I miss when Christmas vacation was actually a vacation. Today marks the end of my fall semester and I have to work tomorrow!!! And then as much as I can over the rest of my "holiday".
I haven't touched my knitting needles for weeks. I can tell. I need to knit!
Need. To.
Big time.
Big time.
I miss Sawybean being this little.
All she wanted to do was snuggle. And coo. And be as close to you as possible! Now she's starting to just want her mother. Sad. That won't last forever though (hopefully!). I'm thinking of blowing up a picture of myself for both her and Little Miss so that they remember who I am when I am in Africa. Seven weeks seems like a lifetime! Especially for little babies! I hope they don't forget who I am.
I didn't go to the gym this evening because I have had a headache all day. I am a pansy when it comes to headaches. I hate them!! Probably because they sometimes turn into migraines. Like at my brother's wedding reception when I thought I had a dehydration headache so I drank 12 glasses of water (literally) and spent my evening squinting against whatever light was around and vomiting up everything that was in my stomach... and then some.
Erik's sister is due in less than a month and I really wish we could go visit her family once the little babe comes, but that won't happen any time in the foreseeable future. We visited them three years ago (has it really been that long??) and it was delightful. I was looking through our pictures from that trip and it made me want to visit even more. The picture below is from December 2007... our nephew decided to draw all over himself. What a cutie!
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My girlfriend is getting married in August and we've been looking at wedding things. It makes me wish I could have our wedding all over again! I never even thought to look for decorating ideas online! Crazy, I know, but it never occurred to me. There are some really neat ideas out there! And simple too. She's getting married in her parent's backyard, which I think is very cool. It is going to be an absolutely gorgeous wedding. We're going dress shopping next Friday! I can't wait!
I have started collecting doilies to make myself one of these.
I think it is gorgeous! Too bad I have no windows to hang it in front of. I figure I won't have enough doilies by this Christmas anyway so I will save them up for next year. I think it's absolutely lovely.
Speaking of crafting... I also want to make this. I may be able to do this over the holiday, but we'll have to see. I love how simple it is.
This year my family is having a baking exchange. My immediate family only, but I need to think of a recipe that I can make in mass quantities!! I need 8 dozen of whatever I'm doing (or the equivalent). Any ideas??
3 comments:
hmmm tough one. Speculaas is easy - if you do it in square form. I made them on monday - went great at my work party. They're festive too because you cant eat speculaas all year long :)
I love the doily idea too! The quilted trees look lovely too, but beyond my skills, I'm afraid. I hope you find lots of time to knit and craft between your shifts this Christmas. :)
Peppermint cookies!
1 cup whip/heavy cream (unwhipped)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp peppermint extract
3 cups flour
Cream together the heavy cream, sugar and egg. (do not whip the cream beforehand)
Add baking powder, peppermint extract and flour.
Mix together into a soft dough and roll out and use small cookie cutters.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or till bottoms are barely brown.
Ice with pale green icing and dust with coconut.
These are great! One recipe makes about 4-5 dozen, depending on the size of cookie cutter. Store bought icing with a little green food colouring works well:)
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