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And in case anyone wants to know just what I do once I get to a hotel... here you go.

A Week Gone By...

Well here I am, drawing nigh to the eve of my departure. 1 week I have spent mostly in Pennsylvania, and today a short time in New York. The week began with sledding, then the next day going to 2 great church services, Christmas Eve, Bowling, and just in general fun.

Before Thursday it had been quite a while since I had bowled, but I really had fun, I'm sure partly due to the fact that I did pretty well, but fun nonetheless! Today I met Jon and Heather up in Binghamton... It was a lot of fun to see them both after half a year had past, and the first time I've seen them since their wedding!

We did a bit of shopping... just the window variety for Jon and me. Had an excellent lunch, and drank some wonderful coffee to finish up the day. So now I've arrived back at my brother's house, where children (and adults alike) are playing and having fun. Dinner is on the stove, and the football game is on shortly after. Tomorrow will be one more time heading to church, followed by a most likely early night and a 4:00am departure to catch my plane. So until next time everyone have a wonderful time!

Party in the Snow!

Well, I have made it back to the great white north, and when I first got here anyway, it was actually white. A warm day, and lots of rain have taken care of most of that whiteness, but it is once again below 32 degrees, at least at the time I'm writing this, and from what I hear supposed to snow at least a little tomorrow.

Even though I only slept for a very short time on Friday night, I was still ready to go on Saturday. Maybe not as ready as some people may have liked, but I still was able to get up off the couch and have some fun. My dad and I both captured some of this fun, and I figured I would share some of it with everybody... the first time that I have sledded in about 7 years!!! and yes... it was fun! ... so... enjoy... there's more on picasa! The first one is from the plane ride up here.

And So This is Christmas....

It's definitely been a while since I posted something, and I'm not sure how long this one is going to turn out. For those of you who have visited my picture page in the past week or so, have seen that for the first time since I have lived in Georgia, I actually decorated.

I must say it was rather fun to do that this year... It's been so long since I have, the only time I can remember decorating recently was a couple years ago, helping my brother put up the lights on his house, the freezing cold day after Thanksgiving. I didn't mind the freezing so much, I was glad to grin and bear it!



So, though I decorated this year, it comes as a bitter sweet feeling... this is the first time that I've actually decorated for Christmas without my family... I know there are thousands of people that do this every year... but still, it's kinda sad! At the same time, it was rather fun, rigging up the lights (as the song goes) putting up a Christmas tree, and even getting a star, very similar to the one I grew up with, to put on the top.

I can't say it wasn't without challenges though... the biggest and most annoying one... for some reason, in my 25 years on this earth, no one has ever told me that most of the time, Christmas ornaments are sold separately from the hooks.... Should I have just "understood" this silly fact... I don't think so, because in my opinion, why in the world would I want ornaments, without hooks. And I don't want to hear about tying bows, and string around the things... NO! Ornaments should come with hooks!!! And if you want to do something else with them, then so be it! But I want my hooks!!!!!



Anyway enough on my hook spat =) On Thursday night of last week, I knew by Friday morning that I would lose my voice... which I did, but I decided that I would try out something a friend told me about. I had never really considered wrapping all that enjoyable, just something that had to get done.... well this time, on Thursday night, without a voice, I turned on all of my Christmas lights, lit 4 candles, started playing Christmas music, and sat down with some gifts, tape, and wrapping paper, and wrapped the gifts! It actually was fun, sitting there, enjoying the "Christmas" atmosphere, thinking about friends and family... and very soon after (I took NyQuil before I began) bed!

So, until next time, have a fun winter, and enjoy the Christmas season!!