In the excitement of getting my ring, I haven’t even talked about anything else from Christmas yet. We got up at 6am. Took our turkey out of the brine we had it in overnight. (Using, of course, Alton Brown’s recipe.) Got it prepped and in the oven. Then, we did out Christmas gift exchange since…
Category: General Blather
It’s a Yes
In case you missed the twitter or Facebook update this was my Xmas gift from Love. And yes it is what it looks like: engagement ring! 13 years in the making. LOL White sapphire so tons of bling for the buck! Love love love it! We took it in today for sizing and I get…
Christmas Eve
Shopping is done. Presents are wrapped. All the bills are paid and there’s even a little left in the bank. Life’s not too bad, especially given how insurmountable it all looked a few short months ago. We’ll start the turkey brine as soon as I post this. Tomorrow morning, we cook the 20lb bird, have…
Baking Cookies
Getting a late start this season on my cookies but the first batch is in the oven right now! Find the recipe here!
Too Warm!
The warm weather is depressing me. It’s just been too damned warm this December. The historic average should be about 71F (22C) this time of year but it’s running about 80F (27C) instead. How can you feel “Christmasy” when it’s 80 damned degrees outside and you’re in shorts and a tee? Still got the A/C…
Christmas Village Kitty Invasion
I get up this morning and walk to the kitchen to get a drink of water. As I walk back, I glance at the tree. Then I do a double-take because something catches my eye. (click for larger) …is that? Yes, it’s a little Gracie cat curled up in a little kitty ball, snuggled in…
Hectic Holiday
Busy, busy, busy! I just haven’t had time for much lately online including the blog. Working hard on last-minute shop sales, running to the post office every day to mail out completed orders, trying to get the last of our own holiday shopping and such done, normal household errands to run, and I still have…
Tree With Monorail
Finally set up monorail around tree today! Our Disney village I'd complete (for this year anyway! ) Posted via email from memoryanddream’s posterous
Reading Challenge
Well, I may not read quite as many books this year as last year (currently read 81 this year and read 90 last year), but this year I did have a lot more going on medically, so have to cut a little slack. LOL But, even so I did pass my challenge to read at…
Christmas with Mickey
We headed out to Disney for a few hours on Saturday since the last time we went, I was getting sick and we wound up having to leave and missed the fireworks, the Osborne lights, etc. Then, we couldn’t go because of Love having surgery on his leg. But! Love was a trooper and nine…
New at PhoenixFire Designs
Still time to shop and receive your handmade jewelry for the holidays!! Listed a lot of new items in the shop the past few days, so please take a look. Don’t forget, I also customize! Don’t forget you can also “Like” PhoenixFire Designs on Facebook! This year, it’s more important than ever that I have…
Holiday Cards!
I have some holiday stamps on hand and I’ve already sent out like 30 cards for Holiday Wishes but I hadn’t yet put up a list for my friends. Whoops! So if you would like a card from me, leave your address right here in the comments. They will be screened so no one can…
2 Drink Kinda Day
Unfortunately for me though, I don’t drink. Yes, I hated my day job. And no, I really didn’t want to go back but that doesn’t mean the way things wound up doesn’t leave me really low today. Going to get my stuff, I felt like I was being punished. I felt demeaned as my former…
Fun Monday But Dreading Tuesday
Normally Mondays are the day no one likes. But today, I hung out with my Mom so it was a good day. We went to the mall and shopped and browsed and tried things on and just generally had a nice time. Found a pair of capris and a pair of shorts on clearance and…
Oh Christmas Tree
Tonight we finally got the tree decorated! (Still need to put up the monorail around it but I started getting some of the village up under it but not all.) Looks pretty darn good if I do say so myself. 🙂 This is the first year with the led lights. Man are they bright and…