On the 6th Day of Christmas

On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love bought me:

$20 worth of Elephant Poo Poo Paper Ornaments!

These Christmas ornaments are my favorite elements on my tree. I think it is hilarious to have Christmas ornaments made from 100% recycled paper made completely from elephant poop.

I think everyone needs to go to their website to appreciate the essence of the Poo Poo Paper company! They also sell stationary for those acquaintances that deserve a poopy letter from you.

And don't worry, they smell surprisingly clean.
www.poopoopaper.com

On the 5th day of Christmas

On the 5th day of Christmas, my family blessed me with:

21 Top-Secret Family Recipes!

I'm so grateful to have great cooks in my family lineage.

From my dad's Divine Peppermint Chocolate dessert to my grandma's amazing dinner rolls, our family has some great recipes (and thankfully, awesome taste buds!)

Some of my family favorites:

My Mom's Zesty Parmesan Chicken, Maple Chicken, Squash and Zucchini Casserole, Dinner Rolls and her amazing Salads.

My Dad's Tri-Tip, Chocolate Peppermint Dessert and all his great sauces.

My Grandma Anderson's dinner rolls and My Grandpa Anderson's baked beans.

There is nothing better than sitting around the dinner table with people you love and great food.

Also, a fun fact, my Grandma Anderson is the one that taught me the "magical bean" song over Thanksgiving dinner when I was 8. Love it!

On the 4th Day of Christmas

On the 4th Day of Christmas, my true love lets me:

Play my favorite 22 Christmas songs all the time!

The poor guy is probably sick of my Christmas songs, but they get me in the holiday mood and I always feel like dancing when I hear my songs.

Jessica's Christmas Music List:
1. Baby It's Cold Outside
2. Marshmallow World

3. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
4. Sleigh Ride
5. Let it Snow
6. The Carols of the Bells
7. Joy to the World
8. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
9. The Christmas Song
10. I'll Be Home for Christmas
11. Merry Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
12. Winter Wonderland
13. Santa Baby
14. All I Want for Christmas is You
15. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
16. Happy Christmas (The War is Over)
17. White Christmas
18. Jingle Bell Rock
19. We Need a Little Christmas
20. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
21. Where Are You Christmas
22. Mr. Grinch

On the 3rd Day of Christmas...

On the 3rd day of Christmas, my true love bought me:

23 fuzzy socks for my freezing feet.

Mike thinks my feet are unusually cold. The weird thing is, my feet only get cold at night.

I have cold feet. I can't help it, I get it from my mom.

I also saw a solution thanks to my mom...just place my freezing feet on Mike's warm thighs. This warms my feet right up!

This isn't something that brings joy to Mike though, so he bought me 23 pairs of socks to save his poor thighs.

See...with a little motivation, I get awesome fuzzy socks from my true love!

On the 2nd Day of Christmas...

On the second day of Christmas, my true love watches with me:

24 entertaining shows! (Well, half of them at least)

I love cuddling with Mike on the couch on a Saturday night watching our favorite shows. TiVo is the best invention ever!

And for those shows that Mike won't watch with me, I usually pull out my crafts and enjoy some "me" time.

Either way...these little things bring my life joy.

25 Days of Christmas - Slightly Delayed

For the month of December, I thought it would be fun to list of few of my favorite things each day as a countdown to Christmas!

There are so many things to be grateful for in life and I want to highlight the people, places and things that bring me joy.

Some things are sentimental and others are quirky, but they all have special meaning to me.

So, in the spirit of '12 Days of Christmas'...

The first day of Christmas, my Heavenly Father blessed me with:

25 Amazing Quotable Movies

My family loves quoting movie lines!
I admit, it is an odd tradition we have and when you marry into our family, you have to bulk up on our movie classics or else you will never understand any of our jokes.

I know this is a weird "blessing" to be counting, but I love laughing with my family and our favorite movie lines always bring back great memories.

(From the top to bottom; left to right: Joe vs. the Volcano, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, The Proposal, The Rundown, Young Frankenstein, Dave, Mickey Blue Eyes, Bandits, Showtime, Speed, My Best Friend's Wedding, How to lose a Guy in 10 days, Miss Congeniality, Notting Hill, Sabrina, You've Got Mail, Elf, Emperor's New Groove, Hitch, Ice Age, America's Sweetheart, Runaway Bride, The Burbs, Better off Dead, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

So much to be Grateful For...

I don't have too much to report, but here is a little Thanksgiving update from the Pless Household:

We had 3 Thanksgiving Dinners with friends. (whew!)


I missed these 2 like crazy

And I had the perfect day with 1 cutie

My heart was full this year as I counted my blessing and even though it has been a stressful year, I'm so thankful for my family and all the love they give me.

Love you all!