keep calm and get your Ho Ho Ho on....

Thanksgiving....

I know it's freezing....

yuletide....

"What about Thanksgiving? Isn't that a holiday?" Katie Dailey

red solo cup.....

Try it in a Red Solo Cup too! The black stripe is electrical tape with a washer hot glued on, filled with holiday treats. Too cute!!

cool....but probably more work than I am willing to do...

Presents made from blocks of wood and scrapbook paper. Great way to use all the beautiful holiday scrapbook stuff I have, plus to have presents under the tree from the very second that we put it up!

I might make these too~

Strawberry Santas

1 lb large strawberries

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

3-4 Tablespoons powdered sugar (or sugar substitute - to taste)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top, (enough for a hat). Clean out the whole strawberry with a paring knife, if necessary (some of them are hollow already. Prep all of the strawberries and set aside.

2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or Ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill the strawberries with cheesecake mixture.

3. Once strawberries are filled, top with the 'hats.' Decorate according to photo. 4. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.

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in Santa's bag....

or on top of the fridge....whatever...although I do have to admit it is nice that the days of hiding presents are over!

have already bought Xmas bags and boxes....

Kevin's bag has Kindle Fire, cover, and other accessories he picked out.

KJ has the new WWE game and new Madden game.

Koren & Cody will get cash.

I ordered myself some wildly crazy and warm looking socks, and will make myself a gift certificate to download the Bigfoot smut ebooks off amazon.com after he gets the Kindle Fire set up.

what does Katie want?

already have a box of canned cat food for Miss Cuddles....

Sasha always gets toys...

will have to find something Daisy will like...maybe some canned food?

even think I'll do stockings this year....Kevin has 3 shirts he wants from a hunting catalog...I can fill them with candy & junkfood.....Katie loves Hershey's cookies and creme and FunYuns...

I have been humming Xmas songs at work....and have heard Katie playing them on her iphone.

I seriously intend to make these for Christmas....

saved the website to favorites and everything!

Sweet...salty...minty...yummy..I have to say I love chocolate covered pretzels. White chocolate is my favorite. Ask my mom. Out of 7 children for Easter the "Easter Bunny" brought me a white chocolate lamb. Whenever I eat white chocolate I think back on those Easters with such fond memories. But now this is Christmas. Peppermint....so without further ado here is the recipe.....

Ingredients:

24 oz white chocolate (use whatever variety you prefer; chips or block)

1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

One bag of pretzels traditional pretzels that are thick and large, pretzels rods would be fine too.

1 box of red and white Candy Canes, unwrapped and crushed. You could use red green and white too.

Directions:

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler on the stove.

Once chocolate is melted, stir in peppermint extract.

Dip pretzels in and cover with white chocolate.

Place chocolate covered pretzels on wax paper, and sprinkle with crushed candy canes

but, do I have enough will power to make ANY of these pretzels without eating all the peppermint and white chocolate?????