9 degrees in Florida

Okay so here in Tampa it didn’t get down to 9 degrees but it did get down to 17 last night and there were snow sightings the night before. That is right, you heard me. Snow in the middle of Florida!! The last time that happened I wasn’t even born. However all of this cold weather has brought back the memories of recent trip the hubby and I took.


The husband and I took a trip to Orlando (the land of the larger than life mouse). We spent the day attending an attraction called ICE! It is the only place (at the time) that was 9 degrees in Florida. It is this entire winter wonderland that is created entirely from ice. What these people created is absolutely awe inspiring! Here are some photos from our adventures at ICE!

Old Man Winter

I was freezing sitting on the merry go round.

He sooo didn't want his picture taken.

A nativity scene that was spectacular.

My absolute fav was this angel. So beautiful.

Until Next Time,
 
Christine

Holiday Stress

I have been super busy and super stressed with the holidays. I am a very organized person with OCD tendencies so the holidays are usually no big deal for me. But this year for some reason has just been crazy. I have been late sending out my Christmas cards, mailing gifts, decorating the house, doing my baking, and the list goes on and on. I have seriously been neglecting the blog but I promise that once the holidays pass I will be back to giving you an insight look into my adventures in the kitchen, the gym and life in general. I did want to show you my little goodie packages I made for the people at my work and B’s work. Aren’t they so cute? We went away this past weekend and I will let you guys know all about that soon!!!

Until Next Time,

Christine

Can you tell me what is wrong here?

So can you? Can you figure out what is wrong with this picture? It’s not my perfect angel that my parents gave B and me our first Christmas as husband and wife. It’s not my favorite 12 days of Christmas ornaments B gave me last year for Christmas. Do you give up? Look real close? Still don’t know what it is?

My Christmas tree only has ornaments on the top 2/3 of the tree!!! And it is all thanks to this little angel.

Now don’t let him fool you. He is really a little devil in disguise. See here he is trying to eat my singing Santa.

But I think B just wanted it to stop singing. In all the years before, I never really worried about my ornaments with our cats in the house. The only thing the cats would do is climb the trunk of the tree until they got to the top but they didn’t destroy anything so I had no worries. But Rocky oh no, he wants to tear it all down. As it is he has found that eating the needles from the tree is his new favorite thing.Well I guess I will just have to start a new trend to only decorate the top half of your tree.

This weekend is my annual Christmas Baking Extravaganza. I have 50 goodie boxes to make for both B and my coworkers. So I will be baking about 10 different goodies and I will be baking all weekend long. I’ll be posting the goodies soon so hopefully you can make them before your holiday festivities.

Until next time,
Christine