Tuesday Tidbits

Here I am with some "tidbits" for you again this very cold Tuesday morning! :-)

1. The photo above is of Mary in the Christmas program at church last week. I drew and water colored the frame at a friend's house Saturday night. I have visions of making this into a Christmas card but (sadly) have little confidence that I will follow through.

2. Two weeks ago I got this phone. I really, really like it! It's probably way too much technology to waste on me, but so far I'm enjoying its super-cool features.

3. Last weekend, I got this lovely as an early Christmas present from my employer. I've downloaded this book and this book. I'm almost halfway through the first and am enjoying it immensely.

4. Sunday night at our church's Christmas Cantata, I helped our resident professional chef put out his homemade fancy-smancy desserts. I can't believe someone can actually do this! Every church needs a chef!

5. Here's our family Christmas tree (real) that we put our rather eclectic collection of annual family ornaments. We have everything from a golf cart to Hello Kitty to baby Jesus. We bought our tree in the cold, cold rain rather quickly. Not our best selection! This year I've wrapped up The Boy's ornaments to give to him and his Bride for their tree. Sad and happy all at the same time!

6. And here's the little tree (artificial) that I've started putting up in my study/library. I'm trying to add a homemade ornament to it every year. So far I have a fuzzy sheep, a house, a strand of sparkly stars, and a "joy" banner (last year's addition). What shall I do this year?

7. Last thing - I made this cake for a friend at work yesterday... his special request. I've never made one before. I used butter instead of margarine and made it in a 9 x 13 pan instead of rounds. It was very crumbly but very yummy. I think it needed another egg.