A busy Friday and Saturday...

Yesterday, I finally got the call I've been waiting for since August! My friend Heather's mom was finally ready to give away her beloved cat. Her mom's health hasn't been the greatest recently and she felt she couldn't take good care of her "Baby" anymore. Luckily, I get to give him a new home. Meet Walter... our newest addition. He's a creme colored and very sweet. He weighs in at 13 pounds and enjoys napping, Meow Mix and licking himself. LOL!


And then today... finally today... I completed the gaudy Christmas tree! LOL! Here's the picture I promised. It's not great, but I didn't want to get my dirty carpet in the picture. For some reason, I thought I'd take a quick picture before I vacuumed!

Ended up making chocolate pretzels last night after I got Walter home. Most of the time we only do the white chocolate but we experimented with the milk chocolate and they were good... just not as good. I reckon I'll take them to work and let them devour them. Ya see, they'll eat anything. Literally, anything. We're like cows grazing on an open pasture. Food is food... and they love it.

Tomorrow, Mom and I are going to make chocolate fudge, peanut butter kiss cookies and snickerdoodles. Well... snickerdoodles or chocolate chip cookies, not sure which. Mom hates snickerdoodles and I like 'em. I've never made them before so I'm anxious to know how they turn out.

Christmas is less than a week away and I'm ready! I love having my parents, brother, sister-in-law and nephew over for dinner and presents. Other than the holidays, they don't come for dinner often. Most of the time, they just drop by to visit for an hour then leave to see my sister-in-law's family. Oh! And I'm excited because supposedly, my Mom has a surprise for me! I haven't had a surprise at Christmas time since I was like 12. I've wrapped all my own presents for years! So I'm thrilled... I have no idea what it is, but the thought of a surprise just elates me!

Off to play on Pogo and watch some Golden Girls! :)