Just Popping in to Say...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!!!

Enjoy your holiday!!

Twenty-Three...

I just celebrated my birthday, and thought I would share some pics!

I actually spent most of the day Christmas shopping, because I was woefully behind due to finals (which are O-V-E-R!!!).

This year (like every year before it since I was old enough to shop for others) I have vowed to never put off my shopping until the last minute. I say this every year, but I know perfectly well that next year will be exactly the same, if not worse (since I will *hopefully* be attending a new school at a higher level).

Later that night I met up with family (my grandma & grandpa are also in town) & we went out to dinner at a very nice restaurant. Then we walked around a lit-up garden/nursery (which I blogged about here).

After dinner, we went and enjoyed a family favorite, the "strawberry jello cake". (A cake made by mixing jello pudding mix into the cake batter, yum yum). My mom puts a very delicious twist on it, and it has become a birthday staple in our family!

Santa, Baby...

Today we went to a little holiday party that my mom has each year for the dog club that we belong to. We have a lot of fun taking our dogs to play and socialize, and have met some awesome people there.

AAAAnnnnd, if this particular Santa looks vaguely familiar...

It's because it's none other than my hubby in there!

The lady who was hosting the party asked Russ if he would dress up as Santa.... OMG, I was just dying over it. And since I'm a Harry Potter nerd myself, I have to comment that he looked a tad like a white-bearded Hagrid, don't you think?

Russ was such a good sport about it, it was a lot of fun.


Also a strange sight - my hair in a ponytail. I really don't like having my hair pulled back, but as finals approach and deadlines draw near (ONE....ESSAY...LEFT!) I find this happening much more often. I guess I'm turning into a true college student.

Elf Yourself!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

In which I again apologize...

For being a terrible blogger.



Next week is finals, and I'll be pretty busy for the time being. Then I will have plenty of free time, YAY.... at least until next semester starts. I am hoping that next semester will be my last before I transfer, if all goes as planned.

To give a small update, I have simply been studying, doing homework, hunting rocks (for my Earth Science Lab project). That Earth Science Lab class is my most difficult class this semester... and it is worth ONE UNIT, yet it's required so the measly one unit must be suffered.

It also snowed here on Monday, which is a very very rare occurrence where I live. It does get quite cold here, but it doesn't usually snow. I think I've seen it snow here twice in my life now, and the first time I saw it snow it didn't even settle on the ground before melting.

Hope everyone is staying warm and dry in these early winter/technically late fall days!