Sunday Snapshots Vol. 3

Hello there, you guys getting in the Holiday Spirit? I am getting excited because we are now officially in December! Ready or not, its time to get cheery! Here is what I have been doing this past week...

One morning I was feeling quite nice while drinking my coffee. My mug happened to reflect how I was feeling, Hell yes!

I love my dog and some people may view this as torture but I prefer to think of it as love. Tim came home from work and took off his work shirt while Gyppers was bugging him. We decided to give her the business casual look.

We got our Christmas tree! Doesn't it look purdy? I had to dress for the occasion so I broke out my Doctor Who/Grinch mashup shirt.

Tim's mom gave me the snowman. He is about the size of a toddler and I though he'd look good in the entry way. What I did expect was that it was a tiny bit creepy as we watched tv and creeper snowman was watching us! I moved him next to the tree because I still love him.

I broke out the season decor at work and started making a wintery display! It is still a work in progress but its coming together.

On our trip to France, while browsing the gift shop at Versailles I saw this Napoleon and had to have him! He looks nice as he plots a take over of the entire tree!

Finally here is out tree! It is complete with Harry Potter, Star Wars and tron ornaments! Tim and I also have a tradition, every year we make a new ornament. We've been doing it every year since we started dating. Not sure what we have planned for this years ornaments but I will keep you posted!

Sunday Snapshots Vol. 2

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It has been quite the crazy week and I have had a blast with my family and I am sad to see them go! Here are some pictures from the week, enjoy!

My friend at work, Marge, gave me this super awesome Adventure Time hat and it just looks fabulous on Gypsy. 

The night before Thanksgiving is always a tradition amongst our group of friends we call Ridic Thanksgiving. We meet up at a dinner where we stuff our faces and each of us says what we are thankful for. This year was the 8th year we have done it. I am glad my brother Billy was able to come along with us. 

The actually day of Thanksgiving was craziness! I couldn't believe how much work was involved and I didn't even do the majority of the cooking. As you can see it was Tim's job. 

It was good having my Dad and Billy around. I miss those jerks. They also missed each other, you can see them sharing some love in the picture above. 

I tried our best to avoid Black Friday shopping at all costs! However I did go to one place to get Christmas lights. I also go these antlers for the dog, but I look pretty sweet in them, eh? 

I solved my Star Wars wrapping paper problem. Last week I mentioned how I had vintage wrapping paper and I wanted to use it to make coasters. It was a fun project I did with my bro. He made the Chewbacca while I did Han Solo.

One of my favorite pictures taken over the last week was of our chalk board. My parents gave us a Thank You for hosting. 

Sunday Snapshots

I have been taking a lot of pictures lately, I felt like I should share with you my week in pictures......

 

Last week Comedy Central premeired  Chris Hardwick's Standup special, Mandroid. Tim and I were lucky enough to score tickets back in February of last year. It was quite hilarious and I suggest you check it out. 

Also last week I did an Owl themed storytime. I needed some owl finger puppets to go along with it. 

My hair was getting pretty long. I was sporting a serious duck tail! I finally went to Bella Filia and got my hair chopped off. I feel like its shortest its ever been and I was a bit nervous as she was cutting. I always get nervous, but it always comes out great. 

My friend Laura has been wanting to learn how to sew for a while. She mentioned that she wanted to take her Mom's old concert T-shirts (mostly Bruce Springstein) and turn them into a quilt. So we met up and I helped her create a game plan! Glad to say the quilt is in progress and should be ready for her Mom as a Christmas present. 

Thanksgiving is in a few days. I am so excited to be not only hosting my first family holiday, but also having my Dad here! I have been preparing and decorating a bit. This subway art was on pinterest and I printed out a copy and it looks pretty fancy on my little mantle area. Here is the post if you would like to make one yourself! 

Last week we hung out one night at my friend Tyler's. I have been friends with him since Kindergarten and we were even in a band together durring High School. We were called the Helicopters, he sang/played guitar while I played drums. It was a lot of fun and while I traded my drums in for a sewing machine, Tyler is still playing music. This was taken in his basement as a bunch of us were just randomly jamming with his stuff. 

I had gotten this Star Wars wrapping paper from Louisa. While I was at their house I needed some wrapping paper to wrap a  present. Louisa has a box of wrapping stuff and this stuff was in there, unopened! She said I could keep it and I have been hanging on to it ever since. Its been a couple of years and I am in a moral dilema. I got my first Whimsey Box last week, in it were materials to make coasters. I am thinking about using the wrapping paper for it, but do I really want to open up the sacred wrapping paper?! I don't know! If you have any thoughts, please feel free to comment.