Christmas Eve Gift

Thanks to my eldest son, Alasandra has a new look. Not only do I have a pretty butterfly blog that suits my personality, but I got to spend quality time with my son learning a new skill, you can't beat that.

Merry Christmas to All!

Under Construction

I am so excited, Alasandra is getting a new look for Christmas. Things may be a bit out of whack while my designer works on the blog so please bear with us. I think the new look will be worth the inconvenience of remodeling.

Wrapping Presents & Homeschooling

Four days till...........................Lord Epa's birthday! and I have yet to get his presents wrapped. I was going to wrap them last Monday while the guys were at soccer practice, but I got offered a deal I couldn't pass up. IF I would take Lord Epa to soccer practice Hubby would install my new washing machine. It's the Cadillac of washing machines, it even has a hand wash cycle and can handle bulky bedding. Now all those lovely hand wash only sweaters I have can just be thrown in the washing machine, there was always Thursday night to wrap the gifts. But then Hubby came home from work sick, so guess who took Lord Epa to soccer practice? I still have the Monday before his birthday left and I suppose I can lock myself in my bedroom and wrap presents IF worse comes to worse. How I am going to smuggle the presents from their various hiding places to my bedroom with Lord Epa underfoot is a problem yet to be solved. And then there is Christmas. Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least I can wrap Shining Celebi's presents while he is at work, since yesterday was his final day of college exams and if Hubby's Christmas present ever gets here I can wrap it while he is at work. But when oh when am I going to wrap Lord Epa's?

Also posted at the Home School Cafe

A Christmas Hack

It's that time of year. You know, the time when you make a mad scramble to find the perfect gift for all those perfect people in your life. As if there isn't enough pressure with Christmas being December 25th, my Mother's birthday is December 9th (yep that's right two presents to find and wrap) and Lord Epa's birthday is December 19th (too many presents to count, and he is still adding to HIS list). What's a girl to do????

Panic!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least Mom and Lord Epa tell me what they want, other people make me search for that elusive gift that say "Yes, that's ___________ to a T." So what does my Mom want. A Kitchen Utensil Holder, easy enough right? Wrong, it has to go with her kitchen decor, it has to be large enough to hold her utensils................................

While searching for the perfect Kitchen Utensil Holder I found this craft. I may resort to using it, it looks cute and simple enough that even I can't mess it up.