Finally - a moment to BREATHE.

Whew!  THAT was a cah-razy two weeks.  I’m pretty sure I’ve got a brief respite now, AND I’ve officially resolved not to burn myself out completely next Christmas season (I swear.) (Really.)  (No, I mean it.).   ALSO, it's worth mentioning that the black plague has hit our house - we're at three down, one to go and it's mr.  It's been an uncomfortable, messy, gross week.  


So... I’m looking forward to the coming months!

And, to your unfortunate boredom(?)  No, no, I mean, extreme pleasure, I am jumpin’ on the top ten bandwagon.  So here are your favorites (yes yours!) based on, you know, page views and stuff.  In countdown fashion.

10.  Better than Pumpkin Pie Cake  

Yum.

9.  Good Eats - N’awlins Style. Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta 

And some other really good stuff.

8.  Crazy Cane Wreath

7.  Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Bottomed Topiary 

6. TRIUMPH!  DIY stained glass.  

With the podge.  Seriously.

5.  No knitting required wreath

Just yarn.  

4.  Candy Corn Sunburst 

Another wreath.

  3.  A bogo wreath - AKA reversible birthday balloon wreath

Two in one, baby.

2.  A Flower Wreath Circle Thing.  

And yes, that is the technical term.  Okay, okay, I guess it’s another wreath.  A Farewell to Summer Wreath.  I'm detecting a pattern.

And number one?  

 Podged Pumpkins! 

I think the fancy pants damask pumpkins were the favorite favorite.

Good ones, guys.

But I have to say, you missed some awesome tutorials in that top ten, folks.  Really.  I’ve pulled together my own countdown for you.  You can thank me later.

10.  I’ve given you all clear instructions on how NOT to make a ruffle flower for your purse or bag.

  Learn from my mistakes, people. 

9.  It’s always boys against girls, here.

But especially on Halloween.

8.  My to do list from March, 2010.  

I finished TWO of ten things.  Can you guess which two?

7.  I was attacked after a wedding.  By flying beasts.  

Fortunately, I can now tell you how to avoid it.  And how to clean your car afterward.

6.  Got a two year old?  You might need to know how to get sharpie out of a microfiber sofa.  Or how to ship him to Namibia.  

One or the other.

5.  On a related note: Delivering unwelcome or potentially life threatening news to your husband CAN be easy.  

Read how here.

4.   How to cook a four course meal AND lose your mind.

A must read.

3.  A Lesson in the Interpretation of Tongues.

Or "how to understand your toddler better."

2.   Who won the epic "David Bowie circa 1980 vs. bug" fist fight?

Hint: it wasn't my makeup.

And MY Number One?

One of the best tutorials I’ve ever written: “How to Have an Awesome Honeymoon in Mexico."

Or, more precisely, “How to Have a Really Nightmarish Honeymoon in Mexico” - so do the exact opposite of everything we did.

So, you’ve got a lot of options on reading material, here, people!  

Seriously, thanks for reading this past year and helping me keep my sanity.

Here’s to another crazy, fun, horrendous and wonderful, full of life, new year!

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