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All items I've been coveting lately:

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On a down day...

Nothing makes me happier, faster, than The Beatles. As an avid Beatles fan, I love learning new things about my 4 favorite Brittish men, in particular George.

Today I learned that George and Olivia got married on Septmeber 2nd. The same day as Jake and I. Coincidence? I think not!

Valentine's Day!

So excited for this weekend to get here! Jake and I are going on a short weekend getaway to The Alaskan Inn, where we will be staying in our own personal cabin! We plan on going out to dinner and then cozying up next to the fireplace and watch some movies. I hope it snows : )
Saturday night, we might go down to Salt Lake City and go to the SLC 2010 Tattoo Convetion, we need some new art for our walls and there are always great artists there.


This year, I gave Jake his present a little early and it was more of a couples present anyway:
Tattoo'd couple dolls! I originally saw these on Danielle's blog at Sometimes Sweet , but the dolls are from SpitfireGirl. They are modeled after real tattoo'd men and women and they are BIG! I love these dolls, they are a great buy!

Anyone have any fun plans for Valentine's?

I get it now...

52 Books in 52 Weeks

Last year my friend Leanne and I started a very informal book club. It began with the Twilight Series, where she quickly developed and over-obsessive-extremely-hilarious-slightly-psychotic-love for Edward. We read all four books multiple times and Midnight Sun lots and lots of times, if you haven't read it yet, get it HERE Its basically the first half of Twilight written from Edward's perspective. Its divine, you'll swoon, I promise.We then moved on to the Sookie Stackhouse series also knows as the Souther Vampire series. This is the show HBO recently picked up in their TrueBlook series. I promise, the books are MUUUUUCH better, I watched season 1 and althought I didn't like it, of course I have to keep watching it. You start creating a relationship with the characters and can't enough until you find out every bit of info on their lives, not to mention Bill is hot in the show, even though I am definitely Team Eric in the books.

Eventually our book club morped into a vampire obsession. We were reading books like crazy and it seemed some times 2 or 3 books a week. Then school started, and jobs happened, and life got in the way, and slowly we read less and less, but 3/4 of the way through 2009, we readjusted our book lists and vowed to read at least 52 books in 52 weeks, and we did! That is an average of one book a week. Below is a list of the 52 books I read in 2009 and I am already on my second book for 2010.

I have also recruited my husband to join the club. I don't think he's quite as avid a reader and probably won't get the 52 books, but we're shooting for 20 : )

Twilight Series:
1. Twilight
2. Eclipse
3. New Moon
4. Breaking Dawn
5. Midnight Sun – Partial

Sookie Stackhouse Novels:
1. Dead Until Dark
2. Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead
4. Dead to the World
5. Dead as a Doornail
6. Definitely Dead
7. All Together Dead
8. From Dead to Worse
9. Dead and Gone
10. A Touch of Dead

The Immortals After Dark Series:
1. Playing Easy To Get
2. A Hunger Like No Other
3 No Rest For The Wicked
4. Wicked Deeds On A Winter’s Night
5. Dark Needs At Night’s Edge
6. Dark Desires After Dark
7. Kiss of A Demon King
8. Untouchable

Vampire Diaries:
1. The Awakening
2. The Struggle
3. The Fury
4. Dark Reunion

Lords of the Underworld:

1. The Darkest Night

2. The Darkest Kiss

3. The Darkest Pleasure

Cutler Family Saga
1. Dawn
2. Secrets of the Morning
3. Twilights Child
4. Midnight Whispers
5. Darkest Hour

The Casteel Series:

1. Heaven

2. Dark Angel

3. Fallen Hearts

4. Gates of Paradise

5. Web of Dreams

Dollanganger Family Series
1. Flowers in the attic
2.Petals in the Wind

The Little Goddess Series:

1. Vulnerable

2. Wounded

The Darkest Power Series:

1. The Summoning

Immortals Series:

1. Evermore

Standalones:

1. Peace Like A River

2. Pygmy

3. My Sweet Audrina

4. Good In Bed

5. I, Lucifer

6. Lust

What have you read lately? I need suggestions for 2010.

Christmas has come and gone

Treats were made...

Stockings were stuffed...Gifts were wrapped...

And trees were trimmed...

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

So much to do, so little time!

Christmas is here in 4 days!!!!!!! Time to get going on all my Christmas chores! Luckily this is a short week for me so I only have work today and tomorrow, then I am free for 5 days! Monday and Tuesday will be spent cleaning and wrapping gifts.

This year, I bought Hallmark's Adhesive paper and I am pairing it with one of my greatest thrift store scores of the year, 25 yards of mustard yellow velvet ribbon. I am also adding a monogrammed tag, and I couldn't be happier with how they are turning out. I'll post pictures later this week.

Wednesday, I am starting my Christmas baking and I have a huge list of things to make:

Chocolate Mustaches for the kids, Santa has a mustache right? I purchased the mold at BakeItPretty and am wrapping them in silver and red foil.

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Chocolate covered pretzels! I am going to use dark and white chocolate and sprinkles! Yum!

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Next is cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and Poinsettia cupcake toppers from Martha Stewart.

I am also going to attempt these lovelies from Bakerella

And lastly, cookies, cookies, and MORE cookies, sugar, chocolate, cake, the whole shabang!

Ready, set, go!

Ghost Pop Tutorial

We are having a Halloween party this weekend and I decided I wanted to make some cute treats while we watch scary movies!

Follow the directions below to make your own Ghost Pop!

1. Supplies:
Scissors
Lollipops
Ribbon (I used black and pink)
Linen (any white fabric will do, or even tissue or napkins)
Black and Pink Craft Marker

2. Cut your fabric into 7X7 inch squares, they can be smaller or bigger depending on how much of a "train" you want your ghost to have. Also don't worry about precise lines of fraying, it just adds to the spook effect!

3. Take two kiddie corners and gather at center

4. Gather the other two corners

5. Tie off with your ribbon for a bow tie effect

6. Add two eyes and a mouth with black marker and rosy cheeks with your pink marker

Ta da! Cute Ghost!

I also have a freebie for you! Feel free to use this cute ghostiefor any Halloween projects!

Happy Halloween!

John Rambo Turns 1!

Our pretty little kitty is one year old today! He celebrated with lots of treats a new covered litter box! (click for better quality)

He very obviously is NOT enjoying his specially made birthday hat : (

Weekend

Happy Monday!

Had a great weekend with the husband! Did a lot of this:

Hit up 7-11 for their Domo cups and straws and watched the first season of Domo-Kun!

Went on a double date to see this amazing movie and cried my eyes out. Not only sad tears but tears for the incredibly beautiful images I was watching and emotions I was experiencing! Cheesy, I know, but oh so great!

Also watched this movie, and I have to say I am severely disappointed. I was more scared when I got home, at just the thought of being possesed, then by this movie. I kept squeezing my husband's hand braving myself for the huge fright that never came. It was ok, but definitely NOT the "Most terrifying movie of the year." It was more hype than anything. However, in the spirit of full disclosure, I closed my eyes for the last 30 seconds of the movie ; )

We also did a 2 hour drive around Ogden Canyon, looks like this right now:

And lastly, went to the parents house for dinner Sunday night. Afterwards Jake and I, snuck into the little sis' room, and left her a ransom note : )

This week will be all about cleaning, homework, and Halloween activities! Yay!