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Thanks mom!!

The Night Before Christmas

Decorating Christmas Trees:

Mine

Katelyn's

(cloudy with a chance of candy!)

Grandpa's Christmas Message

Merry Christmas Eve!

I Finished!!

This cross-stitch just about killed me. December has been a mad dash to finish this thing. Remind me NEVER to cross-stitch again. It is the most boring waste of time ever. This cross-stitch is the reason my house has been a disaster this month, the reason I feel like I haven't seen the light of day, the reason my mind was in a stupor by day and vividly dreaming by night, and the reason I quit my blog for a bit (thanks Emily for getting me going again!). I was so stressed to get it done. One night, when my brain was particularly burnt out from stitching, I thought I might be having a brain hemmorhage, or heart failure or something, and I thought: How lame would that be to die by cross-stitch. Needless to say, I'm glad that part is over, and I hope Katelyn treasures this stocking forever (and never spills anything on it)!

Today I am sewing!

Wish me luck!!

(I'm not very good at it.)

From Me To You Giveaway!!

Aren't I so festive with my copy of Handel's Messiah in the background? Anyway, for the holidays I am giving away two McDonald's Hot Chocolates! How fun! FYI, they are only valid at participating restaurants in Utah, and parts of Nevada and Wyoming. (Trust me, if I could use them here in California I already would have.) If you live in those areas or might be headed that way, leave a comment before midnight on New Year's Eve and you just might win. Yay! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Love, Dana

Things That Made Me Laugh Today

I laughed when I got a message from my mom that she was in Forks, WA, home of teenaged vampire romance, and that she just saw Jacob run across the road...whatever that means. I didn't even know she was out of town. I want pictures.


I laughed when I walked in the room and Katelyn announced "Look, mommy! I'm coloring with Zachy!" At first I didn't laugh. I said "Awww, that's nice!" I laughed when I noticed that she had only allowed him to color with the white crayon (because it wouldn't show up) and she was hoarding all the other colors away from him.


I laughed during "The Sing-Off" when Ben Folds played piano with his elbows and stepped on the keys. It was awesome!


I laughed when Jeff Bridges told this joke on Leno:


"What is invisible and smells like worms?"


While you ponder that question, here is a pic of Katelyn hoarding the coloring crayons.

Okay, back to the joke.

Q: What is invisible and smells like worms?

A: A bird fart!

Adam also laughed at that one, and then we called our friends to re-tell it.

Fun times!