Thursday Blues

For some strange reason, I am feeling a lot like that guy looks today! I feel that so far, I have had a good and productive day, but I just feel blue. Seriously, I have cleaned out our closet, watched "Hairspray" (which, shamelessly, I loved!) and finished up the laundry, but I can't pinpoint my blueness. Funny, how days like this happen without a reason...

Our Christmas

We had a fabulous Christmas this year! On Christmas Eve we headed out to my parents house after a huge snow storm!! We ate a tasty dinner, had a special Christmas Home Evening that my mom had prepared on the Three Magi, and played some cards! It was a very relaxing evening and nice to spend time with my dad while he was home! Christmas morning was full of sleeping in, silly stocking stuffers (which included a lovely hat for me and this special Christmas tie for Nate), a Christmas "breakfast" fit for kings, and lots of time with family! It was a wonderful day that went by way to fast!!

Enchanted

If you have a girl, are a girl, or even know a girl, this movie is a MUST SEE! We laughed, we swooned, we cr... wait, we didn't cry, but we were definitely enchanted! We decided this year that we would finish up with Christmas early and stay OUT of the stores on the Saturday before Christmas! For the most part we succeeded and we were able to spend the evening with our friends, the Becks! Nate & Tyson heartily agreed to give in to Leisa & I, and go to this movie! It was full of puns, bursting into song, and all around "feel goodness." If you want to lay in bed at night and think that all is right with the world, let yourself be Enchanted!!

Christmases Past

I am enjoying, way too much, all of this free time that I have on my hands!! Yesterday I tore our room apart, and it is now very clean and as organized as I can get it!! Today, well, I thought it would be fun to grace you all with pictures from Christmases Past! Enjoy!!

The Most Wonderful Time

In my 27 (gasp) years, I have experienced much joy! I had a great childhood, learned all the right (and some wrong) things, met & married the love of my eternity, and feel that although I may be sheltered, I have some knowledge of the things going on around me! There is one time of year, however, that causes me to become somewhat giddy. True, the suffocating traffic and the frigid weather may bring out the worst in me, but I love Christmastime! This is why!

Christmas Lights!!

Who can resist a brightly lit street on the way home from work?
I love looking at Christmas Lights! They are so festive and the bring out the child in me!

The Elf! 

You can't honestly tell me that this movie didn't cause you to at least crack a smile.
I have fond images in my mind of syrup covered spaghetti and iddy biddy toilets!!

Christmas Candy!!

Oh the sweetness and the extra toothbrushing that come along with Christmas!
I can't resist a good piece of fudge, a homemade caramel, or crunchy peanut brittle!
Not to mention the candy canes!!

The Dollar Store! 

Nate & I have a silly stocking tradition!
 Every year, usually on Christmas Eve, we go to the dollar store and spend $10-$15 on silly stocking stuffers! We started this our 2nd year of marriage to save some money, and we laughed so hard that we had to continue! We have given and received gifts such as ketchup, coloring books, weird candy, mini pool tables.
 If it's sold at the dollar store, it's open to becoming part of our tradition!

And the best, of course, for last! The beauty of the season adds to the wonderful feelings and the great blessing that we have all been given. The gift of our Savior and of the opportunity that we have to return to our Heavenly Home through all that Christ did for us.

Seasons Greetings, Signing & Stress

What a weekend it has been and a week or two it will be!! As you know, I spent a lot of quality time with Alice on Saturday & Sunday, but my weekend was more than just computer games!! On Saturday we had quite a bit of snow, and it was beautiful! Nate didn't feel up to going out, so I went and wondered around for a while! I went to Joanne's to look for some supplies for Christmas Gifts and found out they were having an awesome sale! I was able to get everything for my Christmas Cards (which I am very proud of this year), as well as what I actually went looking for!! It was nice to get out and get into Christmas mode!! This week I have to sign the story "The Giving Tree" for my sign class! I am not as ready as I should be, and I should be practicing now, but once again I am procrastinating so that I can share my thoughts with you! It is my final signing project for this class, so I'm looking forward to getting it over with, but I am hoping and praying that my name will be drawn for Thursday's class and not Tuesday's! If I get good enough at it, I'll put some of it on here for you! If not, you'll have to wait till next Semester!! Finals are coming up and I am trying to get ready for them before they arrive suddenly! I have one more week of classes and then a final for each of those classes! School is stressing me out a little, but I feel I'm managing pretty well. I said my goodbye's to Alice last night as I logged out of her farm, so she knows I won't be back for a couple of weeks!!! I'm really looking forward to Christmas Break - my plans are to de-stress, Christmas shop, work a little here and there, and gear up for another Semester in January! Anyway, all this talk about school is making me feel guilty for not studying at the moment, so I'd better go!

Alice Greenfingers

Please, please don't judge me too harshly!! Nate has been sick this weekend and hasn't felt up do doing anything coherent, so entertainment wise I've been pretty much on my own!! Occasionally we wander onto popcapgames.com, we have played a few of their mindless games before, and they are pretty entertaining, so I thought, "Why not?" That is when I found Alice! Alice is a farmer trying to sell crops and to make it in this large world of machines and technology :) And now, I am shamelessly addicted!! I have downloaded the free trial from a few different sights to get my fill for the day. However, my 60 minutes just came up, and I looked at Nate with my puppy dog eyes, and he just laughed! Doesn't he understand? For those of you who have children and other things to occupy your time, I don't expect you to understand and you have full permission to call me and idiot, but I have been doing homework all day and my mind just needed a little break!! Anyway, for those of you who need some down time, you should try it out! I've gotta go cuz I think I just found a sight where I can play it for free and for as long as I want!!