Hearts, Shopping, and A Cute Little Car

 Beth had a sonogram today of her heart. I got off work early and when we got to the appointment we were ninth in line! The place was packed. But they got us in pretty quickly and Beth got up on the table. We noticed this one had an actual sheet / thin blanket on it! 

 

She laid down and the tech got to work. She had to move her a few times "because her lungs were getting in the way." Lots of measuring and beeping. She was so good with Beth, telling her exactly what she was going to do before she did it, and explaining why she was doing it. Beth was pretty surprised when the tech told her the sound she was hearing was her heart beat!

 

After her appointment we went to Michael's. Just needed some good old fashioned retail therapy! 

 

 Went directly to her favorite aisle in the whole store.

Looking... looking...

Found it! Crayola Washable Markers. 💖

 I saw this little car on the freeway the other day, I've never seen one before! It looks like a tiny minivan. Does anyone know what kind of car this is?

 

 We went to Molbaks Nursery over the weekend. They were all decorated for Christmas and it was so nice to walk through there. They had free hot chocolate and danishes, live music and the most beautiful displays! Put me in such a good mood and made me want to come home and decorate! We had a good weekend. Hope you did too.

To Garland or Not To Garland

The Christmas Around the World Potluck is over. We had less people that I hoped, but around the amount I expected. I know the reason for that though and hope to change it next year.

This was my 4th year organizing this event and it really is getting easier. I loved finding the table centerpieces, enjoyed making the trees (even though I was in tears trying to make the perfect bow) and really liked trying all the different foods!

I had Mung Bean Soup for the first time. It's from Vietnam. I may not have the name exactly right because I left my notes at work. :) It's sort of a tapioca look with a creamy cococut topping. It was really good.

Beth went back for seconds for the sea food pancakes from Korea. They looked like a quesadilla.

She was such a great help tonight! She lit the candles, put the dirty napkins in the laundry bag and steered the long cart full of supplies back to my office. At one point she tells me, "I feel like I'm driving a car!" (She's only driven once, a few yards, in a school parkinglot.)

We had fun tonight, but I'm glad it's over. And my trees? Some of you have asked about my tomato cage trees. I forgot one, small detail. The garland. The entire time I was making them I was thinking, "I bet they would look better with garland." Yet I never went back to look at the original Pinterest photo. Until tonight. Yep, they have garland. Oh well. My trees looked okay! Now I can't wait to go get the garland! Just $5 at Michaels! I bet they'll look amazing! :)

Table decorations

One of the trees. I filled the planter with brown paper bags, then covered them with a layer of moss.

Ambiance'

My helper!