Hump Day...

So, I know I haven't written much lately, but there really isn't much to blog about these days. I did get some baking done and would go take pictures of what I made if I didn't have Ditzy tucked under a throw blanket on my lap. :)

I'll snap a few pictures tomorrow and post them then.  I am making a few different things this time around besides the standard chocolate chip and spritz cookies. I made Vanilla Almond Snowballs and Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Balls.  Guess you could say I made a lot of Christmas balls!  :-)

It has been more Texas mild the last few days getting up to the 60's. I prefer that to the cold wave we had been having. It may even get up over 70 degrees the next few days. I'll take it!

Sunday evening..

A few days ago I received a Christmas gift from my parents. It was a gift box from Harry& David.  When I opened the box with the pears in it and the box with 2 apples in it, I couldn't believe it!

Harry & David is suppose to be the best fruit ever!!  So naturally I expect the fruit to look pretty flawless.   This looked appalling to me!!  I got better looking fruit from the local farmers market.

I have had two pears already and they taste fine, but I peeled the brown skinned areas. I am going to show these photos to my parents too so that they can think twice before next Christmas.

I hope this next week goes fast.  I only have to work Monday and Tuesday the following week and then am off the next three days for Christmas so that will be great.

15 days to go....

Well there are only 15 more days until Christmas.  I have been working on the Angel Christmas cards as well as our own personal ones and have done a total of over 250 cards already. Go me! :)

I will still do some more Angel cards, probably about 50 more, hey postage is expensive! There are a lot more names this year too, more like 400. Last year there was less than 300 names and I send a card to all on that list.  We'll see how the rest of this week goes.

It is still cold here too although it did get up over 40 degrees today so the walk to my mom's wasn't too bad today.  It is still getting down into the 20's tonight but after that it is forecasted to be a bit warmer. Thank God!  Hey I moved to Texas for the warm weather!  ;-)

I am already tired of it getting dark so early but still have a few more weeks to go of that too, until it starts staying lighter a little longer. I get through it, yes I will.  Hurry up December!

Cold weekend...

It was and still is cold!  I couldn't stand it anymore yesterday even though the wind chill was only in the 20's I had to get some exercise (walk), so yup I took Molly and Merlin and went for my regular walk.  I wore my winter coat (that I've had since living back east), hat, scarf, and extra thick socks.  But it was very cold!  My legs were getting stiff and a little numb and my fingers were also feeling the cold (gloves were thin).  I got through it and was glad to get the blood pumping again but when the other 3 barked at me and ran into the garage for their turn I had to turn them down.  It took me a good bit to thaw out!

I worked on the Angelcardproject cards this weekend and did a bit of shopping for less fortunate folks as well as some for family.  I did get 120 cards done already so that is a pretty good start.

Watched some Christmas movies today too while working on the cards. There were some on the cable channels like Lifetime.  They are pretty good and help get me in the Christmas spirit. :)

Tomorrow starts another work week. The good news is though, only 4 Mondays left to go this year. Woo hoo!

Brrrrr..baby it's cold outside

Well another Arctic blast has hit the area. There were even some schools that were delayed today. It is 30 degrees out now and the wind chill is 18 degrees. So I will skip my walk this evening not because I can't hack the freezing weather but because I don't want to hit a patch of ice as I'm walking and fall flat on my back or worse. So I will pass today and see how it is tomorrow (which isn't suppose to be any better).  This would be a good time to have a treadmill...but really have no where to store one so I'll just walk outside when I can.  Besides walking inside I won't get to see all the deer and squirrels like I usually enjoy!

Corporate office for my work is in Dallas and the office was closed all day from the ice up there.  Unfortunately it was never conveyed as to whether us remotes were also off when the office was closed down, so I dutifully reported to work virtually and put my full day in.  I may ask about company policy about that just in case it happens again due to the weather.

Well the weekend begins...off to order our Friday night Pizza. :-)

Decorated for Christmas

While I was in the office today, hubby handled most of the Christmas decorating.  Here are pictures of the inside of the house once it was totally done.  We don't bother with a big tree these years since it is just the two of us for the most part. I think we have plenty for us! :)

The burning bush?

Hubby was looking outside our back door this evening right after dinner and he urged me to come look. The way the sun beam was hitting a tree it looked as if we had the biblical burning bush out back!

Here is a photo of it and then cropped for a closer view.

I am so glad Cyber Monday is almost over. I've been bombarded with emails all day long. Some of the tempting ads offered a whopping 50% off but I managed to refrain.  I really don't need anything for myself and I usually get gift cards to give for Christmas gifts. Haven't found a place yet that offers a discount on a gift card.  ;-)