Day 122 of 365: Let's Go Thrashers! Clap Clap Clapclapclap!

Here's my new official Thrashers' jersey!! Thanks, Mom and Dad!! I was going to wear it tonight to the Carolina-Thrashers game, but ended up not going to the game. I'm hoping to go to the practice scheduled on Monday morning. I might see about getting it signed! Only thing is, then I wouldn't be able to wash it. I'd also be paranoid about wearing it. I've got 48 hours to decide! Either way, I can't wait till I get to wear it to my first game!

Day 121 of 365: Christmas time is here again!

I love this photo of my mom's hands making biscuits. She makes them throughout the year, but since I don't live at home, I only get to enjoy them on Christmas morning! She is well skilled at making them and uses the same recipe her grandmother used. After mixing and a quick kneading of the dough, she rolls the dough out on wax paper using the trusty tupperware cup that is at least 25 or 30 years old!! It's always an amazing treat to eat mom's biscuits. Today, my sister also tried out a breakfast potato casserole recipe for the first time. Yummy! We also had our Christmas morning mimosas. Double yum!!

For fun, I am including other photos I took this morning of the biscuit-making process:

• After rolling out the dough, she uses her grandmother's biscuit/cookie cutter to press out the biscuits.

• Here are a couple of shots of the biscuits ritually lined up on the tray.

• Hot and golden coming out of the oven.

• Ready for immediate consumption!!

Day 120 of 365: Fararararaaaa rarararaaaa!

In the past 10 years or so, it has become the custom for our family (parents and siblings and whoever else was around at the time!) to go to the local Chinese restaurant for dinner after the Christmas Eve service at our church. Our family has been going here for almost 30 years actually and know the owners pretty well. This time, it was completely full! I guess it's become custom for some other families these days, as well! Sadly, no table-side Christmas carolers, though. ;)

Day 118 of 365: More lights...

This is the leasing office of my apartment. I just wanted to take a picture of the lights they've put up. Have I said how much I love the lights this time of year?? I really should take a picture of the storage rental place around the corner. They went all out!! I'm also starting to wish I had a tripod with me when I take these night photos. The top of the car just isn't even enough to work.

Day 116 of 365: You've got mail!

This is an assortment of many of the cards I've received this year! Fun! I love opening my mailbox and seeing all the happy envelopes, instead of just bills. :) A sidenote- the cloth below the cards on the table is 100% silk from China. A student of mine gave it to me as a Christmas gift! It's beautiful. Despite not having any relevance to Christmas decorations, I still wanted to go ahead and use it.

Day 111 of 365: Holy Moly!

This was a real gingerbread house inside the lobby of the hotel. I'm glad I waited till the morning to take this photo since it meant I didn't have any random people hanging around in the background. The receptionist said that the kitchen cooked gingerbread for two months straight to make enough cookies for the house!! It was really amazing! Inside, you could see a little teddy bear family with a Christmas tree and everything. To give you an idea of scale, I could have walked in through the doorway there with just a slight ducking of my head. Oh, and I'm 5'9".

Day 107 of 365: Well, what had happened was....

Ok. I promise. I'll get the ornaments up this weekend! I've been working late every night. Ok, so to be completely truthful I could have started them tonight, but I did some cleaning instead. And made dinner... and caught up on some tv... and maybe took a brief nap! Tomorrow night is hockey night (yea!!) and Saturday I'm working, then shopping, but I will do it then. Really. I will. I promise!

Day 103 of 365: Tree (Dressed!) part 2a of 2

Twenty-four photos later and I've still not really got the shot I wanted, but it's 10:30 at night and I have to go bed at some point! Anyway, I managed to get the lights up, but I still need to put up the ornaments. It will be a project for the week, I suppose!

Day 102 of 365: Naked! (Tree part 1 of 2)

Well, here's my tree! It's my first one in several years. I'm finally feeling the Christmas spirit again this year, so I had to get a tree. In fact, I found this one for just $19.99 at Home Depot! Woot! I'm going to let the branches fluff out over night and then get all the decorations and lights to put up tomorrow. Can you guess what tomorrow's post will be? :)

Sing it with me... "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... every where you go....!"

Day 100 of 365: Color

One of the houses I was at to tutor. Strangely, when I decided to take this photo, i'd forgotten about the theme of color this week! Anyway, I just like the reflections and lights and holiday spirit. I told you I love Christmas lights! I'll likely try again tomorrow for a better picture.

Day 94 of 365: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

People have started putting on the Christmas lights. I love it! This is honestly my favorite thing about the season and I always get sad after Christmas when people start taking them down. Since it's been a fairly good year for me, and I'm once again feeling the Christmas spirit, I will be getting my own tree to put up this weekend. :)