Hope Is Born

It's Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriday!!! I'm sure, like me, your calendar is filling up quickly with holiday events. My company Christmas party is tonight so you all know what that means!!!! Free food, free drinks free Christmas music and free dancing! Oh yea!

I hope you enjoy today's super Christmasy song from the Sidewalk Prophets. Let me know what you think (as always, please disregard the bootleg video).


Just 14 days until Christmas! Woo! You doing anything festive this weekend?

What Child Is This

For you today is one of my all time favorite Christmas songs. Yolanda Adams gets down yall.

I'm looking forward to a wintery date with my wonderful husband tonight. Pictures of our Christmas tree will be coming soon! Speaking of my wonderful husband, you are not going to believe what he said last night. This girl right here was way pumped up to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas on tv and the hubs threw down the veto saying he "thought it was lame" or something else sacrilegious. Who knew I was married to such a bah hum bug?! Man, that was a hard one to swallow...

Anyhow, back to the music. I hope you enjoy and feel the spirit of Christmas through this one today.


Only 15 more days until Christmas!

Christmas Wish List

Hola Christmas Lovers! Today is the day you have all been waiting for. It is the day I reveal my 2010 Christmas Gift Item Wish List! TA-DAAAAAAAAAA!!!

I typically have not made such lists in the past, and I do recognize that most of the items on this here list are quit over Santa's budget. However, in the spirit of "no one's going to give you what you don't ask for" and with the full conscience that I am content with the plenty I have, which is more than most... I humbly present to you, for your shopping pleasure, the following.

Of all the items on this mystical Christmas list, the item we are most in need of is a car. I know that's not a real christmas wish list item for most, but really, I have been VERY good this year...


Obviously on the list is clothes, lots and lots of clothes. What kind? I like good looking clothes, that's pretty much it.

YSL Parisienne perfume smells delicious and my perfume routine could definitely use some spicing up.



A sweet record player would really jazz up our living room. Plus, everyone knows the gift that really keeps on giving is a slow dance.



Next is an iphone 4 and a pretty but sturdy case. I'm quite clumsy.


You can never go wrong with shoes!

Some black on black Tory Burch Revas would be nice.

Or maybe a pair of Amy pumps... or both.


Or some leopard print ballet flats?


Or some BA tan boots of the work or the lounge variety, kind of like these...



Some new spectacles would be grand. I'm quite fond of these Tiffany & Co. ones, they also come in antique tortoise with gold accents. I love gold.



I very much want a fancy new digital camera.


Finally, a reasonably priced item on my list! I could use a cute Vera Bradley lunch bag or tailgate mini backpack in UKnight! black and gold...




I would love to get a gift certificate to Blurb to order our wedding album. I would also especially like someone to splice together all of the bits and pieces of wedding video people took for us. PRETTY PLEASE?! This one is at the tip top of my listy.


I am also desperately in need of a new photo travel mug. Mine may or may not be growing mold as the outer plastic cracked and there is a constant moist fog covering the collage J made me a few years ago... Enjoy this sample pic :)


Anything DMB related is always welcome (including tickets even if they aren't currently touring). I'm particularly fond of this windmill Dave shirt...



Going out hasn't exactly been our financial priority lately. Restaurant gift cards (obviously including Starbucks) would be so welcome as gifts. We all know it's hard out there for a pimp... er, i mean princess. Some prepaid delicious date nights would certainly help my (married) dating life.


I've always wanted a classic pair of diamond stud earrings :)


Jonathon gave me a beautiful watch on our wedding day and I'm not sure if you even CAN switch out the band, but the face would look beautiful with a brown leather watch band kinda like this...


Our sweet little home is seriously lacking in surface areas. A pretty console table would really do the trick.


And finally, I would surely love Santa to bring me a shiny new laptop. It doesn't have to be this 24k gold one, but you know me, I'd totally take it.


Was that the longest, yuppiest Christmas list in the history of all time?

Oh, I forgot the final thing on my list...


Better hurry, only 16 days left until Christmas! (You didn't think I would forget the Christmas song of the day, did you?)

Glory to God in the Highest

Some festive cheer for you this morning... Good news is coming soon!



Just 17 Days Until Christmas!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Good Monday Morning to you!

I'm wearing tights, boots, a sweater, scarf and pea coat this morning. Oh and I'm inside. :)

Things have been very VERY out here for the Fords lately. Ups and downs alike. One of the very big ups, you can see from the picture below took place on Saturday.


I will fill you all in on the rest of it all shortly, but in the meantime, I think it's best if we just let Nat do all the talking...


Have a great day!

Lights Lights Lights

Tonight appears to be the night! No, not for Santa. For Christmas Tree Lighting events around Orlando! Winter Park has a Ye Olde Hometown Christmas Parade tomorrow that sounds pretty cozy but tonight they will be lighting the tree in their "central park" (where there is also ALL day ice skating for $10 including skate rental!!!).



Also, Lake Eola will also be hosting an event tonight that is described thusly:

"The event will begin with a traditional family Christmas festival at 4 p.m., followed by a Christmas play by Trinity Lutheran School children at 6 p.m., the Orlando Lake Eola Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. and "The Gift" musical production with massed choir, orchestra and fanfare trumpets at 7:30 p.m."

Sign. Me. Up.

For you today, my Christmas song of choice is a beautiful cold weather song called Winter Snow by Chris Tomlin and Audrey Assad. Enjoy! (ps: enjoy the song, excuse the horrible video :)


22 days to go until Christmas!

2000 miles

Today it's 46 degrees in Orlando! I know that's skirt weather for a lot of you out there, but for me it meant I actually got to bust out my pea coat. We (finally) decorated our wonderful Christmas tree last night so pictures are forthcoming.

Tonight our good friend Ted is coming into town. There may be some of this going on this weekend...


We are pumped to see him, but it also makes me think of all of our loved ones WAY across the country that we don't get to see all that often.

Thusly, today's Christmas song is a cover of 2000 Miles by the Pretenders (the original is fab, i highly recommend) as done by KT Tunstall.


Only 23 days to go until Christmas!!! Joy to you today.

Welcome to Winter

I thought I'd share a lovely Christmas song with you this morning in honor of it being the first day of December! Please excuse the extreme bootleg quality of the video, but enjoy the wintery wonderland and joy. I love this song, hope you do too.


Besides it being the first day of December, today is also National Pie Day!!! So please, for me, have some.


And last but not least... today is also my dad's birthday! Happy Birthday Dad!



Love ya! Hope you all have a fantastic day.

24 more to go until Christmas!!!