Great Weekend

Christmas Lights
Originally uploaded by glass_identities

We had a wonderful weekend... very relaxing and calm and fun. Starting to really feel the holiday spirit. Last weekend we put up all the lights and decorated but it was so hectic trying to get it all done.. that it just did not have the right feeling. This weekend we relaxed... started a puzzle... had some pizza...played some board games... watched a movie.. went out on Saturday night to check out Christmas lights.. the one above was the best we found.. besides ours....ok no they are a lot better.... and then on Sunday we went into town.. took some photos on the way in because the freeway was totally stopped due to a lot of accidents all in one area... the roads were really slippery... Dave bought me my birthday present... a really fun camera that takes great videos too *thank you so very much*... and then we went to visit his parents... and found the route with the most snow to come home on... there are some photos on my flickr page. All in all it was just a wonderful relaxing weekend... today the kids have a snow day.. I am guessing it was pretty icy in town today since there is really no snow here at the house.

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thanks,
Michelle

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Lights, Camera, Cookies

Lights, camera, cookies.... now everyone has everything they need to get the house and yard decorated for Christmas. We also need some hot cocoa... Yesterday the kids and I tried to get the HUGE tree in the yard decorated.. that did not go so well....Dave and I are going to work on some different ideas this weekend without so much help... we did get all of the Christmas stuff out of storage and the sheds and the attic... also bought a bunch more... have a list of things we still want/need but we have started with what we have.

recipe for these sugar cookies.. they will melt in your mouth.
cream together
1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup powedered sugar
1/2 cup regular sugar
mix in
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cream of tarter
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 1/4 cup flour

sometimes I will add a bit of almond flavor with the vanilla

mix it all together and roll into small balls...flatten on the cookie sheet with the bottom of a drinking glass that has been dipped in sugar... bake in 350 degree oven for about 6 minutes.. it really depends on your oven.. you want to get them out right before the edges start to brown.


We did get our Christmas village all set up...
sad that we were not able to get one of the home depot houses to put in it.. they sold out super quick... who would have thought.. lol guess we are not the only rednecks spending too much time and money there.





We also got the tree up and pretty much done.. I think I want to string some pop corn (anyone with hints on the best way to do that please leave a comment) and put it on there... I did add some beautiful red ribbon... but so far I have not gotten it "just right" so it may end up coming back off. We have so many boxes in the living room that it is hard to tell how things really look... will have to wait until we get some more done and get the boxes out of the way.

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Weekend Plans

Well there are not a lot of them... I plan on spending some time working on a couple of orders that came in for some wine charms... going to get those in the mail on Monday... I also have some bookmarks that need to go out on Monday. We do want to go visit my in laws on Saturday for a bit.. see how they are doing and just visit. I know there area few things we want to get done around the house... want to put up the moose lights and the new kitchen blind and get the computer all set up in the entertainment center. I think that is about it. We do have two of the kids home this weekend so there will be some game playing, pizza eating and movie watching... one just called from the school and they lost power..... so everyone is hoping we lose it here tonight too... it is pretty windy so one never knows.....would be sort of fun... we love sitting around and playing games in the candle light.

I am now on google wave and I do hope to explore that some more this weekend too... I am thinking I am going to like it a lot... would love to have some contacts on there to explore it with. My email for it is glass_identities@yahoo.com I am not sure if I get a link to it or not... lol that would be one of the reasons I need to spend some time exploring it.

** update 11-14-09 all weekend plans have changed due to the fact that I am sick :( orders are ready to ship and that will be it for the weekend **