Some Christmas photos

We have started having our little family celebration on Christmas Eve. Now that Karen has her own family, they should spend Christmas morning alone. We fixed a ham, some salad and some green beans. Nothing elaborate but it was good. Allison brought her boyfriend, Ryan. The boy is an only child and is amazed at the hoopla a great big family has to offer but he fits in well.

I told you it was huge!

Here is what is on sale at Memorable Seasons. You can click on the logo in the top right hand corner of this blog to get there.

Today is THE sale....the BIGGEST Sale Memorable Seasons has ever had.....Want to know what the deals are you can't pass up?

ALL Stamping Products are 50%OFF....this includes stamps, ink, acrylic blocks and MORE

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ALL Printed Paper is 70%OFF....this even includes the New Items listed yesterday...Imaginisce's Twitterpated Papers!!!!

This sale lasts until December 31st!!! Happy Shopping!!

Psst, I have really big news that I need to share!

Memorable Seasons is having a really huge sale starting on Dec 26. The rumor is that

PATTERNED PAPER WILL BE 70% OFF FOR A WEEK!

See, I told you it is huge. There will be lots of other great things on sale, too, so spread the word!

A Brian Andreas Christmas message

Purple Madonna

One time on Hollywood Boulevard I saw a young girl with a baby. It was a crisp winter morning & her hair shone dark purple in the sun. She was panhandling outside the Holiday Inn & the door clerk came out & told her to be on her way & I wondered if anyone would recognize the Christ child if they happened to meet. I remember thinking it's not like there are any published pictures & purple seemed like a good color for a Madonna so I gave her a dollar just in case.

I get a daily dose of Brian Andreas in my inbox every morning. Some of them make me smile. Some of them make me laugh out loud. Many of them make me think, like this one. It is the perfect Christmas message. Treat everyone you meet as if you are meeting God and you will be blessed for He is in everyone you meet. I hope you have a blessed Christmas.

Christmas cookies

I have been baking and decorating Christmas cookies using this same Traditional Sugar Cookie Recipe from the Betty Crocker cookbook since I was a newlywed 31 years ago. Back then, I spent hours and hours baking and decorating the cookies to perfection. Back then, I had numerous cookie cutters with lots of detail and would pipe icing on them. Several years ago, I downsized my method and started doing only trees and bells and stars. When Allison started UT, I added the longhorn. To save time, I simply iced them and added sprinkles. About 4 or 5 years ago, the girls and Curtis started to help decorate. They get elaborate with their color schemes and details. I still just ice and sprinkle mine. We have quite a bit of fun with it. These days, there is now a grandson, a new husband and a boyfriend helping, too. Of course, at least one of the decorators had to be reminded not to eat every single cookie he decorated!

My weekend in San Antonio

I spent the weekend in San Antonio. My niece, Lauren graduated from St. Mary's University with a BA on Biology. Her plans are to attend physician's assistant school in the fall. On Saturday morning, I picked up my mother and hit the road picking up Allison in Austin on our way. We met my brother and his wife, their younger daughter, and another brother of mine at the campus. After the ceremony, we had dinner on the riverwalk and then strolled on the water's edge looking at the lights and people watching. After we dropped our mother off at the hotel, the rest of us met Lauren and her friends at a small bar and we talked and laughed. Those of us over the age of 25 did not make it past midnight but I had a really great time.

I've been scrapping!