Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you’re spending it with the ones you love, whether that’s your significant-other, children, family, friends, or even your fur-babies!
Speaking of … now is a great time to spread a little love by donating to your favorite animal rescue/welfare-org and entering to win my February giveaway! (Details here.)
(You know what else Valentine’s Day means? 10 more days of being in my 20s … eek!)
This Christmas was by far the best I’ve ever celebrated in my entire adult-life. Everything was just perfect. I was able to spend time with everyone I love, and our visits were full of happiness and laughter. I really couldn’t have asked for more; for the first time in years, I really felt the Christmas spirit. (I think everyone else did too.)
As you can probably tell, Benny had a fabulous Christmas too!
I got so many amazing gifts. I can’t really list them all but a few of my favorites were a pair of Birkenstock sandals from my hunny (I’ve always wanted a pair!), a grinder attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer, homemade flannel PJs made by my mother, and an amazing Pashmina/silk scarf my future in-laws brought back from Italy! There were too many other wonderful things to name too. Even better, everyone seemed to really enjoy the gifts Mike and I picked out for them! Watching Ben’s face this Christmas was priceless too. Santa done good this year. Ha!
Hope everyone else had a fabulous holiday as well. Now I’m attempting to catch up on emails and work and generally trying to transition from vacation-mode to work-mode again. (Not easy!)
P.S. I still have sponsor slots open for January! Check out my sponsor page for more info.
I’ve been a bit absent lately, haven’t I? I’ve been running behind this whole month.The truth is, I’ve been so focused on work — both my day job and my freelance projects – that everything else fell by the wayside for a while, and the holidays just plain snuck up on me at the last second!
I did finish my Christmas shopping and I can proudly say I’m completely done with wrapping too, thanks to my mega-awesome wrapping station that I set up in the basement this year.
(Have I mentioned how much I love living in a place that has a basement again?! Also — folding cutting tables for sewing are the best thing ever. Buy one. Now.)
I really hope I’m not the only one who is feeling behind this year!
What’s Thanksgiving without a hand-print turkey hanging on the fridge?
Ben and I made this one the other day. Actually, we made several because he was pretty impressed after I showed him how it was done. (I love that about kids — everything old is new again in their eyes!)
Anyhoo … Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful day surrounded by the people you love … and that you’re recovering from your turkey-induced coma.
