So I sit here tonight DONE! Done shopping, done wrapping, done baking, almost done school for 2 weeks (just a 1/2 day left)....
And already the guilt has kicked in....
Will the girls love their presents?
Will my father-in-law appreciate the work and thought put into his personalized photobook of the grandkids?
Could I have done more?
Poor Wayne, another year of socks and jeans.
All Wayne has wanted for the past 3 years is a LARGE FLAT SCREEN TV...we made a deal a long time ago, if he bought us a home of our own with a playroom for our girls then he could finally splurg on himself. He held up his end of the bargain. We have a 2600sq ft home. My girls have an enormous playroom.....and well Wayne still dreams of his tv :(
So ofcourse when I'm stressed I like to take my mind off of things by cruising the web...and well today I came across CSN Stores and let me just say WOW! They have EVERYTHING!!! and they EVEN SHIP to Canada! (easily excited I know lol)
I started with the usual...kids stuff lol and they have some wicked deals and then I got looking at tv's and then at TV stands for flat screens so that I can visualize the tv actually in our home.......and well Wayne's birthday is just around the corner...and the week after Christmas usually has some pretty good sales ;) ;)
I think this birthday may be even better than the surprise party I threw for him last year!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Burning the midnight oil
It's just days away from Christmas and I am averaging little to no sleep.
Tonight I finished wrapping gifts and then tackled Ainsley's gifts for her classmates. We had made playdoh on Halloween (orange & black cherry) and sent it in lou of candy and it was a HUGE hit! So Ainsley thought it'd be great to make a different kind to send in as a christmas gift (candy cane & gingerbread). So here I am up still at 2am just finishing 18 sets of playdoh...with Ainsley's help (she woke up to go pee and "couldn't go back to sleep")
For each kid we had a snowflake cellophane bag filled with a handful of playdoh and tied with curling ribbon with a cookie cutter & a fun-foam snowman attached.
Playdoh Recipe
2cups flour
1 cup salt
4 tsp cream of tartar
2 tbs veg. oil
2 cups of water mixed with kool-aid packet
Mix dry ingredients with oil then slowly add water. Stir til combined them microwave for 3-5 minutes removing to stir at every minute until you can no longer stir. Then roll out on counter and knead til smooth.
** I omitted the kool-aid packet for our flavours tonight. For the candy cane I added peppermint extract at 3mins, then added glitter when I started the kneading process.
For the gingerbread I mixed in ginger, all spice, nutmeg & cinnamon to the dry ingredients.
Tonight I finished wrapping gifts and then tackled Ainsley's gifts for her classmates. We had made playdoh on Halloween (orange & black cherry) and sent it in lou of candy and it was a HUGE hit! So Ainsley thought it'd be great to make a different kind to send in as a christmas gift (candy cane & gingerbread). So here I am up still at 2am just finishing 18 sets of playdoh...with Ainsley's help (she woke up to go pee and "couldn't go back to sleep")
For each kid we had a snowflake cellophane bag filled with a handful of playdoh and tied with curling ribbon with a cookie cutter & a fun-foam snowman attached.
Playdoh Recipe
2cups flour
1 cup salt
4 tsp cream of tartar
2 tbs veg. oil
2 cups of water mixed with kool-aid packet
Mix dry ingredients with oil then slowly add water. Stir til combined them microwave for 3-5 minutes removing to stir at every minute until you can no longer stir. Then roll out on counter and knead til smooth.
** I omitted the kool-aid packet for our flavours tonight. For the candy cane I added peppermint extract at 3mins, then added glitter when I started the kneading process.
For the gingerbread I mixed in ginger, all spice, nutmeg & cinnamon to the dry ingredients.
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