beauty school drop out

I know, I know... go ahead and say I told you so. I've failed at NaBloPoMo and have no regrets. I gave it a whole-hearted effort but simply cannot post daily. Miles even tried to save me a couple of nights ago, but I have failed. I just feel like the content was suffering and I was struggling with something to post rather than posting what makes me happy.

So now we're back on track and I'm feeling a tremendous weight lifted and freedom to post whenever I feel like it. Ha! I'm back in charge. The man can't keep me down! So what should I tell you about my Thanksgiving? That we ate two Thanksgiving meals, so that would be 10,000 calories in two days? Or that when I served Makena the green bean casserole she said 'is that poo-poo?'


The kitchen is clean, the kids are tucked in bed, The Holiday is waiting in the DVD player, we have our Christmas tree up and the fire is roaring. A very fine holiday indeed and the perfect way to end it.


I completed the advent calendar much faster than I had anticipated and it is prominently displayed in the living room. Here is what we ended up with.


I'm going to work on what to put in it for each day this week. Grace has fabulous suggestions on her website.


Each little stocking was lovingly hand-stitched. I made patterns for the two different size stockings, found fabric for the tops and stitched the numbers. I'm the type of girl that needs to start and finish a project in an afternoon so this one was a challenge for me. I love it though and think the kids will really look forward to it as we use it for years to come.