Really!?!

Seriously people come on it is January 19th!!! It is time to take down the damn Christmas lights! I know that it is a pain to put them up and you want to get the most out of them, but you put them up the week before Thanksgiving and I’m pretty sure that 2 months is enough time to enjoy them. So please get of your lazy ass and take them down or if that is too much work for the love of all that is holy stop turning them on!!!

Christmas gifts 2008 (well as many as I can remember)

Bones season 1
Bones season 1 (exchanged for season 2)
Two Nora Roberts books I wanted
Air popcorn popper
Air popcorn popper (exchanged for Bones season 3)
Pop corn
Cigar holder revamped into a bead holder
Book light (exchanged for a non-broken one after I broke it)
Fortune teller kit
Nail spa kit
Solar powered flashlights
Small glow-in-the-dark flashlight
$$Cash$$
Metal plate for beading
Slipper socks
Bottom of the oven mat
Picture frames
Candy and Jerky (in my stocking)

"Christmas morning"

Soon we are going to have to open presents in the kitchen becuase the presents are taking over the living room.

We celebrated Christmas the 26th because Mike and his finance Angie couldn't make it till then.

Here is Elisabeth trying to eat her new favorite gift, oranges in a plastic bag.

Can you find Elisabeth in all the wrapping? Here she is enjoying her first purse.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!! I hope that everyone had a great day. I spent my day plowing my grandma's driveway and watching a marathon of Star Trek The Next Generation.

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Here we are at Christmas Eve Candle Light service. Isn't Elisabeth cute in her Christmas dress that Grandma made her.

Here is Grandma wearing her fur. (I don't know if it is real or not)

How many deer are too many deer?

My grandmother's house is deer central; they come into the yard everyday about the same time. One day their were about 10 deer in back of the house. Here are some of the shots that I took during my Christmas vacation.

A young buck taking a strole through the yard.

There were 5 deer here up by the house looking for some lunch. This is taken from my Grandmothers kitchen window.

Some of the deer were having a hard time judging the distance to jump the fence, this one had no problem clearing the fence.

Welcome to Spokane and a lot of SNOW!!!

Holy Crap Spokane is COLD!! When I arrived in the winter wonder land it was about -16 degrees as you can see on the car temperature gauge.

You can also see that there is some much snow that their is no where to put it so they put it down the middle of the street.

This is how much snow is on my mom's car when I arrived home, she couldn't get out of her driveway so Nicole had to pick me up in the 4 wheel drive.

White Christmas? Yes. Home for Christmas? Who knows

I have no idea if I will be able to get home to ML tonight to start my Christmas vacation! Seattle is in a snow storm (Winter Freeze) and Spokane is getting DUMPED on, 17 inches in 24 hours (I don't know what their icon is yet)!!! So far my flight is not cancelled, but most flights are. I really don't want to have to go to the airport tonight to find out that my flight is cancelled. If it is going to be cancelled I would like it to happen before I try to get to the airport! I hope I can get to ML tonight so I don't have to try to deal with getting on a flight tomorrow with all the other people who's flights were cancelled today!

How Many part 3

Wow still nothing! I will update you if she does knock any off the tree.

Christmas party 2008

It is time for my annual Christmas party. It started long ago, in my 15th year on this earth I decided that I wanted to learn how to set and use all the silverware at a formal place setting. That year was when the Dinner Party was started! I cooked a 5 course meal for 3 of my friends and a tradition was started. I might no longer make a 5 course meal, it is now down to appetizers and desserts but it is still fun!

Carmel and Travis enjoying some tasty food.

The menu this year; Sliders, Apple and Feta Tart, Rosemary Potato Popper and Cucumber Humus Stackers. Dessert was a choice of either Lemon or Chocolate mini Tarts!

The boys chilazing.

Time for the White elephant gift exchange!

Travis showing off the gift that he stole, Carla brought the monkey she won a the Fair!

Carmel showing off the awesome doll she got, needless to say no one stole that!

Okay maybe Maggie wanted it. Well she isn't getting it, it leaves with Carmel!

Next year everyone is getting checked before they leave my house so that no one can shove there "gift" in my fridge when I'm not looking! Yeah Jim, I'm talking to you!!!!

Jim leaving my party to attend someone else's "Hot Tranny Mess Party"

How Many part 2

I think Maggie knows I'm blogging about her. This is day two and she hasn't knocked off one ornament, that is unless she as learned how to put them back on the tree.

How Many part 1

Holy crap Maggie didn't take one ornament the tree today!!

How many?

Welcome to what I'm calling my new Holiday game. How many ornaments does Maggie take off the tree today?!? This is what it looks like on day 1 let's see how it looks at the end of the season after the many times I will have to redecorate it.

It must be Christmas time...

My toilet is dressed for the Holidays!

and the fun begins...

So far I only have the tree put together and Maggie is already needing to be tasered!

Get with it!

I love amazon.com wishlists!! I love to be able to let people know exactly what I would enjoy receiving as a gift and I love being able to see what others would enjoy receiving as a gift! What I don't enjoy is that no one in my family has one!! I don't understand why they don't, I've only begged them to make one for the last 5 years!!! I can understand my Mom and Grandma not having one but come on the rest of you, that's right John, Nicole, Mike, Kristen and Eric I'm talking to you!!! Make a damn wishlist!!!!

Check out my Wishlist here!!

The Devil's drink!

I love Egg Nog!!! Thank God it is not out year round!

Seriously

How is tomorrow December?! I can't believe how fast time is flying!! Remember when you were a kid and it seemed like Christmas was never going to come, now I swear to God it was just Christmas last week!! I want to go back to being a kid when time went slower! I guess I better get my Christmas decorations up, I'm having a party this coming weekend!