the last day of the year

i turned 23. crazy!

here's to hoping for a happy, healthy, financially and psychologically stable and safe new year.

my favorite part.

Really, the best thing about Christmas? Talking to my amazing little brother. Yes, the many, many wonderful presents from J were nice and spending time with the cute nieces and nephew and watching them open presents we got them was fun, too. But Kyle's such a stud and I'm proud of him and that was my favorite part.

spoiled

J totally spoils me.

what a happy christmas it was!

three words:

tickets to wicked.

i know you're jealous.

the other just as fabulous stuff?
little buddy's first christmas! and our first christmas by ourselves, we stayed at home instead of spending the night at hubby's family's house.
seeing my family, especially my grandma who is visiting from san diego on christmas eve
new pjs!
hubby got me fun new scrapbooking stuff and makeup (which i sorely needed)
visiting the in-laws and relaxing
playing trivial pursuit, and i WON! yay!
seeing how happy hubby was to get his new game, which he knew he was getting anyway. he is playing it now. he's been bugging me for a week about it. :)
really awesome new emergency kits
yummy yummy food
bubble bath :)
having a wonderful christmas.
i don't have to go to work tomorrow!

did i mention my birthday is on tuesday? yep. tuesday. that's in five days.

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oh, thank heaven!

my dad isn't losing his job! he just found out...he's not getting laid off.

I'm pretty sure God is trying to bless me and I'm just not paying attention.

christmas is coming!

our christmas shopping is finished!
only a few days left until christmas! yay!

yesterday, 12-19-08

the weather was so bad i didn't go to work. hooray for a four day weekend!
went christmas shopping, and am almost done.
got a check from my grandparents for $120! holy cow!
bought groceries. yay.
i got a NEW PURSE and i seriously LOVE IT! the best part? it was on sale. i got a $40 purse for $15. yeah, you're jealous. it's red. and it's leather. and it is totally fabulous.
we actually have a lot of presents under our tree! it's amazing! i love it!
i got an appointment with a therapist in january. this is a very good thing.

free at last

I am done.
I took my final final last night.
And now I am done.

?

wednesday:
went to lunch at golden corral with hubby, little buddy, and my in-laws. i had some yummy bbq chicken.
my boss passed out christmas bonuses! $150 before taxes and crap...so $138. i was thrilled.
we went christmas shopping!

yesterday:
i came home from work and hubby had folded and put away all the laundry.
we went to taco bell for dinner
a christmas cards\ and a birthday card in the mail.
the birthday card had a check for $25 in it! woo!
we also got our pictures from seeing santa in the mail. soooo cute. :)
i drew again...
yummy salsa at work that someone brought.

today:
it's friday! hooray! and i get a three-day weekend, no work on monday!
i woke up with little buddy and hubby at 5 am. it was actually kind of nice to get up with hubby before he left for work.
little buddy is 10 months old today. i can't believe how fast he is growing up!

Today I am grateful for

Zac Efron.

that's better

Today I finished my last 10-page paper and my second-to-last final of my undergraduate career. Life is good.

music and more

Teddy Thomson and Rufus Wainwright: King of the Road
Rufus and Martha Wainwright: Hallelujah
Rufus Wainwright in general.

Water. Water tasted really good today.
Bro. G. gave me more compliments than I know what to do with.
J bought me cute gloves last Christmas. I remembered this today. Now I just have to find them...
The L's told us about a great new restaurant in town. JL told me that when they go to restaurants they think about who would win if they were iron cheffing it against the restaurant (this statement pretty much made my day). And this restaurant would beat them. That's saying something.
For example, BL whipped up some tomato basil goat cheese pastries while we were over.
I now want to become a chef. Or a taste tester.
Soooo close to being done.

Five words to describe the good things that have happened to me lately: last day of school ever.

yesterday, december 13

we had christmas early and opened the gift for me and hubby: diamond edition scrabble! so we played scrabble and i actually won! (i hardly ever win!) i got really lucky...right at the end, x on a triple letter, ended up with 50 whopping points for one word.

we went to the sunflower farmers market and spent way too much money, but got really yummy food. we had italian dry salami, brie, and gouda on bruschetta as an appetizer, then thick yummy steaks and sauteed portobello mushrooms for dinner, with martinelli's apple-cranberry sparkling cider to drink. um, yeah, YUM! i even broke out the fine china, placemats, and chargers and we ate by candlelight/christmas light.

my check was $40 more than we thought, which is why we spent so much $$$ at the farmers market.

i downloaded the entire twilight soundtrack plus a bunch of other fun songs (including a whole slew of taylor swift) and put them on my phone. i got a new ringtone, too, of my new favorite song.

in downloading the twilight soundtrack, i discovered a band called paramore that i adore.

i also decided i absolutely have to learn how to play "bella's lullaby" on the piano.

and i downloaded clair de lune which i love. then layed in bed and played it over and over again for about 20 minutes and relaxed.

friday friday friday

baby slept past 8.
hubby came home early from work.
we met vincent d'onforio and hubby got his copy of "full metal jacket" autographed. (he was so excited, it was so cute!)
i got comments on my blog today! really! honestly! actual comments!
someone brought the firm strawberry cheesecake from the cheesecake factory and it was delish.
i got to go to the court to file a complaint, so i got to get paid to sing loudly in my car.
that new taylor swift song came on THREE TIMES and i sang at the top of my lungs and was wistfully romantic. yay.

My AP score showed up. It's official. I don't have to take freshman English.
We got J a nice coat for Christmas.
And we ran into Caitie and Andy.
J didn't have to work.
We went to Zupas. I love Zupas.
I checked proofs and made corrections and turned in new files so my book will be even better (and less expensive).
Oh we bought the cutest dress for the cutest baby in the world. Ahhhh, it's so cute. All of the adorable clothes in baby Gap actually almost made me baby hungry. Almost.

that's better

I turned in my AP English score so I can graduate and don't have to take freshman English.
It is snowing.
I brought my book to the press and so it is out of my hands and I don't have to worry about it anymore.
J very kindly went to the press with me.
Mondays are always good because Kyle writes. And even though I forget that it is Monday (and thus forget to write him), he is still the best brother and writes me. He's pretty inspiring.
Caitie came over and we made muddy buddies and watched gilmore girls.
(why do I always talk about junk food when I am talking about good things? junk food isn't good for me. I need to figure this out.)
I finished some work that I wasn't expecting to finish.
I finished some other work that I desperately needed to finish.
I listened to u2 on vinyl. I didn't know that I liked u2 but I listened to it and danced around the living room.
I sent j my christmas list. All books. books books books. The fact that there are books in the world makes everything else a lot better, don't you think?

forgetful

I haven't felt like being positive, so I haven't been. It's funny how when you don't feel like being positive you can totally ignore all the positive things in your life.

Here are some things I remember from the last few days:

More Take5s. J is so good to me. And I know Take5s don't seem like much, but they really make all the difference.
He even went to see Twilight with me. And it is even better the second time. And J does a perfect Jasper impression.
I'm almost done.
I got to bring the cutest baby in the world (um, she totally is; sorry C!) to church with me. And even though mom totally stole her from me, it was okay because she is cute and I like her and I like mom too.
Isn't it the cutest thing in the world when the cutest baby in the world lifts up her arms because she wants you to hold her? It is.

I know I am forgetting a lot of good things.

it's the mooooorning of a mooooonday

i had yummy turkey soup today.
the baby woke up and was in a good mood (which is great because he's been so cranky for the last two days.)
i got new christmas socks from my mother in law yesterday and they are soft and warm.
i drank apple beer. yum.
i'm drinking pepsi. yum again.
we have a new tree topper. it's a star that lights up. i think it is pretty.
the baby is taking a nap.
christmas is coming...christmas is coming...christmas is coming!

return from the blogging dead

i'm not slacking anymore and posting! (sorry kaitlyn!)
we went to a christmas tree display and had fun fun fun.
our christmas party was freaking awesome.
we went christmas shopping for little buddy today. got some cute stuff and a fun thing for us! then got to come home and wrap them. i LOVE LOVE LOVE wrapping presents.
hubby had the day off today, and tomorrow!
looking forward to tomorrow--we're going to this awesome science display, then up to the in-laws to decorate their tree.
i'm chillaxin' tonight, blogging, and elf-ing myself.

six more things

Joseph brought me dinner.
People were nice at Schwa tonight.
Last pub lab meeting of the semester (this is bitter sweet).
I watched A Series of Unfortunate Events "for class."
I made muddy buddies on Sunday and they lasted all the way to today! Amazing!
I was soooo on top of my work.

2 good things

Joseph brought me a sandwich and TWO take5s. I freaking love take5s.
Brother Gardner showed his class my portfolio and he liked it so much he asked me to make him a copy of my portfolio to keep to show future classes.

baby

I babysat the cutest baby in the world and she didn't even cry (that much).
Caitie allowed me to hang out with her (and Andy and Amy and Andrea). For 3 hours. Doing nothing.
Did I mention that I babysat the cutest baby in the world?

It's December?

It's December. It's December. It's December. I can't believe it.
I graduate THIS MONTH.
Christmas music on Pandora. And I wasn't even playing it—Amanda was. I love it when other people are in there and I still get to listen to music loudly. (I love it more when no one is in there and I get to listen to my music and sing along.)
I got 50/50 on my last two editing exercises.
I reread this really good paper I wrote about a year ago. I actually wrote a good paper! I remember I actually started working on this paper like a month before it was due. That never happens. And it was totally worth it.
I read. Oh, I shouldn't have read because I have so much to do. But I love reading. And I found more books on Amazon that I want. And I sat on the couch and admired my library for a little bit. I'm seriously obsessed and I love it. I might have a problem...
The moon and those two planets made a smiley face. I was told this is cool.
There was an AWESOME sunset. Seriously beautiful. I should have taken a picture.