holidays

Hey all,
well, merry belated Christmas. hope you all had good days with people. and it's almost the new year....crazy.
well, my christmas consisted of lots of food, some naps, playing games and, of course, presents. it was pretty nice. different from other years cause my brother wasn't here. but we got to have some friends and my grandparents over, so that was pretty cool. and i think we set a record for longest time it took to open presents. we started at about 8:30 and didn't finish till after 1. it wasn't that we had more presents this year, we just decided to take our sweet time. it was awesome. tim also called during the morning, so we all got to talk to him for a while.
another thing that made me super happy was that it rained here. i know, some of you might call it slush, but i'm calling it rain. it reminded me of my growing up years where we didn't have snow on christmas, just rain. pretty neat.
i'm also really excited because i got a camera for christmas, so i will be taking many, many pictures, many of which will end up on here.

my parents and i went to see "the nativity story" yesterday. it was really nice. (by nice i mean it wasn't awesome, but it made me think, and yes, i was very close to tears a few times). it didn't help that my mom was crying beside me. anyways, it was about the birth of Jesus, but from the point of view of mary and joseph. definitly opened my eyes to what they might of had to deal with in that situation. if you need a movie to take your parents to, this is it.

well, i'm almost positive that i will have another post today, as soon as i figure out how to download my pictures onto my computer. but for now, i'm done. see ya later.

road tripping

hey all.
well, i'm a tad bit tired right now. i just got back from a little road trip. it was very much fun indeed. got to do some interesting stuff, meet some really nice people and hang out with other people that i haven't seen for a while.
we went down to calgary for our first leg of the trip. found some pretty cool tobagganing hills and skating places. i decided that i don't mind calgary. as much as i have previously hated it, it really isn't that bad. it is strange going into a new city and not knowing where the heck you are or where you are going. fortunaly for all of us, i wasn't the one driving.
so that was calgary. we also saw a pretty cool movie "prestige". i would for sure recommend it if you like thinking about stuff.
last night involved creating an igloo under a trampoleen. it was awesome. we ended up using actual chunks of packed snow. we felt like real eskimos (or at least i did for a little while). we put some hay on the ground and even had candles going to give us heat and light for a little while. then to sleep we went. it was beautiful until i woke up. i had borrowed one of my parents' sleeping bags. not only is it like 30 years old, but it isn't water proof. and not terribly warm, i realized. but it was worth the experience.
and today was mosltly filled with sleeping, or dozing. i love having no school do to. it is truly an amazing feeling. and i think i'm finally getting into the christmas spirit. my sister and brother in law are staying at our house until christmas. as much as i complain, it is really nice to have them around for a while. family is pretty cool. they all have their quirks, but that's what makes each family amazing.

sorry their are no pictures on this post. i'll hopefully get some soon and then i can share some of the good times i've had over the last few days. see you all soon. and merry christmas.

hmm

well, it's been a while, so i thought i should add another post. unfortunatly, nothing exciting has really happened in my life. i finished exams last thursday, that was amazing. so i'm free for a little while.
i'm trying to get into the christmas spirit, it just isn't happening yet. i am finished my shopping, so that's nice. i realized that i love buying stuff for people. it really makes me happy.
well, sorry, this was even more boring than i thought it would be. maybe i'll have more to write about later. for now, merry christmas.

done classes

the end is in sight. i think. as of 5 pm yesterday, i am done classes for this semester. and this time next week i should be almost finishing my last final. woohoo. i just spent the last 4 hours studying and getting a bunch of information together to study, so i'm kinda going crazy. but all is good. i'm lucky. i only have 2 finals and a skills test. all of which should go alright.
i really have nothing exciting to say. i just needed a break from my pregnancy studying (yeah, try reading about that for a couple of hours and not going slightly wacko). again, i would post some pictures about what i've been studying, but i don't really think that you would appreciate them.

i'm fairly happy right now because it isn't really cold out. in fact, i'm thinking i'll go wash my car. i really want a clean car for saturday's banquet because i have a really hot date (wink wink).

i also got to babysit some adorable kids last night. anna and julia. wow, talk about precious moments kids. we had some good times. wathced alice in wonderland. i hadn't seen i for a while. but i am more than possitive that the guy who wrote it was on some serious drugs. it is completely crazy and unexplainable. why anyone would want to make it into a children's book/movie is beyond me. i sat through the whole thing hoping that anna wouldn't start asking me questions. cause i didn't know why the cheshire cat disappeared then turned into a moon. to be honest, it's kinda creepy. but they enjoyed it, so that's all that matters.

other than that, life goes on. see you all soon.

ode to tim

so, it's tim's birthday today. 19 years old. happy bday little brother. it's strange that he isn't here. we usually wait till just after his birthday to put up our christmas tree, but who knows what is going to happen now. it actually doesn't really feel like christmas time to me. maybe after i finish finals and actually get some shopping done.

it feels like forever since i last wrote in here. i guess not too much exciting stuff has happened. or i've been too tired to sit down and write what's going on. but mostly i think that my life is just boring. i have this picture from some day when i was bored. do you ever get those days when you just take pictures of yourself to see what you look like (dumb question, cause i know that most of you do...lol). yeah, it was one of those days. the hat also reminds me of jeff's hat from survivor....good times. and my face is well....how i'm feeling. slightly confused with life but mostly just really out of it. :)

i also found this cute picture of kidogo. she puts up with so much from me. wow. what a dog. although, the evil glare in her eyes is only partly because of the crapy lighthing. deep down she is really thinking that she wants to rip me apart but she won't becuase she will probably get a treat for wearing the santa hat.

well, maybe something exciting will happen to me at work and i can write about it. otherwise, we'll see how life goes.