Merry Christmas Darlings...

Happy New Year too! Oh how I love Karen Carpenter. So, sorry I haven't been keeping up lately. It seems, however, that I'm not the only one. I hope everyone had a magical Christmas. What did everyone get? We got soooooooooooooooooo much! I guess that's the one benefit of marrying into a divorced family. My favorite gifts were the following: some gorgeous crystal and pearl jewelry from Spence, a sexy, tiny little 7.2 mega pixel camera from my family, a HUGE jewelry box to hold all of my gaudy bling from my mama and daddy, a 7 man tent from his mom and step father, a karen handbag from his mom, a swiffer sweep and vac from my g-ma, and....drumroll....A MAGIC BULLET (brother and sister-in-law)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not talking about one that kills warewolves, I'm talking about the mini food-processor/smoothie maker. I have wanted this thing for at least 6 years now. It's my favorite infomercial. We got it because Spencer's brother and I share a bond in that we LOVE the Food Network. He picked it out because he's always wanted one and he knew I'd love it. YAY! Don't worry, I've used it 6 times already.

Listen to me, rambling on about my presents. My Christmas was wonderful, even without the presents. We attended my mother's house for Christmas Eve...it was so fun. We slept at Spencer's mom's house though...it was really hard to leave my family on Christmas Eve. Then it was great to get to be a part of new traditions with my other family. The best part was watching my three-year-old neice. It was wonderful to see Christmas through her eyes. :) I wrote Spence a story and painted pics to go in it...that was great to see him open too...I made him cry, which is ultimately my goal in all my gift giving endeavors. We gave my two 6 month old neices these toys that shoot balls into the air after they drop them into a tunnel...it was the cutest thing ever to watch them play with it. They were so facinated! I like giving gifts even more than recieving them! Ps. If you're looking for a killer couples gift, go to lovopoly.com You can make your own customized game sheets for Monopoly. My sister-in-law bawled like a baby when she opened it.

Elsie and I graduated. It was actually a lot of fun, mostly because I had my Els. The week after finals I read four novels. It was FABULOUS!!! I can't wait to scrapbook and paint!!!! I think I might even start teaching ballet again! I'm so excited. I'm not going to lie though; I will miss it.

Well, speaking of free time...I was going to do this before Christmas, but I didn't have time, then I lost the book. So, now that it has been found, I would like to introduce you to Merry Christmas Amelia Bedilia for my lil' Amelia.