Blue Roses

I am watching SGA with Jennie. Wheee! And while we do this, I shall go over my year in posts. Just to see what all I did. LOL

January:
*I went on vacation! Nashville, Panama City Beach, Disney World, Hilton Head, Atlanta, Memphis. Best vacation EVER.
*I started Brownies with C.
*Wrote an nsync story.

February:
*Moved back into my room after 7 months
*Applied for library job (did not get it)

March:
*Talked to Lady K when her mountain erupted
*Played Sims
*Went to Houston to see Jennie

April:
I*I got my beloved Winnie!!
*Did a Sibshop
*TiVo #1 died a sad death

May:
*Media*West con with Biz. Eeee! I can't wait to go again.
*Got re-hooked on CSI
*Celebrated my 24th Lead Awareness Day
*TiVo #4 moved in

June:
*Got hired to keep working with Noneck
*It was hot.

July:
*Played Sims - Lily and James and the conception of the twins. Heeee!
*Challenge for the Children. Yay Challenge! Aaron Carter and David Gallagher. LOL
*HPB. Yay Harry Potter!
*Dad got sick.

August:
*Saw the Wiggles in concert. Ooooooooh.
*Saw Backstreet Boys in concert. Ahhhhhhh. LOL

September:
I*I got hired as a librarian!
*My computer sparked a great big light and died.
*Lady K upgraded MT for us.
*Garage sale.
*Bought Trixie the Nintendog

October:
*Hurt my knee walking
*Wrote 2 HP stories. Go me!

November:
*Saw HP at midnight!
*Saw RENT and Anthony Rapp!
*Got sick at work
*Started my first novel

December:
*Made Christmas cards
*Baked cookies with C
*Watched a lot of SGA
*Visited with Jennie :)

....well, according to my blog, my life was very very boring and uneventful this year. With a few exceptions, sure - Challenge, HP and RENT movies, getting a job in my chosen profession that I love. But still. Fairly boring.

My resolution: I resolve to do at least one new thing next year to make my yearly round up look really cool and interesting.

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Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukah! We had a very quiet day today....mom and dad had to wake me and Josh up at 9 because they were getting impatient. *giggle* We opened presents and heated up the coffee cake and breakfast casserole that mom and I made last night, and played with toys. Heeee!

Joshy loves his new Cube games, especially NBA Courtside, which he asked for all last night. It was cute. Dad is way into his new DVDs. Mom hasn't taken off her necklace yet. And ooh, I got such cute things!! I love my new pink messenger bag. Finally, a purse where I don't have to choose what book to bring based on the tiny space available! I also got a gorgeous Irish sweater, fleece jacket, Mickey tshirt, Thomas Kinkade paint by numbers set and a bio of Abraham Lincoln. And PSPx for Winnie! I'm way excited. I also got scented pens and a bracelet in my stocking. So pretty.

So, quiet day. I stayed up by the tree on Winnie, while everyone else scattered. I read Yuletide fics and sesa fics and played with PSP. All in all, a quiet, relaxing, fun day. A good Christmas.

Now to find some leftover Chinese to nibble on, with mom's homemade ginger ale. Happy Holidays, everyone!!

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Our big tree is up! It looks so pretty. The last three ornaments we put on were from Disney World last January. God, I loved that vacation so much. I loved Disney so much. It was wonderful.

I can't believe it's only a week until Christmas. That's just crazy. I have one more gift to buy, and it's actually C's birthday present. Not bad. Well, and stocking stuffers for mom and dad. I'll get those in town on Monday or Tuesday.

Sesa continues. I'm over 2000 words now, double the limit, but it just wont' END. I really like it, though, and hope my person does to. I think it's turning out well, I just want it finished. I have until Tuesday ay 2am, though. LOL

GREs and transcripts are on their ways to my 4 graduate schools, and I refuse to worry about any other part of applying until January.

I wanna Sim and not write. ::whimper::

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I'm stressed out and exhausted, but White Christmas was on this afternoon. It never feels like Christmas season until mom and I watch that movie. I love it so much.

Cards have been mailed, cookies with C have been made. We started slow (burning the first batch) and steadily gained experience - the last batch, kolazki, were perfect and fantastic and wonderful. We had such a good time working on them together. She's such a cute and wonderful kid.

So tired. *sigh* Work was a hassle. I love when it's busy, but it was busy plus two programs and I was the only one there. That was a little too much. Maybe this will be a good night to go to bed early. I can always work on sesa tomorrow.

Posted by Rina at 08:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My December is barreling on, full stream ahead. So far, I put up my little American Girl Christmas tree, made 40 cards, wrote out 39 cards, bought stamps, bought all but 3 gifts, mailed approproriate gifts and bought a Betty Crocker cookie cook book. Now I need to address the cards and mail them, which I have planned for Friday. I'm doing well here. *g*

Sesa is even going fairly smoothly. I won't have any problems hitting my 1000 words, and I really like my plot. It's coming together.

It's bloody cold out. 8 degrees right now. 2 degrees when I left for work this morning. Two kids braved the cold to come to my storytime tonight. Really cute kids, too. We all sat on the floor, I read stories, and then we listened to A Charlie Brown Christmas while they decorated their own Christmas trees. A fun night, but quiet.

I finished SGA S1 (first time I bought a DVD pack and watched every single episode! In a timely manner, no less.) and am 2 episodes into the second season. God, I love this show.

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