Soup bowls

My house smells amazing!

Lids

Merry Christmas to me!

A Fine Frenzy

One of my favorite sayings is in this video, can you see it?  Don't blink or you'll miss it.

Early departure

Woot woot, I'm off at three today! Yes! Fundraiser tonight at TNT'S tonight so I'll need to get a nap in.

Snow

Finally snow in Tulsa! I wish I was home with my second Mortal Instruments book and a cocktail and a cat to cuddle and some popcorn with butter.

Feral habitat made by Sam?

I think I can do this, all I need to buy is a utility knife and hay and styrofoam, I have the xl totes and smaller totes. I will make two for the twin Tabbie's I have on my porch!

Tracy's mom

Here are the two handmade pillowcase sets Billie, Tracy's mom made me for Christmas. The soft feel of the decadent material is simply heavenly. I tried to zoom in on the white trim so you could see the tiny white hearts on the trim and the unique patterns interwoven into each piece of material. Heavenly and so incredibly thoughtful and generous.

My gift

Here's my beautiful, handmade keepsake box made by Tracy that I received for Christmas! Tracy's mom made me two unique sets of king size pillow cases made of cashmere or some other amazingly soft material and I'll post those pictures tonight. I am thankful and grateful and appreciate the time it took to make these beautiful and thoughtful gifts.

Ain't that funny

Dear Santa

I am pleased to report that my friends had amazing Christmas's with their respective families. I hope that this time next year I have a family of my own to bake for and to wrap presents for and to decorate for, yes Santa that is my Christmas wish! I am going to make a great wife and all my mad crazy kitchen skills will be put to good use. I'm excited to get back to work tomorrow and see all my friends and hear their stories of their Christmas mornings with their kids. I woke up and hit the gym then got all my chores done today and started reading the Mortal Instruments series and so far it's pretty great! I am positive 2013 will be my best year ever! I'll be 39 and my cats and I are doing pretty good for ourselves. I'm going to make all my dreams come true no matter how hard I have to work to make it happen. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

You got what I need

This Christmas has already given me my heart's desire; I would've never dared hope for the amazing gift of presence I've been given.  The feeling in my heart and soul is all sparklers and light and champagne bubbles, yeah that sums it up nicely.  I've always felt that the spirit of Christmas resided in me all year round, because not a lot gives me greater joy than giving from my heart and seeing the look on someones face when they open a gift or care package as I call them.  I read a book called the 5 Love Languages and if I understand it right the way I communicate my love is by Acts of Service however the way I feel loved is by, words of affirmation, quality time and physical touch in that order by my test scores. I think I enjoy volunteering so much because I feel I am doing something for my community and my fellow humankind, as it is my goal to make my little part of the world a better place than I found it.  At this time of year with all that has happened, and as we close the year I am grateful for all the challenges that have arisen that showed me I was capable of overcoming them, and the lesson I learned is that not all things are as difficult as they first appear, and just because someone isn't there everyday for me doesn't mean they aren't present in my life or desire in their heart to be there for me. and that is what is most important to me.

 

 

 

Dinner

I have mad baking skills!