FROM THANKSGIVING TO CHRISTMAS CARDS.

Oh yeah, I have a blog. 
A blog that has been a little neglected the past couple days, but for good reason.  

It's so hard to get back into the swing of things, even after 4 days off! We had an amazing long holiday weekend and soaked up all of Thanksgiving's awesomeness! Thanksgiving day was wonderful being able to spend time with family we don't get to see very often, and of course eating good food that I normally would never make (the 3 lbs of flab residing on my waist I could do without..) I don't typically take pictures on Thanksgiving day...I put on my most comfortable and forgiving pair of jeans, a baggy but still cute sweater, and took the day off from social media (except 1 or 2 instagram pictures) to spend time with Billy and my family. It felt good and Billy even told me how much he loved not seeing a phone in my hand or snapping pictures left and right. Sometimes a break is good. 

Of course it was just icing on the cake (turkey?) that OHIO STATE beat Michigan on Saturday. I wish I could bring all of you here to tailgate for a home OSU vs. Michigan game, because it really is too hard to explain how crazy it was on campus. One would think that since it was snowing (flakes here and there) and was seriously frigid at 30 degrees that it would hold us back, but it didn't. Our friends had heaters set up in their tailgate tents and somehow it was still one of the best days in my 27 years. We had so much fun and the whole day I was surrounded by my best friends and Billy's family...couldn't get any better. 

Here are some of our Thanksgiving weekend snippets:

-made Buckeyes (a recipe you don't want to miss that I will post soon!) and did some crafting on my day off Friday before the boys came into town

-ate dinner at a new brewery/restaurant here in town called 101 Beer Kitchen

-stayed out way too late Friday night and got up way too early to head down to campus

-put hand warmers in not just our gloves but our boots too and for others, possibly down their shirts to stay warm ;)

-danced on tables for about 2 hours following the OSU victory! (seriously-about 20 of us were dancing on tables at the bar..was one of those "this is the greatest moment ever" things and it wasn't just the booze telling me that!)

-was in bed by 9pm that evening (I cheered for Notre Dame in my sleep)

-officially being in full Christmas mode! I decorated the house for Christmas this weekend, but we haven't had a chance to put up our tree yet so that will come soon. I'm pretty excited about it!

-ending the weekend by celebrating my Dad's birthday (which is tomorrow) at my parents house. We got my Dad a wine barrel cork holder for his wine room that he will have in his new house!

-made it to 1600 followers this weekend! Holy cow...that makes me extremely happy. Thank you ALL!!

Ooh, and how could I forget? I received our 2012 Christmas card in the mail that I made from Shutterfly early last week (gotta love those timely orange envelopes). I just chose a really simple design this year, considering I almost forgot about them all together, but they turned out better than I expected and every year I look forward to sending them out!

 I ordered this stamp...

and here are our cards:

{had to look up how to take a screenshot and share it this way because I wasn't thinking at the moment I ordered, and forgot to save it! ha...}

There is no way I'd do a card without little Rocky on it...especially when I could get away with including a picture of him in a lion costume. I know he's really happy with me about that.

So, did you decorate for Christmas at your house this weekend or order your cards yet? Did you watch the OSU game? I hope every single one of you had a lovely Thanksgiving like I did, and get yourself some great deals today for Cyber Monday!

*Outfit Additions is having a 40% off sale that ends today, so if you want some inexpensive cute jewelry head over there. 

....if you know about a deal that is too good to pass up today, pah-lease send my way. My wallet will thank you!

Linked up with pretty Sami for her Weekend Update blog hop.