On the Second Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

...two sleepy kittens~

(Will update with a picture when I get a good one, they're always moving!)

Not much has gone on since yesterday, honestly...I worked! A LOT!

Uhhh...JCP has a button thingy they're doing, and I want to collect them all- I've already won 3 $5 certificates and 1 $10 certificate...they will be used for Christmas shopping! :)

We had pizza for dinner tonight, it was delicious. :P

Bed time then work tomorrow, and (hopefully!!!) getting and setting up some Christmas decorations!

On the First Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

A partridge in a pear tree!

I meant to post a bunch of stuff over Thanksgiving, but I was way too busy working and cooking and cleaning to even think about anything else! I'm gonna do a list of things I'm thankful for every day until Christmas. :)

The First Day of Christmas: I am extremely thankful that our first Thanksgiving went smoothly and that both sides of the family could make it. :)

Instead of writing a really long post about Thanksgiving, I am going to go heat up a thing to take care of my cramps and then read webcomics. Yay. :3

My last family Christmas.

This year marked the last family Christmas at my Grandmother's house that I will ever attend. This may sound like a horrible, sad thing, but it's really not- in fact, the reason it will be the last here is because all further holidays will be held at my house. I have great memories of Christmas and holiday times in general with my family, but we've all slowly drifted apart due to sickness and marriage and such. I'm so excited that Will and I will be able to have Christmas at our house, and I'm already planning it out, haha. :)

I spent Christmas Eve with Will's family- we went to his church's Christmas Eve service, and then back to his grandparent's house for eggnog and cookies. Christmas Day was spent with my family, with Will joining us later, after he had finished with his family in the morning. It was a little awkward before he got there- my uncle and his wife came over with his son, but they didn't bring her three kids. Weird.

Anyway, my Christmas holiday was overall very nice and I can't wait for next year at my place. :3

My haul this year (and from who, too):

     Mom: earrings, a bracelet, $50 cash, rain boots, angry birds keychain, angry birds magnets (for our fridge!)
     Granny: $100 cash
     Dad/Virginia: $50 to Olive Garden, cookies, scarf/hat/gloves set
     Will: Guesstures, a kitten salt and pepper shaker set
     David: $15 to Bath and Body Works
     David/Sarah: sugar free bridge mix, $30 to Best Buy, $25 to Cracker Barrel
     Will's Grandparents: $50 check
     Will's Parents: crochet/knitting patterns, crochet hooks, stitch markers, $50 to Home Depot, various other small, useful items
     Blair: New Professor Layton game, $30 to Barnes and Noble
     Julia/Erwin/Lily: a book about Unuseless Japanese Inventions, French White Corningware

All in all, it was a great Christmas. Will and I got some house stuff, and I received some nice and useful gifts.

There are certain traditions that I will steal from both sides of the family (like where Will's mom makes all the "kids" stockings full of useful things, and where the family all eats dinner together from both sides) but I can't wait to start making my own traditions with Will (and maybe some eventual kids ;P).


I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This was a sorta belated blog post, haha. Happy holidays, all. :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas~

...except the shoppers are still CRAZY.

Working retail kinda sucks, especially with the extended holiday hours of all the shopping centers. At least I'm getting a great paycheck to cover all my shopping expenses!

On that note, I've almost got my shopping all done- just need two more things for Will, then I shall be done. :)

Here's a picture of a kitten, the best Christmas gift ever!

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, and happy holidays! :3