Almost There

Now that Christmas is officially over, it doesn't mean the holidays are.

There's still New Years to deal with - and of coarse to those who didn't get what they wanted for Christmas, it's the time of year when you go back to the store and exchange items.

But for us we have one more celebration to add in there. My husband's birthday. It's the 29th. I barely finished baking cookies and fudge for Christmas and now I will be baking a German chocolate cake.

Oh, and then we have to have our Christmas dinner because my husband wasn't home for Christmas. So for us, the holidays are far from over. I still feel like I'm in that holiday buzz...you know the one most people are in on the 23rd of December when they are getting ready for Christmas. Yeah, that's where I am now. I guess I'm lucky enough to get an extended holiday season.

As soon as my husband leaves again though, all those Christmas decorations are coming down. ha! We're almost there....

Happy Holidays

I'm not sure that I'll get much of a chance to wish you all a Merry Christmas before the weekend. As you all know it's a very busy time of year. It's busy for me too. So before I get busy making fudge and baking cookies, I thought I would take a few minutes to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! From our family to yours, we wish you all the best for the Holiday!

Merry Christmas to Me!

I checked my email a few moments ago and saw this...

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Dear Vanessa,

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Description of prize vehicle;
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**ADDRESS WITHHELD**

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We ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims have been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is a part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted participants or impostors, taking advantage of the situation Failure to claim your prizes (CASH) would result to forfeiting and will be used for next 10,000,000 pounds sterling international lottery program.

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If only it were true!

All I Want For Christmas...

It's that time of year when your kids make their last minute Christmas list for the things they want.

Last night my son - who is quickly turning into a teenager - came up to me last night and said, "Mom, I want a guitar."

I think most parents would groan at this point. Guitar = noise. But then he said, "Not one of those kinds you have to plug in. I want one that is made of wood."

"Ahh, ok, I gotcha. You want an acoustic guitar?"

"Yeah."

I immediately thought to myself "Sure! That actually sounds like a good idea." And I started looking on Amazon at guitars. My son ohhhed and awwwed at all the guitars and we put a couple on his wishlist.

As I thought about it, I think it might be a good idea for him. It would be another creative outlet for him and he's very creative. I could see him writing his own music and playing at coffee houses. ha!

I was talking to my husband about it and he agrees that it would be a good outlet for him too. He suggested it on a bigger scale though - nice equipment and lessons. While that can be expensive and not really what I thought originally, it might actually be good.

So we decided that we would not get a guitar for Christmas. We need more information- we'll go to the music store and look around. We would probably get one after the first part of the year. Soon my son will be strumming along.

In the meantime, we're going to get my son his own cell phone for Christmas. ;)

NaNo is OVER!

Finally, NaNoWriMo is over!

30 days of writing madly on my laptop and it's FINISHED! Well, the story is FAR from being finished, but I have reached 51000 words! It was a GREAT feeling to reach that goal.

But I still have much work to do as the story isn't even halfway complete. I know it was going to be long, but I didn't realize just how long. haha! And I'm still working on my other book... I'm currently calling it Book 2 because there isn't a title for it yet.

But it's over. NaNo is officially over. I can breath now...