Oh My

 Oh my goodness do I love this couch.  I can just see myself sitting on this beauty sipping a hot steamy creamy cup of coffee with my fluffy kitty.  I would have you over to sit on it with me.  Yup, I would!  Is it weird to love a couch?  Probably. To get this gorgeous, smoochy, fluffy, comfy couch, I would have to find a BIG bag of $100 bills lying on the street.  The chance of that happening is slim to none.  Oh well.  I can drool admire it from afar.  It is fun to dream though, isn't it.  And in my little couch dream, there would be no cat hair on it.  Now I really am dreaming!

So Many Fishy

 Simon the kitty got some good stuff for Christmas.  My sister gave him these little sparkly catnip goldfish.  Let's just say he REALLY loves them.  He carries them around the house in his mouth.  I have found them all over the house...even on my bed!  He plopped down in the sewing room with all of them the other day.  So of course I had to take his picture to show you.

Ee-I-Ee-I-Oh

There is a darling new baby boy next door.  So I just had to make him a soft quilt.  It is all flannel except for the gingham border.  I think it will be a warm snuggly blanket for sweet baby this winter.

Winter Wreath

 After the Christmas decorations came down, I decided I did not want to hang the same boring decorations on my front door that I have put up for the past...oh.....five years.  I have been looking on Pinterest (a lot) and really love the yarn wreaths.  So, off to my little Hobby Lobby to gather my supplies I went.

This is what I came up with.  I am quite pleased with the results.  It looks so nice next to all the snow that fell on us yesterday.  I think it will do just fine on my door until Valentines Day when it is time to change things around once again.

Plan B

 Happy New Year!  So what did you do last night?  It was a different night for me.  Both girls spent the night with friends last night.  So that left hubby and myself home alone.  Our first New Years Eve alone in sixteen years.  He actually said the house was too quiet.  Ha!  I popped popcorn and watched Mr. Dick Clark count down the New Year.  Also watched some "Lady" perform that had on the most craziest costume I have ever seen.  For some reason, that is not entertainment in my book.  I didn't get it.  I suppose I am old.  Oh well.  When the lights were out and I was ready to hop into my comfy bed, I kept hearing "Boom!  Bang!" I looked outside and saw the neighbors letting off fireworks.  Big fireworks!  It was quite a display!  They were celebrating for sure.

That got me thinking.  I need to celebrate this fresh start of a new year as well.  I have had a rough 2011.  Not as rough as some, but rough for me.  To say I am ready to kick 2011 to the curb would be accurate.  I went to bed last night full of hope.  There are a few things in my life I am less than pleased with.  Time to make some changes!  Time for Plan B!

 This morning I am drinking the most wonderful cup of coffee in my "Good Morning" mug and filled with excitement for the changes that I hope will be coming in my life this new year.  It is time to be brave and make those changes.  Plan B can be scary and unknown....but I am full of hope that it will be good none the less.  I pray that your New Years is full and overflowing with God's goodness as well.

Happy New Year's Eve

Christmas Recap

 How was your Christmas?  Mine was wonderful!  Full and fun and relaxing.  We started by making sugar cookies this year.  My little chef wanted to make and decorate them.

 She was really proud of this one.

 Some decorations I put out this year.  I love these old vintage balls with netting around them.  They were my Grandma Mac's and I love them.

 Festive cherry cheesecakes for my office potluck.  Oh my were these yummy.  I adore cheesecake.

 We started our holiday in Indiana on Christmas Eve.  It was so nice to see them!  The GPS took us on one crazy route to their house.  I kept singing "Over The River And Through The Woods, To Grandmother's House We Go!" because that is exactly what it felt like.  Finally made it home to Illinois to my parents house.  Goodness! There was a lot of packages under that tree!

 Still a tradition in my family to have Santa leave his footprints under the tree.  My parents did it for my sister and I and I have done it every year for my girls.  My thirteen year old informed me that we did not have to leave cookies for Santa this year (sniff sniff) but could she still see Santa's prints under the tree maybe????  She was happy to see them Christmas morning. :)

 Even though we do silly Santa prints under the tree, we acknowledge and believe that Jesus Christ is the reason for this wonderful season of love and why we celebrate is His heavenly birth!

 The girls were still in bed Christmas morning at this time!!!  This is the latest they have ever slept in on Christmas morning.  Little sis came out and then I went in to get big sis.

 This is what I found.  Buried under the covers in Nana's bed.

My most favorite gift of all this year....my little people sewing gal.  Is this not the sweetest thing???  My sister found her online and bought her for me.  I love her.  

And that was my Christmas.  We made some new traditions this year with the sugar cookies and decorating them.  We went home this year to Indiana and Illinois to see our wonderful family and friends.  We went to Christmas Eve service in our home church and saw our church family.  Got lots and lots of hugs.  Made me cry!!  Ate lots of good food.  Opened wonderful gifts.  And mostly, reflected on the most precious gift of all.  I am looking forward to 2012.  I am excited for some new changes in my life.  Can't wait to share them with you.  Happy New Year friends!