Kevin's right, I do need to update. Maybe I'll make a habit of only writing on holidays... but I wouldn't want to disappoint yall, my loyal fans. Riiiggght. Anyways much has happened since Thanksgiving... like I finished another semester of college. Just 3 more semesters to go...woohoo! I got some decent grades this time around too, which made me (and the parentals) happy :) And Kara, Amanda and I survived Blevens THANK GOD! I think I owe my sanity to those girls... definitely a team effort.

So I'm here in Dallas with the fam (after a delightful trip to Kansas) and it's nice just relaxing and seeing c-town friends. I haven't kept up with many of them, but I sure do love the ones I have! But honestly I can't wait to be back in Norman for New Years with that wonderful boyfriend of mine and all those crazy Episcopalians from Canterbury! OH and Sonja's going to be in Dallas Monday and Tuesday so that will be fun!

But even more fun... CHRISTMAS is TOMORROW! YAY! The fun starts this afternoon with a family trip to the movies, then getting dressed up for church, eating our traditional Christmas Eve dinner, opening a present, then going to the service. I love seeing everyone I don't see during the year at my church and the end when the lights go out, we light our candles and sing Silent Night. I get chills... it's so festive :) Then tomorrow morning I will inevitably be the last one out of bed to see the massive amount of presents that have magically appeared under the tree overnight. And after unwrapping (and Mickey trying to eat the bags and boxes and tissue paper) we'll have cinnamon rolls and fruit and mimosas (it's tradition!) I heart Christmas!

OK I think this is long enough and I have a pecan pie to make, so Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to yall!

Happy Turkey Day! I'm here in College Station at Jaclyn's house with my family and Ed and his family. (Ed=my future brother-in-law!) It's not cold down here, which is very nice. The house smells like Thanksgiving... stuffing, turkey, pies, carrots... I don't even know what all is cooking in that kitchen; I'm trying to stay out of the way by laying in the living room with the laptop. Of course there's football on TV to entertain the dads. Ed's actually in the kitchen, but I think he's causing more trouble than really helping. Ed's sister Vickie is here; she's a freshman at UNT and she's awesome... we have a lot in common, which is good, since she rode down here from Dallas with me and my parents. My cocker spaniel, Mickey, came with us too (he took some doggy downers before the car trip... yes, my dog was high.) He was pretty funny kind of stumbling around. Ed's family brought their chiuahua, Skip, too. He's adorable!

We're staying here through tomorrow, then we'll go back to Dallas and on Saturday (as tradition has it) we'll put up the Christmas tree. I'm getting my hait cut too (hopefully it'll be cute). Then I'll be back in Norman to see my John :) He's in Tulsa for the holiday :( Oh well, absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

Well I'm out of interesting things to say and all these smells are making me hungry so I'm outta here... eat lots of turkey! And leave a comment!