Welcome, 2009

Where did 2008 go? I believe that it's true that the older you get, the faster time goes by.

The holidays this year have been great! I had one of the best Christmases that I can remember. Finally, these fantabulous boots are mine!




God bless my hubby. Those boots are all I asked for, and if I didn't get them, I was going to kill him... haha. But he did good. AND, I also got this!



It's my favorite Christmas present ever. Brandon didn't even realize everything that it did when he bought it, but it has wi-fi access, photos, videos, and of course, music. Then, there's all these applications that you can load, for example, games. I found, however, being the big nerd that I am... all these medical applications, with calculations and drug searches and dictionaries. OMG, my iPod touch has been glued to my hip since Christmas!!! It's the greatest thing ever.

Anyway, what else is new? Oh yea, here's my latest LO's (which are really from a month ago, but I haven't posted yet cuz I'm a slacker).








Last night, we went to my friend Niki's house for a last minute party and had a blast. I wore my awesome new boots and then I twisted my ankle a little bit walkin up the stairs after a taaaaaad too much to drink... it didn't hurt at the time, but this morning... yea, ow. So good times with Nik as always! Although her falling down the entire flight of stairs at our other friends house for the Halloween party is still the best fall ever. You know why? Because she didn't spill her drink! Haha!

On a last note, here, today is my me and my husband's 4 year anniversary. I cannot believe it's been 4 years already!! He is so good to me and I don't deserve it. We are having a date night tonight and I will make sure to bring my camera to dinner. I have been bad lately about taking pictures of events. I think because I'm so behind on scrapping that I don't want to have more to do, but I will definitely take some tonight to post later!

In terms of New Year's Resolutions, I have made them in the past, and by February have completely neglected it, so this year I'm not making any. Although, after being in our house 2 1/2 years, the downstairs half bath (the smallest room in the house) is the only room we haven't re-done yet. So that's our only resolution. Hopefully, in the next year, we can get that accomplished!

Happy New Year, everyone!!! Hope everyone that reads this has a GREAT year!!!

100 things

So this list has 100 things on it, and you are supposed to bold what you've done. Now, for those of you that know me, you know I can't just bold it and not say anything about it...

1. Started your own blog (obviously...)

2. Slept under the stars yea, and this is definitely something that if I never did again, it would be too soon.

3. Played in a band (does rock band on Wii count? lol)

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Held a praying mantis

9. Climbed a mountain if this means hiking and not rock climbing, then yea

10.Sang a solo too many to count!!!!

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris- no, but this is on my life goals list

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch I don't know if I understand this question... I'm very artsy, and I've never taken any classes for anything that I've done, so I'm gonna say yes

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty- no but I've been to it

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France- again, life goals list

20. Slept on an overnight train- definitely not. I rode the train in Chicago and in DC, and I was a little scared, lol

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon does a 5K count?

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice- once again, allow me to refer to the life goals list

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset watching the sunrise on the beach is on my top five favortie things to do

31. Hit a home run- haha! this will never happen. ever.

32. Been on a cruise best vacation ever

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo's David

41. Sung karaoke oh yea! Karaoke Idol on the cruise, in fact. Made it into the finals. Should have won, too... Grr

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa- um no, but I would love to go on an African Safari

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight very romantic!

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48.Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling- due to the high winds in Key West, our catamaran sail and snorkel was canceled on our cruise, so no, I haven't done this.

52. Kissed in the rain- no, but I'm gonna need to put this on my to do list, for sure!

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen yea, I'm a good person like that

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma- no, my part comes in when you need to get it. Then I'll administer it. haha

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check who hasn't?

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial "But I can't read!"

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone My leg. In fifth grade. Ouch.

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Shhh, don't tell me mom... hehe)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating- ew

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone's life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous John Stamos, Will Smith, Tim Allen, Melissa Joan Hart, Steve Smith

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby- hopefully not for another 3 years at least

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit- haha, no... been threatened about it? yea

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day Anything Nicholas Sparks. And I am going to read Twilight, and from what I hear, if I don't finish that in a day, I'm the exception.

So there ya go. 34 things out of 100.

Merry Christmas! (Almost)

Yay! It's almost here!!! I love Christmas! And bonus! I get Christmas Eve AND Christmas off this year. Normally we have to work one or the other, but my boss called me today and said my name got drawn and did I want to work Friday instead. Ummm yea, I think so. And I can't WAIT to open presents!!!!

Although, I did get one present early, allow me to share my new obsession...




And since I never fulfilled my promise from the last blog, let's recap the Baltimore weekend:

Over the nice weekend in Baltimore, I got a lot accomplished! Scrapping (well, really just talking) on Friday night with Tracy, Jen, and Mandy.

Saturday, Jen, Bill, Brandon, and I went to DC. We took the metro in and I have to admit... I was a little timid of doing the whole public transportation thing, but it went well. Then we went to the Smithsonian and left about... oh 5ish? Yea, it was snowing when we walked out. Little North Carolina girl here was definitely not prepared for that. I was freezing. I ended up buying a toboggan and gloves from a street vendor. And I was still freezing. But it was so gorgeous!

Sunday was full of football and scrapping. What more could a girl need???

Here's some pics:








So there ya go! I will eventually post the LO's I did from Baltimore... eventually.

After tomorrow...

I can:

-write an actual post (with pictures from this weekend and lots of scrappy goodness!)

-say that I'm DONE with statistics

-put up my Christmas decorations... I feel like the grinch for not having done that yet

Ack!

List of things the "ack" about:

Number 1: 10 page paper due next week.
Number 2: Discussion boards to finish up.
Number 3: Two statistics tests to go before the semester is done.
Number 4: I gotta get started on my admission stuff for grad school next fall.
Number 5: GRE on Saturday... no pressure or anything, it's just the test that will decide if I can get into grad school...

Ok, yea, so, I'm sufficiently stressed!

What's scrapbooking? I don't even remember...

But I will in 2 weeks when I go to my friend!!! Yay, Jen! And, even better, I'm going to bring your stuff! Because I've completely given up on making it to the post office. It's just not going to happen. Let's put that dream to rest! :)

Thanks for loving me anyway, girl! See you SOON!!!

I don't know anymore

I am watching You've Got Mail and there is a line in it where Joe is writing an email to Kathleen and he says, "Do you ever feel that you've become the worst version of yourself?" Sometimes I feel like I have.

On an completely different note (because I'm not discussing the above anymore right now), I am amazed by new products out for kids. With Christmas coming up quickly, we are bombarded by commericals and advertisements, even with our economy in the shape that it's in. One example of a quite amazing new product that I have recently seen is the Crayola Magic Light Brush. Really?? How is this possible. I must see this in real life to understand how it works. Because I am slightly confused and amazed by the commercial on TV. So obviously the advertisement works, right? But who am I going to by it for? I don't have kids, and probably buying that for myself would be a little odd. Plus, if I am going to spend money on something (which I'm not doing), it would be on other things. Perhaps a new pair of boots or a new iPod nano. My iPod is broken. That was a sad day when I realized that. Music is such a huge part of my life. Any given day, my mood is reflected by my music choice. And sometimes, I just want to sing. So I do.

Friday morning was one of the worst mornings of my life. I left my house at about 6:15 or 6:20, like I always do. I probably went about 5 or 10 over the speed limit on the highway, like I always do. I pulled into the parking lot, like I always do. And then I did something that I never do. That I have never done. I did this:






For some reason, my mind was completely somewhere else, and I "failed to stop" in time to avoid an accident, as my ticket says... and I hit another car. That is not a good way to start the day. I didn't make it into work to actually take care of my patients until about 8:30. So Friday was not a good day. But Friday night was better. I went to my friend's house and hung out and had a great time.

Yesterday was OK, too, I guess. Last night we went to a friend's house and watched the UFC fight.... yea... definitely never watched that before and oh my goodness. Those boys are not playing. It was one of the most brutal things I've ever seen. The boxing and kicking I don't mind so much. But when one guy is down on the mat and the other guy is just hitting the crap out of him... I don't know about that.

Anyway, one last thing to say. As passive agressive as I can be at times, I hate when other people are passive agressive, especially when it relates to me. And, for some reason, I feel like a lot of that has gone on lately. And I don't like it.

On that note, I'm going to bed.

New, pretty stuff!

For your enjoyment:

a little mini album i threw together the other night. very simple, i wanted to keep emphasis on the pictures.













and a fun LO of my girls and me from MD this past summer




And, some pictures of fall at my house:











Ok, that's all for now!