A decade?!

Does it shock anyone else out there that it is the end of yet another decade?! I'm shocked and horrified and thinking about ways to ssllooww my life down.

Well, another shocking moment was when I learned that 'N Sync's album 'No Strings Attached' was the top selling album of this entire decade?!!? If you are having a hard time remembering what songs were on this album here you go:

And in case you are wondering, yes this is still on my ipod.

Mariah Carey's 'We Belong Together' is the decade's most popular song.... has anyone ever heard of this song?! I was going to link to this song from YouTube, but the video disgusted me and I only saw about 12 seconds of it.


So I want to know, what would YOU choose to be the decade's most popular album and song?

5 Question Friday

1. Does Santa wrap the presents he leaves at your house?

Well considering my dog may be the only one who believes in Santa at our house, no... but Ben did get some fabulous things under the tree from said dog and even our cat, Rabies. Rabies was also sweet enough to wrap me a present under the tree that Ben was very confused about. Which brings me to.... have I told you I have a cat named Rabies?

2. When is your "big" Christmas celebration...Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Tell us about it...

Still trying to figure this one out, but since there are no children/grandchildren involved yet Ben and I are easily shoved between houses and fortunatley our parents live about 10 minutes apart! THIS year since we got our very first tree we talked about seeing if his mom wanted to spend the night at our house for Christmas and go to the christmas eve service at our chuch. We've also never been in town for Christmas Eve at our church so I'm VERY excited!

3. Are you big on keeping tradition every year?

Again... no kids, so we haven't really started them. I guess we started one this year by getting a tree...finally. next year we'll be sure to do the same thing. :) Church on Christmas Eve is a wonderful tradition though that I'm glad we can spend at our home church.

4. Do colored lights or white lights tickle your fancy?

WHITE! When I was a child I begged and pleaded with my mom for colored lights, pink and blue strands, anything bright and cheery and she always said no! Well amazingly enough while decorating our first tree this year, I avoided all my blue and pink ornaments and ended up with a very uncolorful tree that I love. White lights, white and silver ornaments and 1 red bow on top....

5. Do you decorate outside your house for Christmas?

Yep, with 1 whole wreath and a few strands of icicle lights. Here's my professional photography at its best:

Giveaway Time!

Bloggy Blog Designz is having ANOTHER Holiday Giveaway!!! Last week every entrant won something, so they decided to do it all over again! They are giving away blog designs and all kinds of goodies. Plus ALL entrants will receive 20%off their purchase through the end of the year! Be sure to check out their website for more information, or to enter yourself. Take a look at their portfolio and packages to see what you want for Christmas ;) With 6 giveaways this week, who knows whats in store for next week?
The first 5 entrants will receive a $10 giftcard. The giveaway will close on Dec. 13th, so be sure to have your posts done and comments left by midnight! Good Luck to everyone! We are so excited. Merry (early) Christmas!(Our Design List is open after January 1. Discounts from this giveaway do not apply to designz in progress)

Wordless Wednesday

Oh where, oh where...

Oh where, oh where the heck are my NCE results?!
Oh where, oh where can they be??!?!
With 7 weeks down and 4 days to go.
Oh where, oh where can they be?

This one is an embarassing one because it is certainly NOT ME who has resulted in making up songs about the long lost NCE results. Seriously.... Its not me who is going that crazy about it.

Its been almost 8 weeks...
WHERE THE HECK ARE THE RESULTS?!
I keep thinking I should stop bringing this up because what happens if I don't pass??? (Gulp) Maybe then I'll quit bringing it up. :)

Know when to ask for help.

Today I went Christmas shopping, and accidentally bought myself a Christmas present. Of course I only bought it because I will be able to make super cute cookies and pretty little tins full of them for Christmas gifts....of course! This one to be exact. And let me just tell you.... my cookies look NOTHING like those above. See exhibit A (Side view was a little more forgiving):


In fact, not only do they not look like that, but I'm sure they don't taste like those either. They are kinda crumbly, kinda salty, and kinda just plain bad. My husband (who typically has no problem eating 5 cupcakes at a time or a pan of brownies) ate half..... HALF of one. Then he asked it that was what they were supposed to taste like. HAH! crap....

So all you blog readers. How do I make these cookies beautiful AND not so gross?

Walking in a winter wonderland...

Saturday morning I woke up to a beautiful wintry wonderland white roof... The world in Alabama goes a bit crazy with the mention of 'snow' and everyone was super excited about it. I did not get to see it actually coming down because I think it happened between midnight and 4am, but this is what it looked like around 6am Saturday morning. I was still very excited!


I'm sure you are wondering what crazy person is up at 6am on Saturday morning.... or maybe that was me. Well, I had a workshop to go to and got to see even more of the snow on my drive into Birmingham:

Ooooh....Ahhhh.....