Ok, so the person I am jealous of this week is:

pbrauers@bellsouth.net said…
I just love the SANTA pendant,it’s a MUST have for me!!! As well as many of the others…not sure which one I’d choose!!! But if I win I’m sure I could choose one!!!

Congrats P! I will email you for your information, and your choices, and pass it on to Serena and Teri…congratulations again!

To everyone who didn’t win this time, come back in a bit to see not one, but 2 giveaways for this week! Yay!

Well, it will be as soon as that coffee maker starts brewing. We had a great weekend celebrating the big doods birthday, and it just doesn’t seem possible that he is 5. We made a choice to start him in kindergarten next year, since he had the late birthday, plus, he was 3 months early-he just didn’t seem ready this year. When we were at the zoo, we saw all these groups of kindergarteners, and he towered above them all! I know he will do great next year, and even since this summer he has matured so much, that I almost question our decision to hold him back , but I know he will be just fine.

Are you ready for Thanksgiving? What are you making? Anything new? I am going to try a couple of the Pioneer Woman’s recipes this year, and of course a few favorites as well. I usually do this amazing glaze on my turkey that is equal parts soy sauce, orange marmalade, dijon mustard, and oil – it makes the most amazing gravy, and it works well on chicken and pork too. This year I decided to go a more traditional route and do a butter/herb mixture stuffed under the skin, and I am doing the Pioneer Womans stuffing, with cranberries, apples and sausage added. I am drooling just thinking about it!

We have an an amazing giveaway at the Apronista..my favorite Farm Chicks are giving away a goodie package that I am just dying over. We are going to be wrapping up our giveways next week with 5 (I believe) giveaways for all kinds of great goodies!

It’s hard to get into the spirit of the season when it is so warm outside. We have a fireplace that hardly gets any use since it rarely gets cold enough! Plus it’s gas, which we found when we first moved here and turned on the fireplace more for “ambience” than anything else, that it isn’t super cheap to run. SO, I got the bright idea (from where I can’t for the life of me remember) to take a strand of twinkie lights and string them all around the logs in the fireplace and plug them in. Beautiful! It gives off a pretty glow, and it brightens up the area a bit. I might even put a couple of ornaments in there once I get all the Christmas stuff out this weekend.

Well, it’s off to the sewing machine for me..I have lots of gifts to start on, and a superhero cape to make for the little dood, to match his brothers. Have you been checking out the posts at Sew Mama Sew? I have gotten so many ideas and gift inspiration there!