wow, that was my 50th post. yay me.

i love to look around the 'nets' and see what people spend their time creating, and how generous they are at sharing with the rest of us.

here is a great example. so cool for scrapbooking, printing on fabric, and if you look around she has a set of printable check lists with the same great illustrations. one of those blogs i like to nose around a little to see what i can find.

another tradition. every year we invite a different family to decorate gingerbread houses with us. i make them from scratch the way my mom always did, with royal icing, and we use all the leftover halloween candy. last night the litigator's sister and her family came over, and it was kids and candy for an hour or so.

this is for you, mom.