 Hello and welcome to vlogmas. It is Christmas Eve Eve, which means it's my big Christmas celebration I have not showered yet I've been up since 5 a.m. and I just can't go back to sleep because I got a lot of stuff to do but I think I might take a Nap or just like chill out in a few minutes because I have done a lot this morning So I figured I would show you what I've done Don't worry I'm gonna cover some of the things that I've put out and let me show you what I'm doing all right So this is obviously like my peninsula, which is gonna be you know where? Everyone's gonna go around to get their food And so I wanted to kind of like lay out everything to see if it all fit and it didn't so I had to make over here Like a little treat corner, and I'll show you guys that and just a little bit so Over here is like a little beverage thing that I'm gonna put a bunch of bottled beverages and some ice in there This is going to be the ice bucket that people can use for their drinks if they want to use that I'm gonna put my chicken in here. I have my serving spoon This doesn't have anything in it at the moment, but I'm making some biscuits. So those will go in there I won't do the chicken or the biscuits until later I'm gonna have some butter next to the biscuits in case someone wants some butter There's nothing currently in there and then Heidi is bringing potatoes I'm not sure if she's gonna bring them in pan or in a serving dish So I figured I put this out in case she needs it. I put these little cookies out These are from well not Trader Joe's. I want to say Trader Joe's, but it's not from Aldi And I got them in a previous haul. This is gonna be for my taco dip, which I won't make until right before Obviously I have a mound of chips Because I'm actually gonna be making this is my new crock pot I put a little liner in here already. So then I don't have to deal with the mess I'm gonna be making I think it's called Buffalo chicken dip I got the recipe from my co-worker And you use ranch and some Frank's red hot and some chicken and I believe the other ingredient is sour cream I want to say but I'm not gonna do that until probably about like an hour before Everyone arrives is I'll put that in there and just get that heated up because I already baked the chicken this morning This I have a little plate with a spoon on it So people can grab stuff and then put it back on there because you know anyway whole long thing My phone is right there. It's been going awful day This is gonna be where all the cheese is gonna go I have like a little cheese board situation happening and I've got like a million and one crackers Some of these crack crackers are actually flavored. So they're good even without the cheese But whatever just you know, you gotta have a lot of options, right? I've got some nuts and then in these bowls are going to be and I've got like these little grabber guys This is going to be for pickles and this one's gonna be for olives for some reason I thought I had like a like a divided glass tray. I don't know where that is I think I must have just not brought it with me because I had it in Fargo and I know I don't have it anymore So I don't know what's going on with that. All right, then over in the treat section Don't worry about this stuff over here or that the biscuits are actually gonna go on my pizza stone and whatever So here is the piece de resistance. Mmm. I'm so excited to have some of this tonight This is the rum cake that I made yesterday. I've got my hot chocolate station. I actually Crumbled these up this morning to put on top of Hot chocolate if people want it and then these will go in there There's like a bunch of candy in there and then this is another whoop like a little treat area And I'm gonna cover all these These are like those little I don't know Just wafer things. Those are like some muddy buddies There are some little Bear guys and some more chocolates and then these I think I got these at TJ Maxx or something, but they're They kind of taste like M&M's, but they're not they're not M&M's, but there's like a candy-coated Sheld chocolate So kind of like M&M's But the chocolate's a little bit different, but they're really good. So that's what I have going on in The fridge situation. Let me show you. I've got my Moscato over here The chicken is right there for the crock pot I've got a bunch of stuff already ready for the taco dip, which is kind of behind there This is the Jell-O I made last night and then I have a bunch of stuff already cooling Even though I'm gonna put it like all that like crush and rip ear. There's more rip ear an actual beer there I've got ginger ale. I've got coke. I've got diet coke. I got water Got milk got chocolate milk. I got a little bit everything. So Yeah, that's kind of how everything is looking right now and I am Super hungry because they haven't haven't had any Breakfast nor lunch even though it's only 9 o'clock I feel like I need lunch like something with sustenance because to be honest last night I didn't eat until what was it like 9 30 or something like that and I was so over it All I did was eat a little bit of cheese and crackers like it was probably like the worst decision ever But oh well. Oh well, right and oh I got the heater in the garage working That took a while There is it's like a gas line. So you have to turn the gas line on in that room whoop that whoa that room right there, which is like my utility room and I Tried to turn it on like six times and it just would not turn on. I'm like what the heck well Turns out I wasn't totally doing it wrong, but oh it's all nice and warm in here I think it's like warmer in here Right now, but that little black whoop right there that little black thing right there is a heater So got it on it is working and I have it on the lowest setting right now and it's just like a Gas heater. I don't know if the blue flame if you can even see it on camera or not It's not really coming out on the viewfinder. So I don't know but I have it on the lowest setting I figured when the guy calls I was assuming it's a guy it might be a gal I don't know whenever they call to Let me know that they're on their way They're supposed to call me like 30 minutes before and they're supposed to be here at noon I'll crank it all the way up then but yeah So I put my dad's car in the guest parking and my car is just in the middle because they have to be able to like open up both doors and You know do the things that they need to do so yeah, and I really want to get a car wash But I don't want to do it with cracked windshield. So that's not happening Just not happening. So it's nice and warm in there. It's warm in here, too, but Anyway, but yeah, I think I'm gonna eat a little bit of something now and go from there. Oh, by the way, I Still have not heard from overstock Yep, I think I told you guys about that. I don't know. I haven't edited any of my vlogs all week So I think tomorrow Christmas Eve is like the day of editing all the things because I just need to edit all the things So that's what's happening here. Oh, and I Did a little something in the living room. So I made a little Seating area over here. So this bench was originally upstairs. So like up there So I just brought it down here for the time being and then those are kind of like my beaded decorative pillows I got at TJ max. I already had all of this stuff. I just kind of repurposed it because Over here, there's nothing over there anymore for seating. So Now we're going to seat right there and I just found this and I think it was in the guest room This is a wood chair that was made for me I think by my great Grandparents or my great-great-grandfather like when I was born So I figured I would leave it out because first of all, it's super cute, right? And I figured Jackson might want to sit in it. I don't know. Maybe Maybe maybe maybe. What do you think Doyle? Yeah Yeah, such a weird dog. Oh, he's been sitting over there on the couch like all morning long and he didn't get up to help me once until I Was cutting up the chicken then he came over and somebody got a little treat So he was very excited about that But I'm gonna fluff up fluff fluff up fluff up the pillows and stuff like that before anyone arrives My brother should be here around noon. He's coming from Iowa He should be coming or getting here about noon. So like right as the glass people are here And he's gonna I don't know he's gonna like help me set up and stuff But to be honest, he's probably just gonna watch football on TV. So just fine by me And yeah, that's it for the check-in right now and I will see you guys in just a second But it will be probably several hours later for me. So see you in a moment. So we already ate, but Here's kind of the aftermath. There's a lot of food left over The table is a wreck now, but that's alright. That means that good things happened You see Do you want to do you want to tell everybody about your vlog I wanted to know about my channel like Yeah, so she made a channel You can have whatever you want. I'm not your mother Oh You say hello. Oh, I'm great. She's not drinking real rare. It's a root beer or a promise. No, she's not I promise you It's root beer guys root beer This is adult juice Sure is Well, hello several hours later and I am cleaning up the dining room and kitchen and Living area the living area is pretty well clean and brother's watching the game and I'm cleaning So yeah, that was it Sorry, I didn't really vlog during because trying to like have an experience and all that good stuff But I've got dishes in the dishwasher almost ready to be done And they're just Drying right now, which is like I say that in bunny ear quotations because it's like a loose dry And then I'm gonna do one more cycle and then I'm going to bed because I'm freaking tired Doyle did pretty well with everybody here. I'll take you upstairs so you can see his bright shiny face Plus I need to take this upstairs anyway. It's like a little rag I used and yeah, so It was loud, but it was good. Hey, let's find Doyle Doyle is currently in the guest room I'm just dropping off my laundry. Hi, buddy Doyle did really good. He did retreat up here a little bit when it was getting a little too much for him but I was very surprised and shocked that he was kind of in the middle of all of it, so He was loved by all the kids that came over and Yeah, I think he had a good time. So anyway, I am gonna Call it a night. Thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you guys in the next vlog So we'll Doyle and his belly rubs So, yeah, we will see you very soon. Bye guys. You say bye Bye guys