Getting Into the Holiday Spirit

I really like the new color for my blog.  It's very....pink.  Anyhow, Thanksgiving is just around the corner....literally.  The day after tomorrow.  I haven't even bought everything I need for dinner yet.  I'm freaking out, lol.  Well, I do have the turkey and stuffing.  So, that's a good start.

Aside from fighting a stupid flu bug since last week on Thursday, my spirits are high.  I'm not going to talk about work tonight.  That'll just cause me to need a pill or a glass of wine.  I've been thinking about what I can do to help myself get into the holiday mood.

I'm typically a person who LOVES Christmas.  It's my favorite holiday, hands down!  This year, I'm going through my typical stress and I've decided that I don't want it to affect my kids.  Remember, I'm thinking about positive and happy memories from my childhood.  I want that for my kids and Jason and Jourdan remember the Christmas crazy Tracy.  Where I decorate every single room in my house. 

That's what I need to do this year.  Not only do Jason and Jourdan deserve a great famiy Christmas, John and Sami deserve to see Christmas crazy mommy.  And that's what they are going to see.  This weekend is a big weekend at the Watkins household.  Thanksgiving weekend is when we get our Christmas tree and start putting up our decorations. 

Jourdan and I are really itching to get the Christmas stuff out.  So, I've promised her this weekend we'll get moving on it.  I have probably 20 - 25 totes filled with Christmas decorations that Scott will start bringing upstairs for me.  And I'll start one by one getting the house around.  YAY!!!!

Scott's shop always has a little food thing going on the day before a holiday.  Everyone brings a dish to pass and Scott needs to bring my caramel bars and lemon bars.  I hope like hell they turn out good as they usually do.

So, after work...that's what I did.  I made goodies for Scott to take to work.  I go nuts baking during the holidays and I enjoy it.  We do the bars, we decorate sugar cookies, peanutbutter bars with mini chocolate chips, pumpkin bread, and all kinds of goodies.

That gave me an idea.  I've had a blog page connected to this one for quite some time.  I decided to share my favorite holiday recipees on my recipee blog.  I can't remember if it was two or three years ago, my mom gave Tina, Jamie and I each a family cookbook.  It was one that you fill out your favorite recipees and pass on to your family.  There's room for recipees and photo's and cards.  It's a pretty cool book.

I don't usually share my recipees because I love to make goodies and share them, and make people happy.  But, I'm feeling a little bit sentimental and I'm thinking that it'll get me feeling a little Christmasy!

You don't have to be a great cook to make my favorite recipees.  Scott is the cook in our family, but I like to bake.  And, I like to make stuff that is easy.  You don't have to, but I hope you'll take a look at my recipee blog.....the link is over on the right side of this page....and maybe even try out one or two of the recipees.  If you do, please let me know.

I'll share one last memory before I go to my other blog page.  Since my kids were very young, they've loved this time of year.  When I go into baking mode, I'm not alone.  My kids are right in the middle of it.  I think their favorite thing to do is the sugar cookies....and then frosting them.  Let you know what you think.