today is a good day

it is the first day of ellen's 12 days of give aways.
the routine: I first register myself, with my fingers and legs crossed and then i register my mother [with the stipulation that if she wins i get the prizes!!!!]

wish-me-luck!!!!

wanna be

tell me what you want, what you really really want. I wanta....

first bakerella style: i tired to make her cake. Peantbutter chocolate goodness.



Second Home alone, I really really wanta be Kevin McAllister. Debut viewing, I am still in love since the 5th grade!


Third chandelier. She has finally arrived. So i really really want some from work to be able to come and put it up for me soon.

Fourth my new discover card. I may or may not have lost it last night on my walk home from walgreens in the dark. Is it bad karma? because i know my mother would be oh so angry if she knew i was walking down fulton by myself late at night, BUT i am twenty six and i can do what i want!

oh if every weekend was four days

we could enjoy so many more fun things! things like:
running in the wobble gobble fun race with the bogo [took home a wonderful apple and dog poop on the shoe...]

enjoyed a lovely thanksgiving meal with the family. ate enough!



planned out the 5.20am shopping excursion. Went to Best buy, walmart, kohls, the mall [macys is where i finally turned into a big girl and bought myself an iron!] then old navy, norman camera, tj maxx and then home for a nap

until the 'big' 80th birthday party! grandma school bus turned 80 and we went to thousand oaks with her siblings to celebrate!


this a.m went to Russ' with annie and kim [annie if you are reading, you should really become a blogger!]

then the last fun thing to wrap up the LONG weekend. Decorated the house with gwen. new destinations for the lights, around the doors and watched the first of the many hallmark christmas movies. finally let the festivities begin!!

i am [insert]

blessed beyond belief

very thankful for a God that never ceases to amaze me and teaches me new things daily

very thankful for a loving family

thankful for wonderful friends

glad to have only worked three days this week

watching beauty and the beast

Smelling sugar coated pecans, that i just cooked for one of my two dishes to pass. so much more grown up this year, that i was assigned two tasks! big girl panty time!



excited to run in the gobble wobble race with my bogo in the morning, even if it is suppose to be beyond freezing
then excited to enjoy a day made for funny family and thanking and eating and hopefully not getting gut rot

actually excited to get up at 5 am for black friday and run around town like a crazy woman with my mom shopping for deals that probably aren’t that great but getting an adrenaline high non the less and hopefully eating mcdonalds breakfast and listening to christmas music

trying to plan a way to go on a trip to a warm destination and to visit a friend in the UK, I vote duo able

glad that I went to legally blonde the musical last night. ‘the bend and snap, works every time!’



excited for the countdown to continue to 9/10/11 and must brush up on my picture taking skills. bloggeross here i come!

Santa list[s]

It is that time of year again. We are almost there where it is legal to listen to Christmas music, to put up the decorations, and to spread the holiday cheer. Today I received my first email beckoning for my santa list. Now for some reason santa list[s] stress me out. Not only for what I give but also for what I receive.
Receiving end: I do not know if it is bc A. what I really want is not obtainable or B. the other thing I really want to just to expensive to even write down. So that leaves me with the bystanders of cookware, ditty bags, and running shoes! [not bad…just stating!]
Giving end: I want to give a gift that people do not tell me, but they secretly want BUT they just do not know it YET! And that is a tough act to follow year after year. So today I official have put on my thinking cap to come up with those gifts.
Summary: Cheers to the season of giving and receiving and what truly this season means!

send over your eligible candidates.

and I will try out my baking skills. Found these little gems on a blog this morning, seems legit! I will be trying them next week. Lets say Monday night between 7-9. If you need a description of my perfect ‘candidate' feel free to leave a comment. I will keep you posted on if it works or if it will just be glued to my hiney…..

Boyfriend Cookies. Yes, that's right. Why do I call them Boyfriend Cookies? Well...for several reasons,
1)They're so good, they just MIGHT land you a boyfriend 2) They're sooo good, you might trade your boyfriend for one more cookie :) 3) They're so good, you might just forget you want/need a boyfriend. But also, not to be forgotten 4)If you have a boyfriend, and he doesn't like these, it might be a good indicator that you need to kick him to the curb....because something has just got to be wrong with him!! They are that good :)


OK, seriously, these are so yummy. This was one of my own concoctions. They start with a gooey rich chocolate chip cookie. Then they are filled to the brim with peanut butter chips, white chocolate chips, Reese's pieces and M&M's. There is just enough dough to hold together all the candy. Isn't that really the way it should be! They just have so many fabulous ingredients, how could you go wrong?? You very well may go into a sugar comma with this one. But trust me, its worth it! This is certainly one of those recipes that you should just go ahead and hot glue it to your hiney. Because, as I've said before, that's where it will be residing anyways. Enjoy!

fifty eight years and one day of..

DOUGIE!!! I am very thankful for that. He is the best dad ever!! [don't judge the the mushiness, he is! If you judge you are just J!]

This is the cake I created out love for him.