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Thankful Thursday

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  • Wow, how do you even begin to express enough thankfulness for what we just received in the past week?  My Christmas has been marked with how comfy my new chair is and yet some people did not even have a Christmas to speak of.  The girls got present upon present to the point where we can barely hold it all.  Some things haven’t even been opened still.  It literally has taken days to get through it all.  We are blessed beyond measure.
  • 2007 itself is drawing to a close and I’m of course thankful for this year.  It’s been a good year with it’s fair share of drama with S leaving, Scott’s surgery and me having to move companies but also some great things including my raise when I moved companies, Scott’s trip to Turkey, youth camp, getting the Land Rover, the girls getting potty trained (yes,that makes the big list), the big magazine shoot and cover and of course the day to day goodness we have.  This year has been a good year.  Nothing catastrophic to speak of and I’m thankful for that.

Christmas meme

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Jaynee tagged me with this.

1. Wrapping or gift bags?
Wrapping unless it is shaped weird.

2. Real or artificial tree?
Fake, fake, fake. And pre-lit.

3. When do you put up the tree?
The Friday after Thanksgiving.

4. When do you take the tree down?
Some time after Christmas and before New Year’s.

5. Do you like egg nog?
Yes.

6. Favourite gift received as a child?
I was thinking of this the other night. I think the one I remember most is getting my record player/tape cassette player.

7. Do you have a nativity scene?
Yes.

8. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
My aunt is notorious for not-so-great gifts. I’ve received lots of purses, earring and even shoes that just aren’t “me”.

9. Mail or email Christmas cards?
Mail–a 4×8 card with a Christmas picture of my family.

10. Favourite Christmas Movie?
Honestly, I’m not that big into Christmas movies. I really enjoyed watching The Nativity Story recently.

11. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
Some time in November I start thinking about it but usually don’t start until Black Friday and usually finish about a week before Christmas.

12. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas?
Egg nog. My aunt’s buckeyes.

13. Clear lights or coloured on the tree?
I usually like white but when I bought the pre-lit tree, it had half and half and I like it.

14. Favourite Christmas song(s)?
All I Want for Christmas Is You. That one always makes me sing along.

15. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Travel the week before Christmas. Home on Christmas.

16. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
No.

17. Angel on the tree top or a star?
Star.

18. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?
Christmas Morning

19. Most annoying thing about this time of year?
How rude people can be.

20. Do you decorate your tree in any specific theme or colour?
I usually have some sort of color theme. This year is red and lime green.

21. What do you leave for Santa?
I’m really not that organized…

22. Least favourite holiday song?
Hm, can’t think of one.

23. Favourite ornament?
Actually posted about this…

24. Family tradition?
We do basically the same thing every year but not really any specific traditions.

25. Ever been to Midnight Mass or late-night Christmas Eve services?
No.

Giveaways

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Two giveaways I wanted to share…

First, Jaynee is giving away a Target gift card!  Yippee!  I hope I win!

Second, Amanda is in her last week of her bloggy christmas giveaways and she’s giving away Brock & Bodie’s book Why a Manger? to two winners.

Christmas Home Tour ’07

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Some of you have seen some of these before, but let me formally show you around. 

In our yard we have several blow ups and then these deer an angel who stand by our pond. 

You get a peek of our Christmas tree from outside.

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When you come in, you’ll be greeted by this cute snowman and Nativity scene on the hall table.

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I guess I should mention all the stuff that is broken in this thing thanks to two little girls I may know.  You may be able to make out the fact that the donkey has no ears.  The angel only has one wing.  One wise man only has one hand.  Another wiseman has no gifts.  The shepherd’s staff is broken.  Yep, I’m thinking I need to get another one of these next year.

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Next you’ll see our tree decorated in red and lime green with white and multicolor lights as well as bubble lights.

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You get a peek of our mantle above and here is one of the stockings. 

If I remember correctly, that one is Lexi’s.  But Emma can tell you for sure.  She keeps us in line.

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In the dining room, I put out the mini trees.

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And finally the last bit of decorations is a small ceramic tree in the girls’ bedroom

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We kept it pretty simple so that’s it, folks!

Pretend Gift Basket

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Amanda is having a giveaway and you have to talk about theme baskets.  Well.  I am not a theme gift basket giver type person and I can’t remember a gift basket ever being given to me so I’m going to go off on a random tangent of my own.  Since this is all pretend, I’ve decided to create the Ultimate Men of TV Gift Basket.  This type of basket would be given to, if not yourself, you’re favorite girlfriend.  To truly appreciate they have to be a TV fangirl.  Just ask Allison or maybe even my sister Heather what that is. 

image Since I AM an owner of One Tree Hill site, first up has to be Lucas played by Chad Michael Murray from One Tree Hill.  Lucas is of course a cutie.  In the tall and lanky type of way.  He would be a great present because hey, he’ll save you in a school shooting and I bet he’ll write poems for you.  Maybe even a book.  And the look.  Oh, he could give you squinty eyed looks that would melt you.

 

 

image Next up is Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl.  Because he’s got that boy next door look.  He’s cute even when he’s shy and embarrassed.  He’ll save up every penny he can find to take you wherever you might want to go on a date but he seems to like simple dates like movies and has connections to an art gallery. Plus, he punches people that hurt his sister..that has to say something about his bravery and honor.

 

image McDreamy is a must for a Men of TV gift basket.  He’s McDreamy!  But not only is he dreamy, the man is a doctor.  He could fix your brain in a jiffy, you know, if it ever needed fixed.  He may need a little help in the housing arrangement department.  But hey, can we talk about how fun those office Christmas parties would be?  Except of course if you’re the Addison and not the Meredith.

 

 

image And is it possible to add McDreamy to the basket without adding McSteamy?  Can we just say "towel"?  Will that be enough as to why he needs to be in the basket?  Well, that and he’s a PLASTIC SURGEON.  That would come quite in handy down the road when even if you don’t need surgery now, those droopy eyelids and saggy neckline will eventually haunt us all.

 

 

 

image How about adding in some Mike Delfino?  He may have a drug problem at the moment but he’ll certainly work to death for any children you may have with him.  He can get manipulative, deceptive and violent if needed and hey, he can fix any and all plumbing problems you may have! This Toronto plumbing contractor is also one of the best plumbers I´ve ever had help me around the house.

 

 

 

 

image We could all use some Jim because I LOVE JIM!  Jim…ahhh…he’s cute in the tall and Gap kind of way.  He’s smart and witty.  You would have tons of fun playing jokes on people and yet be able to at the end of the day doing something romantic like sit on a rooftop with candles.  And I bet if you are a really lucky woman you’d get all the copy paper you needed.

 

 

 

image Oh boy, this basket is getting very full.  I’ll stop here and let the last one be some good eye candy…Shemar Moore of "Young and the Restless" and "Criminal Minds".  Yep, he’s just there to look pretty.

 

Well I guess doing a theme basket isn’t nearly as hard as I thought.  In fact, I could do several of these.  Amanda, I hope this counts!  I’m officially giving you one of these baskets and hope you enjoy!

 

 

Thankful Thursday

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  • I’m thankful for the Christmas season this year.  I’ve really enjoyed the decorations, parties, music, presents and such this year.  I’ve enjoyed it yet am more thankful for Christ’s birth.
  • I’m thankful for family willing to babysit while we go to all of these parties.
  • I’m thankful for spray on tan lol
  • I’m thankful for my new DirectTV system where I can record one thing and watch another.

Seven Things About Me

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Amy tagged me for a meme to share seven things about me you might not know.  Which now that I actually need to type something in I’m realizing I totally overshare on this blog and I can’t imagine what you might not know about me.

  1. I used to be deaf in one ear.  God healed me at a healing service when I was very young.
  2. I have never drank, smoked or done drugs.  And I don’t ever swear.   It’s just that Type A, first child, be a good Christian girl in me.
  3. I usually don’t get ready for the day until lunchtime.  Unless I get a shower the night before and can wash my hair before I get the kids to school.  Or like today when the DirectTV guy shows up way early and I have to hop in the shower so I’m not walking around in my bath robe.
  4. I don’t like wearing shoes around the house.
  5. I do not like vegetables raw except for carrots.  And then they have to be dipped in ranch.
  6. I think men with tattoos on their neck are hot.
  7. I have a bad habit of slouching.