So I feel like a slack, slack, slacker this year. I didn't mail any Christmas cards.

Sean says we don't need to mail any until we have cute babies to put on the front!

So from me to you... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I was looking through pictures this afternoon and came across this one.

This was our 2nd or 3rd date.

It had already started...

Mousers!

Let me introduce you to my kitty cats!

I talk about them from time to time, but have never formally introduced you to them...

This is Allie.

Loves: scratching at doors that are shut, eating turkey, drinking fresh water right after it's poured from the tap!

She was a stray, and some friends rescued her from a video store.

I love her sweet face!

This is Bella.
Loves: meowing... a lot, eating Fluffy's leftover Fancy Feast, back scratches, watching birds on t.v.

I got Bella from a friend of mine who had one of her sisters. I fell in love with her the second I met her!

This is Fluffy.
Loves: Fancy Feast... a lot of it, scratching at the back door to go out, staying outside for less than 5 minutes and scratching to get back in, face rubs!

Fluffy was a stray that showed up at Sean's house. Yes, we are a blended family. Allie and Bella were mine, and Fluffy was Sean's. We all live together in harmony!

Luck dragon?

Sean and I have been joking that Allie looks sort of like the Luck Dragon, Falcor, from the Neverending Story when she lays like this...

what do you think??

It's beginning to look...

a lot like Christmas!!

I thought I would share with you guys some Christmasy scenes from my house...

... look at all of those Christmas cards!!

...this little guy is just hanging out by the sink in the kitchen...

...my "Merry Christmas" sign and mini ornament tree are new additions this year...

...dining room table...

..."O Christmas Tree... O Christmas Tree"... check out Fluffy wanting to go outside!

...my Christmas sign on display!!

...my super cool IKEA star lights, and our stockings, of course! check out the picture of my parents in the middle on the top! love it! Sean's parents are in the pictures on either side.

...coffee table... and my hurricane vases with ornaments are on the entertainment center in the background...

...sweet little holiday display on my trunk...

... Sean's fiber-optic Santa...

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I keep trying to remind myself of this...

5 more days... 5 more days... 5 more days...

Then 11 off!!!

So beautiful and so true.

"I love you not because of who you are,

but because of who I am when I am with you."

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Christmas signs...

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I'm SUPER excited about my new Christmas sign!! A friend of mine is so crafty and made these cute, cute, CUTE Christmas signs!! The one at the top is now proudly displayed on my built in bookshelf above my fireplace in my living room! It is B-E-A-UTIFUL and makes me smile everytime I see it! Thanks, Sliminem!!

SO ready for Christmas!!

SO ready for snow!!

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So lovely! I wish hubs would let me have a fancy, girly room in our house! Wait, he's pretty good about letting me girly up the house... I just need a room that can be all girly all the time... like this!!

Really...

It's disturbing that this is the same girl...

"...where are you Christmas...."

"...where are you, rehab..."

so sad...

JT, I'm not mad atcha for growing out those curls...

Dear [redacted],

Please hurry up and order my coffee. I haven't had my breakfast blend in weeks, so I've had to drink house blend. But today neither were available so I had to drink the super-charged, motor oil-like SUPER DARK BLEND and I'm about to lose my mind!?!?!! Even with the sweet chocolatey-ness of the Milky Way swirl, it was much to high-test for me. Hoping I come down from this cloud soon.

Many thanks,
M

I'd really like to have some eggnog and an oatmeal cookie...

in no particular order...

together or separate...

A day in the life... update...

I've been kind of MIA lately, and I'm sorry about that, friends! I knew I was slacking when my own mom said, 'you haven't updated your blog lately'. Sorry, mom! So here's a brief recap of 'A Day in the Life'...

- I successfully completeled, hands down, the biggest event of my short event planning career last Monday. Darius Rucker performed, and this is an event I've been working on with my AWESOME SAUCE co-worker, Erin, since, well, August. It was a hit. We actually made money, which is a plus, and I was absolutely, certifiably the tiredest I have EVER been. All in a day's work, right?

- 2 more events this weekend and I'm dunzo until January! HOORAY!

- Thanksgiving was lovely! Ate too much, of course, and baked my very first turkey! It was a hit, as there were NO leftovers!

- Got all of my Christmas shopping done... except ONE present!

- Hubs and I took a day-date trip to Chapel Hill and Durham this past Saturday! We had the best day, despite the cold and rain! Saw "A Christmas Carol", first 3-D movie for both of us, did a little shopping, and ate dinner at our fav Maggiano's! Delish!

- I'm SUPER ready for Christmas! Even more ready to have 11 days off work!! WHOO HOO!!

- I'm getting my hair cut and colored tonight!! A little shorter and a little darker!!

So that pretty much sums up what's been going on with me... what's been going on with all of you??

Definitely feeling like I need to ask Santa for one of these for Christmas!! The one thing I hate about this time of year is it's SO dark when I get home from work. And because we pretty much live 20-30 minutes away from EVERYTHING, a gym membership is just not convenient for me!?!?! UGH...