Visions of SugarPlums dance in her head

Mia fell asleep in my lap (which she NEVER does). She usually doesn't sit still long enough. Also here is a sneak peek at some of my decorations.

The PERFECT coffee maker. . .

I said I would research for a coffee maker and here it is. . . . . . . . .The Westbend 3-in-1 Coffee Center. It's makes coffee, it makes cappuccinos, lattes and mochas. It's $49.76 at Wal-mart. I know my mom thinks her $2.00 coffee maker is the best one in the world but can she make foam? NO!!!! If I was to buy my coffee at Starbucks I could get 14 of them for the price of this machine. I know Starbucks is overpriced, but they do have the best flavored coffee, which is what I love. I know the link above is hard to read just click on it and you will be whisked away to the wal-mart website to further inspect what I want for Christmas. Happy Shopping.

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

We don't have a tree yet, but I put up the other decorations today. Garland, wrapped with lights and wreaths above the mantel and stockings. I got new decorations this year. All from IKEA. Love that store. Can't get enough of it. I got ornaments and stockings and lights. Browse for yourself and see what I got.

• Stockings
• ornaments
• lights

Our color theme is red and silver. It looks great. Can't wait to get the tree. I will post pictures when we have it all up.

Just Hangin' Out

Mia likes to play under my computer table when I am working on the computer. Sometimes she gets stuck. She doesn't seem too upset. . . yet!

Quote

Saw this on someone else's blog and JUST HAD TO SHARE IT!

When you get in a tightplace and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
~Harriet Beecher Stowe

Got to remember this one.

Top 5. . .

Since I am hosting Christmas for my side of the family this year I have been thinking about it a lot this week. I fully intend to start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. . .or as soon as Saylor says it's o.k. Who are we kidding. The day after Thanksgiving. I thought today would be good for a top 5 list.

Sooooooooo.....

My top 5 favorite memories from Christmas as a child:

1. Getting to open 1 present before leaving for Granny and Grandpa's house.
2. Homemade Chocolate Christmas candy
3. My grandmother's tamales on Christmas Eve.
4. Helping my Grandpa hand out the presents
5. Spending time with my cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.

I am looking forward to having my family here in my home for my daughter's first Christmas. I hope she has as many good memories when she grows up as I do now.

Introducing the beautiful Lila. . .

As a baby shower gift I took some photos of the baby of a friend of mine. Here are my favorites. I took 93 pictures and ended up with about 25 good ones after editing. A lot of them were different color variartions on the original. I am VERY happy with how they turned out! I really had no idea I was able to do this. Maybe this is something I could do in the future. I enjoyed every second of it, from taking the pictures to editing to printing and framing them. I even enjoyed wrapping the present. I hope I can do this again for someone else!

So the stress of the holidays begins soon. What to buy, What to buy? I have a list of everyone's name that I need to buy for. So far Mia has the most items listed. That's o.k. it's her first Christmas. I have an idea for my niece and nephew but when it comes to the adults. . . .CLUELESS. So if you are reading this send in your wishes. If you don't then you will be getting just whatever I run across that I "think" you might like but probably won't. You could also send in your list of don'ts. For example. . . Don't get me anything edible or don't get me anything that I won't actually use. I'll do my best, but I can't guarantee anything. As for me for some reason I can't think of anything that anyone else would be able to get me. For example, I would like some curtains for my living room and bedroom, but please don't get those I want to pick them out myself! I want to paint my bedroom and front hallway, but want to pick that too. I have also been thinking I might need a coffee maker. My parents will definitly agree with that after 3 mornings with none. The problem there is I want one that is easy to clean, but also makes foam or something. Maybe a cappuccino machine, but a small one. I'll have to find one I like. I'll be the only one using it so I want a small one. Also I would love some flavored coffee and stuff to put in it. . .you know syrup, creamer etc. I might also need a coffee recipe book to go along with it. It could be the cold weather that makes me want coffee. Tomorrow I may not want it, but sounds good right now. And of course I could always use more scrapbook supplies, but I DEFINITLY don't want anyone else picking that for me. Sounds like gift cards for Cindy. In case you want to know. . . .IKEA, Wal-Mart, Scrapbook Warehouse (Lewisville) or the Scrap Bucket. Of course, Target and Kohl's are always popular with me too. So now I am sure you have no idea what to get me still!

Anyway can't wait to decorate for Christmas.

Oh. . .and my Thanksgiving resolution is to update my blog more often.

Can Mia come out and play?

Mia loves her new toy from my mom and dad. She has barely touched any of her other toys since she got this. I'm going to have to teach her to put on a robe before she answers the door though. Her new favorite thing besides this is visiting our dog Kasha in the backyard. She throws a fit when we come back inside. She is getting so much better at walking, but is still a little wobbly. Mia is getting better at telling me what she wants too. On Tues. she pushed her car over to me and grabbed my hand and put it on the seat. Then she crawled on and I pushed her around the living room. She grinned so big as if to say "finally you are catching on, Mom!"
Two weeks to Thanksgiving. We'll see how my diet holds up through the holidays. I had my meeting this morning. Lost .4lbs. Not bad considering what I ate this weekend. Also, considering I had a steak for dinner last night. Kindof a heavy meal for the night before a weigh-in. That makes my total minus 2.2 lbs. in 8 weeks. I'm going to try taking some vitamins and see if that helps before going to see a Dr.
This week has gone so fast. I'm looking forward to a restful weekend.