'Tis the Season to Be...

I'm sure most of you are anxiously awaiting Christmas, just as I am, and frantically trying to get all of your lists accomplished. I am so very impressed by all of your blogs, emails and Facebook statuses updating me on the many, many happenings in your life. I can't believe everyone is almost done all their holiday shopping, for that I am very jealous!

To me, 'tis the season to be...

1) O.R.G.A.N.I.Z.E.D: I am a compulsive list maker. I make them for EVERYTHING, however, I have definitely fell behind on everything that I should be doing, mostly because of finals week being next week. I have so many things that I still need to get done by Monday before my final exams even start that the thought of all this is starting to make my hands shake as I write this (yikes!). The lists will start next week and surely, I will get around to STARTING my Christmas shopping. I have about 20-25 people to shop for so it is absolutely important that I stay organized!!

2) "Domestic": and there is absolutely a reason for that word being in quotes, lol. Wednesday night I paid a visit to my friends Jenna and Vince at their beautiful house to make Christmas cookies for the holidays. Jenna and I were fully convinced we knew what we were doing while making these delicious creations, until we made our sugar cookie dough and started wondering why we were using almost an entire bag of flour and the dough STILL wasn't working out.



Thank heavens for my wonderful Mom-Mom being the cooking queen! After one simple phone call to her, explaining that we needed to chill the dough for 30 minutes before using it, we were on our way to making those dozens and dozens of cookies!

At the end of it, after many laughs and icing all over our...(ok, JENNA'S) clothes lol, we decorated like busy bees and ended up having a blast. Here are pics of our masterpieces:

(My cookies)

(Jenna's cookies)

3) Thankful: starting with Thanksgiving and ending with the new year, its really important to show the special people in your lives how truly thankful you really are. Tomorrow I will be accomplishing a huge task...Christmas cards. This is my little way of showing all those I couldn't live without that I am grateful for having them in my life.

4) JoLLy:o) lets be honest. You really can't be in a bad mood when you're watching Christmas Vacation or listening to Mariah Carey sing "All I Want for Christmas is You". It's next to impossible. I can't drive by Longwood Gardens everytime I go to Mom-Mom's house without my eyes being fixated on those beautiful twinkle lights making all the trees look like Candy Land. If Christmas doesn't make you happy then Bah Humbug! You probably just aren't allowing the Christmas spirit to warm your heart up a little bit. I can't get enough of it, even when I'm at work I'm humming Christmas songs.

Christmas is in two weeks, so enjoy it while it lasts!