The month of December is practically over! Can y'all believe it? There is so much going on at the Best house right now! We started out the month by waking up one morning to Joel's tires being slashed on this Patrol Car. Not a very good feeling knowing your home is being targeted because of your husband's occupation. This incident turned into us moving out of our current house a month early....... like moving out by this Thursday! Yikes! So it was time for me to kick it into gear. The house we are moving into needs A LOT of work. We have put in all new tile and carpet in the entire house and are busy painting and refinishing cabinets in the kitchen right now, but it's not even close to being done. I have packed up one room in my house..... and we had our current move-out inspection this past week where we had to fix all the messes the dogs had made haha! It's so nice to have that done. On top of all that Joel and I have both had a respitory/sinus infection for 3 weeks. Merry Christmas to us!
We both had the week of Christmas off, which was a nice change of pace since Joel has worked all night shift this month and I haven't seen him. If only we hadn't been sick! I'll admit, I am a grinch at Christmas. It is not my favorite time of the year. It's a rush rush season and so stressful with constant running around to Joel's family.
We kicked off the holidays with Christmas at Grandmother's on Christmas Eve. I got to bring a dessert this year and I chose a Oreo-Brownie Trifle. It's one of the most decadent deserts I've ever had! Here is the recipe:
1 Box of Brownie mix (and all the ingredients to make them)
8 oz of Cream Cheese, softened
1 C. Powdered Sugar
1/4 C. Butter softened
3 C. Milk
2 small packages of instant fudge/chocolate pudding
12 oz. tub of Cool Whip
1 Pkg. Oreos, Crushed
8 ox. Tub of Cool Whip
Instructions: Prepare and bake Brownies as instructed on box. Let cool completely and cut into bite sized pieces, then set aside. Blend together Cream Cheese, Butter and powdered sugar until creamy. In a separate Bowl mix milk and pudding until thick. Add pudding to cream cheese mixture. Fold in 12 oz. tub of Cool Whip. Begin layering trifle. Brownies, half of the pudding cream cheese mixture. Half of your crushed oreos. 8 oz. of cool whip. Then repeat. Garnish with any left over oreos. Keep refrigerated.
Because Joel's family is so large we draw names to see who we get a gift for. This year Joel's Aunt Jane drew my name and she bought me a beautiful journaling Bible I had been asking for for months! It is amazing and I recommend it to everyone!
Christmas morning Joel and I shared our Christmas together. We didn't purchase any big ticket items this year. However, I did get a carpet cleaner specifically for pets! I was so excited! I guess that's when you know your officially an adult... carpet cleaners make you happy! I'm glad my husband understands my need for a spotless house haha! We headed up to my In-laws about mid morning to gather with Joel's immediate family. This consisted of his two nieces opening up a bazillion presents! But they were so happy! Then we headed to Joel's Dad's side of the family. (I told you we do a lot of running around!) We gather for Christmas dinner and some socializing before heading home. This year we ended Christmas by going to see the new Star Wars movie. It ended differently than I would have liked, but overall it was good.
Whew! Next year I think Joel and I will be making some changes so that we can slow down and enjoy our Christmas together.
OH! I did get an amazing gift this year from my sister. She purchased an Emily Ley Simplified Planner for me. If you don't know what that is, you are missing out! It is a necessity for all OCD and organizational people out there! And even better. it comes in a gold foil pineapple print! Be still my beating heart!
This week we will be busy moving and getting ready for the New Year! Hopefully I will have a new home tour up on the blog soon!
Merry Christmas! and I hope y'all have a very BLESSED New Year!
No comments:
Post a Comment