This is the niftiest thing I have seen in a long time. The Travalo Atomizer has a “filling station” on the bottom and all you do is take the sprayer nozzle off of your favorite spray perfume and insert the perfume stick into the filling station at the bottom of the Travalo. Press down firmly and repeat until the Travalo is filled. It holds about 50 pumps of perfume and has an indicator window so you can see when you have filled it – or when it is running out. Genius! It is about the size of a lipstick tube and comes in an assortment of colors. Made of aluminum, so you don’t have to worry about it breaking. I think it would make a great stocking stuffer. I’ve given you the link to purchase at Amazon above, but you can also find them at CVS Pharmacy. If you want to have for more than one perfume, you can simply pick a different color and carry more than one. For years I have avoided purchasing an atomizer because I end up making a bigger mess trying to fill it with the little funnels, and ruin my original perfume bottle too.  I wish I had invented this little gem!

I know I have already blogged about this cute kids clothing site, but just in case you didn’t check it out last time, I want you to be sure and look at now for cute Christmas pjs for your kids! Plus they have adorable dress clothes too for those Christmas cards!

Ready to start wrapping all those gifts? You have to get this electric tape dispenser! You just have to! I love mine.  It’s fun and cute to look at, but more than that, it gives you that extra hand you need while wrapping.  It has suction cups on the bottom to hold it secure, and all you do is press a button and a strip of tape comes out. You can also adjust the length of the tape it dispenses.  Needs batteries, so no cord to mess with either.  It is a must have in my book.

Do you dread wrapping presents or are you one of those Martha Stewart types that love to wrap and decorate every package? Let me know in the comments section.

I am thankful for so many people in my life. First and foremost is my son. I was blessed with only one child, and I tell everyone he was so perfect I never wanted another because why mess with perfection?

He is good looking, so intelligent you feel stupid around him, thoughtful, kind, sensitive, and Christian. He is also very athletic, and loves to participate and watch sports. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University, and will receive his master’s degree next year. He saved me. I am very grateful that he is my son, and thankful that God allowed me to be his mother. I often tell him that people are often judged by their greatest accomplishment, and he is mine. He hates that. He says he shouldn’t be thought of as an accomplishment. When he has children he will understand more. He is the light of my life.

I am very thankful for my husband of 20 years. 20 years! It’s hard to believe when I say it. I married him when my son was 11, after having been single about 11 years. (Matthew was 9 months old when I divorced his father, and he turned 12 three months after I married). He loves my son and me unconditionally, and helped to make us the happy family that we are today. He has been with me through so many things, and I am thankful to God that He sent him to me.

Next is my best friend forever Patti. Patti has been my best friend for 30 years! She is more like a sister to me, and she knows all my good and bad qualities. She also has a memory like a steel trap and never forgets anything. I have always been able to call her and talk about anything with her. I met her when I still lived in Lubbock, Texas, but moved to the Dallas area two years later. So, we knew each other for two years before I moved away and she is still my best friend! Isn’t that amazing? We are very silly together and have a lot of inside jokes. She is the best friend anyone could have and I am so thankful that she considers me her friend.

There is a saying that you can have friends for a reason, season, or a lifetime. I have been fortunate enough to have all three. I am thankful to each and every one of my friends for all the support they have given me, and lessons they have taught me, and the laughs and tears we have shared. Some friends turned out to be not so great, but those are the “reason” friends, and I learned from them also. I am fortunate enough to have more lifetime friends than the reason or season friends, and I am thankful for that. I am thankful for my dear friend Sally, who I met through work over 20 years ago, and have remained close friends. I am thankful for Lanette, my friend since high school, who is older than me by one day. Claudia and Rachel, whom I met when our sons were five years old and played on the same soccer team, and are still friends to this day. I have friends that I talk to on a regular basis, and I have friends that I can go a long, long time without speaking and then just pick up where we left off effortlessly because they are a true friend. I am thankful for all the friends in my life who don’t keep score! I am also thankful that through Facebook I have been able to reconnect with my friend since elementary school, Alicia, and we just picked up where we left off.  Well, you know, after filling each other in on the last 40 years!

I am so thankful to have two brothers and a sister whom I love dearly. I am thankful I got to spend 42 years with my mother. I love them so much.

I am thankful today, tomorrow, and always for all my blessings. Throughout this month I will share more of my list. I wanted to end with friends and family but you know they want to be first!