Hello Rain!

It is finally raining - and COLD! Started last Saturday, it's been on and off since.

I am loving it though, rain here means snow up in the mountains. And snow means time to hit the slopes! I honestly would rather be snowboarding than Christmas shopping!

It's been forever...

... since I last made a blog entry. Ok, two weeks seems forever! And for that, I'm going to do some quickies:

• I was off during the week of Thanksgiving. Wonder baby was sick Monday, Tuesday, started getting better Wednesday.... and inevitably, by the time I picked up wonder boy from school on Wednesday afternoon, it was his turn to be sick - which lasted pretty much til Friday. .. which left me 2 days to at least enjoy my 9 days off!


• The hubs and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on the 26th. We really wanted to go out of town and celebrate. Maybe Tahoe (where we got married) or San Francisco (our favorite spot), but I just wasn't ready to leave the baby overnight. So instead, we went to dinner and a movie, and it was still a nice treat for us both!

I made him a card (I scrapbook, but NEVER made cards, so this is my first
card, which makes it extra special : )

And he got me roses.

• And YES, I didn't get laid off, which meant I was able to get my sewing machine! I didn't get the Singer that I had planned on getting because this Brother model became available on sale at Costco.com (I think it's still on sale right now). Anyways, it's totally a beginner sewing machine, quite inexpensive, but a super nice reward to myself. I haven't used an actual sewing machine since um 5th or 6th grade in the Philippines, using one of those Black antique Singers. Needless to say, it took me almost an hour to thread my computerized machine.... but after that, all's been swell! As a matter of fact, just this afternoon I finished sewing wonder boy's sheperd costume for his Christmas program at school this Saturday.


• Aside from the sewing, I have been completely busy scrapbooking as well. My thoughts of creativity has been rapidly turning... or spinning, and I am cooking up something completely crafty and ambitious in my head, but I'm going to have to share that thought later.


• Everything else is pretty normal around here.... except a little more festive than usual. Wonder baby is enjoying our lit-up tree which we haven't yet decorated! And sometime this weekend, wonder boy and I are going to write a letter to Santa!

That's it so far. Just busy, normal, and festive!

Leaving off with this super yummy home made thin mint cookies that husband and i slaved over the other night! Mmmmm Mmmm Mmmm.

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