i know it’s just about over … but wanted to wish everyone a "merry christmas" from my family to yours! the girls are back, celebrations are done, presents are opened. i have about a zillion gifts spread out all over the house … it looks like christmas went and sneezed all over the place! and…

wow … 2 posts in one day. shows you what i can get done when spending a holiday by myself. lol! so today is the 24th … and i’ve done 9 pages … which means i was now 15 days behind in my christmas journal. lol! you should see my desk right now … covered…

so, it’s christmas eve. i remember posting last christmas eve … and it’s pretty much the same this year. feels like just another day. kind of drab … kind of sad. except last year alyssa was at her dad’s celebrating … and this year both the girls are there. joe’s sleeping just like last year…

i think i’m ready. but i’m probably not. lol! joe’s family and some of his friends from "back in the day" are coming tomorrow for a christmas dinner. we have 20 people total. and i’m cooking! i do have a few things being brought … a veggie tray, rolls, green bean salad, spanish rice (joe’s…

so a few of you asked for some christmas decor photos. i don’t have much, really. i tried to take some pics both yesterday and today … and i wasn’t very good at it. lol! but here’s a few for you. our tree. i did good on the garland this year. every year for the…

finally got to creating a few more pages for my "journal my christmas" class. did these 3 yesterday. this was day #11 … to journal about your christmas tree. this year i actually used new ornaments. i had bought about 6 boxes of the glass balls … something we never have had. i got jewel-toned…

so you all seem to like the randomness posts! i’m the same way … love reading blogs that just have random, totally unrelated to each other, where the heck did that come from, type posts. lol! did the dentist today. both the girls did great … no cavities. actually, alyssa had a little one ……

i don’t even know where to start. i feel so behind on my blogging! so i’ll go the total random route. i think i’m done christmas shopping! went out a few times this weekend … and i think i got it all. not that we really do all that much. at family get-togethers it’s more…

since my minds works better in totally random thoughts … why not do my "journal my christmas" pages in random days, right?!?! lol! i’m not going to think of how behind i am … just glad i have 3 more done. definately going to do some more this weekend though … because i truely love…

i know i promised to share my "journal my christmas" layouts that i was working on. but i just finished up 3 of them tonight … never got around to doing the journaling this afternoon. so i’ll have to wait until tomorrow to take some pics of them … and then i’ll share them. in…