Happy birthday Alyssa! :) baking friday, sugar cookies :) holiday decorating, Season's greetings! :)

Happy birthday to my niece Alyssa! :) birthday party, baking friday, and gearing up, for Holidays 2013 :)
my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great friday! :) We hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday yesterday :) This is a very special time, the holidays approaching, all of the joyful and special moments being shared. :) We feel your loving prescence, and spirits with us :) You all always warm our hearts, brighten our days, and make us smile :) my family and i have been thinking of you all often, and are so happy, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) i shared all of your lovely happy birthday wishes with my niece Alyssa : )She says, "thank you" :) awww! :) Thank you all so very much :) Alyssa is having a great birthday! :) We had a birthday celebration at her place this afternoon :) Pizza, and a strawberry shortcake! :) mmm mmm! :) it's a week of festivities, traditions, celebrations, and many very special memories being made :)
It's my niece Alyssa's birthday today! :) This morning, she came over, and we were all gathering around, to wish her a happy birthday :) She turned 24 years old today :) Alyssa's mom, is my sister Lisa :) i remember when Alyssa was born, back when i was in 3rd grade, and i remember sharing the news with my teacher, and classmates :) it's amazing, how fast the years go by. :) This morning, we gave Alyssa some nice birthday gifts :) She recieved some nice cards, treats, her favorite, Lindt chocolate truffles, i gave Alyssa a nice Christmas tree treats dish, and $15 in a birthday card :) Alyssa recieved lots of nice money, and is going shopping this evening :) She's very happy, and excited :) i shared all of your nice birthday wishes with her :) Taylynn is so happy, she loves celebrating her mommy's birthday :) awww! :)
Kayla, Taylynn, and i had a light baking friday adventure today, around late morning :) since yesterday was such a big day, with Thanksgiving, and my mom's birthday, and another big day today, we thought we'd have a light baking friday today, and next friday, we'll begin our holiday Christmas baking friday adventures :) We baked some delicious sugar cookies today, including a batch of sugar cookies to bring to Alyssa's place :) she loves sugar cookies:) we were all gearing up to go over to Alyssa's and her boyfriend's place :) They recently got the new place, and Taylynn stays the night there with Kayla sometimes, and sometimes spends the night here at our home :) We drove over to Alyssa's and Aj's place around 1pm :) we were all hanging out, and ordered some little caesar's pizza :) yum! :) Lisa and Alyssa went to pick up the pizza's :) Jenn, Mike, and Mikey came over to the birthday celebration :)
We surprised Alyssa, we got her, her favorite cake, a Strawberry Shortcake, from Stop n Shop grocery store :) She was very excited and happy to see the cake :) it's her favorite! :) We enjoyed the nice pizza, and cheese breadsticks :) We were enjoying such a nice visit :) We were even talking about the holidays, and all of the fun times coming up to look forward too during the holiday season :) We all sang happy birthday to Alyssa, and she cut the cake, making a wish :) The kids were having lots of fun playing in the living room :) the cake was super yummy, strawberry shortcake, with whipped cream for icing. :) Yum! :) it was so nice, celebrating Alyssa's birthday with her. :) She turns 24 today :) She and Aj are going out this evening to shop :) Alyssa's gonna use some of her birthday money, to buy some items she wants :) Thank you all for celebrating these special times with us :) You all are family to us, and it's a pure joy to our hearts, getting to share in, and celebrate these joyful times with you all :) i want to take this time, to sing a special happy birthday shoutout, for Alyssa :)
Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday to you! :) Happy birthday dear Alyssa! : )Happy birthday to you! :) awww! :) we love these special times, and all of the great memories being made :) when we arrived home, we recieved our mail. :) my mom recieved a lovely happy birthday card, from our dear friend Holly :) awww! :) Holly also sent Taylynn a letter, w ith a picture of a flower she drew :) This is so nice, and sweet of Holly :) We were sharing smiles, as they opened up their envelope :) We thanked Holly, for these special treasures :) Taylynn colored her picture of her flower, and wants me to take a picture of the flower, to share with everyone :)awww! :) i said, "awesome!" :) it feels like the holidays are coming :) in my journals this upcoming weekend, i'm going to be sharing with everyone, about some wonderful Christmas cards, gifts, and treasures my family and i have recieved :)
A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING! :) CHRISTMAS TIME IS NEAR :) SEASON'S GREETING'S, FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS! :) awww! :) my family and i want to take this time, to thank you all again, so very much, for celebrating my mom's birthday, and Thanksgiving holiday with us, and for sharing about your holiday traditions, and festivities :) We enjoyed a wonderful time, celebrating with you all yesterday :) it was a very special Thanksgiving, with all of the wonderful time with family, friends, the warmth of the home, the parades, delicious foods, desserts, drinks, football, and many very special memories made, that we will always, and forever cherish, and treasure :) Thanksgiving 2013 :) During the evening yesterday, my family and i were spending time together, and had a delicious Thanksgiving dessert :) Pumpkin Pie, and Apple Pie :) We were so very into the moments, of the beautiful spirit of the day yesterday :) We felt your loving prescence, spirit, and energy with us, throughout the day :) You all helped make our Thanksgiving and my mom's birthday, very special, and memorable, with your lovely wishes :) my mom and sister Lisa, went over to walmart around 6pm yesterday evening, to see if they could get some of the early black friday deals :)
They had a wild adventure! :) my mom and Lisa were at the store, for about an hour and a half :) they were sharing about their adventure when they arrived home :) they mentioned, that the line to the electronics area, was about 2 hours long! wow! they got some nice deals, and sales, that they are very happy and excited about :) The Holiday season is arriving :) We've began to see some of our neighbors beginning to decorate, for Holidays 2013 :) The spirit of the season is arriving :)
CHRISTMAS TOWN IS COMING SOON!!! :) We're looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you and your family's :) i've been bringing out, my Christmas decorations, and i've began to decorate my Christmas town, and my computer room :) it's fun, getting into the spirit of dcorating :) my Christmas town is wear my halloween town was, in October :) i've layed the foundation of my 2013 Christmas town, and i've began to decorate :) it's really coming along well :) i'm blossoming into the spirit of the holidays, with it being late november now, and December arriving on Sunday :) it's amazing, how December is almost here :) Today, i did some more decorating, and tomorrow, and on sunday, i'm gonna be decorating too, and also gonna continue to decorate into the new month, and i'm so very happy, excited, and thrilled about sharing my Christmas town with you all : )it's gonna have a very similar set-up, and layout, just like my halloween town. :) There will be the JINGLE BELLS Theatre, plus, my beautiful DS Christmas tree, snowman land, candy cane lane, and snowglobe mountain, and lots lots more :) it's so much fun decorating :)
Friends have mentioned, that they are doing some decorating too, for the holidays :) i've taken some awesome decorating pictures, of my Christmas town, to share with everyone in my journal today :) It's so nice, this very special season :) the wonderful cheer, excitement building up, and all of the wonderful joys, of a blessed season, with family and friends :) Life is very special, each day, is a wonderful gift, treasure, and blessing :) my family and i are looking forward, to putting up our Christmas tree, sometime next week, in our living room :) we're gearing up for those special days, of decorating, putting our Christmas wreathe out, and lots more :) it's so nice, getting into the spirit of the new season :) transitioning, from thanksgiving time, to christmas time :) We're gonna have so much fun this holiday season :) We hope everyone is enjoying lots of peacefulness, joys, and looking forward to a beautiful 2013 Holiday season :) It's gonna be magical, memorable, and lots of fun :) Christmas time is near :)
We're enjoying a super awesome friday, and a wonderful week :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) The weekend is arriving with lots of spirit, as we'll be welcoming the month of December on sunday :) there's lots of football games to look forward too, holiday decorating :) shopping, and lots more :) i'll keep everyone updated on how things are going, with my Christmas decorating :) i've brought out my box, that has my DS christmas tree ornaments :) my ds christmas tree, i decorate each year, with my wonderful ornaments from family and friends :) the tree is about 20 inches tall, and it's the centerpiece of my Christmas town :) it's gonna be awesome :) tomorrow i'm setting up my Christmas town some more, the jingle bells theatre, and also gonna go out to shop :) We have some friends, who have birthday's coming up :) i'm gonna buy some nice gifts, goodies, and treasures for them :) it's gonna be so nice, going shopping :)
This morning, i got an awesome deal online, for the black friday shopping deals online : )i heard, that old navy website, was having a 50% off sales :) i've had a nice $25 old navy gift card i earned on swagbucks.com :) i was so thrilled to see the pair of jeans i wanted to get, on sale, for only $19 .: )Sweet deal!!! :) i bought the jeans online this morning, they'll be arriving in the mail in 3 to 5 days :) nice! :) i am so happy, and thankful i'll have the new jeans :) i'm having a good earning month, online, on my online earnign sites :) along with $25 walmart card, $25 old navy card, i've also earned over $40 on pinecone surveys and cashcrate.com :) i'm so happy, to have some extra dollars, for holiday shopping time :) it's a really special joy, this time of the year, helping make the holiday season special for others :) i love to give gifts, and treasures to family and friends :) it brings my heart, lots of wonderful joy :) i'm going to be buying Christmas cards, tomorrow, and i look forward to those sweet december days, making a nice cup of hot chocolate, and writing Christmas cards :) it's gonna be wonderful :) my family and i are so happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) You all are wonderful friends :) BIG GROUP COZY WARM FRIENDSHIP HUGS :) Thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) we deeply appreciate your kindness, and generousity, with all of our hearts :) Tonight, i'm gonna call our dear friend Holly :) We love to talk, and gonna watch ghost adventures :) it's paranormal night on the travle channel :) There's many more wonderful times to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's Alyssa's birthday today : )We had a nice celebration :) Kayla and i baked sugar cookies :) The holiday season is arriving :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone had a good day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We think of you all often :) We hope everyone enjoys a safe, fun, and happy weekend :) Season's greetings, from our home to yours :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSSA! :) We had a wonderful time, celebrating my niece Alyssa's 24th birthday :) We had a celebration at her's and Aj's place :) We had pizza, breadsticks, and strawberry shortcake :) There's lots of great memories being made :) We love celebrating these special times with you all :) This is a picture of Alyssa's birthday cake :) it's her favorite, strawberry shortcake, from the stop n shop store :) Yum! :) Happy birthday smiles :)
Happy baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) Kayla, Taylynn, and i baked some nice sugar cookies today, for Alyssa, for her birthday :) She loves sugar cookies :) The cookies baked nicely :) We're gearing up, for our Christmas themed baking friday adventures beginning next friday :) December, Holiday season is arriving :)
Happy birthday wishes, and friendship smiles, sent with lots and lots of love, from Maryland! :) awww! :) This is so very wonderfully heart warming, and very special :) our dear friend Holly sent my mom, a lovely happy birthday card, and sent Taylynn a nice letter, with a picture of a flower she drew, for Taylynn to color :) my mom and Taylynn are very happy :) We love, cherish, and treasure these very special times, as we open our mail :) Happy friendship smiles, sent with lots and lots of love across the miles, from our home to yours :) Thank you Holly, so very much! :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of our hearts :)

HERE COMES CHRISTMAS TOWN!!! :) it's that time of the year, December is ready to arrive, and wonderful Christmas holiday cheer :) i have began to decorate my 2013 Christmas town, here in my computer room :) it's one of my favorite joys, to decorate my Christmas town, and sharing it with everyone :) i have layed the foundation of my Christmas town, and have began to decorate :) This weekend, i'll be decorating my DS Christmas tree, and the Jingle Bells Theatre :) celebrating Christmas time, with family and friends :) from the Jingle Bells Theatre, to the Snowglobe mountain, to the snowman winter wonderland, and lots more, Christmas time is arriving :) the grand opening of Christmas town, is on December 1st, this sunday :) i'll be taking pictures of christmas town's festivities, and celebrations each day, and featuring christmas movies in the Jingle Bells Theatre :) Season's greetings! :)

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a nice day celebrating your niece\'s birthday, Her cake and cookies look great. I hope she gets a chance to buy everything she wants.Nice to see all of your Christmas decorations out. I know your Chriistmas town will be super as always. Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening. hugs-Stephanie
ddeadred
ddeadred

Another wonderful celebration for you all with Alyssa\'s b-day!!! Wow, lots of Sagitarians in your family!!! Of course, that just means I\'m kin! LOL LOVE that cake idea!!! Alyssa is my kind of gal with her choice!!! YUMMY!!! My wheels have begun to turn for what I\'ll get to celebrate my b-day on the 10th...

More cleaning for me today to catch up after an entire day off from it... I also did one load of laundry--something I have to do every day to keep up since I\'m back to one medium load a day which takes all day with the rest between wash and rinse for my well to recover... Hillbilly water is not possible in the winter...

Love to you and Mom and Dad and Happy B-day to ALYSSA!!! Have a nice relaxing evening and enjoy those COOKIES!!! I\'ve had another sliver of pumpkin pie with whipped cream (Ready Whip in can)... That pie is really the very best one I\'ve ever baked... Heirloom Pumpkins ROCK!!!
xoxoxo Cj

PS: Buckeyes battle that team up north tomorrow (Michigan)!!! GO BUCKEYES!!!
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris......I just came upstairs after watching the Ducks Win their civil war game against the Beavers! Man it was a close game!!
That Strawberry Shortcake Cake looks DeVine!! Yum! Wishing Alyssa a Happy Birthday. It sounds like her day was a wonderful one. Sugar cookies Yum. oh and I forgot to add to your journal yesterday about how thoughtful that was of you to take out a feast of goodies for the critters! So they could have a thanksgiving feast as well.! Very good deal you got for you jeans and I think it is wonderful that your earn gift cards through different sites.
Christmas Town I know is going to be fantastic! Can\'t wait to see it all up.
Fish sticks and green beans/blackbeans/carrots for dinner tonight and a Mr. Goodbar . Earlier I rode my bike up to Bi-Mart and got a fresh fir swag to hang on my door (front) and stopped off at Starbucks and got a Green Tea Frappe. Its was clear out but cold...not as cold as where you are but cold for here. Enjoy your evening,and hope you get a good nights sleeps friend. Love/Blessings/Greenies
ZenEm
ZenEm

Happy birthday Alyssa and Ann; Happy Thanksgiving; and Bring On Christmas Town!!! What a cool week :)) lots of lovely memories being made!
I get my groceries delivered and I noticed they had a good deal on some 150cm xmas trees, but they sold out! I may go out tomorrow to get one, the difficulty is in getting it home by myself. I started to get in some of the non-perishable food items too. Christmas is at my house this year. I gonna roast a turkey and we\'ll have a range of salads and puddings with custard. It\'s always so hot here at xmas. I remember one year was 41 degrees Celsius! And I was roasting turkey and potatoes. Then we had a huge summer storm and lost the electricity!
Sending you all lots of love and best wishes, have a great weekend xxx
Squarley
Squarley

Wow Chris what a wonderful baking day making special things for your special Birthday I hope it all went well that looks delicious all my gosh your Christmas town is on its way you got so much stuff I was trying to think of something to send you but I don\'t know if you have enough room ha ha well have a wonderful day I love your journal all your sweet words and your wonderful thoughts and your glorious outlook on life season hugs,Shirley
DCUK
DCUK

JINGGE BELLS JINGGLE BELS, JINGGLE AL THE WAY




JINGGLE BELLS BATMAN SMELLS ROBIN FLEW AWAY!!! LOLOL ;D JUST WANTED TO SHARE BUDDY-BOY WAVEING MY HELLO\'S TO ALL ;D HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSSA HOPE N PRAY ITS A NICE ONE,

LOVEING THE DECS MY FRIEND!!! AWESOME LOVE THEM THERE SNOWGLOBES I\'D LOVE TO FIND ME SOME GREAT TOUCH WHOOO-HOOO ITS CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ...

IM STARTING ON DECORATING MY TABLE N WALL TOMORROW MYSEF BEFOR I GET MY LIL TREE N DECS OUTTA THE LOFT THIS WEEK IM SO EXCITED DONT FORGET IM PETER ANS TWIN SISTER PURDY PAN!!!! KEEPING YOU ALL IN MY THOUGHTS N PRAYERS HUGGLES N CUDDLES.
mindy027
mindy027

happy birthday to your niece. im sorry in the hug i sent you i said sister. sounds like you all had a really great day. great pics too!!