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So today I decided to buy Feria Hair color. I decided on something that was about the same shade and with more dimension. I haven't dyed my hair in 6 years, so this was a bit out of the ordinary for me. Well as you can see it looks about the same, but it is much shinier. Well overall I am satisfied and I give it 4.5 stars.

Making Christmas Cookies

Today Dayne helped Mommy make Chocolate Chip cookies. He was a real help in the kitchen, but he really wanted to flatten out the balls of cookie dough. He loved eating the dough and hitting the pan with his spoon. He was such a sweety with his Santa Hat, and a real treat to watch!

This is how they turned out. The original recipe said to cook at 375 degrees F, but they were flat and too crunchy for me. I tried to salvage them by adding some white chocolate to the tops. They are the ones laying flat on the cooling rack. I then turned it down to 350 for the bunch on the right, and they turned out okay. I should have just made my regular cookie recipe, but I didn't. I then decided for the rest of the cookies I would add a little baking powder and some oatmeal to add some volume. These ones were much better and soft and chewy. So if you have flat cookies add about 1/2 cup oatmeal, about 1/2 tsp baking powder, and turn down the darn oven to 350 degree F. This will help depending on how much dough you have left to salvage.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Well I made my first Thanksgiving dinner for the first time ever. I cooked the turkey in a roasting bag, and it turned out great. It was pretty simple with having a turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, and green bean casserole. I really enjoyed it and Dayne did TOO!! We had this the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and Nick's Grandma made us the real thing on Thanksgiving Day.

Our Christmas Card

This one is a little different from last year, but I love it.

Merry Christmas!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

My Sister sent me this email. I thought it was a good one for a tag. Whoever wants to respond can respond.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? It depends. For immediate family I wrap presents, but for everyone else I give bags.
2. Real tree or artificial? Real Tree!
3. When do you put up the tree? I like it two to three weeks before Christmas.
4. When do you take the tree down? It has to be down by Jan 1st.
5. Do you like eggnog? Eggnog halved with some regular milk-too rich for me otherwise.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? My Easy Bake oven. I've always loved baking cookies.
7. Hardest person to buy for? My Dad. I just never know what gift will make his socks fall off!
8. Easiest person to buy for? Dayne. He is just excited to make a mess with the wrapping paper. 9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, it's small, but sweet.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I can't think of one.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Christmas Story
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? We start shoppin in September, and then get way too much stuff for Dayne.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas Morning Casserole
16. Lights on the tree --- colored or white? Colored.
17. Favorite Christmas song? The First Noel
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I like to stay home, but it just depends on the year.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cubid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolf (I totally just pasted this from my sister's email-LOL)
20. Angel on the treetop or a star? Star
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Morning-we get to dump out our socks when we wake up but wait until after the Nativity story and a prayer with the whole family before we dig into the gifts. I've always liked that tradition, to remember why we are giving gifts to one another.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like the rustic theme. I want to have two trees. One as the family tree, and then one as the fancy tree.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Scalloped potatoes and ham
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Camera phone!
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Whoever is least busy
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? Whoever is most busy