Oh, the things they sell in Market Square, San Antonio! No, I didn't buy one, but I'm thinking I should have.

Mommy and Me

They weren't feeling very photogenic (neither was I after working, going to the gym and going to the grocery store), but here's mommy, Leroy and zoE!

Hosted by Krystyn

And the winner is.....

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Win It!

What's your favorite Starbucks treat? Leave a comment and you could win a
$5 Starbucks gift card!

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Congratulations Susan! I hope you enjoy your wine bottle! Please stay tuned for another give away soon! It's a gift card....

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One of my New Year's Resolutions is to blog more frequently...and what better way to kick it off then a give away?!?!?! With an it created by yours truly! I am NOT trying to sell these....I made them for decorations/party favors and guests really seemed to enjoy them. I also made some for Christmas gifts and thought someone in the Blog world would love to own one!

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1. Leave a comment with one of your New Year's Resolutions (1entry).
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3. Tell me how I can improve my creation! I love constructive criticism (1 entry).

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*Winner has 48 hours to contact me, or another winner will be chosen.
*Contest ends Wednesday, January 13th at 9pm EST. Winner will be posted shortly after.
*Rules for each entry must be followed to be valid.

Thirteen things I did before Christmas Eve:

1. Decorated the candy house with my mom and aunts.

2. Got upset that Aunt Deb put roaches or rats (they are just ugly) in my pretty flower
garden. (She thought it was cute, I thought it ruined my flowers. Then, the discussion of
roaches went from gross, flying insects....to the roaches that were smoked in the 70's.)

3. Went Christmas shopping at Katy Mills with Stephanie on December 21.

4. Took my students on a field trip to the Health and Science Museum. We had a great time,
until they decided to throw rocks at the ducks. I won't tolerate animal cruelty, no matter
how small, so we were back on the bus and headed to school 2 hours ahead of schedule.
(I can't put pictures of my students up because it violates some kind of privacy laws.)

5. Went to see Dave Matthews Band concert in 3-D. It was an amazing show/movie and if
they ever come to Houston I will go see them. The 3-D was alright, but not necessary and
the glasses made my head hurt.

6. Planned and began packing for a trip to Montana.

7. Made the most difficult cookies of all time with my mom.
Gathering our ingredients. Nothing makes Christmas cookies taste better then 4 sticks of butter!

The green cherries that go in the middle of the cookies....I've never seen green cherries growing wild either, unless they weren't ripe. Even then they weren't this green.
The batter.....yummy!!!!!



8. Developed a love/hate relationship with the cookie & pastry press. It was very hard to use, and I never really got the hang of it. Maybe I will next year.

9. Canceled going to Montana.

10. Wrapped 4 AAA batteries individually. Joe asked me to and it was a little tricky, but they turned out cute!

11. Went Christmas shopping with David on December 19 and 22.

12. Watched Leroy, once again, do one of the strangest things I have ever seen a cat do. He was eating my blackberry yogurt....and loved it. Oh, Leroy, you are the craziest cat ever, but mommy sure does love you!

13. Went Christmas shopping with Joe, and for Joe (he had meetings so he couldn't do it all with me) over 6 times. I guess he doesn't call me his Elf for nothing. December 22 was our last trip for the year....so we hope!

I hope everyone had fun preparing for Christmas, and have time to enjoy the reason for the season with loved ones!