Wrapping up...

I need to be wrapping up Christmas gifts and getting them in the mail, but I had two bracelets to make that my friend ordered...

isn't that little girl one the cutest? I love making ones for girls, they're so fun and quick! Now I need to get my beads all ready for the movers to pack up, I know I've got loose beads hanging out in my cubbie, so I'll add that to my ever-growing list of things to get done. So at least my last bead order is wrapped up and ready to deliver. Now to get to some presents to ship to K-ville and Tally...

Last night I finally got started on my Christmas cards for our Secret Santa/Christmas card swap at J4K...

I totally lifted the idea from super-scrapper Jessica! I have to make 21 to swap, but I'd like to make some extras because I'm just lovin them. And don't expect to get one of the 21 that I get from the swap in the mail, I've seen a few of them and I know that I'm not going to be able to part with them, they're all SO stinkin cute, but I will take pics of them and post them here so you can see how talented all of the scrappy ladies down at J4K are.

Okay, time to get goin...

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

Even though I'm not decorating this year for Christmas, I've decided that I still need to treat myself to some of my favorite Christmas-y things. So this morning I ground my last little bit of Barney's Santa's White Christmas Coffee (thank you Leah - yes it's the same batch that you sent me when I was in VA, so that pound of beans won't be making it's third state move!!) and put it in one of my Christmas cups that I got from my Maw years ago. Love it when one little cup of coffee brings SO many warm-fuzzy memories!

So back to Santa's White Christmas Coffee - it's delish, I suggest you get some BUT you have to brew it with some reg coffee since it's very weak on it's own. Enjoy!

I'm starting to pack up some things to take with us to help us feel at home in the apartment, but at this point, I think that Andy should just agree to pack all of our Christmas stuff (it's really not that much!). Luckily we'll be in Tally with my parents for Christmas, which being with them IS Christmas to me, so I'll get to drink eggnog out of Leah's reindeer glasses because there's no way I can fit those in the truck without Andy raisin a stink and I know she'll make pecan tarts so I don't need to take my mini-muffin pan and my little wooden tool or my kitchenmade mixer so I can make shortbreads or my loaf pan to make lemon bread. Yes, our family definitely has a lot of traditional Christmas family foods - gumbo on Christmas Eve (YUM!) and dead cow with a jug of red on Christmas night (a filet tenderloin with a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau) plus all of the things I mentioned above. Ahhhhh...love a Chapin Christmas....I cannot wait!!

Oh toot, Alex just spilled sprite in the kitchen, so I have to begin my Monday morning by mopping - yay! What is he doing with sprite anyhow??? Ugh....happy Monday friends and family:)