I’m often surprised when people tell me that they don’t have any holiday traditions. My ex-husband didn’t have any, which I actually loved because that meant we would just do mine. :P But I have met more than a few people in my time that don’t do this. And while I think traditions are fun, in some ways, they can also cause unnecessary stress to your holiday season. This year one of my traditions is getting broken. Ever since I can remember we were allowed to open one gift on Christmas Eve, which amazingly were always new pajamas. My mom always bought them for me even as an adult, until I got married in which she let my ex-husband know that he was in charge of that now. Even last year, my ex-husband’s gift to me was pajamas since he knows that is one of my major holiday traditions. This year when he told me that he was playing Santa I wrongly assumed that I was getting pajamas. Don’t get me wrong he got me a way cool gift that is more exciting than pajamas it just made me … [Read more...]
Portable cocoa…
What I am about to say will be upsetting to some…I’m not really a chocolate gal. I mean I like it but it’s not my top pick. I would much rather have something vanilla or caramel flavored. If I’m eating Neapolitan ice cream I am eating the chocolate flavor last. But I do enjoy a good cup of hot chocolate; in fact it may be my favorite beverage of all time. A few years ago my friend gave me a little gift bag and in it was a single size serving of Stephens Candy Cane Cocoa. I fell in love with it right away before even drinking if for the cute happy bear smiling while drinking his cocoa on the package (see below). And when I made the cocoa, it was nothing but pure love. I love the fact that it is a milk chocolate cocoa and that it has real bits of candy cane throughout it. See the best cocoa for me is at Christmas time when I can have my cocoa with marshmallows and a candy cane to stir, so for a cocoa to combine that for me was awesome. The first year all I could find were the … [Read more...]
Furbaby Friday….Dear Santa
Dear Santa, I know what you are going to say. I haven’t been on my best behavior as of late. I will not confirm nor deny that I dragged the trash throughout the house to get the paper towel covered in bacon grease. I will not confirm nor deny that I licked a batch of cookies when a certain person wasn’t looking. I will not confirm or deny that peed at my grandma’s house at Thanksgiving which I have never ever peed inside before ever. I will not confirm nor deny that I lunge at people’s hands in order to catch them off guard and they drop food and I just happen to pick that up for them with my mouth. I will not confirm nor deny that I roll in the clean laundry pile before it is folded. I will not confirm nor deny that I went on a hunger strike because I became a snob over food choices. I will not confirm or deny that I keep scratching up mom’s dining room chairs while begging for food which I know I am not supposed to do. Despite all that…look into my eyes. … [Read more...]
