december recap

December was so jam packed with such good stuff that I hardly had a chance to blog.

• a week in Lake Tahoe snowboarding and relaxing (because one day of snowboarding requires an equal amount of recovering)
• last minute Christmas cards (though I actually managed to mail them before Christmas day) and shopping
• dinner at Aqua in San Francisco and Cirque du Soleil's Ovo with friends
• Christmas lunch with Jay's side of the family at our home
• a chocolate cake baking disaster
• major movement on baby blanket

With the New Year upon I just want to wish everyone the best in the coming year!

another christmas, another coffee

Last year, I accidently found holiday coffee at my local grocery store and decided to start a new tradition in my house of holiday coffee during the holidays. And I have been really looking forward to this not just because I'm a serious coffee addict, but also because it truly makes the season special. This year the holiday coffee is Chocolate Peppermint. Made the first cup this morning. And all I can say is 'mmm'!

deck the halls

Putting up the Christmas decorations on Sunday really put me in the Christmas spirit! And you know what happens when I'm in the Christmas spirit. . .I sing! It's my favorite part of Christmas. Max & Sparky even decided to sing along with me. (Thank God Jay was outside working because he hates it when I get the dogs all worked up when I sing.) So I made a bee line to all the Christmas CDs, divided them up between the living room and the scraproom and popped them into the player. Ah! Now it is truly Christmas!