Bonnie’s visit and Twilight movie weekend!

You know you are obsessed with Twilight when your sister flies all the way from Vegas to come share the movie experience with you! We had 7 pm tickets, but couldn’t wait that long Saturday so we exchanged them for a 3 pm showing. We both thought the movie was really good and the two main characters Bella and Edward did a great job! The only problem we thought was that their romance progressed too quickly in the movie and there wasn’t enough of the storyline that was in the book to back up some of the issues that were in the movie. I know it’s hard to sum a novel into a two hour film…so I guess there is some lenience there. The important thing is they did make enough money to produce the second book New Moon. We are very excited about this!
So we picked up Bonnie on Friday night at around midnight. Saturday morning we woke up early so we could get our day started! We went to the park and Terence took some pictures of us together, went to Starbucks for an eggnog latte, and then to Southlake to do some shopping, eat at the Cheesecake Factory, and see Twilight.
I just got home from dropping Bonnie off at the airport and I already miss her! 🙁
Today Bon wanted to go to Cracker Barrel for lunch because they don’t have those in Vegas….I know “shudder”!!! NO CRACKER BARREL!!!! Then we shopped around for some frames for our pictures and headed to the airport. I guess in about a month we will see each other again at Christmas. Looking forward to see ALL of my family next month.
Never underestimate living close to your family, you never know what a blessing it is having them near until you don’t anymore. I had a great weekend Bon Bon! I am so glad you got to come!!! SQUEE!!! SQUEE!!!!

Here we are with our very gay waiter Donnie at the Cheesecake Factory! I think he really enjoyed us that night and he was HILARIOUS!

Bonnie and her Godiva Cheesecake

Me and my Godiva Cheesecake

Us in our “Mighty Gloves” T-shirts

I’m so glad tomorrow is finally Friday. I’ve been counting down the days until Bonnie flies in tomorrow. Honestly, I am so homesick…so any resemblance of home, especially seeing Bon will make everything better 🙂 Of course we have our tickets to see Twilight Saturday night and hopefully we will have a nice dinner at Cheesecake Factory and enjoy a Godiva cheesecake! Soooooo looking forward to tomorrow and the weekend ahead….

Bow making


Okay, I’m going to try and demonstrate how to make a bow. The ribbon I am using is not very good for it because it’s hard and papery. I prefer the softer ribbon, it’s easier to fluff. This will give you the general idea though.

You start out by fan folding your ribbon back and forth. The length can be however long you want. The longer your ribbon, the more poof you will have in your bow. The bigger the folds, the larger your bow will be.

You should end of with something like this.
Now you are going to fold it over in a U shape.

Trim the top of your fold.

It should end up something like this. An “A” shape at the top of your fold.

Unfold the ribbon, but don’t lose your grasp on it because you want it to stay together. The middle should look like the above.

I used a staple to secure the center of my bow. Last year I had clear twist ties and they worked much better. I forgot where I placed them, so for the time being I’ll just use a staple.

Now you just want to pull your bow apart and fan it out. It would normally be fluffy, but because I am using old crappy ribbon today it’s stiff. It still works though.

You should end of with a pretty bow at the end! It’s a lot of fun and something a little personal you can do for your gifts. Just remember the ribbon makes ALL the difference! Happy bow making!!!

We did a little Christmas shopping tonight. I found some cute wrapping paper at Target. I can’t stand the thin paper that tears when you touch it. It has to be the thick paper you can leave a good crease in.

I love this paper from Papyrus, but at $8.95 a roll I don’t think so!
I also love this paper from Container Store, but at $8.49 a roll that’s still steep.

I did buy most of my paper last year at Container Store though. They got major points from me because they showed me how to make those big beautiful bows out of ribbon. The lady in the store took her time with me and spent like 30 minutes showing me how to make all kinds of bows! So nice! I just hope I haven’t forgotten all the skills I learned last year???

Now this people is the best invention created by man besides the wheel I guess…and a bunch of other things. But for me it is a masterpiece! I love it and how did I ever live without it? It’s one of those Scotch paper cutters, you just slide it along your wrapping paper and whoa-la!!!! A STRAIGHT LINE! Well, that’s all for now! Sister is coming to visit me from Vegas next week…I’m getting SOOOOO SUPER excited! Already thinking of all the fun things we are going to do together 🙂