Let it snow

Oh I just love making things for my house! I spent quite a bit of time at the Little Blue house in Keller today. I made these blocks that on one side say "Let it snow" and the other side says "Ho Ho Ho". Now yes, these are for Christmas, but I will have them for next year. The little blue house is going to have a new project or saying for each holiday to go on the blocks. So I will get to use them all year long! I put the blocks together using mod podge, which is becoming my new favorite thing. Once I was finished, I took them home and made my parents come over for a (free-home-cooked meal) just so they could see it! And now here it is for you to enjoy as well!

Fight Raiders Fight

So while I was patiently waiting for my sister to meet me for lunch today, I decided to browse through the upstairs store at Market Street. They have many wonderful things at this store, but unfortunately they are not in my budget. While I was browsing, I came across this Texas Tech Plate. I've seen it before when I was in Lubbock, and was tempted to buy it until I saw the price. But I think I am going to take the "saying" on this plate and turn it into something crafty of my own...maybe a picture frame? It's still undecided, but I wanted to share the plate regardless. Since the Tech bowl game is this weekend, I thought this would be the perfect oppurtinity to show some love my school! Wreck'em Tech!

The Christmas Blessing

So today I started and finished the first book on my 25 books that I have to read. I read The Christmas Blessing. I am truly a sucker for these kinds of books. I am a firm believer in destiny, faith, and miracles and this was that kind of book. I cried probably the last half of the book. This book hit a little too close to home being about sick children, but it also touched me in more ways than one. There are tons of euphemisms (sp?) in this book that I can relate to. One thing this book really touched on was that everyone has a defining moment or a series of events that makes that person who they are and what they are destined to do. I truly believe this happens to everyone. I do not believe I have had that defining moment, but I do believe there are a series of events that have taken place in my life that have shaped me into the person I am becoming. One being my little sister's death. I gave more love to my little sister than probably anyone on this planet, and just by being so special she gave me more than I could have ever asked for. That is probably why several of my 25 things to do concern her or the things that shaped her life. Colleen never complained, she was always smiling, and she could brighten any room with her cute little laugh. There were never words from Colleen, but there was never silence either. Just seeing the joy she brought to other people's lives without doing much of anything was a miracle in itself. On the day of my sister's funeral, I couldn't believe how many people were in the audience. Many of these people were supporting my mom and dad, but so many of them were there because Colleen had touched their life in some way. So just like in this book, I do believe I have a purpose out there and I will find it some day! So i'm going to end with this: And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

PIZZA

So one of my all time favorite foods growing up was pizza, but because I became an obsessed weight watcher and workoutaholic during college I gave up pizza completely. I wouldn't even eat the lean cuisine pizza's that are supposed to be healthier for you! Well this became a problem when Rene and I got married because he LOVES pizza and he orders it at least every other week and his family loves pepperoni pizza. They would get it almost every time I would go down at least for one meal. I would always go and get Subway because in my mind I knew I was eating healthier, plus I don't have his family's skinny genes! Well recently I have kind of finally let loose and allowed myself to enjoy pizza again. In Disney World I had a meditterian pizza like every day for dinner and a wonderful woman by the name of Letitia Johnson introduced me to iFratelli's.....this has become my new favorite meal. I love the staff special, which is chicken, tomatoes, and artichokes (of course I cut the artichokes). But I love that fact that I can finally let myself enjoy the pizza and not feel guilty about it! So my picture for today is of the leftover pizza because since we finished the whole thing!

Skyping

Oh and I realized that I accomplished #21 on my list of 25 things to do. I skyped with Rene's family on Christmas! So check one thing off the list!

Moose pajamas

So my mom got me moose pajamas for Christas and to prove to her that I do like them and will wear them I took a picture of myself with them on and sent it to her! This past summer my family and I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where we saw several moose among other animals. We stayed at the Teton Lodge for part of our trip and I saw these pajamas that I had wanted and she secretly bought them for me! The shirt says Chocolate Moose in case you can't see it in the picture!

I love Christmas

This morning I was awoken at 5:00 a.m. by my lovely dog, Chloe. She was just so excited to go outside because she found a rabbit in the backyard the night before. Well I got up to let her out and then of course all the other dogs wanted to follow. Thankfully both of my parents were already awake and reading the paper. This morning we all made breakfast together and then opened our presents. After we finished opening all of the gifts from my family, which included gift cards, money, clothes, and a new home theater system for Rene, we put a skype call into Rene's family. Skype is truly an amazing invention. I love that we could feel like we were at Rene's parents house even though we are 6 hours away. We were able to watch everyone open their presents. I am so blessed by my husband's family. Together they gave me an iPad among other precious things! It makes me feel so loved that they always go out of their way to make sure I get gifts they know I will love! After all of the opening, my family and I went to see Little Fockers- this movie was not good at all, and I would not recommend it. We came home and ate dinner and then began to watch the Cowboy game. My two pictures for December 25th are of my puppies, who became quite tired after such a long day.