Christmas Day, Part 2.

So my Aunt and Uncle's house is always a fun place to be.

It's a beautiful house nestled on top of a hill, with big windows to see outside.

And the inside shows their personalities perfectly, quirky, whimsical and bright.

And that was Christmas 2011!

Not bad, 2011...Not bad.



Christmas Day, Part 1.

I bring you a few snapshots of Christmas morning:

Binx going b-a-n-a-n-a-s for ribbon.

One of the great presents I got!

Chocolate pecan pie cooling down.

The only picture where my eyes are open.



Fa la la la la ........

is it New Years yet?

New Do.

I dip-dyed my hair and what a lovely surprise

that it worked, and I love it.

That is all.

Tumblin' Tuesdays.

gypsy super tramp

in brogues

well-fed

caramel appl3s

scalene synths

m0rtality



A Headbanger's Christmas - the Best Kind of Christmas.

I am so glad I stumbled upon this video this morning.

This is exactly what inspired Spandex Summer!

Spandex, big hair, and well, a theme.

Even if you're not in to Ozzy Osbourne, you can still

get a laugh from him!

Watch him and Zakk Wylde on Headbanger's Christmas.



P.S. Can someone PLEASE bring back Headbanger's Ball?!

And on regular cable too?

The People that Make Christmas Great.

You can visit the post I did about

last years Christmas party, and now

I finally got around to bringing you this years.

Actually, I wasn't going to post anything at all

because I was chit-chatting and playing hostess too much to

realize, "Spandex Summer needs me!". Plus, I got

a phone call from my sister asking why I didn't post anything about it.

...lazy.

So I bring you the gist of what happened.

I had a Recipe swap/pajama Christmas party at my house,

and here are the recipe's I made:

I made cupcakes similar to these, except

I did red velvet.

I also made this incredible

Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread that

I'm pretty sure I've been yapping about for weeks now.

Oh, I also made this punch that was so good!

I'm not much of a punch person, but this is definitely worth a try!

Then after everyone tested the food and had a good

chat by the fire with some hot cocoa, we played a few games such as,

Who Am I?: Where a person gets a Christmas character and

describes who they are, whoever got the most right got a present.

The Naughty List: Each person went around and told the

naughtiest 'naughty list' story (clean!) and whoever had the naughtiest got a present.

Christmas trivia: obviously, it was Christmas trivia, and the most

with the right answers, yep, got a present.

I just had to share this. Binx made his appearance, in theme as always.
I think he looks like the Heat Miser in this one. Ha!

 

I hope everyone has a safe and blessed Christmas!

Tumblin' Tuesdays.

christmas dreamer

f-r-o-s-t-b-i-t-t-e-n

whatever squeaks your ducky

country nights and starlight

hot coco in the winter snow

xmas luv

Fuel for the Week.

First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar

This book  on Joan Jett is pretty ahhhmazing.

Great pictures, and great stories.

I'm very proud to show it off to everyone!

For all of yous who love to be in the kitchen

as much as I do would probably agree that this

compact herb chopper is a must have convenience on hand.

 

 

 

What a better way to ring in the new year than with plans

to take a road trip! And with this personalized map, you can

track where you go and keep it for years to come.

The retro style kitchen timers from apartment 48 

are so unique! I want the blue one. No wait- the green.

And the black one.....

Sigh.

 

 

Everyone have a wonderful week!

Just think, Christmas is around the corner!



Some Christmas Fun.

This is actually from last year, but since

this blog was made earlier this year, I thought I'd share

with you my Christmas party of 2010.

Last year I decidecd to have a ornament decorating party

with friends and family. We had ugly Christmas sweaters, hot cocoa and a

lot of fun!

Basically for my party, I got a few boxes of medium and large

sized clear ornaments that have the removable top.

I picked up a few little items that would easily fit through the tops of the

ornaments, such as small decorative balls, glitter, fake cranberries and tree twigs,

fake snow, and ribbons.

I also got acryllic paint (because it dries faster) for marbeling effects, etc.

And of course helpful items like straws, glue, paint brushes, and since we were

working with really messy things I chose a plastic table cloth for easyeasyeasy cleanup.

And all in all, after food, drinks and all the decorations, I think I only spent

a little over 60 bucks.

Oh and the ugly christmas sweater? Well it was

like 100% wool and incredibly itchy! So I had to put a thick

turtleneck underneath to help and ended up with a hot flash the whole time.

But other than that? Pretty amazing party!

Welcome Welcome!

Remember when I made this post?

Well I realized that I posted about my dearest friend,

Courtney expecting a baby, but I never did a follow up post to show you

the most beautiful baby boy!

Train Nash Coker was born October 11, 2011.

Ten fingers.

Ten toes.

Lets take a looksie, shall we?

He has so much personality!

Look at those eyes!

Auntie Cam Cam

So many captions for this one...

Kiss kiss baby Train!

We love you so much!

This Little Light in Me: Amanda.

Hello everyone! Today I bring you the Little Lights of

Amanda from

Little Tranquility.

Her blog is totally posh and clean and

eclectic.

Shall she?

She shall:

1. Oreos

2. Soy Chai

3. Kitties

4. Sunshine

5. Emile Hirsch

6. Reading

7. My boyfriend, Andrew <3

8. Pretty sundresses

9. Rilo Kiley

10. Road trips



Some pretty legitimate little lights if you ask me.

So everyone go check this girl out!

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