#6: Mini Pies in Jars Day!

Knocking #6 off of my 14 by 2014 list, I just wrapped up the 4th annual mini pies in jars day! Spend the afternoon making some adorable mini-pies in jars (something I saw on the Our Best Bites blog years ago).

Let's be honest though, that's not really the point of the day. We all love to get together, chat, watch terrible music videos on the internet, gorge on cheese and crackers and imbibe on some yummy mimosas.

The results were pretty cute.

Not much of the Chicken Taco Chili was left (slow cooker recipe I found here).

I even had some elves who helped me put up my xmas tree! I'm normally a pretty big grinch, but this year I'm trying really hard to embrace the holiday spirit (my days working in retail are finally starting to fade in my memory).

Merry Minnesota Christmas

via Angie from Brain Farts

Daily Monster Merry Xmas

Fav Xmas Movie

The Family Stone is by far my favorite Christmas movie- it makes me cry everytime. In 2008 I watched it on repeat for an entire weekend while working on a design project, commentaries and all. Since then I've tried to restrain myself and have been saving it up for a cold wintery night. I have a feeling this week I will finally cave and pop it in for repeat viewings. Imagine my thrill when I saw Erin post about it today.

the favorite part of my commute

Visible just West of Hwy 77, this tree lights up the sky. I'm told they light it up every year (and even made the switch to efficient LED lights this year), though this is the first time I've stumbled across it on the route to my new abode. No matter what the traffic situation (which is not always favorable), this tree always brightens my day.

I found this photo on Dan Glad's flickr site. His photos are amazing, be sure to go check them out- especially if you're a Minnesotan, he's got lots of good local shots.

(photo by Dan Glad)