Have Yourself...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

because

I'll be home for Christmas

and I plan to

Let it snow

even if

Baby, it's cold outside

I...

I am: a quirky girl with lots of passion.

I think: I operate best when I don't really think things through.

I know: things always work out okay.

I have: friends and family who GET me. All I could ever want.

I wish: time would stop going so quickly the older I get.

I hate: that I have such a hard time being patient.

I miss: college.

I fear: that I'll never get a Master's Degree.

I hear: laughter.

I smell: the new perfume I got for Christmas: Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto. It's my new fav!

I crave: chocolate. Always chocolate. And coffee.

I search: for vintage dishes because I think it's so fun to imagine them being used by people of past decades.

I wonder: why people are so critical of each other.

I regret: not stopping to smell the roses more when I was in college.

I love: when I laugh harder at my own jokes than anyone else.

I ache: in my jaw. I'm getting my wisdom teeth out soon.

I am not: your ordinary engineer.

I believe: that there is a plan! Fate! Everything happens for a reason! Que sera sera!

I dance: in the shower (where most people sing!)

I sing: in the car. Mariah and I can reaaaally harmonize!

I cry: when I think about people who are hungry and sick.

I fight: the urge to stay in my PJs everyday.

I win: the lottery in my dreams!

I lose: in basketball. I'm so bad.

I never: go a day without kissing my dog on the nose.

I always: have my toenails painted when I wear sandals.

I confuse: the days of the week. It's the effect of my unusual schedule (traveling without a 9-5 schedule for work).

I listen: to my iPod when I clean the house. I mop to the beat! Ha!

I can usually be found: dreaming about traveling.

I need: my I Love Lucy DVDs.

I am happy about: life.

I imagine: in the next 3 years I'll be a mom.

Play along, won't you?

Santa Came Early

Tonight Joe and I celebrated our Christmas together. We are going to leave for our hometown on Thursday so we decided tonight we would do gifts and tomorrow we would do a movie night. It's always so stressful (but also fun!) being home for the holidays because there's so much pressure to share our time with both families so it will be nice to have a date before the madness! Ha!

So, I can finally spill the beans on the things I got for Joe for Christmas!


And Santa was good to me too!

And... drumroll... couples dance lessons!! I am so excited about this (what a great gift, right?) Joe is a good sport because he is VERY self conscious about his dancing ability but I've wanted to do this for a while. I'm so excited (will I make a fool of myself? Probably!!)
I know gifts are not what Christmas is about, but it's fun to post about. I am so excited to see our families, especially my niece and nephew!!

What's In Your Purse?

I saw this on another blog and decided to do a video! I think I have Mary Poppins's purse because there's a lot of stuff in there (that I didn't even realize!)

Social Calendar

Y'all, my social calendar has never been so full - I'm recovering from two parties last weekend. One was a fancy party at the banquet room at our Marriott here in town. It was hosted by the OB anesthesia group that works with the hospitals here. It was so funny because they hired a "mindreader" as entertainment. She had her husband there to go around the tables and have people show him their drivers license and she would stand on stage and guess their name. Too funny!

Tonight Joe is on all-night call. He had the afternoon off "pre-call" from 1-4pm so we met up for a lunch date at On The Border. I thought some mexican food sounded good on a cold Monday. I told Joe to close his eyes for a minute and try to pretend we were in Mexico! Ha!

You'll never guess what I'm doing tonight. I have a date with our scanner. As a Christmas gift for my in-laws we're scanning in old family pictures to an external hard drive for them. That way they have everything digitally instead of in old boxes in the basement. I had no idea how time consuming it would be!!

Holiday Parties - Looking Good on a Budget!

Tis the season for the holiday party! We have four Christmas parties for Joe's work alone (each of the anesthesia groups has their own party) so I've been thinking about how to look nice at each one without breaking the bank...

1. Get a little black dress. Or little gray dress. Something you could wear to several parties but also use at church, recitals for the kids, etc. I like this Calvin Klein number and this from Target.

2. Then, get a great pair of shoes. This is where you can really jazz up your outfit. I bought these from TJMaxx last week and I already wore them to a party we had last weekend.
3. Reuse your wedding jewelery! For any fancy occasion, I always wear the necklace I wore on our wedding day. It's a big statement piece. Maybe you wore some pretty chandelier earrings or a beautiful pendant necklace. Why not wear them again?

wedding day: bridesmaids putting my necklace on

4. Punch up your makeup. I'm going to go for this purple-smokey eye this weekend. If you're already doing the smokey eye a lot, why not wear so a retro look with pretty red lipstick?


And remember, you ALWAYS look good when you're confident and having fun!

Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Guys

It's a well known fact that I am married to one of the hardest-to-buy-for people EVER. It usually works out pretty well that he doesn't 'want' for things because, truth be told, I have a hard enough time keeping track of all the things I want.

Oh I kid.

But I do think every relationship has a "spender" and a "saver". The lines are drawn pretty clear in ours.

But I like to give good gifts! Over the years I've learned to be pretty creative in the stocking department. So here I impart my ideas to you...

razors
scratchers/lottery tickets
gift certificate to the movies
candy
an ornament
car air fresheners
nail clippers
DVDs/CDs
fruit
a new tie
mini notepads
new pens
new toothbrush
socks
fishing lures
gum
floss
golf balls and tees
batteries
peanuts
mini flashlight
keychain
gloves
a new belt
hair gel
combs
flash drive
bottle opener
tickets to a game/event
swiss army knife

So, I hope that gives you some ideas! Now then. I have to show off a little. A couple nights ago I made a homemade chicken pot pie (recipe here). It was so YUM. And I had a little dough left over at the end so I added an H to the top, because monograms, they can go ANYWHERE I tell you.