Laura Vegas

so this being the holiday season and all, i would think a lot of us are eating lots of pie, right? i for one do not like pie. but a "scrap pie" … i could totally dig into one of those!!! lol! this is something new being "cooked up" (or should i say "baked up"?) over at the scrapbook bakery. and heather just started a blog … so make sure to check out the scrapbook bakery blog for more details … and a chance to win one of these fun "pies"! i got an order earlier this week from heather … and i love this personal touch to the packaging:

seriously … how cute is that? and the girls thought i had ordered some kind of cake. lol!

do you remember me telling you that i was done with being "tagged"? well, i got tagged again today … and those that know me pretty well know that i can never say "no" to anything. lol! and for those of you that didn’t know that … don’t take that as "please take advantage of me and my kindness". lol! totally kidding of course! ok … so laura tagged me to do this christmas "getting to know you". luckily i just did this in an email earlier this week … the beauty of copy and paste, right?

1. wrapping paper or gift bags?   i’m all about the gifts bags normally … but i do wrap most things at christmas … although i never do bows or ribbon
2. real tree or artificial? i’ve been doing a fake tree for about 8 years now and love it … no mess or watering … although i detest fanning out all the branches!
3. when do you put up the tree?   usually the weekend after thanksgiving if i’m lucky … ours made it up within a week this year … so i consider that pretty good
4. when do you take the tree down?  i’m lucky if it makes it to new years … by the time christmas is over i’m tired of having a tree in my house. lol!
5. do you like eggnog?   no … although i’ve never tried it to be honest
6. favorite gift received as a child?   not sure … terrible that i don’t remember much from my childhood. lol!
7. do you have a nativity scene?  i’ve never had one
8. hardest person to buy for?   these days, my girls … they want everything that costs mucho $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
9. easiest person to buy for?  my mom … she collects precious moments figurines … so it’s easy to pick one out (now i feel bad if she’s reading this. lol!)
10. worst Christmas gift you ever received?  we do the gift exchange game with my extended family every year … supposed to be a $20 gift … one year i came home with some $5 picture frame. i secretly know it was my grandma’s gift she brought … so i feel bad for not being appreciative. lol!
11. mail or email Christmas cards?  mail them
12. favorite Christmas movie?  "a christmas story" … they play it for like 24 hours straight on christmas day … and i can watch it over and over … "you’re going to shoot your eye out!!!". lol!
13. when do you start shopping for Christmas?   sometime after thanksgiving … but i tend to go out looking about 20 times, can’t make up my mind, and still end up buying stuff last minute
14. have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  yes … is that bad?
15. favorite thing to eat at Christmas?   turkey, mashed potatoes, and gravy … the last 2 years my family has ended up with some strange potatoe casserole dish … so i tend to volunteer for mashed potatoes now so that i know i’ll get them
16. clear lights or colored on the tree?  clear lights … which really disappoints my girls … so i gave them a small tree to do themselves with the colored lights
17. favorite Christmas song?  i know this may sound wierd … but ever since last christmas i have loved the song "it’s the greatest time of year" by aly & aj … i hear it all the time on disney channel and love it … so upbeat and something you just want to dance too
18. travel at Christmas or stay home?  stay home … my parents and my brother all live within a few blocks from me and we like to make all the extended family come out to us.
19. can you name all of Santa’s reindeers?  i don’t think i can
20. angel on the tree top or a star?   i did get a star this year … although in previous years i had a handmade fabric angel that was holding a star up … so i’d always put that at the top of the tree
21. open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?  usually both … all depends where and when we end up celebrating … mixing all the families in gets hard so we usually have 3 seperate days
22. most annoying thing about this time of year?   the crowds of people that seem to be wherever i need to be!
23. what i love most about Christmas?   sounds corny … but spending time with family and friends. also love sitting downstairs at night with just the lights of the christmas tree on … so peaceful