Archive for December, 2010

Vacation!

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Today started the second week of my vacation and I have been LOVING! IT! SO! MUCH!

I’m sorry, all of you who don’t have all this time off.

Christmas was, you know, pretty good.  Justin was sick, so we sat around playing video games and eating caramel corn and Great-grandma’s rolls all day until we decided to make pot-pies for dinner.  He’s feeling much better, by the way.  He went to a doctor appointment today and they’re going to do some follow-up work.  They’re going to make him swallow more barium.  I don’t think I wrote about how horrible that was last time.  It was horrible.  Really.  Really.  Horrible.

But I’ve talked to my family a lot in the last couple days and it’s been a lot of fun.  I’m relaxing at home and getting thing accomplished that I’ve been looking forward to accomplishing.  And then, when I’m done being productive, I’m playing Final Fantasy XIII and having fun there.  Except I need to get more CP, apparently because the bosses keep one-shotting me and it’s getting really annoying.  Also, leveling gear in this game is really confusing and I’m tired of trying to figure it out, but I have to get better equipped or I’m not going to ever get past these monsters.  Ugh!

Anyway, today I got to hang out with some girls and sing songs and watch random youTube videos and laugh about TV shows and make mashed potato pizza pie and it was SO  much fun!  And now I’m exhausted.  And it seems like the day went by so fast!  And it was a really, really great day.

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Christmas is nearly here!

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

And you know what I haven’t finished yet?  Buying and mailing presents.

Wanna see what I have been working on?  (WARNING:  picture heavy post)

Poinsettias made of felt

Homemade wreath

Seriously - $3.50 for this thing

I cut out many, many of these

We have no snow, so these hang in the windows

My cactus might bloom soon, but not by Christmas

Look! More poinsettias!

Christmas tree!

Our tree angel is pretty

This is Justin's favorite ornament

Mom made this for me a couple years ago

She made this for me last year (LOVE IT!)

The bird cages were on sale at Michael's for $0.50

The wise men are on their journey and stopped to warm themselves by the fire

Penguins! (Or, as Grandma would say, "Penquins!")

Tiny little stockings on the tv armoir

More snowflakes!

Look familiar, anyone? (Yes, they are in the right order.)

Dad gave me this last year. Sadly, there are no cookies in it right now.

Maybe not the best way to treat a Tiffany vase . . . .

But since this is as far as I've gotten with presents, maybe I should get back to that.

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Good morning!

Monday, December 20th, 2010

I got up around 8:00, went downstairs for some light yoga (I’m so out of shape!), and now I’m sitting on my trunk (the one with my name on the top) beside the window in my office, drinking mocha and looking out the window.

Can the morning be any better?

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Quick catch-up

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Friday:

  • First day of vacation! Sleeping in!
  • And then cleaning the church offices really well
  • So long that I go to the chiropractor’s office directly from there instead of going home to shower first
  • And then go home to shower and get ready for a party
  • And then spend the evening at a party with a bunch of very fun people until very late at night

Saturday:

  • Did I mention the late night party?  Sleeping!
  • And then poking around the house
  • And watching TV
  • And basically being very, very lazy

Sunday:

  • Up for band practice at 7:30
  • Church at 10:15 and it was great!
  • Home after church for lunch and cleaning house
  • And then off to Savannah to look for Christmas presents
  • Followed by Olive Garden to use a gift card
  • And Tron in 3D with free tickets

Fantastic way to start my vacation!

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Crafts!

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Tonight I’m taking these:

Some assembly required

And turning them into these:

Voila!

Yesterday I took them from here:

Materials and tools

Washed off the marker and rolled them like this to dry:

Roll-o-leaves

And tonight I’m going to hot glue them all together.  It’s all thanks to Centsational Girl through Infarrantly Creative. (Krista, if you don’t already read Centsational Girl, you will LOVE her.)

Most of these pictures are taken on my chair is because my table looks like this:

Where's the table?

I’m having fun!

Also – I’m done with work for the year!  Hurray for vacations and holidays!

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