Christmas Stuff!

I participated in a Christmas ornament exchange over at Veronica's blog and it was so much fun! I made a new friend, Amanda, and she sent me this BEAUTIFUL ornament! We were supposed to send an ornament that represented our state in some way. She sent me this ornament because she is from Arkansas, and it is the diamond state. My girls thought it was so beautiful too! This picture really does not do it justice. (Someone please tell me what buttons to push on my camera to make it work right! LOL!! It's a shame to have an expensive camera and not know how to take good pics with it!)
See that angel in the picture above too? My Mom gave me that ornament and it is so special to me. It was made to commemorate 9/11, but every year it just makes me think of her.

I found this pretty ornament today at Cracker Barrel. I went back to look at more ornaments. I have been so amazed at how inexpensive they are! I think this one was less than $4! It says "Jesus is the reason for the season."
I've been running around the past two days like a chicken with its head cut off! I've been running errands the whole time Lily's been at school and still not having time to finish them. Then, I had decided to make gifts for the girls' dance teachers and almost ran out of time yesterday to make them before Kaylee's class. And there were goody bags to make too.

Again, this is the most horrible picture, but I thought these turned out pretty cute. I got the idea from someone's blog. I got this glass canister for $1 at Hobby Lobby and I already had the ribbons. I bought the pink vinyl to cut out the letters with my cricut. I wanted to be more creative than just putting "dance", but again........I barely had time for that!

Anyhow, I just took a piece of elastic I had, sewed it in a circle to fit around the top of the jar, and tied the ribbons onto it. Once the ribbons were all tied on, I just slipped it on there. Then, I applied the letters and voila! Oh yeah, and added the candy. I guess it cost me about $3 and that's mostly because of the candy.
Tonight, I sat down at 8pm to finally help Lily decorate her stocking (made out of paper) for school, and wouldn't you know it.........we were totally out of glue! So, I had to make a run to the dollar store. That was just how my day went today. LOL! It was non-stop all day long. I somehow managed to cook a roast in between all the times I was in and out today. I would just stop the oven when I left and turn it back on when I came back. I am too paranoid to leave the oven on when I'm not here. And I know I could do it in the crock pot, but the oven is just easier to me.

So, that's what's been going on around here this week. :)