Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas filled with laughter and love!

We're lazy-ing around for the morning, heading out for a delish of a holiday brunch, then of course...on to the movies. Maybe a little Sherlock Holmes, eh?

Canada for Christmas

We are trotting up North for a few days to do Christmas Canadian style.

This will be our second take at celebrating a holiday together in Canada. Our first 4th of July together we thought we'd take advantage of the day off and head up to Vancouver, BC for some shopping and then evening fireworks.

It wasn't until we were waiting to get through the border that in donned on us...Canada probably doesn't celebrate the United State's Independence Day. Oh well, you can't call us stupid, we were still in the lovey-dovey-clouded-from-reality phase.

But this time we've got our heads on straight and are certain that they celebrate Christmas in Canada.

and it gets even better

Lindsay just texted (or is it just 'text'??) me this picture and it made me laugh.

I forwarded it onto Rob, but then realized that he won't take it as a joke...he'll probably pick one up on the way home from work tonight.

Then we'd be a big ol' happy Snuggie family...we just need one for Sox now.

Doesn't that sound like a great picture for our Christmas card next year!?! Oh, and did you catch my sarcasm there? ☺

Half way holiday cheer

I haven't given my all when it comes to the Christmas season this year.

Since we are out of town for much of the month, I didn't feel like going through the hassle of putting up a tree, so I 'borrowed' this little tree from the storage room at work and set it up in the kitchen at home.

Yes, this is the extent of our holiday decorating.

On a whim I picked up some pre-cut sugar cookie dough while at Target yesterday and baked them up. It was only later that I realized the only frosting we had was orange Halloween frosting.

So there...part Christmas, part Halloween. Hey, I tried.

I hope my Christmas spirit amps up as the month passes on! I might even get around to sending out Christmas cards.

Maybe. ☺

Doesn't feel like December

It's no longer Fall.

No matter what I do, my mind/body just doesn't want to admit that Fall is over. Perhaps it is because we still have Fall-like leaves on our trees still...unheard of past mid November usually!

So in hopes of moving along into the Christmas/Winter-like mood, I borrowed a few desktop calendars from Smashing Magazine to adorn the screens of all my computers. I am certain that they'll be pushing me into the Winter mood any second now.

Just a few of my favorites...grab one...it'll have you feeling all Christmas-y in no time!

Holiday Round Up

My little holiday trip to Utah was fun. I stuck to my usual Utah itinerary...went to a ton of movies (five, actually: Yes Man, Doubt, Seven Pounds, Four Christmases and Twilight...again ), played with nieces and nephews, did a little shopping, and just hung out. Oh, and got scarf-jacked at the airport. Super sad about that still. :( Ironically there was no family game night to be had...maybe next time! And after making a big fuss about finding my camera to take along with me, I didn't end up taking any pictures but we did have a family portrait taken (our first one in over five years!).

I eagerly returned home to Rob with some lovely memories, a great new scarf and a wicked cold. Me, being the incredibly festive person I am, filled up on cold medicine and zonked out at 9:00 PM on New Year's Eve then woke up early this morning to take Rob and his brother to the airport for a quickie boys trip to Vegas. Now that I have the house to myself I have comfortably donned my PJ's all day while watching back issues of Lipstick Jungle, painting my nails, snacking on turkey bacon (my favorite, but the smell drives Rob crazy, so I try not to cook it when he is around...considerate, huh.) and trying to summon up some energy to do laundry or something. No luck on the last one yet, maybe tomorrow.

Today is also my Mum's birthday, so here's a little Happy BD for you Mom...hope your day is fantastic! Hope everyone had a great New Years!

Me = better than Celine

I love Celine Dion's Christmas album. I even listen to it in the off season (middle of the summer!) sometimes...that is just how much I like it. O Holy Night is my favorite Christmas song and she does an amazing job with it. Why am I sharing this? It is a little bit of the back story that will help explain a crazy dream I had last week.

As the dream would have it, I was at a HUGE Celine Dion Christmas Concert (which for the record, I have never seen her in concert) and during the intermission there was a buzz throughout the audience that her voice had given out and she wouldn't be able to perform her last song...O Holy Night. What a disaster! That single song is the reason everyone was there! Suddenly I was pulled from my seat by men in black suits and earpieces and hustled backstage where and Ms. D herself begged me to cover the last song for her. Her entire staff agreed that I was the only one who could save her show. I of course declined her request...that is until I was told that I could wear the big HEART OF THE OCEAN (!!) necklace she donned for her Titanic/My Heart Will Go On performance. So naturally, I gave in.

Part of my performance was actually me, but in a Mr. Kruger's Christmas kind of way...the part where he dreams he is leading the Tabernacle Choir and everything is all-a-glow around him while he is gleaming a twirling around. The other part was as if I was in the audience watching myself. Either way, I was absolutely amazing! The highlight of the performance was when I held a really strong note for an extremely long time (about 4 1/2 minutes into it on the actual song) and then the entire auditorium erupted into applause. Unfortunately I woke up soon after that (stupid alarm clock!!) and didn't get to make a run for it with my new necklace, but I did feel a little French-Canadian for the rest of the day.

I don't really know where the dream came from. I know that I cannot sing and I don't like to be the center of attention, but it was still pretty cool! I wish I could remember my dreams that vividly more often. I am not tech enough to know how to insert the actual song into the post, but you can check out a YouTube clip of it here. When you watch it just remember, my performance was ten times what hers was...I seriously killed it!

I think that I have an old N Sync Christmas album somewhere...I might have to pull it out and take a listen. Maybe then I will dream that I am 16 again and the love interest in one of their videos. Lame, I know...but at 16 it would have been awesome!! :)

Jinglin' with Gap

I know it is a little early to start with the Christmas stuff, but I just cannot wait. Here is my favorite holiday Gap commercial. A little patience is required because it takes a little while to load, but it's definitely worth it!



I wonder if you can buy it?? The one with the guys and the bells is a good one too. I do not like the one with the Dixie Chicks and Sandra Bernhard. Come on Gap, step it up!! You can view them all here.