Gettin' in the Holiday Spirit

I finally uploaded my pictures in the right order! Go girl!! So....bare with me. There are a few pictures in this post :] And as I'm sure you can tell by the first one....IT CAME FRIDAY!!! My offer of admission came from Stevenson :] I am so excited!! I go register for classes on the 7th!
Brooke and Jayden spent the night Friday night. And oh! what a night that was!! We gave them their Christmas presents early. Partially because we probably won't see them until after Christmas and partially because Aunt Brittany is impatient as anything :] Brooke looks really disappointed in her present doesn't she?!

When we gave Jayden his cars all he did was run around the hall in and out of the kids room and back into the guest room and round and round again. He loves cars.
Who knew that arts and crafts at Aunt Brittany's included cutting scraps of wrapping paper into tine pieces with either (a) a cricut cutter (b) funky scissors or (c) a wrapping paper cutter. And then coloring on it with crayons! WHO KNEW?!?!?

The Brittanys

Me and Brittany (from work) went shopping last night. We ate at Noodles (or as Mandy calls it...Cup O Noodles) and we did some shopping. Gretta couldn't come with us so we sent her pics galoore on her phone of all of our purchases! I took back the present I got for my grandmother and I got her something else. That I think she would like more.

Today plans include...taking my last final (woot!), selling back my book, going to Old Navy to buy a new pair of pants and to get a holiday shirt to wear at work Xmas eve, and coming home and wrapping the rest of Justin's presents before he sees them!!! and cleaning my room and taking inventory of the presents to make sure we have everything.

So off to get in the shower and take my exam! Wish me good luck!

Ridiculous

This weather is ridiculous. Yesterday is was freezing rain and today it's almost too warm to wear a sweater. I can't stand this Maryland winter weather. It's crazy.

Anyway...on a happier note...I got a phone call on Monday and it went to. Long story short...I've been playing phone tag with the Assistant Director of Admissions at Stevenson University and turns out...she was calling me to tell me to hurry up and register for classes because I WAS EXCEPTED!! EEE!!! I am so excited. Towson was pretty much keeping me in limbo, but Stevenson called me instead of sending a letter. The college is closed until January 2nd and classes start January 12th. So I have to hurry and apply :] Oy Vey!

Between that, and work and Christmas things...my life has been so crazy.

I'm going to work on some more Christmas stuff. Adios!

Empty House

I still haven't gotten used to living in an empty house. As many times as my parents go away, I still don't like staying here by myself. In my old house it might have been okay, since it was much smaller. And now every time this house moves it scares me. Or every time the dogs get up, I'm scared. It stinks.

Last night was really fun and simple. Justin and I went to get some take-out Chinese food, and we rented Wall-E (which by the way wasn't as great as we'd thought it would be. I'm tired of Disney movies have ulterior motives) and then we watched a new episode of Ghost Hunters :]

I got some more Christmas shopping done :] My step-mom is finished. So now I have to finish my dad and my grandmother, and I still have to start Mom Cathy, Grandmom Markle, Tabitha, Aunt Jean and Uncle Rick. And I don't know who all Justin has to finish. I know what I am getting mostly everyone except my grandfather and my aunt. And I have to design scrapbook pages for Grandmom, which unfortunately won't get done until school is over.

I'm rambling and need to go back to bed :] Goodnight

Shopping

Did some more shopping the other day :] Got my grandmothers gift. I would disclose what it is but she checks this from time to time :] What a little snooper.

I am trying to keep up on wrapping my gifts. My holiday traditions for the past 2 years have been watch a movie and help mom Cathy wrap gifts and then I go down and watch soaps and help my grandmother wrap her gifts. So I don't want to be behind in mine as I will be helping them.

People to cross off our lists:
Owen
Markie
Maddie
Gran
Britt

People we have ideas for:
Cathy
Gran
Nevin
Fred
Brooke
Jayden
Wesley
Gracie

I feel really disoriented right now... like I'm falling forward. Weird :/

Christmas Shopping

I LOVE Christmas and almost everything about it. The decorations, the old movies, the trees, the candy canes, family, yummy food, and baking cookies :] The only part I don't like about Christmas is buying gifts. I don't mind spending the money...but I wish there was some magical way for me to pay the money, avoid shopping, have it under the tree and wrapped and for it to be exactly what they want and someone no one else bought :]

Oh! And on the computer front...I was up until 3 am sweeping it with all different things that Justin and Nevin loaded on here, and it opened up today just fine. I guess maybe it was a fluke. Who knows :] Fingers crossed that's all it was.