Creating a cool heirloom
Posted: December 27, 2012 Filed under: Guy Talk | Tags: Christmas, Family, Heirloom, Restoration, Timex, Watch Leave a comment »I have been very fortunate to have been able to spend some really great quality time with my family this holiday break. Christmas was really great this year and I have to admit that two of my favorite gifts were not even official presents! My mom and I were talking about watches and she mentioned that she had a few old watches from my grandpa that she thought I might like and I was all over them. The two that I liked the best are below. One is an old Timex that is really cool and the other is an old Bulova that was an anniversary gift for my grandpa when he was still working which makes both of them have a lot of sentimental value. I’m really excited to take these into a place to get them restored and fixed up a bit so I can start wearing them and then hopefully be able to start passing them down in the future…anyone know of a good place in Austin to take watches to?
christmas cookie baking
Posted: December 27, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Baking, Christmas, christmas cookie, cookie, cookie decorating, cookie frosting, Food, holidays Leave a comment »In my house growing up, you got “fired” from certain jobs if you weren’t doing good work. I rarely got fired from anything, but I was promoted very quickly up the cookie making ranks. The cookie baking sessions at Christmas are always some of my most favorite times of the year.
Santa brought me a couple of new (and old) cookbooks, so I am looking forward to all the kitchen adventures soon to come in the new year!
pretty presents
Posted: December 26, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Christmas, christmas morning, falling snow, holiday, home, presents, snow, winter 1 Comment »We were happily surprised by the gift of falling snow on Christmas morning. We didn’t even check the weather forecast, so we were all smiles when we looked outside.
After exploring the snow a bit, I warmed up with hot chocolate and turned my attention to under that tree. Wrapped presents are so pretty underneath the tree. I have to admire each one before I open it, so they know that I think they are pretty. But I try to imagine that they are just bursting with excitement for me to open them, because they know I will be so happy with what is inside.
snow day
Posted: December 23, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Christmas, christmas tree, diy, garland, holiday, snow, snowflakes, winter 1 Comment »Ahhh! Its snowing inside! 
silver and gold…. no, just gold.
Posted: December 22, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Christmas, craft, decorations, diy, gold, holiday, lanterns, pinecones, pumpkins, special occasion, spray paint Leave a comment »Who said pumpkins are just for fall?
We spray painted all the things gold. For the pumpkins, we spray painted them, cut some decorative holes, and made them into festive lanterns. We also gold-ified some squashes, pinecones, and branches. They all made lovely decorations for a very special occasion.
christmas candy
Posted: December 19, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Baking, Candy, caramel, Christmas, cooking, Food, gingerbread, peanut brittle, treats Leave a comment »For our Christmas goody bags this year, we went with a selection of candy. I have only made a couple kinds of candy before, so it was fun to experiment. Secret: candy making really isn’t all that hard.
We made gingerbread caramels (on which I burned my thumb very badly…). It was so satisfying to wrap the little squares in parchment.
We made gingerbread cookie ornaments (not candy, but still in our goody bags). I actually had to put a label that said the cookie was for your tree, not your mouth. But, despite the presence of a piece of ribbon going through a hole in its head, people still ate it!
We made sweet and spicy peanut brittle, which turned out really delicious.
And we made candied citrus peels, because we are engaged now, and these seem more grown-up and fancy.
crazy christmas trees
Posted: December 16, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: 24 diner, atx, Austin, Christmas, christmas tree, creative, creative holiday, decorations, holiday, holiday surprise, Lights, upside down Leave a comment »I appreciate creative Christmas decorations. The guy and I had a late lunch at one of our favorite spots, 24 Diner, and they went and put Christmas trees upside down on the ceiling. It was such a fun, creative holiday surprise.
the season of christmas cookies
Posted: December 15, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: Baking, Christmas, cookie, dessert, eat, Food, holiday, list, recipe 1 Comment »I have the best memories of baking with my ma at all times of the year, but holiday baking is always special. There is just something about a big plate of beautiful cookies at Christmas that bring out the warm fuzzies.
If you are in the market for some cookie recipes, check out my list of 100 cookie recipes here. Now that I am looking through the list, I might make a batch of these animal cookies to give to the little ones I babysit.
A note to Santa
Posted: December 14, 2012 Filed under: Guy Talk, Shop Talk | Tags: Christmas, Emotional, Galaxy Note, Samsung, Santa, Video Leave a comment »This is a really great video done by some folks within the agency I work at featuring the Galaxy Note 10.1. I know that it’s a pure product promo, but I think it’s really well done and it reminds me a little bit of the Google Chrome commercials that tug at your heart-strings a little bit. And I’m a firm believe that Santa uses Excel too which is another reason I like this video. Santa likes to nerd out too!
Christmas Present #8
Posted: December 13, 2012 Filed under: Guy Talk | Tags: Christmas, Coffee Syrup, Delicious, gift, Present, treat 1 Comment »-
- For Christmas surprise #8 I was not sure what it was because it was so heavy and in a big square box…
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- …turns out it was Dave’s Coffee Syrup which is quite tasty and a great present from the Girl as usual!
