Look What Santa Brought!

I know I'm so upset that Moose retired this year but Santa Aka Hubby got me his jersey this year for Christmas and a new camera I need to learn. Oh and guitar hero Aerosmith addition for Wii *VBG*


We really didn't get much more of anything other than some memorabilia . Baseball cards, baseballs - stuff like that. We're baseball nuts what can I say? I need to find a Kranepool jersey online before his birthday :)

Baking and more ornaments

The men of the house are Mets fans and we ladies are Yankee fans. Leads to some interesting rivalries...almost as good as Yanks vs Paula's Red Sox. I find it quite funny that season has been tied twice with the Sox and Yanks the last 2 years.



The Chrysler Building in NYC is one of my favorite buildings. When I was in the city a couple years ago with a friend, we found this ornaments at the Museum of Natural History and of course I NEEDED it. Not I wanted, I NEEDED it.....



First you raid the pantry and gather the cookbooks for holiday baking.....



and after a few hours, you get these. Now try and hide them till Christmas so there's some for Santa.....




The teens and hubby have been looking and looking for the candy and cookies already made. Silly people, they're hidden in plain view.

What's on your Christmas Tree?

Aren't these wonderful?


This is one of those "I can make that " ornaments. It's one of my favs too.



DS's baseball guys. My sister buy him these ornaments every year.


This was the first ornament hubby and I bought as a couple the year we were engaged.



Hubby started putting Opus in the tree the year DD was born. Can that be 19 years ago??



and my fav Snoopy :)


I have more but blogger is being weird :(

Christmas Stuff and Nanette's Giveaways

Yesterday was St Nicholas Day and the historic house down the street always has Cinter Claus come. I caught him without the big bishop looking hat. He gives gold coins to the children if they were good....he claimsdd was a good girl this year.






Tonya was talking about the black decorations and tree in Paris on her blog. DD has this small Nightmare Before Christmas one on her night stand. Sorry Tonya no Oggie Boogie ornament.




Every year hubby buys some totally off the wall decoration. We have a singing Homer Simpson, The lamp from a Christmas Story, I could go on and on. Today we started decorating and this is what he puts up....lol. Gotta love him, it's in the contract.





A few years ago I won this tree all decorated at the big fund raiser ay hubby's work. They auction off fully decorated tree of all sorts- usually 50-100 different ones of all kinds of themes. This one has been gracing the kitchen since. Though we got a bigger microwave this year and I still need to "fluff" the branches.




Aren't the ornaments great?



As for traditions, this plate and cup have been brought every year since 1990. Someone bought it for DD for her second Christmas. She was born a few days before Christmas before her due date so we didn't have it the first Christmas.


Lastly, Nanette , of my favorite patterns fame and a newly published pattern writer in the news Fons and Porter Baby Quilt issue ( pg 80) is having an anniversary giveaway. You have 7 days to comment and win one of 7 prizes...hows that for odds?

Saturday stuff

I'm having a battle of wills with DD :( But here she is cutting Daddy's hair



This actually got quilted this week too and someone is getting it for a Christmas present. It was mailed this week so it's on it's way.



I just delivered the present for the family next door. A gingerbread house kit,Christmas mugs, coffee, hot chocolate, the makings for cookies and kitchen towels, oven mitts etc. Of course a PEZ thrown in for good measure :) These are the kinds of gifts that need to be given early so they can enjoy up to Christmas and beyond. And now I can pick up cute cookie cutters for the little girl when I see them.




Isn't this the cutest thing ever? Barb made it for me for Christmas :) I just love it, and it's BLUE my favorite color.Thanks so much Barb.

I finished part of the presewing for the mystery ....and got a few more Pineapple blossoms blocks done for a last minute present. Only 15 more blocks to go or 9 and a big border ....