I was just making a last minute check of all my ingredients I will be needing for baking today. Can you believe I still need to go back to the store?? I realized I was out of meringue powder for my cookie icing, bakers chocolate, and I need red and green food coloring. Ugh! One thing i didn't want to do: go to the store.

On my baking to-do list today:

• Cheesecake squares
• Sugar Cookies (decorated various ways, including "melted snowmen")
• Chocolate Sugar cookies
• Peanut Butter blossom cookies
• Peppermint Blossom cookies
• Lemon Bars
• Hello Dolly Bars
• Rice Crispies
• Chocolate dipped oreos
• Dipped Marshmallows
• Cupcakes
• and a Birthday Cake for my Grandma!

Usually I just tape the cards I receive for Christmas to the wall or the back of the door.

I have this message board in my living room, it has bills, schedules, monthly calendars, reminders, etc. This board is on the same side that my Christmas tree and most of my decorations is on and it looked really ugly.

As I said in yesterday's post, I joined a bunch of Christmas swaps this month.

My partner for this swap was Hillary @ Our Hopeful Life. She has a wonderful blog and three amazingly adorable little boys.


Earlier this month I posted my Christmas Wishlist and she managed to tick off three of those items for me. I am so unbelievably pleased with my package. :)

Thank you so much Hillary! And special thanks to the hosts of this blog swap as well!