My First Cookie Exchange

Yep, I'm officially a grown up! I had my very first Christmas cookie exchange with my girlfriends this year! I stayed up late the night earlier melting chocolate and coating pretzels in sprinkles for this party instead of going out.

The picture above is a picture of all the girls who participated - this is of course after a few glasses of wine. So maybe I'm not as grown up as I think I am, but it was still a blast.

Between the jam session to "Last Christmas" and "All I Want for Christmas" by Mariah Carey we did do some exchanging. However, I think a lot more chugging and jamming occurred.

Chili's Theatrical Debut

It's not surprising for you all to know I LOVE my dog Chili! She's my little baby, I treat her like a child, and Jim and I are totally obsessed with her! So the clip above is her cute little behind in the Christmas Play at Pilgrim Chapel. Check her out at the 5 minute mark, she's the first dog and the donkey!

For a puppy I think she did pretty well. It took lots of treats and lots of love but her first theatrical debut was amazing! I know, I'm weird.

Turkey Time

Wow, where did the rest of November go and the start of December? As every one's Holiday schedule typically is mine has been particularly hectic. Between the new job, wedding showers/parties, traveling and the Holiday I can't remember what I've even done since yesterday.

However, this year I got myself back off my butt Thanksgiving Day morning and ran the annual Cincinnati Turkey Trot. It was unseasonably warm, which was awesome, but rainy, which was not awesome due to the blister I got on my foot from wet socks. A group of us ran the race entitling us to a Thanksgiving Day brunch and dinner.

Later that jam packed weekend we had a wedding shower thrown by amazing family friends! A group picture of Jim's family, my family (minus my brother) and the hosts is included. It was an amazing dinner party and we were all so lucky to have a fabulous Chef prepare us a gourmet meal! I can't rave enough about the meal, he is opening a restaurant in O'bryonville soon and I recommend everyone goes!

I'm currently sitting on a long flight back from LA where I visited Jim's sisters, sister-in-law and infamous Bruce Wayne the dog! More to come on this...Happy Holidays!

Welcome Back!

Happy Friday! Saw this cute video and it made me smile on a Friday! Sure a lot of people were placed but it's cute to see the unsuspecting victims. I love Return of the Mac and the Boys are Back! This is a good example of a brand creating something fun that actually can go viral without pushing the product! Happy Friday!

So Proud!

Ok, so I’ve been a really bad blogger like I promised not to do with the job change, wedding and life in general but things have gotten out of control! So, I’m going to do some updates in the next few days of important things that have occurred.

The first and most important one I wanted to add here was a video from my future Mother-In-Law filming Molly, Jim’s sister, doing a flyover at the Texas A&M game. She is the lead pilot, the first helicopter in the video, and we are very proud of her for fighting for our country and serving overseas on 3 tours. I love fly overs and they give me the chills whenever I see one at a game. Something about them gives me a patriotic feeling and makes me proud to live in America. So to Molly and all the others serving our country, this one’s for you!

Traveling....

As you can tell from reading my blog, I like to travel and so does Jim. We jump on any opportunity to travel and always love to find new places. As we began our registry Jim told me about a website that allows people to donate towards your honeymoon!

The website is Travelersjoy.com and basically you can select ways for people to donate towards your honeymoon. You can have them buy dinners, adventure packages, spa packages, etc. I absolutely love it for couples like Jim and I who have lived together for awhile and accumulated house ware products through the years. While we still need some house ware items, we would truly appreciate the ability to take the honeymoon of a lifetime.

Check out the site and read more about it; if it moves you feel free to donate:) If you know anyone else getting married pass this along, it is a great alternative to a traditional wedding gift. Plus, there are no shipping fees, wrapping fees, etc.

http://www.travelersjoy.com/jennyandjim

Bobcat Scuffle

If you didn’t see the blowout game between OSU and OU (Ohio University, not Oklahoma) I’m not surprised unless you live in Ohio. Of course OU went in as huge underdogs and OSU needed to bring in a team they could beat. It was pretty much a massacre, as OSU knew it would be or else they wouldn’t have played them – let’s all remember that!

Now, being from Ohio people are shocked I HATE the Buckeyes. I don’t love Michigan or anything like that, just a team I’ve never really liked. So, needless to say I was happy how Rufus the Bobcat took down Brutus Buckeye prior to the game. I think this has gotten more press than the game. Sure it’s not sportsman like but it’s funny and in the end this game was all about humor and cash money dollar bills.

Bridesmaids Dresses!

Yeah! I feel like I am starting to get back into the swing of things with wedding planning. We have a lot done, but one big thing was missing - the bridesmaid dresses! This past weekend some of my bridesmaids and I went shopping at Carrie Karibo here in Cincinnati and after a few dress changes, we found the one!

I am not posting a picture for 2 reasons, 1. I want it to be a surprise and 2. The dress isn’t available online as it is a custom design and color. I absolutely love the dress - it’s super light, cute, has pockets and the ability to change out the tops for ladies of all different sizes! I’m not going to say they can definitely wear the dress again because I swore to myself I wouldn’t say that – but it’s cute and I wouldn’t be mad being stuck in it for 10 hours!

Now, once the color swatches come in I’m off to plan flowers and cake – YUMMY!