Guilty Pleasures

This is such an odd year for me...I'm going Christmas crazy already and it's not even Thanksgiving. I'm usually the one cussing out all the people who have their shopping done already. No, I don't have my shopping done, but I sure have been in the mood! My husband and I are doing the 'deep clean' this weekend and decorating for Christmas. I am so excited about it too! We discussed it last weekend just to see if we were both crazy or what, but we agreed that we both want to be fully decorated before Thanksgiving this year. Yesterday my husband mentioned to me that he has a new guilty, sinful pleasure. He has fallen ridiculously in love with the new Hazelnut Hot Chocolate at Starbucks. He spends a lot of time there studying since he started the School of Ministry in the fall and also meets others there for various reasons. It got me to thinking about some of my own guilty pleasures though and since I have been so seasonally minded lately, I came up with the big one right away! I have a nasty penchant for purchasing all of the holiday magazines. I think I have four at home right now waiting to be read. The bright, colorful and snazzy covers just suck me in...and they do also have a lot of great ideas and wonderful recipes within their pages! I am bound and determined to do some homemade gifts this year so hopefully I will come up with some great ideas there as well. I think the reason I am super excited for the holidays this year is that we will have three of my step-children for both Thanksgiving and Christmas! I feel so very blessed...it's fun being a newlywed!

The Derminator!

Ok, so I had an appointment with a dermatologist this morning to get another treatment of liquid nitrogen on a plantar's wart on my little toe that has, embarrassingly, been there for close to 10 years. I got more than I bargained for on my trip. For starters, 'Doc', as I will unaffectionately refer to him from here on out, was a little overly anxious to point out all of my other flaws, right after he asked me what I was 'in for'. I barely got out the nature of my visit before he was talking about the rosacea on my cheeks and checking me for abnormal moles, including looking down my shirt both front and back! Then, when I showed him my foot with the plantar's wart, he noticed my dry, scaly, nasty, calloused feet and had to comment about them as well. Hello! Is it any wonder I have never had a pedicure...I have a heart here and would NEVER subject anyone to that. Doc kind of creeped me out and then I had to wait forever for him to get back with the liquid nitrogen to zap my toe. He covered far too much area and my toe was sore for a week! He wants to see me in a couple weeks to see how things look. I think we'll just skip that whole visit. If I have any more trouble with it, I'll be seeing my regular physician whom I love and trust dearly!