Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

I'm Back!

Ok bloggy friends I am back! Do you remember me? Do I need to reintroduce myself to little ole blog? 
Ok so I know I have been MIA for awhile, but its with good reason, I promise! I have each and everyone of you so much and have spent the last 2 days trying to catch up with everyones NYE, resolutions, and lookback posts! Let me just tell y'all I have read some interesting and fabulous blogs looking back on 2011! But anyways I am back now and will begin blogging again regularly from now on!


So here begins the over view of the past couple of weeks:


So the week before Christmas I had my cousin Steph, alex (4), and liam (6months) at our house with us. That weekend was Christmas, where we had even more family come into our house for the weekend! Around Thursday of that week I started getting sick again! Both of the kids were sick when they got here, so inadvertently I got sick again. Sunday night my granny started getting really sick, by monday morning it was into full blown mode. 


Everyone left our house monday morning and we were glad to get everything back to a sembience of normal. Alex stayed with us, bc we had to drive to Florida the next weekend and take him home. My granny continued to get sicker and sicker and I did too. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and got me some good meds and learned I was getting sick so much because I have a blockage in my sinus cavity. So, now I have made an appt with my ENT to see what we can do about this!. Granny kept deteriorating by the hour and we were getting ready to to take her to the ER, but then her doc called her in some meds and we thought she would get better, but by Wednesday morning she looked like death and sounded like it. So at about noon we got her up and took her to the ER, she was admitted with pneumonia and a viral infection and a kidney infection. She was very, very sick!


Meanwhile, my little cousin was at the house so I stayed with him while my mom and dad went to the hospital with her for the next 2 days. On friday we had to leave to go to Florida, because my aunt was getting married on New Years Day. So we left my daddy here with my granny and he brought her home from the hospital. We drove to FL and begin the craziness of wedding preperations! We were able to stay in our own little apartment, thanks to my aunts fabulous landlord! Friday we shopped for dresses, ate dinner, and met new family members. Saturday we went and had manis and pedis! Then to lunch with the bridal party. That night was the rehersal dinner and NYE. Lets just say my date was a 6 month old and we were asleep before 12. Sunday was the wedding and it was craziness! My cousin and her husband were late to the wedding and reception, and she was the one walking my aunt down the aisle, can you say drama! The wedding was nice and the reception went good. We were all ready for bed by 7 pm. My mom was asleep by 8 and I went to my aunts house and watched movies while no one was home and then my cousins come over and we played some games. On monday we left and come and home to sleep!


So needless to say it has been a crazy couple of weeks in my house! and now everyone in my house is sick :(  I am ready for everyone to be well! My granny is feeling better and slowly regaining strength. I am in job looking mode major and seriously need to find one soon! I have an interview on friday, so hopefully something will come of that! My dad told me today that he thinks the Lord has the perfect job and it just hasn't been his timing yet and I agree whole-heartedly! Because I have been praying for a really good job and I know the Lord is preparing the way for me! 


Ok so I know I rambled on alot without any pics, but I felt it was ok since y'all haven't heard from me in so long!


ps. can someone tell me how I can make a button for myself or someone who I can get to make me one? 


pss. can someone tell me how to link my pinterest pics onto my blog? I can't seem to get it to work right!



Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Merry Day after Christmas!

So I know I have been MIA for the past week, but I have a very good reason. I have had 2 precious lil boys @ my house and my sweet cousin staying with me all week. The boys are 4 and 5 months old, so I have had a busy week! and unfortunately I will probably be MIA for the next few days still, bc the 4 yr old is still with us, I am again very sick, and my aunt is getting married this weekend, so I will be busy again! But just know I miss you all in the blogosphere! I am looking forward to being back with you asap! 


Send me some ideas for some new posts ideas! I would love to hear from y'all on what y'all wanna hear me talk about!


Oh so one of my best Christmas presents was my new iPhone 4s 






ps. Siri is my new BFF!


pss. Can't wait to hear from all y'all very soon!



Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Christmas

Ok people so its only 6 days until Christmas and I have a ton of stuff to do and alot of ppl to entertain! So therefore, I will be MIA for the next week. I have a 5 month old, 4 year old, cousin, granny, parents, aunt & her fiance, and a few others here or coming this week. Plus I have some major baking to start tomorrow! Oh in case non of you have ever tried it, I am making Buffalo Chicken Dip, Cookies, Andes Mint Cake, Candy, and a few other things! Pics will be coming next week when I have time to upload them all! So if I don't see you until then I want to wish each of your lovely ppl a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! I love each and everyone of you and wish you nothing but love, happiness, peace, and joy!




Merry Christmas!!!










Thursday, December 15, 2011

Bloggers Block

Ok people so there are only 10 more days till Christmas!! Can you believe it? I can't because I have so much to do and I don't even know where to start!!! AHHHHHH someone help me!! 


So I haven't wrapped a single present, I have to wrap presents for my dad because apparently he is to lazy I wrap better than he does. Not to mention the fact that you can't get into my closet, because I have the largest closet and all the presents get into mine. 


My cousins are coming to my house sunday and will be here till after Christmas!
(So im super excited about them coming, but bc of the above I have to have everything done b4 then)
I making some homemade presents for my mom this year and so I have to fine time to make them while she is not around, which she is pretty much always around!

I still have to find my dad some more stuff for Christmas and he is sooooo hard to buy for! Ugh!!!

Anyways, I said all this to say that I had no idea what to write for my blog today. I have a severe case of bloggers block and couldn't think. I normally link up with Michelle and Lynsay, but I have already posted all my home decor pics and didn't want to bore you with them again. 

Oh I missed all you bloggy peeps yestereday bc I was out of town, I had to travel 4 hours to get my granny and bring her to my house, she isn't able to drive that far on her own anymore. 

Anyways, I am going to hop in the shower to hopefully get my day started and be productive!

Ps. hopefully tomorrow I will have something more interesting to write about :)




Monday, December 12, 2011

Cold, Rainy Monday

Hello bloggy world!! Oh how I have missed you! So I was out of town for the weekend and missed reading everyones blogs and getting to write to all you fabulous ladies! So I was at my sisters last weekend visiting with her, my BIL, and niece and nephew for our Christmas time with them. We had a good time and I especially enjoyed spending time with my niece! She wouldn't let me out of her sight and followed me everywhere. We played all weekend and I showed her how to work the present we had gotten her for Christmas. She absolutely loved it! She is very artistic and loves anything to do with drawing and coloring, so we got her a glow in the dark drawing board with lights on it. My nephew loved his hot wheels cars and new race track he got. I was sad to leave my niece and she was sad for me to leave too, but I told her to call me to tell me what santa brought her for Christmas! 


On another note, I have been working out for a week and watching what I eat and I have lost (drum roll please) 2 pounds!! I am so excited! This definitely gives me the motivation I needed to go for my run today with the weather the way it is, bc all I wanna do right now is sleep, read, and watch movies (perfect day for all). But in lieu of having lost 2 pounds I am going to lug myself off the couch and put on my running shoes and hit the treadmill. 


So with that last thought I reckon I better get off of here and get to running (joy not), so wish me luck and I will keep everyone in the loop on my weight loss journey!


Ps. excited to link up with Megan again tomorrow for Sometimes/Always!



Thursday, December 8, 2011

Christmas Favorites Linkup

So today I am linking up with Lyndsay and Michelle for another week of Christmas favorites! This week we are doing Favorite Christmas Movies! I am so excited to see what everyones favorite movies are! So I basically start watching Christmas movies as soon as they come on and keep watching them no matter how many times i've seen them or even if I just saw them! lol!  So here goes! 




So I have a lot of Christmas movies that I absolutely love! I couldn't pick all of them so here are some of them that are really good! Hope y'all enjoy!



I absolutely love this movie! We watch it every year on Christmas Eve and I could watch it year round for that matter! I love all the music, the dancing, the snow, the romance, comedy, and good old fashioned times! 
We normally watch this movie a day or two before Christmas and I love love love it! 
This set contains all of the holiday classics that every child should see each and every year! I watch these with my little cousin, he is 4

So these are my 3 favorites that I watch every year! Now on to the others I love too!

So I don't know about y'all but I love watching the Hallmark Channel! So here are some movies from that channel!













And I also love watching ABC Family's 25 Days Till Christmas





So there ya have it! Trust me there are many more that I could add! I hope you will go and link up with let us see all your wonderful Christmas Movies!! Have a great day!!



Monday, December 5, 2011

Christmas Deco

Ok so I finally have the pics for all of my Christmas Deco! So my mom and I have been basically working on this for the past week/weekend. We just finished tonight and still aren't quite done with the outside yet. So I was gonna do a what I did over the weekend post, but as you can see this is basically it. Oh we did go shopping saturday and go to Family Day @ my dad's guard unit, but other than that nothing but Christmas stuff done! I did get to read a book on my Kindle and I am almost done with it and super ready to finish it, bc it is so good! Anyways, without further ado, here is my house decorated by my mom and me (oh my dad helped us some, lol)!


(Our Little Carolers)

(Manger Scene)

(Mini Tree)

(Another Mini Tree)

(Purple Christmas Tree in living room)

(White & Red Christmas Tree in living room)

(Candles, Tinsel, & Lights oh my!)

(Our front porch, with my dad in the living room lol)

(I would LOVE a White Christmas)

(Santa in the living room)


(Our BIG Christmas Tree, I got to get a real one this year and I got to pick it out, so its a 7-8 foot tree!)

(My deco on top of my fireplace)

(My FABULOUS PURPLE Tree, on my dresser)

(My Nutcracker)

(My Mom's gorgeous wreath she made, oh excuse the image of me)
So there ya have it folks, my house decor in about a million pics (really its only 16, but whateve) So I hope you enjoy and sorry for picture overload!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Christmas Favorites...My Christmas Playlist

Happy 1st day of December everybody!!! I'm so excited to be celebrating with all you lovely ladies out there! So I am linking up with Lyndsay from SimplyLyndsay and Michelle from a little bit of this & that for Holiday Favorites, this is week is Holiday Playlists. Each Thursday in December in I will be linking up with them to bring you something from my holiday favorites!



So my favorite Christmas Music comes from The Time Life Treasury of Christmas, Volume 1


"White Christmas" by Bing Crosby

"Winter Wonderland" by Dolly Parton

"The Little Drummer Boy" by Harry Simeone Chorale

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" by Roger Whittaker

"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" by Nat King Cole

"O Holy Night" by Perry Como

"The Christmas Song" by The Carpenters

"Here Comes Santa Claus" by Elvis Presley

"Christmas in My Home Town" by Charley Pride

"Home for the Holidays" by Perry Como

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry

"Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Holmes

"Ding Dong Merrily on High" by Roger Whittaker

"If Every Day Was like Christmas" by Elvis Presley

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Perry Como

"Jingle Bells" by Jim Reeves

"Christmas in Dixie" by Alabama

"Do You Hear What I Hear" by Bing Crosby

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Judy Garland

"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Lena Horne

"Silver Bells" by Kate Smith

"Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Its Beginning to Look Like Christmas" by Perry Como

So this is a list of my all time favorite Christmas music! I'm going to let you in on a little secret about me, I listen to Christmas Music YEAR ROUND!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love it and don't know what I would do if I couldn't listen to Christmas music. It has a calming effect on me that nothing else does and it just puts you in a good mood! 
Anyways next Thursday I will do another link up with these fabulous ladies for more Christmas Favorites, think along the lines of movies!!

*Oh I wanna give a shout out to Erin from Bless This Nest for being such a super sweet friend and making me feel so special and for just being as sweet as she can be! If y'all aren't following her blog you definitely should be! She is a fabulous lady!

ps. Tomorrow hopefully I will get the Christmas pics up for y'all!!


With Christmas Love, Candace <3 !!

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