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Happy Saturday!! It's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas around these parts...hahaha

We have been S-L-O-W-L-Y working on getting the house transformed for Christmas and it is beginning to feel a little more like Christmas here in our home. Not so much outside though. We have had pretty warm weather here in AZ. 

  The other night, the hubs and I dragged (literally) the kids from their rooms to make some candy holiday characters. We even had a fire - thanks to Netflix fake fire!! Bwahahaha... The film is an hour long video of an actual fire...you even get to hear the popping and crackling....Way to go us for creating the ambiance ourselves! Who needs winter weather and snow when we've got Netflix...hahaha

This picture is not good at all, but I couldn't deprive you from our awesomely home-made candy characters. I got the idea from Pinterest, but I think ours have a bit more character..hahaha

We have created a "Christmas Vacation" right from our home; complete with "Mr. Fix-it" funnies.

For the last couple of years, we have used a prosthetic Christmas tree. I miss having a real tree, but this tree has already taken quite a beating and is beginning to look more and more like a real Charlie Brown!

If you all read my last post, then you might get a nice giggle from what I am about to tell you:

Hubby DIY (#2)

My husband AND SON decided to surprise me and put together the Christmas tree a couple of days ago. Some time between taking out the pieces and the process of assembly, the tree got knocked over and the base broke. I heard a loud thump and a few choice words (not bad ones). The choice words I am referring to (when I know something is pretty bad) are, 

"OH NO!!" immediately followed by "Shhh, don't tell mom!" 

Even though our house is 3200 square feet, and the assembly of the tree took place on the opposite end of the house from my office, the boys still think I can't hear them. They always underestimate the power of a woman's ability to hear and sense danger coming from afar... hahahaha

I took a field trip out of my office to assess the damages, but when I got there, a Mr. Handy-Man Rig-a-Fix had already begun and nothing  appeared to have severe damages. 

Apparently, the base of the tree broke all by itself out of nowhere. To fix it, they broke the base off of the old prosthetic tree and placed it under the newer-ish prosthetic tree (which didn't quite fit snug enough). The un-natural tilt told me that there might be something wrong with the tree; however, the lump in the cute snowman skirt told me that my hubs may have already begun damage control.

I was pretty impressed with the fix...that is..until we tried to hang ornaments on the tree this morning. As you can see, there are just some lights (put on during the rig-a-fix), the candy canes and a slightly damaged shining star. I brought out the giant box of ornaments and started getting them ready for the kids to hang up. It wasn't until my husband stuck out his finger towards the tree as my daughter raised her hand to place an ornament and muttered, "I wouldn't do that if I were you," that I realized the damages were more serious than I had previously thought.

My daughter (being the lovely 15 year old girl she is, rolled her eyes and ignored the warning). She places one porcelain ornament on the right side of the tree and

WELL...

the outcome inspired me to write this post...hahaha. 

Upon further investigation of the repairs; which included the words, "Don't worry- I fixed it!", I found that one lucky Arizona rock had been the savior of our Christmas tree...

YES, there is ol' faithful right there hiding under the snowman skirt...holding up our Christmas tree.

It was initially difficult to spot with the "fake" presents they (my son and my hubs) had been placed under the tree. 

Hmmm...Does that bag say, Happy Father's Day? Why YES, yes it does....The "Father's Day" bag should have been the first red flag to alert my senses that something was wrong; however, I was busy and  didn't feel the need to ruin the Christmas spirit.  

Merry Christmas and Happy Father's Day Everyone!!

BWAHAHAHA!!!

I am not sure if we will be able to place more ornaments on the tree this year; however, I will keep you posted on the progress.

If all else fails, I'll be drinking Mai Tai's with Charlie and enjoying the simple pleasures of life....sleep.

Also, my good friend Katie is having a celebration giveaway with tons of goodies!! Go check out her giveaway and enter to win one of several prizes!!

I won't let you go without letting you grab a few Free graphics!! Please read my TERMS OF USE before using any of the free graphics from my blog. If you would like to share about these freebies, please link back to my blog using my button or pin the image on a Pinterest board - 

Please do NOT post the images on your own blog to share or claim them as your own. Thanks a bunch!

Here is a label that I created; however, it would make a cute gift tag.

Christmas Themed Tags...

A few cute backgrounds to use for various projects...

Here is a FREE scroll from one of my most recent sets

Click HERE to see this set on TpT

Click HERE to see this set on Etsy

There are still a few more days to enter this giveaway as well...

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