The Siberian American: Friday Favorites: Blogger Christmas Cheer Exchange Reveal + Linkup

Friday, December 18, 2015

Friday Favorites: Blogger Christmas Cheer Exchange Reveal + Linkup

Happy Friday and one week until Christmas, friends! I was just going to do the Blogger Christmas Cheer Exchange reveal today, but I had a few more fun things I wanted to share with y’all today before I shared my fantastic gift!

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Christopher has a golden weekend this weekend (what people in the medical field call having both Saturday and Sunday off), and I am so excited to go on a few Christmas dates and celebrate him being done with the Step 3! He has had to study for several months after coming home, so it is a relief to have that out of the way.

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I have been trying to mix up Skyler’s diet a bit, so I was excited to receive Nature’s Variety Instinct Raw Boost Mixers from Chewy. I put about 1/8 of a cup into Skyler’s food every day, and she gobbles it up. I love that it is natural, grain-free, and pure animal protein. She loves that it provides variety to her dry food.


I received the Nature’s Variety Instinct Raw Boost Mixers from Chewy, but all opinions are my own. 


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Christopher and I finally got to decorate the tree on Monday because he got home early from one of his test days. It was so nice to spend time together decorating and listening to Christmas music.

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This week, I finished my 100th book of the year! One of my latest reads was The Tsar of Love and Techno, which I picked up because it was short stories about life in Siberia when during the Soviet Union period. I don’t usually read short stories, so it took me a while to get into them, and I thought the first half of the book was pretty boring. That being said, once the back story was established, I loved the second half of the book. Everything came together and kept me engaged.


I received this book through Blogging for Books, but all opinions are my own.


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Last but not least, I had so much fun putting together the Blogger Christmas Cheer Exchange with Mattie! My Secret Santa was Katie from Running with Wine, and she got me a beautiful blanket scarf! I have been wanting a blanket scarf in those colors forever, and it is so warm and soft. It finally got cold enough here to wear it when Christopher and I went on a Christmas date to ZooLights last night. I love it so much with my red peacoat, and it will be on heavy rotation this winter. Thank you so much, Katie!


Ladies part of the exchange, link up with us below! I can’t wait to see what y’all got. If you haven’t received your gift yet, the link up is open until December 31.


Linking up with AmandaKarli, and the High Five for Friday girls.

I hope y’all have a wonderful weekend! 

20 comments:

  1. Hooray for finishing your 100th book! I seriously don't know how you did it because I barely finished 40 this year. That's great that Christopher has the whole weekend off! I hope that y'all get to enjoy Chicago a lot this weekend! That blanket scarf is so cute! Thanks so much for holding the exchange! It was so much fun to participate!

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  2. Yay!!! I LOVE how that looks!! Thanks so much for hosting the exchange! Have fun this weekend doing Christmas things!

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  3. Yay for your golden weekend! What a great time of year to have some quality time together :) that blanket scarf looks adorable! Happy weekend!

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  4. Yay for golden weekends! Have the best time ever!

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  5. Such a pretty scarf!! Thank you for co-hosting the exchange, it was so much fun!!

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  6. Oh that scarf is lovely. Thank you for doing the exchange it was so fun!

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  7. Loving that scarf!! And thank YOU sooo much for my gift!! I loved it and put on the nail polish instantly :)

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  8. Thanks for hosting such a fun exchange! How I have managed to still not own a blanket scarf is ridiculous...I need one! That scarf is fantastic!

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  9. Love the scarf! And it seriously is perfect with your red coat (which I love, by the way!). Also I love the term 'golden weekend' (this is the first time I've heard it) and I love it more that Christopher has one this weekend!

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  10. Thank you to you and Mattie for hosting this wonderful exchange! I've met two new bloggers and found several new blogs.

    I think Jasmine got me the same scarf! Scarf twins :) Mine has been on repeat this week.

    liz @ sundays with sophie

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  11. That scarf is super cute! I have a similar one (those same colors) so welcome to the club! :) Thank you for hosting the exchange, Olya! It was a lot of fun, helped me to bond with some new bloggers, and got me into the Christmas spirit! (I can be a bit of a Grinch, haha.) Hope you have a fantastic holiday! :D

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    1. I'm so glad you loved the exchange! It's so fun to meet new bloggers! I love the scarf, so I'm glad to hear you have one like it! :)

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  12. I looove the blanket scarf you received!! I just found your blog through Emily's when she posted about the swap. I think you should totally take her idea and do a Valentine's Day one, I'd love to join in :)

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  13. What a fabulous gift from Katie, it looks great on you! Enjoy every second with Christopher on his golden weekend <3

    Green Fashionista

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  14. That blanket scarf is a great gift! I love how there are so many different ways to wear it too!

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  15. What a beautiful blanket scarf! So festive for Christmas! Have a great weekend!

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    1. It really is! I love it with my red coat for Christmas! :) Hope your weekend was wonderful!

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  16. That scarf is awesome - your secret Santa picked well! And the mixers from Chewy sound like a great way to make your dog's food a little different without totally changing up what you usually feed!

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  17. That scarf looks beautiful on you, thanks for hosting
    http://makingrestorations.blogspot.com

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  18. aw that scarf is fabulous!! you'll definitely get a lot of use out of it! i'll have to make sure and participate if you all do it next year.
    golden weekend! haha. when i used to work at mcdonalds we called it a 'how the heck did you manage that?' because it was so rare!

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