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 Vinny doing his part of the 'decorating' 
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 Perfect day to decorate, snowed all day..pretty 
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 Kitty loves to find any new rug to lay on.. 
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 Charlie's area gets 'decorated' 
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 Britney thinks this is quite the adventure.. 
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 My cute Crate & Barrel dish towels I HAD to have :-) 
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 Ooh Yay..another rug to lay on 
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 Ornaments pre-tree 
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 All done!  So festive 
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 My nutcrackers 
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 Cute kids posing for their annoying camera happy mom  
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 soooo cute! 
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 My #1 favorite Christmas item on top of the TV...if only I could play the sound for you! 
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 Breakfast...w/o the breakfast! The super cute placemats and table runner my mom MADE and the dishes I HAD to have from Crate and Barrel 
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 bacon please? 
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 Charlie wants to open presents..screw breakfast! 
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 Vinny's ready too! 
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 The obligatory self portrait 
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 presents! 
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 Stockings!  I love doing stockings for some childish reason 
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 Now thats a present.. 
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 my new camera card for the honeymoon! 1GB of pictures!  And you know I will fill it up! 
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 I get a camera card..Vinny gets a slinky...(not my fault he doesnt know what goes in a stocking! teeheehee) 
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 Ooh..Charlie LOVES his new Christmas toy... 
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 lol...and 5 minutes later, stuffing everywhere...notice the guilt in his eyes?  
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 He likes it?  I think this is Al Franken's new book... 
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 Obviously happy about my new robe....fleece on the inside, satin on the outside...C O Z Y 
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 mmm...my extra presents from my Grandma...smells soo good 
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 I wish I was an actress...but I cant make this face on command..its genuine 
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 And this is what I was so excited about...new Uggs...love love love (nice work Vinny) 
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 the cute teddy bear nutcracker I got for 60% off.... 
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 Too many bows to play with...too many cat treats.... 
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 Charlie again with his precious toy... 
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 and then I called my family......:-( 
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