Happy Friday!

Happy Friday to you!  Hope your day was great and that you have big plans for this weekend.  Maybe your plans are to sit at home in your warm pjs and snuggle on the couch.  Those sound like big plans to me!   There's a 70% chance (since the last time I heard) of the white stuff here tomorrow.  Maybe it will look like this:

Yeah...in East Tennessee...probably not.  Oh well, hopefully we will see some pretty flakes tomorrow.  We are doing Habitat for Humanity tomorrow and I don't know how that will go down when the temp is supposed to be so cold!  Should be fun, though, and I can't wait.  I'm hoping you have a great weekend!

Almost There

Today is Thursday and I had my first comprehensive final exam out of four to complete my third semester of nursing school!  Three more finals to go and then I'm free for one whole month!  Do you know what else that means?  I have one measly little semester of school left.  ONE!  I sincerely won't know what to do when I can come home without something to read, study, or write!

One thing that makes me impatient right now is that I can hardly even think about Christmas until my tests are done.  I have wanted to get excited about it and actually do a little decorating, but there's too much school to do.  I love decorating for Christmas.  We do have our own stash of Christmas decor lost somewhere in the storage unit.  With our limited space right now, though, there would be nowhere to put it!  I will placate myself now, however, by envisioning us next Christmas, back on our own, with our own tree, ornaments, and stockings.  For now, here are a few of my favorite things:

Opryland Hotel

My husband-he is one of my favorite things.

My Bailey-boy is excited about Christmas.

 I love love love Christmas in New York City.  I was able to go during Christmastime a couple of years ago. Wonderful!

I'm ready to make some new Christmas memories this year!  We are volunteering with our church small group to participate in Habitat for Humanity on Saturday.  Man it's gonna be cold.  Feels good to be giving, though.  Then on Sunday we are going to see The Living Christmas Tree!  It's a tradition here in Knoxville (probably in other cities too) that we have not been able to attend yet.  So excited about that.  Next Saturday is pancakes with Santa a a cookie swap!  Whew-that calendar sure does fill up fast.  Be looking for new photos!

Advent

I LOVE December!!  It's such a great month filled with twinkle lights, Christmas trees, and never-ending festivities!  It just also happens to be the birthday month of two special someones I know.:)  I love that I woke up to snow today.  Yes, snow!  What an excellent way to start December.  It didn't really stick but was pretty to watch (as I sat in the dentist chair and then had a test to take this afternoon).  That wasn't a particularly fun way to start the month.  Oh well.  The whole month is ahead to me!  Anyway, I just wanted to remind myself on this day one of December to take it easy, take it slow, and focus on the important things in life-not presents or Christmas trees.

Treats

This is the view I have looking out my window today:

So this is the treat that I made for inside:

Yes, there is hot chocolate under those marshmallows!:)

p.s. On a similar note, I'm going to be making cookies for a cookie swap in a couple of weeks.  Any suggestions?  I'm torn as to whether to go with the plain-looking cookies that always taste amazing or to do a more decorative one. 

Love

Love you Daddy, and missed you this Thanksgiving. 

Snapshot Saturday

This is too funny.  We were at Opryland Hotel tonight.  I was taking a picture of everybody.  Brian, I think, is really just pointing to be funny.  He made some random guy look also, and I have absolutely no idea what Chris is looking at/doing!  We did not plan this photo.  What a crazy night!

Try-out

I'm trying out a new background for the holidays, as you can see.  I like it but I think I might like it better if it didn't have those Santa buttons.  Oh well, I'll try it for a little while.  Happy Saturday!