Homemade Fall Wreath

I have always wanted to have a fall wreath to hang on the front door, however every year by the time I start looking at Autumnal themed wreaths, fall has passed and it's already x-mas.

I bought my x-mas wreath several years ago. It is a Martha Stewart Everyday brand wreath from Kmart. The wreath has frosty fake snow and is stringed with white lights. to this day I have not had to replace a single bulb. I like that all the things I buy from Martha Stewart always have some recipe or idea. I got some bows last year that said the first Christmas card appeared in London in 1843, however sending holiday cards did not become popular in the United States until the 1870s.

So this year I decided no matter what I was going to have a fall wreath. I looked at some stores but did not like the prices. I could wait until after Thanksgiving when they would likely be discounted but by then it's time to put the x-mas stuff up.

Looking through my decorating stuff and found I had several fall garlands that I used last year for work that I was not using this year. I got my crafty gloves on and cut a circle out of a cardboard box and then spray painted it. I cut up several of the garlands into smaller usable pieces and then hot glued them onto the cardboard box. The finished wreath looked awesome.

Discover India 2007

On Sunday, November 18th I attended the 6th Annual Discover India Festival. It was fun. there were traditional dances on the stage many sellers of Indian jewelry and clothes as well as traditional Indian food. Definitely will go again next year.

Butterball Cruelty

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Thanksgiving almost here...

Thanksgiving is almost here. Usually for Thanksgiving I go to someone's house to celebrate as I don't really celebrate it. On some past years I have gotten one of those ready made meals for me and my roommates.

This year the first invitation came from Enedina... So If I go to anyone's Thanksgiving it will be hers. Her parents won't be here but she and her sisters and brothers are getting together. It is potluck style and said they already have everything they need so I wouldn't need to bring anything. She is making the main course and her siblings bringing in the rest of the stuff. She is making it a formal type dinner so no jeans! Rocio is going to be joining her and she also invited me, which is great. I do work on black Friday so means I won't be able to stay too late, but it's nice of her to have invited me. If I do go I'll probably take some kind of dessert.

Still, it would be nice to have dinner with my roommates, as we rarely get to hang out together anymore. I guess that may have to wait for X-mas...

JDRF Walk To Cure Diabetes...

Today I participated in the JDRF Walk To Cure Diabetes. This event, like the previous volunteer walk I participated in, was at the Tempe Beach Park. This time the walk was in the morning. Started at 9am, team photo at 8:30am and registration at 7:30am. I arrived at around 7:15am so was able to register and do quick walk/warm up around looking at the different vendors and participants.

Starbucks was giving a free tall coffee to whoever wanted, so that's where I headed first. They were also giving sample size servings of Pumpkin Spice Latte. There was an official breakfast area that was giving out juice, apples, bananas, oranges, mini muffins, and breakfast bars. The music on the stage was great. Fox was the tv sponsor and they brought Stewie from Family Guy was there.

The walk route was 5k and very well planned. Some walkers and runners took shortcuts. Not me. I wanted to really be able to say that I walked the whole 5k so I did it with no shortcuts and it felt good.

At the finish line they were giving out gift bags with candles in them. Nice. I also got a few giveaways that some companies were giving. A couple pens, energy drinks/water, a dog toy from PetSmart, and a few other nick knacks.

They then had brown bag lunch for everyone. Ate there and then came back home. It was a nice event.