Pink & Green Thursday- Birthday

Tomorrow is my mine and my brother's birthday! Happy New Year to you and Happy Birthday to us! :)

Love, E

Pink & Green Thursday

OMG- tomorrow is Christmas Eve!!!! Here are some more Pink and Green Christmas! Love it!

Merry Christmas little love birds!

Love, E

WW Wed.

It's Christmas- and that means it's time for lots of traditional holiday foods as well as finger foods at holiday parties. Here is a delicious dip by Weight Watchers that everyone will love! 

Sour Cream and Roasted Red Pepper Dip

PointsPlus™ Value: 1
Servings: 10
Preparation Time: 8 min
Cooking Time: 0 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

15 oz roasted red peppers, packed in water, drained (about 2 cups)
1 cup(s) fat-free sour cream
1/2 cup(s) basil, fresh
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp table salt, or to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground, or to taste
2 tsp cilantro, fresh, finely chopped

Instructions
• In a blender, combine roasted peppers, sour cream, basil and garlic powder; puree until smooth. Season to taste with salt and black pepper; garnish with cilantro. Yields about 1/4 cup per serving.

Notes
• This flavorful dip is perfect for company yet simple enough — and light enough — to be enjoyed on a regular basis. Serve it with toasted pita wedges, whole grain crackers or fresh vegetable crudités and remember veggies are FREE!
Love, E

Ghosts from Christmas Past

I was looking through pictures from the past few Christmas's and man have I had a lot of different hair styles and colors LOL
And these are from just the past 5 years!

2006

Hair to my waist

2007

Short blonde- stacked in the back

2008

Pregnant and out of my mind- colored my hair black days before Christmas

2009

Cute pixie cut- cut ALL my hair off the week before Christmas!

2010

Trying to grow it back out- at least the color is good this year! lol Now... if I can get my child to smile in a picture with me : )

Love, E

FQF

I am so excited that it is Friday. I was out of work yesterday because Boogs and I were feeling under the weather. Today, I still don't feel great, but I do feel better and Judson is at his school Christmas pajama party. He looked so cute this morning. Tonight, we are going to dinner, tomorrow we have my cousin's college graduation and then our favorite party of the year tomorrow night. It is friends of my husband's family that have had a huge Christmas party at their house for the past 30 (I think) years and it is packed full of wonderful food, presents, and a visit from Santa himself. Sunday is church and my husband's family Christmas party. BIG weekend to say the least. What are your plans?

1) Do you regift.. and if so, do you have a regifting horror story?
Nope. Why would you.. when it's so much fun putting thought into buying for others?

2) Do you know what you are getting for Christmas this year?
Surprisingly, no! I have not a clue! I just love surprises!!

3) Who brings the most gifts in your family, you or Santa?
Hmmm... probably me. We let Santa bring the special big-ticket items :)

4) What store do you love to buy jeans from?

Sounds crazy, but my favorite place and the ONLY place I can find jeans to fit my petite frame best is Stein Mart. They carry a line by Seven and their jeans are just the right size for me. They are petite but not too petite. Seems like I am in between petite and normal sizing. Too short or too long. BUT Seven brand jeans fit me wonderfully :)

5) Christmas Meal: Big, All Out Meal or Snacks and Apps?

Big meal of course. We have a traditional Christmas Eve dinner. Mama breaks out the china and we have a feast. Yummy.. I can't wait!

And I just wanted to brag a little and share with you a cutie-pie Christmas photograph. He is getting so big!

 Love, E

photographs via here and here

WW Wed.

Hello sweet cakes! How is your healthy eating going? I had a meltdown yesterday but kept a tight grip on reality. For some reason I just craved bad things- I went on a pizza kick around 9:30 a.m. I just wanted it! BUT thank goodness I didn't get any. Instead, I ate my boiled egg whites for breakfast. Around lunch time I was DYING for anything greasy and delicious! I passed an Arby's and longed for curly fries; I stopped to get gas and smiled as I looked into the store window and saw personal pan pizza's. I literally made myself get back into my car, drive back to the office, and heat up my Lean Cuisine meal. I am thinking maybe I should go get me a pizza today (one that I can calculate the points for) and satisfy my cravings before I go nuts and eat everything in sight. But until then, you should give this recipe a try. I know this doesn't sound too great, but believe me when I say ... it's splendid! The combination of these ingredients just make this taste that I can't describe. My Nana makes some every Christmas and it's light and wonderful.

Cranberry Pineapple Salad

Serves 12 at 1.5 WW pts each*

1 pkg (6 oz) raspberry sugar free jello
1 can (16 oz) jellied cranberry sauce
3/4 cup orange juice
1 tbs lemon juice
1 3/4 cups boiling water
1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional*

In bowl, dissolve gelatin in water. Breakup and stir in cranberry sauce. Add pineapple, orange juice and lemon juice. Chill until partially set. Stir in nuts*. Pour into 11 X 7 X 2 dish or jello mold.

*Without nuts, each serving is 1.5 pts. With nuts, each serving is 3 points.

To make things easier, you can I pour mixture into 6 individual glad-ware containers to let it set up and your desserts will be ready to go to work with you with no fuss.
Love, E

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Can you believe Christmas is next week?! Thank goodness I have all of my shopping done. Well.. I have one item left to purchase, but that's pretty good huh? I have never finished this early in the game :)
I have found lots of really cute merchandise and thought I would share a few things with you just in case you need a last minute gift idea ;)

#1 Nesting Doll measuring spoons! I LOVE THESE! Buy them here.

#2 Nesting Doll measuring cups. I LOVE THESE EVEN MORE! LOL buy them here.

 #3 Great gift for the guys! It's a pizza cutter that looks like an electric saw. Buy it here.

#4  Cutest lunch totes EVER! I bought several of these for my little man's friends! I had their names monogrammed on the front. They also have book bags to match :) Buy them here.

#5 This is a great shower gift- but it could work for Christmas too! It's a blanket and 3 bibs. They are really good quality materials and I also had these monogrammed for gifts. There are 12 different prints to choose from. Take a look here. 

#6 Wine bottle tote or just plain bottle tote... for one... two... or a 6-pack! Buy here. 

 #7 And this is not so much a present- but my new obsession. MANGO! I love their clothes. Especially the back of this little number. So pretty! Click here to check out their site.

 #8 Something really neat to read to the kids. I have been collecting books by Tasha Tudor and they are the most creative children's books I have ever seen. Every page has so much detail. My 1 year old stayed still in the bed last night and let me read this entire book to him and he was so intrigued. He looked at all the pictures and pointed and laughed. He loved it! You can find them all at great prices here.

Hope you see something ya like- and have a fabulous day! 

Love, E