..i can't believe it's over...

After much worrying over having to deal with the Christmas season at work, I can't believe that it has already come and gone! This year I feel like I didn't really get a chance to enjoy it as much as I usually do. Normally I bake, decorate, shop and keep Christmas music blaring for almost the entire month of December. This year I did most of my shopping two days before the 25th, put up very few decorations, and only made one batch of cookies. I can only hope that next year I won't be as busy at work, so that I can make time to enjoy the season the way I always have.

I hope everyone has a very safe and Happy New year!

..happy tuesday!..

A day off of work, yay! That means I get to do housework today :) I know I'm a little late posting (thanks to some 11 hour work shifts) but the winner of the Jolee's stickers is.... julugrl2006! Congrats! :) Please e-mail me with your address and I will get them out to you :)

200 of the little suckers..

Have you ever been asked to do something, and you agree.. then when it comes time you wonder, "Why in the world did I say yes to that?!" I asked myself that same question last weekend. The Art Society in my area was holding their annual "Trees of Christmas" celebration kick-off reception. A lady I know (who just happened to know that I bake) asked if I would mind doing a dessert for the party. I said, "Sure!" thinking I could get away with maybe making a cheesecake... at least that's what I thought until she told me that they invited 600 people!!! *gasp*

After much idea-tossing and recipe flipping, I decided to do 200 sample-sized portions of my Butter Cake with White Chocolate Ganache. They turned out to be a hit, and I got a lot of compliments... but I would be lying if I said I wasn't working right down until the very last minute I had. I was so busy, I only had time to snap a 'BEFORE' picture of the cake squares before they even got assembled or iced. So here is a quick pic of my little cakes patiently waiting to be finished.


On the up side, we did have the biggest turn out ever, and I was the only one who made enough cake to last longer than an hour :)

Friday already!

And the randomly selected winner of the mini stamp RAK is.... scappinnut aka Karen! She tried several times to post a comment on here but it never would let her. So she emailed me with her favorite ornament instead. Here is the comment she tried to leave:

"It would be way to hard for me to pick my favorite. My kids have made so many ornaments while they were growing up. I treasure each and every one of them. I love these so much more than any of the store bought ones. I also love the special year ornaments, our first year as a married couple, and the baby's first ornament for each of my kids, but even as much as I love these, the ones my kids made are still my favorites."

Please email me with your addy so I can get these out :) So... who wants another RAK? :) I have some cute little Christmas ornament stickers by Jolee that I know someone would like to have :)
Just leave a comment in this thread, and I will randomly select a winner on Sunday the 9th. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

'Tis the season...

of giving... so it's RAK time! Leave me a comment describing your favorite Christmas ornament. Mine is this cute little pine cone-body, dangly-leg moose that my husband bought me last year. From all posts I will randomly select one winner on Friday. Winner will receive this six pack of mini Christmas stamps, which includes a wreath, reindeer, Santa, stocking, angel, and a Christmas light!



Happy posting! :)

Happy December!

Where has the year gone? My December started with a 4am wake up call to get hubby off to work.. not that it matters that I'm up that early because I have to be in at 5:30.

So.. only 23 more shopping days left... everyone ready?! :)

It only took forever!

So I've been trying to start my blog for over a year now. Every time I attempt it, something happens, priorities take over, and it gets put on the back burner. Now as I sit here, waiting on a cake in the oven, I made a decision... it was time once and for all to get this thing going! :)

It's not overly marvelous, it won't be updated every single day, and it's probably going to end up being very random, like me :) But I welcome anyone who ever wants to read about what's going on in my world.