Odds & Ends

I love my Christmas tree this year! My mom, the decorating queen, came over for a 4-hour tree trimming session. I was actually sore after putting it up! Pathetic, I know. But it's a beauty! She sure is good at stuff like that. She has such a sense of style, it makes me green with envy! Any time we shop for decorations, clothes, etc., I'll see something I like and say, "That's cute." She will sort of say, "yeah.....". And I know that "yeah". It means, "no it's not". But then she'll spot something, and she says the same thing every time, " (gasp) Oh Kim, look at that! Isn't that cute?! Oh, it's $45. Oh well, I don't care, I'm getting it!" And then she'll take it home and return it the next day. That usually happens with clothes. But she'll call me and say, "I returned that sweater. It looked like crap on me. But I found this adorable (fill in the blank) instead.....". I swear, every shopping outing is like that. She's funny! We really have a good time together.

On another note, Rory's brother got married a few weeks ago. It was a very nice wedding. Brittany (the bride) looked adorable. And Jamie was beaming from ear to ear. Their reception is tomorrow. I'm not sure why it's 2 weeks after the wedding. Something to do with booking their cruise for their honeymoon or something. Any-hoo, I finished their wedding cake tonight. SUCCESS! Sort of. All went well until I got crazy with the water sprayer on the kitchen sink and sprayed half of the cake with water! I thought I was going to die!!! But I left it alone and it dried as if it was never touched. THIS is why I don't do this professionally.

Well, I've gotta make Mikey's Inn Keeper costume for the Nativity tomorrow for Primary. He's been practicing, "There's no more room at the Inn." But now he's freaking out because he missed his dress rehersal tonight. My fault. I'm sure he'll do fine.
Off to bed......