3 More days till Christmas break

DO DA DO DA!

I'm so excited!!! I'm always dragging this last week before a break. Just can't seem to get my head out of a fog!! I'm sleepy!!! Need a nap!!

I miss nap time! :)

So I've been a baking FREAK...I've baked cookies, bread, and sweets out the ying yang! I've made oatmeal choc chip cookies, snickerdoodles, banana bread, and last night I made homemade almond joys...THEY ARE WAY SWEET so i'm gonna have to tweak that recipe a bit over time...But they are good and matt LOVES them. Too sweet for me...I'll bring them to family houses and see what they think.

We are pretty much done with Christmas shopping. We have to buy our "miami gift" which is our gift exchange we do with my extended family down south. kind of a Dirty Santa type thing. It has become a family tradition!! All though a lot of our family will be missing this year b/c they moved to NC! It's been a weird year, year of changes! We'll miss them greatly! Won't be the same without you guys!!! :(

We have spent WAY to much, but it is a blessing that God has graced us this year with the $$ to buy gifts. The last two years we MADE gifts b/c we were BROKE at this time of year! but with matt's raise and promotion, and my raise, we are definitly more comfortable!!! Even with paying off our billion dollar kitchen! To God be the glory!!

Thursday is dress rehersal for the choir program for church. 6 services to sing this year...it's gonna be busy from Now until Christmas day, but then it will settle. I've got a couple of sitting jobs at the Ritz Carlton and then I'm taking the rest of the time off to rest and clean up my house. Maybe read some, haven't been able to read a lot lately been tooooooo busy!

Well time to go. Must work! :) Have a blessed day in the LORD!

OUR KITCHEN

So matt finally got a card reader and I was able to add our pictures of the house to the computer! YAY!!! SOOOO because it's been so very long, I'll post a before AND the afters!!! YAY! It is so beautiful and pictures do NOT do it justice!!! But we are blessed!!!! Have a blessed day in the LORD!


BEFORE PICTURES:






AFTER PICTURES:

Oh Christmas Tree....

Oh Christmas tree!!!

Our tree is so purdy! Really puts me in the "Christmas" mood!!! :) So nice to see every day coming home! I'm in the process of finishing our Christmas cards with the letter we send every year. (My family calls it the Christmas novel) BUT I've gotta tell ya, it's only 1 page this year. Yes that is right ONE PAGE!!! Picture is cute too!!! :)

Saturday my friend and I are having our 2nd annual Christmas cookie sweat shop! Last year we made dozens and dozens and dozens of cookies at her house. This year it will be in my NEW kitchen! YAY! We have 5 variety's this year b/c of lack of space (It was like 7 or 8 last year!). I can't wait! We watch Christmas movies all day and listen to music and make a mess! It's a blast!! We were so exhausted last year we both slept through church the next day! But it is loads of fun! I can't wait!

Mom is having a cardiac cath done on Thursday and a stint placed in where the blockage is. (FINALLY) I'm so relieved!! I've been concerned about her increasing symptoms and still feeling generally crappy, so hopefully this will help.

Well off to do some work! Have a blessed day in the Lord!