Christmas and beyond

Anyone who reads this probably already knows that we had a perfect Christmas holiday! Mostly because we got to visit with everyone. We weren't held up by the snow storm and got back with no delays or trouble at the airport. The main reason I wanted to do a Christmas post is that my brother got me a wonderful gift card to Amazon and I was able to replace the plates (my wedding plates....I was so mad!) that the movers broke!!! BUT, the silver lining is that I love my new plates too and they are very colorful in the cabinet.

We use the bowls so much that it's hard to catch them in the cabinet! Each color salad plate has a different flower on it and the dinner plates are square. I have fun choosing what color to use for dinner each night! The last part of the make-up posting is that I just spent the evening making a special treat for our teachers' "superbowl" luncheon tomorrow. I'm on the social committee for this semester and the event we planned was a luncheon with baked potato bar (and all the toppings, don't even ask how this will work! Thankfully, that's not my part!!) and then some desserts. Of course I'm on desserts so I made these football brownies. I think they're pretty cute!

Finally, I've been feeling a little bit homesick for the past couple of days. I was looking through photos from home and I went through my collection of pictures from a trip my mom and I took to Cape Cod last spring. I'll leave you with this picture representing that trip, which is now the very relaxing and comforting wallpaper on my computer!