Some of my favorite things

I don’t’ have any pictures of the tree yet, but I did want to blog about this gift I received from my mom for my shower last year. According to German tradition there are 12 ornaments that every newlywed should have on their Christmas tree to insure happiness for their lives together. These twelve ornaments are:
An Angel - God's Guidance in the Home
A House - Shelter and Protectionn
A Rabbit - Hope and Faith
A Teapot - Hospitality
A Bird - Happiness and Joy
A Rose - Beauty and Affectio
A Fruit Basket - Generosity
A Pine Cone - Motherhood and Fruitfulness
A Fish - Christ's Blessing
A Santa - Unselfishness and Goodwill
A Flower Basket - Good Wishes
A Heart - True Love

What made this the best gift I received that day was the fact that some of the ornaments were taken from the ornaments that my family put up every year. Others were purchased and others made, all were put into a beautiful box for us with the meaning so we never forget.





I have a feeling that these will be my favorite ornaments for many years to come.

What date is it!?!

This Holiday season is kicking my butt. At the beginning of the month I came down with the flu; I’ve never had the flu before and let me tell you it wasn’t fun. Here we are three weeks later and I’m just starting to feel better which means the place is in disarray. There’s cleaning, baking, cooking, shopping and wrapping to be done with about six days left to do it. I’m now regretting keeping my Sunday shift just before Christmas Eve.

I was on track with my Christmas knitting and thought great I’m staying home from work I can knit some and finish gifts. Yeah right, I was passed out for four days. I don’t have any pictures of my mom’s mitts but they should be done tonight. That leaves the mitts for Scott but I’m not sure if I can get them done under the wire especially since I’m currently distracted by the Bird in Hand mittens. I can’t wait to cast on for them in a nice chocolate brown and light blue.

In addition to knitting I’ve been baking and Scott and I decorated the house. There is about 8 dozen cookies done but I still need to make a few more.

Butter Cookies


Toffee Cookies



Everybody’s favorite ‘Bird’s Nest Cookies’


Nemo’s new favorite spot in the apartment is under the tree skirt which is making me a bit nervous. Every time we come home we hope that the tree is still standing. We did manage to tie it to the wall but it isn’t in a stud so I doubt that it will hold.

Since there are no knitting pictures I’ll show you some more Christmas pictures.