On the fifth and sixth day of Christmas!

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Yesterday I took my little sister out for her 42nd Birthday, then came home and spent the evening with Abby wrapping presents and listening to Christmas carols. Today Abby, Olivia and I wrapped more presents, then me and Olivia made wonderful Christmas Cupcakes!!

Peanut Butter fudge is next... a family favorite!!

3rd and 4th Day of Christmas!

For the past two days I have tried to focus on doing things for others.. It was difficult because I am still dealing with alot of pain. But I am moving forward! Christmas is so different with older children... The exciting gifts are no longer on their lists, but more practical things. I long for the day when I am back to the toys for grandchildren! But until then I will try my best to make my kids understand the true meaning of the season :) Tomorrow, Abby and I decided we are back to food, baking... the fun part of holidays... :)

No worries... part of baking is also random acts of kindness.... I love to feed neighbors!

On the second day of Christmas.... Chicken and Dumplins!

Day Two... (definately needed pain medicine... swelling and bruising is not consisitent with trying to be festive!)

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If you know me.. you know I don't do flour.. I am afraid of it, I don't get the right consistency for anything.. So, I was going to try to make dumplins with Pillsbury grands, cut in quarters, like the website... the looks I got from my husband... well let's just say he deserves a wife that can do this!! He is amazing in the kitchen, and I am invading his space!! He is a nervous wreck! So I did it... I made my own dumplins flour and all!! I am kind of excited.. and I can tell he is too :) I love doing things for them.. my family!!

Tomorrow will have to be something crafty... He is on duty and won't be here to clean his kitchen.. since I don't put the spices back the right way!

Wow.. I followed thru on the first of 12 days of Christmas!

So... it happened I finally got out of my cast!! Stitches are out... still swollen and bruised... but I have to do something more than sit on my couch!!!!

So I decided to make four loaves of homemade banana bread!! I just happened to have 8 bananas that are going bad fast and a basket full of nuts that I can crack! So yes... I made my bread!

Then to top it off... I decided to do a random act of kindness... no pictures it would gross you out!! but I showered and shaved after they took my cast off for my hubby!!! I could not wait... oh I feel so much better!! God is Good!! My next surgery is scheduled for December 22... So I will have to plan ahead if I wanna stay on tract for my 12 days of Christmas!!

My 12 Days of Christmas!

My 12 Days of Christmas!

So I keep seeing things on different blogs, yes, just because I never update mine, does not mean I don’t look at others! Lol… But they are cute little things for the 12 days of Christmas…

I have no idea what I am going to do, but I am going to do it! Just trying to think of something. I have been out of the creative loop for a while now because I had to have ankle surgery, and my entire leg swells up just opening the door to that crazy room! So here are some ideas I think I will do for each day, not all, but I will try to incorporate one a day. Like everything else in my life, it may get tossed to the wayside when it comes time to post it, but I am going to try!!

• Make something crafty, homemade! Oh how I miss scrapbooking and crafting right now!


• Make something yummy! I have never been one to just read recipes, but suddenly I have been doing that and I have the urge to cook something for my family. (I hope I don’t throw my hubby into some sort of traumatic shock)


• Do something for someone else! Random Act of Kindness


• Spend quality time with Abby. (Last night we played Mad Gab and Catch Phrase for 2 hours, it doesn’t really make sense to play either of these games with only 2 people, but we laughed so hard!)

These are just some ideas… it may be the same one each day… or more than one each day… but I am going to do it!!!!
Hopefully, I will update you tonight with what I did today to start my 12 Days of Christmas!!!
Remember, (reminding myself over and over) forget the stress of the holiday… because Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!