing family we don't often get to see. However, I can't help but feel like a weight has been lifted once the festivities die down. It's anti-climatic...at least for me. The anticipation of fun is what gets me excited and then once it's here, it's over in too short a time. You do hear what I'm suggesting don't you? Let's bring back the 12 days of Christmas!!! NOT!

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Today's the last day of Christmas in our house! We're expecting family any time now and then it will be officially done....till next year!

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Zoe's trying to bend down to fit next to Stella and little Miss Stella is copying her big Sis :)

This dog is HUGE and Stella loves it!

Ruby got a Nintendo DS and The Littlest Pet Shop Game to go in it.

Santa's cookies and milk.

Just finished playing 'Santa' and the room is ready for the girls in the morning.

I love this retro Rody...the color is yummy.

Notice part of the tree at the bottom is missing ornaments? They were there until our English Mastiff's tail kept knocking them down...I decided to forgo filling it in...what's the point?

more...

and more...

and one last shot.

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A flying heart I got...I love it!

I don't think it's possible to capture how awesome this piece is. I fell in love with it the day we all went shopping for our Christmas tree. It's made by a local artist and is over 3ft tall. Can you tell it's a tree made out of sea glass, broken bottles, shells, bottle caps, rocks? It's amazing! I can't wait for my husband to hang it in our Family Room...I'll see if I can capture a better shot of it in there. Now I just need something for our blank wall in the dining room.

Do you know what this is? Well, it's a clever gift certificate holder from Anthropolgie!!! I luvvvv this shop and can't wait to indulge :)

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Tomorrow we're off to Boston to see Disney on Ice! I'll be back on Monday with a post. I'm looking forward to turning my dining room back into my 'office' so I can get creating again. I'm finding I get very grumpy when not making stuff ;)

xo

I need...

Teacher Gifts...

had to be wrapped as tomorrow's the last day...

Finally wrapping family gifts...

there's way more, WAY.

A gift I made last night...

I love the swing :)

I'm going to make one of these for Zoe's room!

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to snap out of this funk I'm in.

This is usually a time of year I relish with such love. I'm finally saying it out loud...I'm just not in the spirit. My heart feels heavy and out of place. I'm just going through the motions and procrastinating like never before. Most know me to have everything organized down to the last detail. My menu is still not planned, gifts just beginning to be wrapped, my house is a mess (making my head a mess). The excitement just isn't there. Thankfully I have three beautiful girls whose cheer will be enough to inspire me.

xo

tick tock...

The countdown is on and I'm starting to flip!

Luckily Daddy got to stay home today due to the snow so while he took these guys out sledding I...

whipped up some sugar cookies to decorate later this afternoon,

wrapped 5 gifts (count that...that's five less than the hundreds left...yikes),

Finished one gift and I LOVE it!!!!

SO

SO MUCH!

Thankfully my Christmas cards arrived yesterday morning so I was able to get most of them sent out. Here it is for all my bloggy friends :) made on recycled paper :)

Off to do more since there's more to do!

xo

I'm feeling a little crazy today

• Christmas cards still have not arrived.
• My sewing machine has been acting up today with loads and loads of sewing waiting in the wings...this is not a good time Mr. Viking!
• Mr. Brown aka UPS arrived with just two out of the eight packages I'm expecting.
• I haven't even begun three important gifts I planned on making. I've got ideas and already dyed the fabric in...get this Starbucks coffee...just need to get around to the actual designing part.
• I still haven't wrapped a single gift.
• I made two batches of cookies this morning and the basic mix for several more...when the hoot am I going to have the time?
• We're expecting a ton of snow tomorrow, Sunday and Christmas Eve.

The bottom line is...and I do this to myself all the time. All the time. I put too much on my plate. At this point I'm convinced I do it on purpose. You know, for the thrill of it all. To see if I can actually accomplish everything I want to accomplish and still have a neat house. It's a little game I play...I know. Sicko.

please pray that I get my everything tomorrow...K?

xo

little houses...

It's a snow day!!!

Woke up and everything was white and my head was pounding. I logged onto the puter at 5:30am and found out school was delayed. Grateful to lay my head down for a bit longer I went back to sleep.

About 8:30am I find out school is now cancelled...joy broke out in the house and I started my daily ritual of making beds, emptying the dish washer and starting laundry. I finished everything I had to do and figured with Christmas just a week away I better start making those gifts I had planned on making!!!

The teachers will be getting hand towels and a few other things. When the gifts are totally done I'll post a pic :)

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• we still have not received the Christmas cards I ordered.
• I'm still waiting on at least 8 packages to arrive with gifts I've ordered.
• I've wrapped a total of zero gifts.
• Tomorrow I'll be starting the beef jerky process. HUH? For the past few years I've made my dear ol' Dad homemade beef jerky for Christmas. I just hate to think of him eating all those chemicals in the store bought brand and he luvs his beef jerky :)
• I'm sure I've forgotten someone or something I've been meaning to buy for...happens every year and I'm left scrambling.
• Currently I'm loving The Kings of Leon and can crank out a ton of work while listening to my men.

OK. To the sewing machine I go!

Have a happy hump day!

XO