Merry Christmas!

We got a white Christmas! It's so exciting I can hardly stand it! Kevin and I went down to Olympia to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with his family down there and we had a great time sliding around in the ice-rutted roads doing last minute shopping and visiting. We had a beautiful Christmas Eve dinner with David and Denise and Brian, joined for presents later by Denise's son Kelly.

Christmas morning bright and early we trooped over to Kevin's grandma's house to help get things ready for the onslaught of people and presents that was looming on the horizon (well, if you count 10 a.m. as the horizon). I've NEVER seen so many presents anywhere in one place. Holy smokes - I'm not even exaggerating! There was a stocking for everyone - even me! Everyone was so friendly including me in everything. I had a wonderful time with everyone there.

It was crazy and busy and hyper, but still managed to be warm and wonderful. Kevin's grandma is one of the sweetest women I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and I am so thankful that I got to share Christmas there this year.

More SNOW!

OK, so I meant to get this posted on Thursday because all my first-snow pictures are from Wednesday night. Go check them out on my Flickr! :-)


I'm LOVING all the snow we've gotten! The best part is that it has stayed so cold it has not done the regular western Washington winter pattern of: rain, rain more, snow, warm up, rain more, gross slush, melt, ice over, rain more, rain, rain some more - until April when it rains even more. So, back to my wonderfully happy post this started out being... :-) I played in the snow and threw the snow and ran in the snow and made a snow angel! I LOVE the snow!

Locks of Love

So I have been getting daily headaches from my hair being so long.  Ponytails, braids, barrettes, simply down - It was too long and too heavy.  Then there were the tangles.  At my lower back, any chair I sat in would pin my hair between my back and the chair and every small head movement added to the horrendous tangles I'd have to get through.  Not to mention the cost of washing and styling products it takes to maintain that much hair.  I was 14 months overdue for a trim (at the VERY least).  

So about 2 weeks ago I really knew I needed finally get around to getting a trim and have it thinned out a bunch.  Then, out of the blue, Locks of Love was weighing heavy on my heart.  I know several people who have donated in the past, but haven't heard anything in years.  I decided that I would at least look into it and see how long the donation has to be and what else they require.  The more I looked into it the more it felt right - the right thing AND the right time.  

So I picked out a hairstyle that I liked that I thought would look good on my face and body and that my hair would actually DO.  I made the appointment for later in the week and surprisingly got excited about it even!

...and I LOVE the final result!  Kevin likes it too.  It's going to take a lot of getting used to after 7 years of really long hair.  Check out my pictures on my Flickr account since I apparently can't figure out how to add them here.  :-)

....It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

It snowed! Yesterday evening and last night! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! Light, fluffy, powdery, swirly white stuff blowing in the wind. There's not very much of it and, unfortunately, it probably won't last that long - Just a couple days before it warms back up again.

This is my favorite kind of winter weather - Bright blue sky, puffy clouds, FREEZING cold outside, but crisp and beautiful and dry!

On Friday morning I cleaned my living room, unpacked some boxes (from moving in exactly a year ago!) and rearranged the furniture. Put lights in the window and on my spiky green plant since I didn't get a tree yet and listened to Christmas music all day - It was glorious!

I really don't want to be at work today. Don't get me wrong, I don't really mind being here, but I'd much rather be listening to Christmas music and baking and drinking hot cocoa - YUM!

Merry Christmas!!!

Dream Journal

I started keeping a Dream Journal. I've actually thought about it before since, as any of you who know me probably have heard, I have insanely rediculous, crazy dreams. I found this one (http://gifts.barnesandnoble.com/Home-gift/Dreams-A-Dream-Journal/e/9781892033222/?itm=3) at Barnes and Noble.com while I was ordering my work Secret Pal's Christmas present. So I ordered one. I had no idea the cool things inside! On the front of every page it has places for all the small broad details - time you woke up, time writing down, date, who was in the dream, where were you, what sleeping conditions and did you eat anything before bed. Then the back of each page is lined for all the details or meanings you think etc that you want to record. It's super fun! This way when I try to remember long after what that one about the bears living in the bedroom and the one about the Venice-esque house with pirates and finding the baby to play with, I'll have them written down for reference. In any case, it should make for very entertaining reading for my grandkids when I'm old!

Are you ready for a SHOCK??

I'm actually doing Christmas Cards this year!

I know, I know, I can feel the doubt from you all oozing through my monitor... but it's true. I have a letter written (already beat my attempts last year), as short and concise as it may be and cards (leftover from last year that never got written in or addressed, but hey, unless you read this post you'll never know!). I have stamps and motivation! Now I just have to get everything put together and in the mailbox before that motivation gets diverted on Tuesday.

If you'd like a card - leave me your current address in a comment! :-)