Man, I'm not good at this blogging thing. :P

I just really have a hard time figuring out what to put in here. My life has been pretty boring lately,what with being laid off and Christmas being over. I have been trying new recipes out. I suppose that I could start blogging about that. Anyway, this is kind of a random post letting my one reader know that I haven't abandoned this blog yet. :) Hopefully I'll be able to come up with some good ideas soon. Maybe I'll have to challenge myself to post at least once a week. Yeah! That's what I'll do! Actually, I have lots of good ideas. Its the follow through I have trouble with. Hopefully I'll be going back to work soon and that will give me something to post about.

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas! We sure got a nice white Christmas this year! A lot of the precip. came down as rain though, so it's not as much as it could have been. :) It is still coming down. Big huge flakes. Yay.

Getting ready for Christmas.

Cargo Scarf. Inspired by this:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cargo-Scarf%3a-Free-your-hands%2c-and-your-mind-will-f/





Candied nuts. They're so good! I need to package them up so I don't eat them all!
Russian Teacakes. I love these cookies. I ground the nuts in these. But, my sister made some yesterday and she just chopped them up a little. I kind of liked hers better.

No, I did not do all of this in one day. I am not a super woman. :)

Decorating for Christmas.

Christmas decorating is something kind of new to me. But, I figure that now I am married and have a step-son I should maybe quit being such a Scrooge. Besides, I have some really neat Santa(even though I don't believe in him) ornaments that a friend of mine made for me. I love them.
Anyway, the tree is up after some issues with making it actually stand up. And while we were under the stairs finding the tree we found a tote with various things including a stocking that L had made. We never did stockings when I was little but I think that it will be fun to do.

Dave and I went to town last night and I mentioned that I wanted some lights and ornaments to go on the tree....

For our 3' tree he bought a 96' string of lights. I'll post a photo went we get them on. His idea is "if we have enough lights we don't need no stinkin' ornaments."

So, I went back to town today without him to look for the rest of what I wanted. I didn't get any ornaments but, I did get a tree skirt, 3 stockings, and some tins for packing cookies for gifts. I looked for stocking holders but, holy cats! There is no way I'm spending that much on them! I'm using those hooks that stick to the wall.

I also got a bunch of my gifts wrapped today. Boo yah! :)

Back to posting, maybe?

Wow, it was a busy summer. No excuse, I know. But, here I am, laid off and with time on my hands. Might as well start keeping this blog up to date. :)
All in all it was has been a pretty good year. Work went well.

I got my official Black Belt in June. Now, I'm thinking about testing in January for my stripe. (There are 2 before I can test for my 2nd dan.)

Our reception in August went well. Hot, but it was August.

Competed in St. Louis MO. in September. I got 1st in forms.

Work occupied October and most of November.

Thanksgiving went well. No shopping the day after(that's just crazy).
I put up a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. It was Dave's Grandma's tree. No ornaments yet. Just a couple of paper garlands that L helped make. I'll put a picture up sometime. After it is fully decorated.

Spring!

So, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. My excuse is that I've been really busy at work and I was training to test for my Blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do. I do have some nice pictures to show you if I can figure out how to up load them.
See? We are ready for spring, are you?

This year we have changed where and how we do all of our planting. This is in the green house we used to use for perennial planting. Look at what happens as soon as you don't have people in the area all the time.
This is the most recent one. I'm going to try to take a picture every week to track the progress.

Time, where does it go?

One minute I'm laid off and the next I'm back to work. Now, I'm not complaining
but they called me back a week earlier then expected and now I don't have time to get anything done! Now that I'm living farther away I find myself staying in town the nights that I have class. Which means I don't get home until 8:30. And then I still have to eat and shower. I supposed that means I'll have to learn how to budget my time better. :)
One thing I did accomplish was getting my name change done. I kept my full name and added his last name on the end. I still get people calling me' Miss My Name, Mrs. His Name, Mrs. My Name and Whatever Your Name is Now.
Anyway, got to get to work. We are really going to plant today. Yay!