Highlights of Christmas Week

I'm back in the city after a fabulous week with my family! So many people were utterly shocked that Eric and I didn't spend our first married Christmas together.

Example: They: "Hey Marissa! Where's Eric?" Me: "Oh, he's at home with his family." Them: "What! Why?".

I guess I can understand it, but it didn't seem the slightest bit weird to us. We've never spent a Christmas together. We dont buy each other presents. We both value our family time sooooo much that neither one of us can even fathom the idea of not being with them at Christmas. Also, because our respective parental units live so far apart from each other, we could never split the time between them. Thus, we were apart our first married Christmas. We both agreed that until we have a child, and Christmas becomes about them, we'll continue to go our separate ways for the Holiday. Sure I missed him, but I see him almost everyday! I only see the fam. maybe twice a year!! It was a wonderful holiday full of love, and my hubs was only a phone call away.

Highlights of Christmas Week:

1. Watching Bry dance.

2. Margaritas at La Caretta with my girls!

3. Sausage Gravy Biscuits.

4. Getting my family hooked on Lost

5. My new iPod and One Yard Wonders.

Hope you had a fabulous Holiday as well!


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Nutz in Richmond

Happy Holidays friends! Im here in Richmond, VA to see my sis do her thang as a snowflake/ flower in The Nutcracker!. I hope you all get to where you're going safely, and get to spend time with friends and family. Merry Christmas!

Step in Time

Did anyone else watch Mary Poppins the other night on ABC Family? It really is a superb movie musical. Step in Time might be one of the best dance numbers ever:

Blog Overload!

I know that reading blogs is supposed to be inspiring, but sometimes it makes me feel defeated! I think things like... "Im not sewing enough, Im not crafting enough! All my Christmas presets and decor should be completely hand made! Why am I not knitting socks for everyone I know! You guys think you're so crafty? I CAN KNIT! I CAN SEW! I COULD DO ALL THAT STUFF IF I WANTED TOOOOOO!!!!" Seesh. I am working on a handmade project but I can't tell you about it yet because it happens to be a present for one of you! Hehehe!


Fabric Trees from last year.

27!

Today is my Birthday! Yippie! I get a Crumb's Cupcake later!

Food, Inc.

Think you know where your food come from? Unless you buy from a farm or grow your own, my bet is you have no idea. You owe it to yourself to watch Food, Inc.

Goodbye Mamma Mare

Sadly, Mary Ellen Pernice lost her battle with cancer this week. She was a beautiful women, inside and out, and she will be greatly missed. I'm headed to New Jersey this weekend for the funeral. Please hold us all in your hearts.

HUGE MISTAKE

I dont know what kind of delirium I was in when I decided to brave the cold and wet and venture to Macy's. I guess the promise of sales and coupons was too much for my little brain to refuse, but I SHOULD HAVE KNOW BETTER. People, it was crazy. CRAZY! A true exercise in patience, which is not my best quality. Think about whatever mall you go to, then add about 100,000 people. Then imagine all those people lugging bags, winter coats and umbrellas. Imagine also that none of these people know where they are going. THEN, add all us annoyed, pushy, eye rolling, "KEEP IT MOVIN!" shouting New Yorkers into the mix, and you've got the hell on earth I experienced today.

Babies Movie

Ok, maybe Im just baby crazy, but this documentary looks really interesting to me! Not to mention adorable.

Highlights of our Thanksgiving

1. The BABIES! Kailyn is sooo talkative now at just past 25 months. Her catch phrase of the week was "It's okay" and saying "Hi Uncle Eric!" and "Hi Aunt Marissa!". It was so awesome to see her calling everyone by name and knowing who goes with who. If I was in the room without Eric she would ask me where he was, and visa versa. So cute. Colin is scooting around and pulling himself up on everything!


2. The Bills game wasn't freezing! In fact, I didn't have to put my coat on until the second quarter! AND the Bills actually WON! Double whammy!

3. Our new TV!! We promised ourselves that our one big purchase with our wedding money would be a flat screen TV. E's friend works at an electronics store and gave us a killer deal! It arrives tomorrow along with our new HD receiver. SOOO EXCITED.

4. Our Wedding Picture Gallery! To view, select Peck Wedding Album. You have to register and make up a user name and password. Then the code is peck2009. We are so happy with them! I cannot recommend McDorman Photography enough! They were a joy.

I hope you guys had a wonderfull holiday as well!