Until Next Year.....

Where have I been?!?!? My home is a mess, my plants are dying, I'm pregnant! My energy level and motivation to do just about anything have plummeted.... So the blogs been neglected amongst many other things. Getting through days of feeling really lousy - just in time for our Christmas trip.

Thankfully I've got help with the little one and all. We are off to NY, hoping for snow, on the 26th. We'll be back on the 5th so look for new pics and posts in the new year.

Until then - all the best for the holidays & 2008!!!

The Ketchup Lover & the Christmas Tree

How do you like my bib??
Mmmmmm, french fries & ketchup!!

We had a great lunch today - so nice and breezy, perfect weather! I ordered the little one pasta & meatballs. Even though it had sauce, she insisted on dipping her penne pasta & meatballs in ketchup! Then she moved on to my french fries. I loved the bib - looks like some kind of cowl neck wrap on her or something.

Finally - the tree!

I'm not the greatest photographer and I always find Christmas trees tricky, but this was the best one so far. Can't wait till there are presents all around it.

Happy Sunday-

Geraniums

I am so thrilled with my geraniums. They seem to be enjoying the patio. I can see them out my kitchen window and they look so brilliant in the morning sun. I bought them a few weeks ago without a bloom - my how they've changed.

Didn't manage to take any tree photos today. I plan to be home for most of the day tomorrow so maybe I will get a little more done around here.... Until then - goodnight.

Checking in....

Well I haven't been taking photos the past couple days so I don't have any new ones to post. I'm too tired right now to take any so I just thought I would check in and post a little something without photos.
We got the tree up this weekend. I still have several containers of non-tree decor to unpack and display so hopefully I will work on that throughout the week and get it all done. Might post some tree pics tomorrow.
Goodnight for now-

good intentions

We started to make some felt ornaments for my mom's Christmas tree this week. We thought we could finish 5 or 6 between the two of us, but we only managed to partially finish one gingerbread man (me) and one snowman (mom). I was inspired by this cute tutorial I saw. These crafters were obviously more experienced stitchers than I! I struggled with the blanket stitch to finish it off so I ripped it out and did a basic stitch in a matching color which was great for hiding the uneven stitches. I am just NOT a natural stitcher or sewing machine user!! That frustrates me a little...

So now I've just gotta stuff my gingerbread man. There doesn't seem to be any "stuffing" available on island, so I guess we will use cotton balls!!

Hopefully we can get a few more done over the weekend. I have some beaded snowflakes to work on for a little pink fuzzy tree. I'll let you know how it goes. Believe it or not - I could find the beading supplies I needed for this project.

Ttfn.

Two months

There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone, the light remains.

Nice November Day

We have had such wonderful weather this November. It still heats up in the day, but we have had a lovely breeze and very comfortable mornings and late afternoons. We are spending more time outside and my little girl LOVES being outside. She loves rocks, snails, seeing the snake, picking flowers, etc...

This afternoon we headed to the park. They were having a fundraiser fun day for kids. We purchased some books from the book sale and let my girl "catch" some rubber ducks in a net and she won a lollypop. She had no idea what it was and held on to it for a while - then we lost it somewhere along the way. Whew! Thought she was going to have her first lollypop today. She enjoyed the sing-along they had - here she is clapping at the end of a song. You should have heard her belting out The Itsy Bitsy Spider! Too cute.

Good weather, good fun, good life....