Good Morning and welcome to Day 4. Today’s topic is one that I truly love. I absolutely love Christmas music. Don’t you?
Here is a list of my favorite Christmas music:
What are your favorite Christmas songs?
If you know me in real life you know that I have this issue with Christmas being heavily promoted before Remembrance Day and I think that it should be held off until after that day and honestly that is just my opinion. I just find that year after year its getting earlier and earlier with each year. Am I the only one that things this?
Like I mentioned in my first blogmas post this week I mentioned that nothing Christmas related goes up in my house until after my birthday. Now this is probably going to be really ironic but I honestly don’t mind listening to Christmas music or watching Christmas movies.
Which leads to today’s topic Favorite Christmas Movies.
Before last year we just had regular cable so I would watch the movies from there or from dvds. Then last year we got Lifetime and wow has my Christmas movie watching has changed this year so far. How did I live without Lifetime?
Here is a list of my favorite Christmas Movies that we watch every year:
This is just some of our favorite holiday movies what are yours? We are always looking for new movies to watch
Good Morning Everyone.
Today’s topic is:
When your a child, Christmas is all about the presents you will get under the tree and I think that is normal but once you grow up you realize that there is so much more to Christmas.
Since moving away from my parents house I realized that of course presents are nice but spending time with family and friends is so much better. Especially if you have family who live far away.
This year I’m not sure how it will be but I do know that my sister in law, brother in law and their son will be here for Christmas which will be nice because I don’t think we ever spent a Christmas together. We will be going to my in laws on Christmas day and I am hoping that my brother in law will be able to make it home this year although I’m not quite sure.
What does Christmas mean to you?
All subscription boxes will include 8 exclusive FCS products in adorable mini-sizes. You will also receive a $10 FCS gift code with each Soap Box, that can be redeemed online or in our retail store. Price includes shipping.
Cost for the Soap Box is:
This is a quarterly subscription service. You will get a new box each season. One of the great things about this is that you get a sneak peek at the upcoming scents and products before they are released online and in store.
The theme for the Winter box is Old Fashioned Family Christmas. I love how the box was packaged this month don’t you?
The white container is “Christmas Bonus” Deep Conditioner. This is their third annual mystery fragrance. Isn’t it fun to try and guess the scents of products? I love trying these kinds of products for my hair. Its nice to break up your regular routine with new things. As for the scent I am getting a mint smell. I will let you know what it is when I do my monthly empties.
“Our new deep conditioning treatment leaves hair deeply nourished, improves elasticity and shine, and rejuvenates, rebuilds, and repairs dry, damaged hair. Infused with argan oil, for long lasting conditioning.”
The black container is “Moose Mug Cuticle butter” you gently massage this into your hands focusing on the cuticle area. With the colder season now on us I am in dire need of this. I knew right away when I opened this that it was eggnog scented. I am a huge eggnog lover.
“”Can I refill your eggnog…?”
Rich cream, egg, and a touch of nutmeg.””
“Squirrel Whipped Cream” One thing I love about FCS is the names they come up with for their products. I had no idea what I was about to smell when I opened this. It didn’t look like squirrel because it was pink in color and it sure doesn’t smell like squirrel. It has a really nice smell that I just can’t place my finger on.
“Handmade with a special low cholesterol recipe.
A festive blend of apples, sun ripened strawberries and plums dancing with zests of orange and a splash of lime.”
“Fried Pussycat Whipped Soap” see what I mean with another funny title? I have no idea what whipped soap is so this will be fun to try out. If anyone knows how to use this please let me know as I tried to find out on my own with no luck.
“Because who doesn’t want to smell like fried pussycat?!
Juicy plum and whipped caramel wrapped in artisan bourbon vanilla and jasmine blossoms.”
“mele Kelekimaka OCD Hand Sanitizer” Isn’t this the color of a tropical beach somewhere? When I think of that this is the color that comes to mind. Oh how I wish I was on one right now…This is a little strong in scent at first but once you rub it into your hands its perfectly fine. This smells like a tropical island sunscreen to me. This will be used quite a bit this winter with the icky cold weather when I feel like I need to get away.
“With visions of swimming pools dancing in your head.
Tropical spiced rum, Tahitian vanilla, sprinkled with Jasmine petals and woods”
“”I Pledge Allegiance Amen Shower Steamer”. I have gotten these in the past and love them. What you do is place this in the tub at the back so that when you shower it will slowly disolves. Its an aromatherapy shower. It worked perfect last winter when I had that cold. It worked so well. I will be saving this for that kind of day. It has that herb smell that you know will do wonders for you.
“They want you to say the damn grace…!”
A brisk and outdoorsy blend of blue spruce and balsam fir, fresh mint and garden herbs.”
“Sparkly Hydrate Me” OMG I love the smell of this its pumpkin scented another one of my favorite fall scents. Does anyone else love the smell of pumpkin baking? I was so new to the hydrate me bars a while ago and since discovering them I love them. So after you shower you run this under water and basically your massage this into your skin and air dry a bit as the butters work in leaving your skin hydrated and soft. You will notice right away how soft your skin feels.
“We dedicate this to the FCS family Christmas. Drumroll Please!
Scrumptious vanilla pumpkin waffles topped with brown sugar, pecans and sheets of fresh whipped cream.”
Finally the last item (which really should have been the first one) is the “Tis the Season to me Mary fortune cookie soap” A beautiful red soap that smells so good. Its a scent that I can’t describe in words, all i can say is that it smells so good. Its a nice unique scent.
My fortune said: “Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out in the middle of nowhere, leave your for dead?” Hmm okay that is a bit weird isn’t it LOL
“Buy this for your wife…God rest her soul.
Warm swirls of tobacco with a hint of almond.”
This was another amazing box from FCS that I just love. I will be using everything this month in my box and let you know how it went at the end of the month.
Happy Holidays Everyone/
Good Morning everyone and welcome to day 1 of Blogmas 2014.
As you can see the topic today is Your favorite Christmas Traditions.
Growing up we always had a real tree and my parents would put it up on December 1st. We were also given our advent calendars at this time so that we could count down the days until Christmas.
One thing that my parents always did in regards to tradition was that each of us got a huge orange and apple in our stockings.
When I moved out and got married I told my husband that I wanted to start new traditions for us and our upcoming family and he was on board. I think all families need to have traditons or start them.
One of the big things for me was not putting up our tree until after December 5th and that is because that’s my birthday. Growing up my birthday never truly felt special for me because all around me was Christmas decorations and money was usually tight for the family with Christmas so close so that meant if I wanted something really special I ended up getting it only at Christmas.
Anyways back to my story (hehe) so every year we have a real tree and the last few years we made it a point to go and cut our tree down at a tree farm with one of our closest friends.
We usually let the tree sit over night and then we decorate it.
Which leads me to our next traditon and that is each year we buy special ornaments for ourselves. So by the time my 11 year old moves out he will have his own starter set of ornaments and he then can continue the tradition with his family.
As you can see from last years tree we have many of them on the tree.
What are your favorite traditions?
Danya from A Tapestry of Words started this fun little feature on her blog called All I Want For Christmas Is… and basically what you do is share your wishlist of books. I thought that this would be something fun to do perhaps on a weekly bases until Christmas. Can you believe we are a little over a month to go?
I am no where near being started so over the next few weeks I will be shopping, shopping and more shopping for gifts for my family and two Secret Santas I am taking part in. Are you ready?
Here is my 5 books this week:
As I am slowly wrapping up my posts for the 30 Days, 30+ Pre-Scheduled Blog Posts I was thinking about taking part in Blogmas this year.
If you are on YouTube you know that a good majority of the vloggers are doing a vlogmas next month, which is very popular and you commit to post a vlog daily in the whole month of December. I was thinking of doing a YouTube one but I think that will have to wait until next year because there is just so much on my plate right now that I don’t think I could fit that into my daily life. Although I could do basically one take and not editing, we will see.
So in its place for right now I am going to be doing Blogmas instead and basically I am committing to posting every day this month. I hope you will stop in daily to see the posts.
I was looking online to see what bloggers were going to do this blogmas and I found Sandra from Diary of a Stay at Home Mom and she posted this prompt list to make it easier to do the Blogmas.
Will you be doing Blogmas 2014?