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One for you…One for Me! December 15, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Crafts,Friends — Kelocity @ 10:47 pm
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I definitely shopped myself out this year for the holidays. I had a list and I fiercely plowed through it bouncing from store to store at each opportunity. I have to say, I’m a little burnt out now. It’s easy to forget what the holidays are really all about sometimes.

And I’m totally guilty of buying myself a couple of treats on some of my excursions. (I never really do that!) This week, I got myself a new sweater, some cozy slippers…

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And this sweet Christmas Card tree (Irving’s request).
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I had the ‘one for you, one for me’ syndrome this year!

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But now, I’m SUPER excited to go home for Christmas and see my family and my East Coast friends!

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Tonight, I had a few girls over to scrapbook with me. I was really excited because Girl’s Night In is always a blast. The scrapbook paper, stickers and scissors came out and before we knew it, four of us were chatting away cutting, cropping and creating!

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But I just wasn’t feeling inspired tonight. Maybe I was just a wee bit tired, but mostly, I was frustrated that I couldn’t find the photos and pieces I wanted to work with tonight. I think I need to reorganize and clean up my craft closet a little bit. I’ll make that a New Year’s resolution.

And I promise, I will definitely share my Wedding Album when it’s complete. It’s |this close| to being done!

Christmas is almost a week away!!! Wow, that really snuck up on me this year!

 

Dressed in Christmas Best December 12, 2010

Filed under: Christmas — Kelocity @ 3:50 pm
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Last night, we went to another Christmas Party, and got all dolled up for the occasion. I love getting ready for dinner parties. I like to watch Irving put on his tie and pick out his shoes. I love putting music on and dancing around while putting everything together. Makes me feel grown up.

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All we need is some mistletoe!

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The most wonderful time of the year!

 

Holiday Cheer is best served with Friends! December 5, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Food,Friends,Happy — Kelocity @ 3:12 pm
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Last night, Erika and Timmy hosted a Holiday Party to celebrate the Holidays. They really went all out preparing the food for the party.

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The highlight was her Calzones! She made the bread from scratch! Delicous!
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It was such a great night. They have some great friends and we really enjoyed the conversation.
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Muggles was brave all night and hung out with everyone. (Good job, Muggles!)
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And little Abby made an appearance too! She was so cute!
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After spending an hour trying to figure out how to work the controllers, we played a few fun games of Trivia with everyone!
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Then it was time for the Yankee Swap! (Apparantly they don’t call it that out here! Maybe it’s an east coast thing?)
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They were all awesome gifts! I had the second number…
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And I got a sweet game of Travel Scattegories! (Thankfully no one stole from me, because I was pretty excited about this!)
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It was a great night, we had so much fun! Thanks for having us over!

 

It’s Snowing in Los Angeles! December 4, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Food,Friends,Hollywood Events — Kelocity @ 8:57 am
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Yes, indeed, it was snowing in Los Angeles tonight!
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Even if it was fake snow blowing from the roof of a building, that still counts, right?
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Tonight was the neighborhood Holiday Open House where all the stores and restaurants offer free samples and discounts. It’s so fun!

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This year, Erika and Timmy came with us, so it was even more fun!
(Check out the “snow” in my hair!)
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We pretty much went on the ‘Soup Tour’ up and down the street! We had vegetable soup, stew, tomato soup, squash soup! And lots of zucchini bread, hot cocoa and cookies in between.
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As we were walking, we saw James Marsden walk by with his family!! We totally did a double take and spun around for another look. I used to love him on Second Noah! Remember that show?

And right before that, we saw George Barris! (I realize he’s not a household name, but in my house, he totally was!) He’s my dad’s car building role model!
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He built so many famous cars from the movies.

Then our friend Erica came by and we chatted by the Christmas tree until after midnight! So nice to be surrounded by great friends in a great city. I love this town.

 

Christmas Tree Time!! December 3, 2010

Filed under: Christmas,Family,Happy — Kelocity @ 8:47 pm
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First of all, I can’t believe that it’s already December. Where did the year go! Regardless, I’m super excited, I love this time of year, especially in Los Angeles. It gets just cold enough to feel like Christmas, but still warm enough that you don’t need a coat.

This year, we went to get our tree at Home Depot (can’t beat the price and the convenience!)
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For some reason, I started to feel a little emotional buying our tree. I just feel so lucky that we are able to afford the tree we want to get. We are so fortunate that we don’t have to choose between a tree or food on the table like so many Americans. The tree is a constant reminder to us to remember what’s really important in life, I am so lucky to have Irving and two great families to celebrate the holidays with.

We brought it home and gave her a new home in the dining room.
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We let it settle and open up and we watched an episode of Weeds. And then we dragged out all the ornaments!
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We put up two strands of lights and watched her glow.
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We were so tired at that point that we went to bed (GASP! Without putting the ornaments on!)

So today, we woke up at 5:30a and decorated her before work. Smile Much better!
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We always buy a Christmas ornament from every place we travel to.
This year’s new additions:

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
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Dubai, UAE (It’s ‘gold’ and it’s a camel. how perfect is that?)
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Cairo, Egypt (which was actually really hard to find!)
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And I know this sounds really bad, but I think I got this last year for Christmas and I really really really love this ornament….  does anyone know who gave this to me? I want to write it on the box!
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The rest of the house got decorated as well!

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Who says Sunflowers aren’t Christmasy?
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I’ll get a picture of us in front of the tree this week to post. Now it’s time to get shopping!