Whatever: Where your heart lies...so is your treasure

Holy Macaroni (favorite phrase from one of my funnier friends)!

2012 is almost over!

How in the world did it go by so quickly?

Guess I need to order some of these beauties...

Seems like just a few weeks ago, I was planning my year.

Now, I am faced with a brand new blank year, with lots of possibilities.

Amazing how fast time flies, especially once you have kids (or more than one). I feel like I am on fast forward through my life anymore.

I have lots of plans for my 42nd year on this planet.

Some are long term and some are more easily one and done. Most are not life changing, but hopefully will be building blocks to a better and continually improving life.

Merry Christmas!

I hope all was calm and bright in your necks of the woods.

Ours was lovely and truly wonderful.

I get so sentimental about the holidays and enjoy every single second of them once they are here.

We did it up right this year with the girls doing a fair amount of wrapping (they are Daddy's little wrappers) and after one lesson, they both are on their way to being master wrappers.

Christmas Lists

I went to the mall area not once, but twice yesterday.

All my lazy holiday spirit lead to the first trip.

There were last minute "Santa" items that needed purchasing.

The second trip was to take my beloved baby girls shopping.

They were not impressed by the crowds any more than I was.

Actually, I was impressed they were not as bad as I thought they might be.

We had first tier parking, for Pete's sake!

And didn't wait very long in any of the lines we stood in to pay for last minute items. 

We NEEDED to purchase a pair of saved for shoes for my oldest daughter

(baby sitting has it's perks!) and looked for some dresses for my younger "hipster". 

I have to admit it was really fun and once we left, I got out of Dodge with only minimal waiting at one traffic light.

Sweet.