Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Who knew?
Fugly or Crafty?
Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas Corn
Before everyone arrived I ordered some gourmet popcorn from Dale & Thomas. Awesome popcorn. Many exciting flavors. I figured I'd have it available for snacking throughout the week. What I didn't know was that the family loves to make their own snacks. What kind you say?....
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Does this birthday make my butt look big?
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Succumbed
I must admit that I now own three Christmas sweaters and am trying to wear them in the next week or so because they will have to be retired to the sweater box after the holiday.
I don't know if I just hit a certain age and decided WTF I'm going to start wearing beaded, glittery Christmas themed shit but I'm accepting it now. In my own defense I only buy the good ones, not too ugly.
I always wanted to attend an Ugly Christmas Sweater party. I love to thrift and have seen my share of hideous sweaters on the racks.
I ran across an old article on the web where some women "re-mixed" some Christmas sweaters and made them into other "usable" items. I thought they were inventive and funny. See photos below:
A lamp shade.
A tea cozy.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Trimming the Tree
So far Gary the cat has been a good boy and not tried to climb the tree. He does however love to hide under the skirt and ambush passerbys when he gets the chance.
Every year I add an ornament or two to my collection. The tree is getting pretty full but I'm not stopping now. Many of the ornaments I have are gifts from friends or relatives and they remind me of that person when I trim the tree.
This week a good friend in Tucson gave me this beautiful western Santa ornament. I just love him. He's holding a ristra of horseshoes and even has little spurs on his boots. Too cute.
I also love his chaps.
Of course I love cats and this fat cat ornament always makes me smile.
Here is my chubby mistletoe fairy. The ornament itself is quite heavy but I just love his little face and body.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
About Me
I have a good friend of about 20 years who recently sent me a questionnaire to complete and provided her own answers for me. We've all seen them but I thought I might get brave and "participate" on my blog for all to read. I've added a couple of questions that another blogger asked of me.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Coffee with vanilla creamer.
9. What kind of care do you drive? A Toyota Prius. I love this car for the gas mileage. I drive alot.
15. Where would you retire? Retire? What's that? If I could retire I do like the thought of New Mexico. Placitas or Santa Fe would do.
19. What is your shoe size? Depending on the make of the shoe 7.5 to 8. Inquiring minds want to know.
21. What did you want to be when you were little? An airline stewardess. I thought that would be the coolest most exciting job in the world. (It's not as exciting as a career in insurance though sheesh.)
22. What is your favorite flower? I love Roses. In my younger days a friend and myself went into the floral business and we specialized in Roses. (I need to blog about that) it was a good time in my life but I am glad I am not a flower vendor. You never got to enjoy Valentines day because you were working your ass off.
23. What is a day on the calendar that you are looking forward to? December 21st. My husbands family will be in town and we are going to the Desert Botanical Gardens for their Christmas Luminaria show. Las Noches de las Luminarias. This year there is an exhibit by Dale Chihuly and I am so excited to see it. I love his work.
24. What are you listening to right now? My Ipod (OK, I admit it's only a Nano) has a bit of everything on it. I have been listening to some older music lately - Lou Reed, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, Neil Young.25. What was the last thing you ate? A nutritious Herbert Gourmet Chocolate Dark Turtle. Killer.
36. Coffee or tea? Coffee. I MUST have coffee in the morning. I love Starbucks brand. I picked up some Peets this week while traveling in California. MMMMMMMM
41. Salty or sweet. - Salty, must retain water, I live in a desert.
44. Favorite day of the week? Saturday. I am always happy to have a day off of work.