The countdown is on....

If you haven't gotten it, wrapped it, baked it, written it out, mailed it.....  GET TO IT!  ~L~

I had every intention of writing out Christmas cards last night, but it was hubster's birthday so we ended up going out for supper to The Grille...and I just didn't feel like doing them when we came home.  We watched a rather stupid movie called The Seeker...but it was entertainment AND I got to eat lots of buttered popcorn.  So....Christmas cards have just turned in to New Years cards! ~L~

Had a good day though yesterday and today. It's so pretty outside with the frost covering the trees. Here are a couple of pics that I snapped on my way in to the gym yesterday morning.   They are pretty enough to put on a postcard!






I spent the afternoon with Peggy and Blaine.  They were doing their annual "Peggy does the baking and Blaine does the wrapping" date and they "decided" to let me in on the fun!  And fun we had!  I tell you what, I laughed at the way Blaine was wrapping those caramels.  He has the "Schulz" flip of the wrist down, just like dad used to do.  I even got in on rolling Krumme Kakka (spelling?).  It was great!  Love that stuff.  Peg wanted to send some home for Tom but I told her "don't bother, they won't ever make the trip home."  ~L~  Tom would never see them!   

I am having an absolutely difficult time with self-restraint. I want to eat everything in sight it seems ~L~  Soooo much good food out there!   Every time I turn around I hear of another good receipe.  Like tonight, talking to a girlfriend, she says..."Oh, this is supposed to be good...cheese covered popcorn covered in almond bark."  Oh YUM!!!   ~LOL~  I'm still thinking I'm going to make a batch of mint balls..  sounds easy enough: cream cheese, crushed mint oreo cookies and chocolate almond bark.  Three ingredients!  I MIGHT be able to handle this one folks!

OK....so...now that I've got myself super hungry...at 9:56pm at night......I'm gonna log off, raid the kitchen, brush my teeth and fall in to bed and in to - hopefully - a deep slumber.  Lots of ground to cover tomorrow and I needs my sleep!

Night all!

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