okay, so

i owe this blog a kitchen re-do post. 
i know.
but it's just that i got locked out of my house all afternoon (which i should also post about), & then i didn't have time to blog because napless children were crank-i-licious & there was dinner to do &christmas happenings to do & yadda yadda, ya know?
& now it's midnight & i've spent the night working on secret crafty family gifts, which unfortunately cannot be revealed as certain grandparents might very well read this blog, & also a good bit of online shopping & well, we watched the hour long office (holly??!!) & now paul mccartney is on jimmy fallon, clint's sacked out on the couch beside me & i'm wondering again who possibly has the time to ever go to bed before midnight??!!

okay, so blahdy-blah-blah...

aww - paul is talking about how the band all got back in good graces with each other after john died & they all realized what was important in life.  wasn't paul your favorite beatle, mom?  or was it ringo???  no, george, right??

& now we know the answer to why most of you go to bed before midnight - because you might ramble on & on & not make sense instead of blogging about your kitchen redo.
oops!

so really the point of this was that i thought you might want some linky-links to some fun stuff i saw while poking around the internet tonight.  surely you have a few more christmas purchases to make, too huh??! 

here's what i'm calling "what i almost got my sister for christmas" list.  hope you get some good ideas... (click on pics for links)

LOVE

oh my dear goodness, i would be scooping this up like ice cream if they had the right size for the sis.  too bad.   

okay, i love this too.  sort of the perfect christmas shirt, huh?  but in the end, i just couldn't tell if she'd love me forever, or give me the stink eye. 

little cheese knife.  cute & on sale @ anthro!  if she weren't traveling all over during the holidays, i'd consider a few of these, maybe a nice little cutting board, & some nice cheeses...  (see??  see the nice things you'd get if only you lived closer???!)

and anthro has several classic books like this one on sale - GREAT idea!  again, would have been a possibility (maybe a different title) if she weren't packing my gift away & lugging it halfway around the world.  this would be SO cute for a book lover.

this is a journal with instructions & everything you need to stitch their initial into the middle.  cute, huh?  they have it in blues & greens, too.  & on sale.  great idea.  thought about it.  but just not completely right.  maybe for your sister?  sister in law?

so sweet.  this is a little ring dish.  this would be so sweet someone's new little wedding ring.  & my sister will promptly be giving me the stink eye for putting this one on, BUT i'm just saying, my SISTER IN LAW is engaged & maybe i should get this for HER.  oh, & theyre handmade in austin.

clint just woke up & said "kelly.  seriously."  (then went back to sleep.)  but he's right - it's now 1am! 

in conclusion, i still need to find my sister a gift.

please send suggestions :)