Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I've taken it upon myself to write you a letter to let you know what I want for Christmas. I've come to realize with years of being slightly dissapointed by some things I've received *cough*uglychristmassweater*cough* that you are not a mind reader. I think I've been pretty good this year. I'd like to ask you to please ignore the burrito I had to throw at that SUV after it almost sideswiped me and then cut me off and slammed on their brakes. Or at least balance out that incident with the donations to charity. Thank you!


1. A pony. Yes, I will ask for this until I get it.
2. Down blankie (down alternative acceptable). Hubs is a blaket hog so make it big!
3. World Domination. Yes, I will also ask for this until I get it.
4. A playhouse for kitty.
5. Pretty art. I'm flexable, but please submit a draft with possibilities for approval.
6. Did I mention a pony?
7. NEW KITCHEN!
8. Wii Fit
9. While you're at it, throw in Spongebob: Truth or Square for Wii too.
10. A stable for above asked for pony.

Thank you for taking the time to read this Santa. I'll leave a bucket of oats in the backyard for my pony, and milk and cookies by the TV.

The holidays are upon us!

Can you believe its almost 2010 already?! I can't! Where has this year gone?

I'm pretty excited for having the fam over for xmas. After stressing so bad (and being sick) for turkey day, this will be MUCH more low key. Since my mom passed away a year and a half ago, we've gotten a bit non-traditional with the celebration. This year on the Christmas menu: tacos! Yes, good old tacos (and quesadillas for my bro's vegetarian gf). For a white girl, I can whip up a mean batch of carne! My dad will be up north with my grandparents, and it'll just be us kids at my house. A house full of twenty-somethings, lots of food and maybe some eggnog..fun times :)

I sit and look at the tree this year and it makes me think of holidays at home. I've gotten the box of ornaments down from my dad's rafters and mixed them with my own. I've got brand new glass balls mixed with zoo ornaments from the 20's..lions, tigers and bears...and a pony :)
The only difference is all the gifts from my dad are wrapped in spongebob wrapping paper and tied with electrical tape instead of ribbon. Mom obviously did all of the wrapping back in the day haha.

This year should be fun, yet sad, but hopefully memorable. It'll be the first xmas I've spent as a married woman, the first with all us kids and our significant others, and the first in MY house. I can't wait..

Rain, rain DONT go away!

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I have been LOVING the rain So Cal has been having lately! I love the rain and for the longest time, had plans to move to Seattle until my mom got sick. Good thing those plans didn't work out or I wouldn't have met lovely hubs..but anyways! The rain has been fantastic. I am someone who loves just standing in the rain and watching it hit the trees, bounce of the leaves, and eventually hit the ground. The smell of rain dripping off the fresh flower petals is indescribable. And not to mention the butterflies in my tummy when I see the resulting rainbow.

Now I'm a little sad. It was absolutely pouring this morning when I woke up and now its sunny with puffy white clouds. Last night Hubs and I went to the grocery store for sugar cookie dough and rum (haha I know, I know!) and the river was about 1 1/2 from flooding over the top! As gorgeous as the river is, and as much as I love living near it, that was an absolute frightening sight! I spent the summer of Hurricane Katrina living in the lower Florida Keys and during Katrina (which we were trapped in the house during), I watched the canal in our backyard reach the top and flow over the grass, washing away everything in its path. Seeing the river as high as it was last night brought back flashbacks of that fun and terrifying summer.

Well I enjoyed it while it lasted! I think I'll spend the day making cookies. Maybe some home-made chocolate chip cookies. Yummm :)

FREE Earrings!

My dad went up north for the holidays so hubs and I got to open our xmas present from him early. It was a BB gun. Odd, yet rad, and totally fitting in with the weirdness of my family.

So anyways, it put me in the holiday spirit so I decided to do a little giveaway/promo. Make any purchase, put "blogger" in the message to seller, and receive a FREE pair of tourmalated quartz dangle earrings. This promo will run from today to Dec 16th so buy now!

EARLY BIRD BLACK FRIDAY SALE

Thats right, EARLY Black Friday sale!

I was on a bit of a roll this week with my shop and I'm totally in the holiday spirit so I've decided to have a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. I'm offering FREE SHIPPING and if you send me a Convo on Etsy, saying you read my blog, you'll also get 10% off ALL items! Woo hoo!

Get your holiday shopping on lovelies! http://blackdahliadesigns.etsy.com

In the spirit of Thanksgiving..

Here are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving themed items from Etsy.com. Enjoy :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SeaPinks

http://www.etsy.com/shop/mindseyecards

http://www.etsy.com/shop/GlitzGlitter

http://www.etsy.com/shop/modernjune

http://www.etsy.com/shop/momomadeit

http://www.etsy.com/shop/wonderplunder

Of course there are a gazillion and one AMAZING things on etsy. Happy Holidays everyone!

Turkey Day

One week until Thanksgiving!
Normally I would say 'WOO HOO' but one night about 2-3 weeks ago, I said we'd have turkey day at my house. Then my dad called me after I'd basically drank an entire bottle of wine. He asked me if my uncle could come too. The part of the conversation I missed was uncleS. So instead of about 6 people, I have 10-12 people showing up to eat. EEEEEKKK!
I've done Christmas before for 5 people..no biggie on cooking. But wow! To do a turkey, a ham, fish for my pescatarian family, salad, snacks, and potatoes ---sheesh! Luckally my family is bringing stuff too like side dishes and desserts and beer and whatnot..but I'm still freaking out a bit. There is so much to do to get the house ready and everything. I know I can handle it all but its nerve-wracking man!

But on better news: sears.com messed up pricing or something on their Sony Vaio laptops so I scored a widescreen Vaio for $108 after shipping. YES...one hundred and eight dollars! Woo hoo! I'd love to keep its lovely glory but that is one nice piece of profit to sell it :)


PS: johnny depp voted 'sexiest man alive' for the 2nd time. AMEN!