Christmas!

Oh, it was a good day.

We do most of our Christmas celebrating on Christmas Eve so yesterday there was a lot of baking, cooking and eating. Mommy and I made fudge and some cookies and put together some fudge plates for the neighbors.

Then we decorated the tree and ate dinner, which was followed by the opening of our Christmas Eve pjs. Mine were Hello Kitty. : )


Then we watched White Christmas and Melissa fell asleep.

So after that we "went to bed" with the alarm set for 6 a.m. This morning we woke up and made the attempt to get my parents out of bed. Mommy got up but Daddy took a while so eventually we were able to open up our stockings.

My little hippos stocking was full of a cute necklace with a saying about sisters (Melissa got one to), a Visa gift card, Barnes & Noble gift card, Starbucks card and M&Ms. Good times. Then we went over to the living room and tree for some present opening. I got a blue 8GB iPod Nano (sweet), Clinique Happy Heart perfume gift set (smells so good), a sweater from Melissa, an awesome blue leather purse and to top it all off...a cashmere sweater! I've wanted one for a very long time and it is awesome.

Mommy got the porch swing she had wanted and Daddy got a sweet camp hat with a light in the front.


And the rest of the day will be spent watching movies and eating lots of awesome left overs. Sparkling Apple Cider!

Home: Car accidents and shopping

Well, I've been home for almost six days and I have yet to have some free time. I guess it's a good thing because it means I have a lot of friends who want to spend time with me. I do hope it will slow down a little and that there will not be any more car accidents.

Yes, one of my friends was in a pretty bad car accident while on her way to hang out with another friend and I. She's doing okay now but we spent about four hours in the waiting room of the ER Friday night, making sure she was going to actually be able to see a doctor and be okay. Her car is totaled and she has six staples in the back of her head and her arm's in a sling, but she's alive.

Other than that there's been a lot of hanging out and talking and, of course, a lot of shopping. Yesterday we bought all of Mommy's Christmas presents, today will be for Daddy and there were a few mall trips before that.

Yesterday, Sasha and I got all crafty and went to Michael's and spent the afternoon making little bugs and flowers out of pipe cleaners and goggly eyes. We used the Hello Kitty Activity Book as our guide.

And then tomorrow is Christmas Eve! There are already so many presents under the tree and Mommy and I are going to start the baking today. It will be good times and I promise pictures!

I'm Back in Virginia Again

Yep. My flight came in at about 11:20pm last night.

It is good to be back. I do miss everyone at home though... Such is the life of a traveler!

This morning Grandmama and I had our Christmas in January. It was pretty awesome. Grandmama got a new coffee maker because her old one is broken. I got warm flannel pj's, a scarf and head band, a crazy Dr. Seuss-looking tea kettle and best of all... a Hello Kitty lamp!

It was good times.

Hello Kitty Lamp made of awesome!

Dr. Seuss-looking tea kettle with a spiffy whirly-gig on the spout that spins...


Then we took down all the Christmas stuff and I unpacked my suitcase. Later we'll pick up Curry at the bus stop and then glue my dresser drawers back together so I can put my clothes away.

Nice and exciting times. I love vacation. I think I've said that before...

Christmas Time!

The Christmas-y stuff


And the fun stuff...


Puppies!




What I got:
Digital Voice Recorder (I'm one step closer to being a Journalist)
necklace
slipper socks with "I'm not mean, You're just a sissy." Daddy likes that one.
t-shirt with "English Major, Do the Math" hahaha...
The Bible Experience Click to see what that is. It's pretty sweet...
Bath & Body Works stuff, Godiva, etc.

It's good times. And of course I stole the Complete Eric Clapton CD I bought for my Daddy. And Mommy and I will be watching the entire 11 seasons of M*A*S*H I bought for her. ^_^

I love Christmas. How was yours?

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

I Celebrate the Day

I thought I would put up the lyrics from "I Celebrate the Day" by Relient K, off of the new Christmas album (post about that below), "Let it Snow Baby... Let it Reindeer".

I Celebrate the Day
With this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let you know
How much you've touched my life because
Here is where you're finding me
In the exact same place as New Years Eve
And from the lack of my persistency
We're less than half as close as I wanna be

And the first time that you opened your eyes
Did you realize that you would be my Savior
And the first breath that left your lips
Did you know that it would change this world forever
And the first time that you opened your eyes
Did you realize that you would be my Savior
And the first breath that left your lips
Did you know that it would change this world forever

And so this Christmas I'll compare
The things I've felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That you have come to meet me here

To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me
And the hope that
That you give
That you were born so I might really live
To look back
And think that
This baby would one day save me…

And the first time that you opened your eyes
Did you realize that you would be my Savior
And the first breath that left your lips
Did you know that it would change this world forever
And the first time that you opened your eyes
Did you realize that you would be my Savior
And the first breath that left your lips
Did you know that it would change this world forever

And I
I celebrate the day
That you were born to die
So I could one day
Pray for you to save my life
Pray for you to save my life
Pray for you to save my life
--Relient K

Let it Snow Baby... Let it Reindeer

The new Christmas album from Relient K which I was able to pre-order (thanks to MySpace) and received in the mail on Friday. It's awesome. It has a few songs from their first Christmas Album, Deck the Halls Bruise Your Hand, that are always awesome. My favorite still is and will always be I Celebrate the Day. Such a good, modern Christmas song. And of course there are their pop-rock versions of the classics like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Silent Night. An a capella (which Relient K does so well) version of Auld Lang Syne with a special Christmas greeting from the band. And some awesome originals like Santa Claus is Thumbing to Town.

I've listened to the CD a few times through and am still enjoying it. Makes me feel all Christmasy inside!