2011 holds lots of possibilities.

I have been thinking about the new year.

Pondering what it will bring.

Do we map out our own destinies?

Or is there a master plan?

Either way you may think, I hope you will take full advantage of your life in 2011.

I know I plan on it.

First order of business, finishing up projects around my house.

Master bedroom redo, MUST be finished.

This print will be coming to live at my house, specifically a spot right next to my bed.

Parties to plan and indulge in.

Trips to book.

Friends to hang with.

Photoshop to "master".

Books to bend the spine on {no kindle or nook for me, old fashion page turning}.

Food to make and devour.

With LOTS of playing stuck in between it all.

So hows about you?

How are you planning to take hold of your life in 2011?!

Mom in the shot Dec 23rd {Christmas Eve Jammers?}

Reached into the archives for todays shot.

Nothing like looking back.

Last years Christmas Eve new jammers pic.

You can barely see Bean in my Sis's arms. I can not wait for this years.

Did you see Em's post yesterday?!

To say I am happy for her is an understatement.

And you guys have NO clue how she has been biting at the bit to share Elsa with you guys.

I mean BAD.

And to think many of your generous hearts have helped make this happen.

Tears, smiles, and goosebumps.

So this was a early VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS present the Andersons.

Now a few more months of waiting.

Merry Christmas to all!

Twistband Winners

Sorry I am three days late posting this.

I am slapping my bad blogger hand as we speak.

Ladies send me your email addresses.

Off to put my self in time out now.

Is it 5 o'clock, yet?!

Santa's got your number.

Call me a wackado but I like some kind of order on Christmas morning.

So much so that I find myself shaking, holding up to the light, anything to remember what is in the box.

Opening gifts in some kind of order insures that once that certain gift

{you know the one, its topped EVERY single letter to Santa, its the one that

you hang over their head, "I am going to call Santa to tell him not to bother

bringing ______."}

will not bring the opening festivities to halt at its very presence.

When I saw Free Pretty Things For You's Reindeer Printables.

I knew what to do.

I opened the images up in photoshop {you can use word also} and added some numbers {I used marcell font}. Once I printed them I used my 2in circle punch to cut them out.

I am using red for Bugs and green for Bean.

Now come Christmas morning, Buggie's pile will be stacked in sequence.

{this is THAT gift, the list topper, the head hanger, the VERY last one to open from Santa}

Some if not most of you may be shaking you head at the shear OCD of this post. I told you WACKADO. But when you spend some much time thinking about what to get you little people and then they fly through the presents like the Tazmanian Devil, it can honestly be a little disheartening.

This post is NOT meant to imprint my OCD on others, BUT this is how I like it done on

Christmas morning. And BELIEVE me it is not me sucking the fun out of it, it is still a BLAST.

Happy wrapping or should I say UNwrapping!

From our home to yours.

Here is how every single conversation I have had this week started:

"So are you ready? You know it is next week?"

One more week.

Thats it.

{wish i could send EVERY single one of you a card, but not sure if Hubs would

like that stamp bill}

I am sad.

Sad that all the holiday commercials are ending.

The Christmas music will cease to pump out the mall speakers.

That all the twinkling lights will be wrapped up and stored until next year.

And that the fresh pine smell will not linger anymore.

All those nonstop Christmas movies will stop streaming through the TV universe.

Too fast, time has gone too fast.

Sad, I tell you.

So I guess I should ask.

"Are you ready?"

Mom in the shot Dec 15th {is this the best we can do?}

Coming to you this week with yet another one of

my classically trained modeling looks.

I like to call this one

"deer in headlights."

At least this week my mouth is only slightly open.

Now some of you might be asking yourself,

"why the look of surprise, when clearly you are holding the camera and taking the picture?"

People I can not answer that, I realize it is not as if someone

came running around the corner and snapped one in my face.

Honestly, you get what you get and you don't get upset,

said wisely by Pinkalicious's Mom.

{Bean and I about to freeze our tails off going to pickup Bug}

Come to the party over at Em's.

Wrapping with a Sweet Treat {Peppermint Marshmallow DIY}

I have a weird infatuation with food on a stick.

Does it make it taste better?

Not sure.

But it sure does make it fun.

Here is my Peppermint Marshmallows on a Stick:

What you will need:

- Marshmallows

- Sticks {I used the 4in}

- Round Wood Beads {16mm}

- Wiltons Dipping Candy {I used white}

- Peppermint Candy Canes {smashed into bits, food processor works great}

- Gorilla Glue

- Candy Baggies {I used 3 x 4in}

- Twine, yarn or pipe cleaner {to close your bags}

First thing you want to do is glue your beads to the ends of the sticks {you can paint them if you

would like, I preferred the natural color}. Let dry for a hr or so.

Once they are dry, stick a marshmallow on the end.

After melting your Wiltons, dip the marshmallow half way into the candy. Make sure you scrap the excess off the marshmallow.

Next dip them into the crushed peppermint, making sure to coat them.

Place on a cookie sheet to harden.

Wrap up in your candy bags.

Now you have the perfect topper for your wrapping.

Remember those AWESOME teacher gifts yesterday, here they are all ready to be handed out

now with a yummy treat on top.

I found these adorable FREE gift tags on Eat Drink Chic. Downloaded them and printed them out on some colored card stock. Then took a little scrap of fabric and sewed a little ruffle to them.

Happy wrapping.

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