Christmas Weekend

Ahhhhh, a nice four-day weekend! Finally! We had a very nice Christmas weekend. Our friends Jay and Anne invited us and a few others over to their house for dinner with their family. There were lots of goodies to munch on before dinner, lasagna, mashed potatoes, salad, and garlic bread for dinner, and random goodies for dessert.

Anne had me bring over some scraps of paper for my save the date cards to test and see if her paper cutter would work on it - it worked great, and then she gave me a present - a brand new paper cutter just like hers! It was great! We were able to get all the paper cut up just right, printed, and put together. We mailed off a good chunk of the cards, to everyone we had addresses for. Still need to get a few addresses, and people keep getting added to the list, so we might need to buy some more paper and envelope for the cards.

The day after Christmas, Aaron and I headed out for some good sales! Well, only just slightly I wanted to stop by Bath and Bodyworks because they ALWAYS have stuff on sale, and we were getting low on hand soap. We also picked up a felt tip pen from an art supply store, for addressing the envelopes. Picked out some cute heart stamps at the Post Office, and mailed off Mom's scarf that I made her for Christmas.

On Saturday, Aaron and I ran into IKEA to grab Ashley a birthday gift - she'd been wanting a nice down-alternative comforter for winter, and a duvet to go along with it, as white is boring. Aaron and I had recently got a new comforter/duvet set from IKEA, and really like it, so I think Ashley will like hers, too. I just have to get it shipped off in the mail this week. It's going to be an early present, as her birthday is not until February, but it will make up for her late Christmas present, which isn't due to arrive until January 2nd.

I've been working some more on Aaron's scarf. It's not really a Christmas present, but winter is a good season for knitting. I'm almost finished with it, and he'll be able to wear it to work this week.

I've been plowing through the "Twilight" series of books this weekend - I'd finished the first one a while ago, but never got around to buying the others, because I have friends who own them, and thought it would be most cost effective to borrow them. Our friend Vandi stopped by last Tuesday to drop of some yummy home-baked cookies, as well as the three remaining books in the series.

We moved on to the next step in toilet training Odin with the CitiKitty - it involves cutting a small hole, smaller than a fist, in the center of the training pan, that rests on the rim, over the bowl of the toilet. This is to get the cat used to less litter, a hole which he will eventually start using instead of litter, and balancing on the seat, instead of in the litter. Odin does not like it one bit. He cried for half an hour last night before finally pooping on the rug next to the toilet. No punishment for him, though, don't want to scare him off from being in the bathroom. We'll see how it goes today.

Aaron's making Chex Mix right now - I can smell it coming from the oven. Mmm, mmm, mmm!

I think that's about it for our weekend. If I think of anything else, I'll be sure to post. Another short, three-day work week ahead for me, then Thursday and Friday off again for New Years. Aaron gets Thursday off, but may take Friday off, too, if he can. If he can't, that's okay, we've been hanging out together WAY too much this weekend! Only kidding, but it is nice to have some alone time, and just veg out in front of the TV with some silly shows or movies.

Until next time!