FYI

Just a little note: If anyone has webkinz on their shopping lists.....Limited Too has a buy one get one free sale store wide. It includes webkinz's and everything else in the store except CD's, DVD's and DS games.

Now off to fry those "dogs". (anise lappa's (?) or I should say cardamon lappa's as I use cardamon, not anise. )We're not going to count how many I eat today. The ones you eat on the day you make them are fat free and calorie free! (I think that goes for cookies too.)

Six random useless things about me

I decided to play along with the tag.

1. I love Mondays and mornings.

2. I hate doing my hair so it's one of the first things I always do to "get it over with". You will find me every morning dressed and hair done by 6:45 am.

3. I do not lounge in pajama's in the morning. Note above. BUT I do lounge in robe and pj's sometimes as early as 8:00 in the evening. (I even occasionally go to bed by 8:30 but mostly between 9:30 and 10:00. I do start my day at 5:45 am.)

4. I take a sauna every night. Once in awhile I skip and just shower in the hot summer but not often.

5. There is a very neat freak and organized person inside me trying to get out. But the tired and procrastinating person often (mostly?) wins.

6. I am not an envious person. I enjoy and can be happy for other peoples blessings but I am happy and thankful for my "lot".

Making a List

• 9 days until Danny's birthday
• 10 days until Sara and Jon come
• 15 days until Christmas

Danny is keeping track on the wipe-off board. I am trying to stay calm. Lets see....my to do list:

• finish the second half of my shopping
• do all the christmas cookie baking
• make "dogs"
• make oodles of batches of Butter Toffee
• clean, clean, clean, clean
• mail Christmas packages
• address Christmas cards (when they arrive)
• plan easy, tasty meals for when gang is home
• get a haircut

Actually that doesn't feel so bad. I realized I've done at least, or maybe more than, half of my shopping online. Infact, I have things in my cart at amazon.com right now. I am NOT a shopper. I love to be able to sit in the comfort of my home and order online. Plus it's always exciting when the UPS man arrives!

School Pictures

Uncle Jeff took the kids school pictures again. I haven't had them printed yet. I will do them when I do the Christmas card picture. I will send them then.

eta: re: Amanda's comment: When we got the proofs Danny looked at his picture and this is the conversation:

Danny: Oooooohhhh I look different.

Me: You do? Do you think you older?

Danny: Yeah! I look like a teenager!

Apron

After seeing Becca T's Emmaline Apron on her blog (myownpemberley.blogspot.com)-I don't know how to "link" it. I thought I'd post mine. I do wish I could photo mine as good as she does! This is a fun and reversable apron. This one was for Larissa's birthday. I'm hopeing to get another one done before Christmas for "someone's" late birthday but we shall see....

Last Day of Gun Season

We were waiting for Jeff and Heidi to stop by and Dad decided he'd walk out in the woods for a bit as it was the last day of gun hunting. Well, he was out there for more than "a bit". In case you can't tell, it's a 9-pointer. It's hanging but I'm not sure what were going to do with it now.... (This picture below is in the backyard just before he put it hanging.)