Day 122 - Celebrating Christmas

 

Today we celebrated Christmas with my family and we just had a great time! We always have a great time together and every time we get together, I'm reminded of how insanely blessed I am to have this family! I'm holding on to this Christmas season as long as I can. I've had four of my five days off and am looking forward to having tomorrow to relax and recharge before working Monday and Tuesday, then off for another FIVE days!! Pretty excited about it...can you tell? We'll be sticking around home Wednesday and Thursday and then on Friday heading out to have yet another Christmas celebration. This time with Robyn's family. Another blessing. Not everyone feels that way about "the in-law's", but I am so happy to be able to call my husband's family my own!

If I don't stop writing, I might not get this posted today. Also, I need to get to bed! Have to get up earlier tomorrow. Can't sleep until 10am two days in a row! (I love vacation!)

BTW...these were the yummy treats we had to just snack on BEFORE the amazing turkey and ham dinner my parents put on today. I'm getting a little hungry just looking at this picture again.

Rachael

Day 118 - Christmas Vacation

 

Today is the first day of my Christmas vacation...and what am I doing? Finishing the Christmas cookies I started Sunday! I've worked two ten hour days so I can take Friday off and have myself a five day weekend!! I can't even say how excited I am about it. I've got the cookies to frost (with a new frosting process btw), a present to finish by Saturday and a couple to wrap. Then there are games to play, Christmas movies to watch, meals to make, calls to place and family to enjoy. Did I mention the sleeping in? Sorry about the lighting on this picture, it gets so dark in the winter and with going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark, dark pictures are hard to avoid. Maybe I should add to my list...pictures to take (in the daylight!!).

 

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas! Thanks for stopping by.

 

Rachael

Day 116 - Christmas Cookies

Day 87 - Christmas Again

 

I'm in love with my Christmas tree and I haven't even put any ornaments in it yet...

Day 86 - Christmas

Day 13 - Christmas Treasure in a Box

 

Hard at work still sorting and putting things away over here. Then, I run across a treasure like these light reflectors from my great aunt Ellie and I have to pause for a minute. Definitely going to put these up this Christmas. Lovely. Special.

8.31.2014 - Day 4

Christmas project remains.

As I was sorting through boxes in the office yesterday, I came across the remains of a project I had worked on before Christmas last year. I painted the insides of glass ornaments and to let the extra paint run out, I set them upside down in these little glass jars I had. When the project was finished, I had a "hurry up and clear off the surfaces" cleaning frenzy and threw the jars in a box. The paint dried in the jars and last night, I scraped the paint out of the jars and found they dried in these cute little cup shapes. I love how swirly and colorful they are. It makes me want to pull out the ornaments already! Too early for that...must wait until November...must wait...