Hello there, Christmas vacation!
Today is Day #1 of our Christmas break.
We got lucky last week and got a sweet taste of freedom with our snow, but now it's the real deal!
I have lots planned these next two weeks, and I'm starting off today with getting my cleaning out of the way!
By the time you are reading this, hopefully I'm done with a few rooms, so that I don't waste the whole day cleaning.
Today is our final What's Up Wednesday of 2017!
The days are long but the years are short.
I keep hearing that quote and boy is it ever true?!
What's Up Wednesday!!!
We answer a series of questions and one extra one special to that month.
This month we're answering...
We answer a series of questions and one extra one special to that month.
This month we're answering...
Best Gift You've Ever Given a Guy
What we're eating this week:
Since there's only two of us, I've realized that we don't need something new each night.
We're having poorman steak and hamloaf.
We also will probably eat out one night and have taco stuffed shells.
What I'm reminiscing about:
I can't help but think about all of the Christmases that I've celebrated in this house.
By that I mean all of the Christmases that were held here (in my grandma's house).
Christmas dinner was her specialty.
Thinking back on Christmases past fills my heart with SO much joy!
I wish my grandma were still here, and I wish the rest of my extended family still came home for Christmas.
Some years I only saw them once a year-Christmas, so it was such an enjoyable time.
My heart aches and rejoices at the same time thinking about those memories.
I know those memories will never be again.
Some of those people are no longer here on Earth, and we've all grown up and many of them have their own families, but I can't help but remember how much those Christmases meant to me!
By that I mean all of the Christmases that were held here (in my grandma's house).
Christmas dinner was her specialty.
Thinking back on Christmases past fills my heart with SO much joy!
I wish my grandma were still here, and I wish the rest of my extended family still came home for Christmas.
Some years I only saw them once a year-Christmas, so it was such an enjoyable time.
My heart aches and rejoices at the same time thinking about those memories.
I know those memories will never be again.
Some of those people are no longer here on Earth, and we've all grown up and many of them have their own families, but I can't help but remember how much those Christmases meant to me!
What I'm loving:
Christmas Cut Out Cookies!
One of my co-workers made the first three cookies!
They were so so cute!
She and her mom had made about 70 dozen by this point!!
When I got home, Alex had brought these home from one of his co-worker's wives.
They are so pretty that I'm refusing to eat them!
Okay...maybe tomorrow I will cave but look how intricate that work is!
One of my co-workers made the first three cookies!
They were so so cute!
She and her mom had made about 70 dozen by this point!!
When I got home, Alex had brought these home from one of his co-worker's wives.
They are so pretty that I'm refusing to eat them!
Okay...maybe tomorrow I will cave but look how intricate that work is!
What we've been up to:
Baking!
I made five different kinds of dough during my snow day.
Our plan was to bake them that night, but we ended up with other plans.
I'm just now getting around to baking them, but there are so many kinds and flavors that it will take quite a while!
No cut outs for me!
I can't compete with the fanciness pictures above, but I will indulge in lots of chocolatey/peanut butter ones!
What I'm dreading:
At this moment I'm currently dreading all of the cleaning that I have to do tomorrow, which is now today!
I love a clean house but thinking about everything that needs done sometimes gets me feeling a bit overwhelmed!
I love a clean house but thinking about everything that needs done sometimes gets me feeling a bit overwhelmed!
What I'm working on:
My cousin and I have a Christmas feud with a surprise present or some silly gift.
I'm currently working on constructing his gift.
It is Price is Right themed and includes cardboard, red solo cups, rubber bands and tissue paper.
Christmases past have looked like this...
I'm currently working on constructing his gift.
It is Price is Right themed and includes cardboard, red solo cups, rubber bands and tissue paper.
Christmases past have looked like this...
What I'm excited about:
Christmas!
What I'm watching/reading:
I'm working on finishing Auggie and Me.
If you've read Wonder, you should read Auggie and Me.
It's three supplemental stories to the Wonder story.
One of my students had it, suggested it to me and even let me borrow her book!
I'm also working on starting and finishing Winter Solstice.
I've love, love, loved the other three in the Winter Street series, so I can't wait to start this one.
Every time I start to read one, I feel like I am immersed into the character's lives, just like I am there with them!
I've kind have saved this book to read right before Christmas, so I'm hoping that it pulls through for me!
If you've read Wonder, you should read Auggie and Me.
It's three supplemental stories to the Wonder story.
One of my students had it, suggested it to me and even let me borrow her book!
I'm also working on starting and finishing Winter Solstice.
I've love, love, loved the other three in the Winter Street series, so I can't wait to start this one.
Every time I start to read one, I feel like I am immersed into the character's lives, just like I am there with them!
I've kind have saved this book to read right before Christmas, so I'm hoping that it pulls through for me!
What I'm listening to:
Christmas music/movies/tv shows!
I've been watching some Hallmark shows but not as many as I had watched at the beginning of the Christmas season.
I'm also trying to be more intent on watching some of my favorite movies.
In the next week I hope to watch some great holiday shows!
What I'm wearing:
I've been watching some Hallmark shows but not as many as I had watched at the beginning of the Christmas season.
I'm also trying to be more intent on watching some of my favorite movies.
In the next week I hope to watch some great holiday shows!
Be prepared for lots of holiday outfits!
I think it was on this day below that my students told me I looked like I belonged in a Hallmark movie.
I told them I took that as "I look like an old lady!"
13-14 year olds are blunt!
There's no beating around the bush with them.
From that day on they loved commenting on my holiday outfits!
The fact that it had a little ruffle on one side at the top and not the other was driving them CRAZY!
They were disappointed when it was a different shirt!
I ended our last day before Christmas in this Christmasey attire!
They reiterated the fact that I should be in a Hallmark movie but not as an old lady.
This time they explained that I would probably one of the young ones all dressed up, who falls in love and gets married and gets divorced and gets married and finds the perfect man!
Ha!
Their stories are hilarious!
What I'm doing this weekend:
Alex has family coming in from out of town, so I think we will get together with them sometime throughout the week.
On Friday we plan to eat out and take in some Christmas lights with friends.
Saturday is yet to be determined.
Sunday will be filled with church, last minute preparations and my grandma's.
I still can't believe it's almost Christmas!
On Friday we plan to eat out and take in some Christmas lights with friends.
Saturday is yet to be determined.
Sunday will be filled with church, last minute preparations and my grandma's.
I still can't believe it's almost Christmas!
What I'm looking forward to next month:
New Years goals?!
I'm really not sure what goal(s) I will be setting this years, so I should get on that!
What goals are you all thinking of putting in place?
I'm really not sure what goal(s) I will be setting this years, so I should get on that!
What goals are you all thinking of putting in place?
What else is new:
Life is pretty normal, which is great.
What's the best gift you've ever given a guy?:
I gifted Alex and all-in-one computer several years ago.
For some reason I feel like he loved that gift.
I'm not even sure that he did, but I think it was my best gift idea yet!
Happy last month of 2017!
Make it memorable and make it last!
Cheers to 2018!
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