Holly Jolly Christmas!!

I always forget my i.d. for here-not to mention we're currently missing-wait, lemme count-7! keys on our keyboard, 3 being letters-and our backspace is sticking, so it's hard to type! Argh.

The pictures are from our 'sledding' adventure..we took Jordan out to 'the farm' and took him around in his baby bogan! =) He loved it!! (Until he face-planted in the snow..haha)

So, who's excited for Christmas?!?!? I know I am!!! I'm excited to see the family & friends I don't normally get to see, for the COOKIES!, the food in general, the cheery peaceful atmosphere, the caring & the giving!! I gave our fake x.mas tree along w/ some old ornaments away to a family in need, which of course made me feel great! I love using Freecycle, it's like the best website invented. Well, actually..I've discovered Earth911, and RecycleNow, which I absolutely (go figure..for those of you who know me, that's a no-brained) FELL iN LOVE WiTH! Haha. So, I got like 20+ responses for my tree & ornaments, which made me tear up b/c I couldn't provide a tree for all of those people! Which made me go into a rant about how there aren't any programs out there to provide trees & such for those in need. Ha-I get to work like, the next day, and aLL over, there are print outs from one of the moms (i'm a cleaner @ a daycare center) saying how her & a friend are starting a non-profit organization to provide x.mas trees & decorations to families in need!! WHOOP WHOOP! I took one home, and I'll have to email her soon. Of course, I gave everything away, but I'll be more than willing to donate when I can-I'm sure I can find tons of stuff for like, pennies, after x.mas on clearance. I planned on going out then anyways, to pick up some stuff for us for next year. Speaking of which, I need to get to the $ tree and get more wrapping paper, and some garland-I have blue & gold garland, & Andy said it looks like New Year's garland, not x.mas garland. So I'll hafta get out & get reds & greens. =)

Oh-I read on one of those tree hugging sites (lol) that they have LED x.mas lights out? I hope those are for the x.mas tree! We need those lights, too...our fake tree was a pre-lit one, lucky us, I had a box of 100 lights I had never used-but the tree looks kind of...sad, with only those lights. Half of it is unlit! OF courseeeee, JORDAN keeps pulling the lights off, stealing ornaments & running with them...kids!

Let's see....what else...I love donating! In case you didn't already know, of course. The past month or so, I've been dropping off all of our paper in a recycle dumpster at a local school for a fund raiser. =)

I'm excited to make more Christmas cookies!!! =) What are your favorite recipes? I'm planning on making Snickerdoodles (of course!), Tatu Biscottis (aka-Chocolate Pepper Cookies), Chocolate Chip Cookies (classic, and Andy's favorite), Peanut Butter Blossoms, Meringue Surprises, & Sugar Cookies (cut outs..). I also still have to make my 'turtle pumpkin pie' I never got around to making around Thanksgiving. =) Yum!!

Off to bed now..need my energy for grocery shopping tomorrow, and hopefully taking Jordan into the doctor's to check for an ear infection. Poor little man!