Merry Christmas.. Happy Ho Ho... and Cricut..Cricut..Cricut...

Merry Christmas!!!!



So - where to begin.. a lot has happened in the last few days... First, I have to tell you that I GOT MY CRICUT!!!!!!!!! I was so excited.. I picked it up Thursday afternoon - which is a story inside of itself! I played with it on Thursday night, all day on Friday (I was off), and on Saturday. In case some of you are not sure what said "Cricut" is - and no, it doesn't rub it's back legs together, and keep me up at night... here is a pic..
Perhaps I'll get Justin to take a pic of me using mine, and you can see it in action. It, of course is a Scrapbooking Tool! It's a die-cutter... as Justin explains it - it's a sheet metal plasma cutter, made to cut paper...

He (my cricut) is only 8 pounds, and is very portable. You can buy cartridges for him - he will cut paper, vellum, and such. I may try chipboard with him, but I don't think the blade is deep enough. With each cartridge, there are different fonts to cut out letters, and shapes. The letters and shapes can be anywheres from 1" to 5 1/2" in height. He's awesome!! I made Erica a scrapbook for Christmas, and used this alot! (Seeings as I started the Scrapbook on the 22nd, and finished it on the 23rd!) This was like an early Christmas Present to myself - with a little contribution from Justin.

Next, it was Christmas Eve!!!



Kassidy was soo excited! They stayed at Justin's parents house, where Santa found them there... all of those presents under the tree aren't even HALF of what the end result was for Presents!!! We had supper, and drinks with Justin's parents. The kids each opened a present..

Kassidy & Lilah each got "Pixel Chicks" - they're pretty cool - have never heard of them.. they're like the new-ago Giga-Pets that I used to have when I was little.. you feed them, change their clothes, play games with them, and they sleep. All electronically. Pretty cool!! Jared got an air-hockey game... never got a pic of that. I played a game with him - I won 9 - 3!!!

Christmas morning - I was up at 5.. to check my turkey (I cooked it in the night.. a wonderful smell to wake up to!!) went back to bed.. up at 6.. checked the turkey - couldn't go back to bed.. I cleaned up a bit, and by 7 sent the dog in to wake Justin up!!! Here I am in my Ho Ho Ho Jammies that Justin bought me.. (I opened them Christmas eve). Rosko wore his Reindeer Antlers proudly all day!! Aren't we festive?? LOL

I think Rosko got more presents then the rest of us! Here he is licking the "chicken flavor" off of one of the bones he received. - excuse the mop bucket in the picture.. forgot to empty it when I finished scrubbing on Christmas eve!!

And - Justin and I had a "Turkey-Off"... I roasted a turkey - he deep fried a turkey (does that surprise you.. haha).. We had 16 people at our house for Christmas Dinner ... here's the pics.. which one do you think looks better?

here's mine..

this is Justin's..

Here's some pics from after Christmas dinner.. (I forgot to take a pic of everyone sitting at the table.. it was hilarious.. a LONG table!!)

Jena had to have a nap.. she was too full!!

Then, for Supper we went to Justin's grandparents house... Boxing day we went to my dad's, then to my grandparents house for Lunch, and then to Justin's Grandmothers house for supper.. I had to come to work today to get away from Turkey!!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

So.. here's some pics of how my house is starting to look like Christmas - it's been this way for a couple of weeks now.. I'm so excited! Only 6 more sleeps!!


Here is the tree with just the tree lights on - I like the ambiance!! (LOL)
















I don't remember what setting this was on my camera, but I think it was with the tree lights on, and the living room lights on, but no flash... still.. love the ambiance!!

















This is with no tree lights on, all the living room lights on, and the flash..

Here's what the rest of my living room looks like!!!
























And a closeup of the tree -







We also went to Jared & Kassidy's Christmas Concert last night... must say - this one kicked butt over the one we went to last week!!!

Over and out! I hear there's a storm coming for Christmas eve! I'm so excited!!!

Stuff

Just had to post this pic! I took it a couple of weeks ago on a very cold frosty morning out of one of the windows in our office @ work.. the trees are beautiful!! You can see King and Westmorland Streets, and Hertz Rentals, El Burrito Loco, and lots of cars!

Went to Lilah's Christmas Concert last night- but we had to sit in the back row.. so needless to say - the pictures that I did take didn't turn out.. here's a few.. the first one is with my flash off - looks a little more natural.. the second one is with it on... gotta love that yellow gym! LOL Have a good weekend everyone! Hopefully I'll get my Christmas shopping, baking and wrapping done this weekend.. and a little cleaning done around the house!

New Stuff in my Scrapbook Gallery!!!

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Dear Santa... I've been a good girl...

Santa Claus
North Pole, Earth

Dear Santa,

I have been a good girl.
It really wasn't my fault what happened at Kymm's Office party. It was Charity who spiked the punch with too much Strawberry Margaritas. I can't help it if I drank 7 glasses. It was so good---smelled and tasted just like vanilla.

I thought it was funny when I put Tara's black thong on my head and danced the funky chicken on the table while singing `Red Red Wine'. I didn't mean to break Kymm's I Pod and don't know why Kymm would accuse me of stealing.

I don't remember calling Paul's wife a pretty Duck---even though she looked like one with Pink eye shadow and Blue lipstick!

And when I threw up on Jenn's husband's head, it was only because I ate too much of that Cherry Pie.

After all that fun, I admit I was a little tired. So I fell asleep on my way home and drove my Car through my neighbor's Garage. I don't think that was any reason for my neighbor to call me a muffled Dog and have me arrested for murder!

So, Santa...here I sit in my jail cell on Christmas Eve, all highlighted and hidden. And I'm really not to blame for any of this irritating stuff. Please bring me what I want the most---bail money!

Sincerely and quickly yours,

Krista (Really a nice girl!)

P.S. It's only 4 bucks!


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