So my blogger friend Steph of The Vintage Modern Wife along with Laura from The Luckiest in Love put together an ornament swap blogger event. Whomever wanted to join put in their blog link as well as their email and you were randomly linked with another blogger. I was linked with Erin From Keep Calm and Sparkle, who also has an obsession with owls...hoo knew!!

We were to ship our ornament packages this past Monday to make sure it would get there by today to link up again and share what we received. However, my package hasn't made it's way to Erin yet and her package to me was sent back to her because of some problem at the post office with the wrong weight of the box! It's a little disappointing as this was my first ornament swap, but good things come to those who wait...right?!

So what is everyone doing this weekend? We're hoping to get some Christmas shopping done and we also have a few birthday gifts to get as we have two birthdays this month and one next month with the kids! My youngest is turning 16...OMG where did the time go!! When I met my husband my stepdaughter was just turning 9! AHH I feel old! LOL!

Happy Weekend! xoxo

Update: I found out that we can still link up with the ornament swap until Christmas!! That makes me very happy!! YAY!

It's OK Thursday...

It's OK... That I haven't written since last week because I'm busy catching up on AWS... To listen to the Salt-N-Pepa station on Pandora and sing along to Whatta Man...you know you love them too!

To then listen to the Rob Thomas station and the first song that comes on is your wedding song, which then puts you in tears! 

That I don't feel like going shopping for Christmas gifts for anyone...gift cards are good enough right?

That I feel like getting back into bed and sleeping the rest of the day away so that it will be the weekend already! 

That I bought myself another gift (a cute owl mug) but still haven't bought anything for the hubby or kids yet! What? I'm easier to buy for! 

So what are you OK with today? Are you ready for the weekend or perhaps you are just ready for winter to be over already even though it really hasn't started yet! 

Happy Friday!

So I was hoping to do an OK Thursday post...but it looks like that will have to wait until next week seeing that it's Friday already! Wow did this week just fly by or what?

I just got back from the city, I was a little nervous about driving there since I never really have before. When we lived closer to it we usually took public transportation when going to the flower show, museums, or shopping. But now that we're about an hour away it only makes sense to drive there.

My stepdaughter had her music audition today for one of the colleges she applied to and not knowing what the traffic would be like or where I would be parking, we left pretty early to give ourselves extra time. However, as we got closer and every light decided to turn red on us I realized that I better just drop her off at the building she needed to be at and search for parking on my own. So I drove around for about 15 minutes and realized I didn't have any cash on me to park in a parking garage, but luckily I found a neighborhood apartment complex with a suitable parking lot and just hoped that I wouldn't get a ticket! 20 minutes later, after warming up with her musical pieces, she sang for the music administration and we were already on our way home! PS... she said it went really well, fingers crossed!

It's funny how you build up the excitement, the nerves, and the butterflies in your stomach for weeks and moments before your big day (whatever it may be) and you do what you have to do and then it's done! But now the waiting begins all over again and this is her top choice, so send your good vibes and think good thoughts for us because now the nerves and the butterflies will start to grow again for the news of the acceptance letter!

Before I say goodbye and wish you a good weekend here are some photos of our Christmas tree...we always make sure all of the kids are home to pick out a tree and decorate, it's one of my favorite family traditions. So they better come back even when they're in college, no matter what!

We made these ornaments last year using scrapbook paper!

Here we are putting up our photo ornaments from Ocean Side Bride...check out her Etsy shop!

I'm hoping to collect more owl ornaments and decorate a mini tree with all of them! 

I love having the tree in front of the window, it reminds me of the old fashion holiday movies! 

What are some of your holiday traditions? Happy Weekend!