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Free Starbucks!

Seriously – is anything better than free Starbucks? I don’t think so. A few months ago, I was in line at Starbucks. The guy in front of me was taking his sweet time. I pull up there, go to hand the barista my money, and she won’t take it. She said, the person in front of you paid for the coffee of everyone in line. There were probably at least 6 cars in line. I love “pay it forward stories,” although I’d never experienced it myself. It made my day….So that’s my Starbucks story for the day.

I wanted to do a little something special for all my wonderful blog readers. Even though you guys are NOT so great about commenting, I know your reading because I check my stats. So thank you. And here’s a little treat for the holidays. Everybody needs a Gingerbread Latte once in a while – am I right? With Christmas just around the corner and Aidan at such a fun age (nearly 2!), I’m always looking for fun things that we can do this holiday season that will be new and exciting for him and our little family. My question for you is, what are your family Christmas traditions? Tell me, and you can win a $20 gift card to Starbucks!!!

The rules:

-Everyone may enter, but you can only enter once.

-You must submit your favorite holiday tradition in your family in the form of a blog comment.

-Your entry must be submitted by 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, next Thursday, December 11.

I will put each entry on a piece of paper, and on Friday morning when Aidan wakes up, hopefully NOT at 4 a.m., I’ll have him pick a winner. I’ll be sending that person a $20 gift card to Starbucks. That’s 5 venti caramel lattes!

So, email your friends, tell your family – but most importantly, enter and tell me your stories! I can’t wait to hear them. I’m sure everyone will have some fabulous ideas.

Thanks for reading and entering.

-Nikki

My fave: iced caramel lattes. Mmmmmm.

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My little angel – or not so much

Aidan loves to go outside, so we brave the freezing cold weather and go to the park, even if just for 20 minutes. The child needs his fresh air or he gets CRANKY! I captured this photo at the park and when I brought it up on my computer, I thought he looked like a little angel. Only, lately, he hasn’t been much of an angel. He’s getting better about sleeping in his new toddler bed, but he’s getting much less sleep, and he is a crab. He is a fussbucket. I won’t get into all the awful details, but this is not my favorite Aidan. I want my old Aidan back soon please.

I’ve finished up all my album designing and ordering, and I’m almost completely caught up on my work. Woo Hoo! Then it’ll be time to focus on getting ready for next year. I’m going to design some really yummy marketing materials, perhaps give my website a facelift. Hopefully I can get everything done by Jan. 1. We’ll see! (It may depend on when Janine has her baby!!!)

Also, stay tuned for tonights post because it’ll be my FIRST blog contest! And you can win one of my favorite things on earth – STARBUCKS! So come back tonight and get all the yummy details. :)

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