Snow and Holiday Lights

Good morning from the snowy Midwest:)

First of all, I want to apologize to all of the wonderful people who read this email/visit the site and sent me birthday and Thanksgiving wishes through email and on the comments:) I am sorry I’m so late in thanking yall. They meant a lot to me and made me smile:) *hugs to all of you*:) Thank you:)

We are getting our first real snow today:)  It looks so pretty coming down. I think we are supposed to get about 3 inches(ish).  Paul got the lights put up yesterday. It was really pretty last night all lit up:) The kids were super excited;) He spent most of the day getting it all put up and I spent most of the day on the computer. I’m looking at making a couple of different websites (not another recipe website. I guess graphics??) I’m very new to it.  It’s a lot of fun, but it gets frustrating when something doesn’t turn out just as I wanted.  I’ll get there I guess. Today, I want to learn how to make glitters. We’ll see how that goes.

I need to start wrapping Christmas presents. Especially the ones we send over to Paul’s parents. It’s so unpredictable when we send things over. I’ve got the wrapping paper, but I don’t have the ribbons and things yet. I need to go to Joann’s today and buy a nice pair of pinking shears (is that how you spell it?). We bought some the other day for $1.99 each, I guess you get what you pay for! I am making tags for the gifts this year and they made a mess of what I was trying to accomplish.  When I get some made (providing they turn out like what I have in my head), I’ll take pictures of them for yall and post them:)  My friend Carrie always has the cutest things on her site. She’s very talented. I wish for an ‘nth’ of her creativity.

Holiday parties are going to start revving up (Aunt Kathy has 2 next week at her house!) so I thought I’d leave yall with a couple of things that she serves at her holiday parties.   Remember, if yall find any errors on the sites please let me know. I’ve found a few this morning, so I know they are out there:) Have a wonderful day!!

take care,
~kat:)

Aunt Kathy’s Warm Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Ranch Ham and Tortilla Pinwheels