almost every day...

i get up, walk across the room, hit snooze on my alarm and go back to bed...

every. six. minutes. for an hour and a half.

restful? not so much.

christmas! yay!

i didn't get a lot of sleep this weekend but it was amazing. we went to see the light competition in reno but it was pretty lame this year. nonetheless we had tons of fun, especially with my little [giant] brother there. because i am a wonderful mentor and big sister i allowed three of my younger siblings to try to break into the old k-mart but we failed.

Christmas eve church was amazing of course, and atypical.

i helped sarah make flammable ornaments for this tiny tree, which we then put in the fireplace and after dessert last night we set fire to it. it burned surprisingly fast. it was amazing. as was dessert.
























a.t. and i baked on friday night. we made: a happy face; an angry face; peanut butter balls; and kate cookies















i had Christmas morning "i just woke up" hair/face.





i wonder if it's okay that the main two gifts i received were a coffee pot and a starbucks gift card? I mean i was thrilled of course. but i hadn't realized my coffee addiction had come to define me in other peoples' minds as well as mine. fortunately, i also got several scarfs. the ones i'm wearing right now i really like. there was another one that was large enough to use as a blanket and the first one was covered with giant snowmen and penguins.

most importantly Jesus and I worked out a few things this weekend. He never stops doing stuff. which is amazing. it's weird that He would want anything to do with me. but He does. and i'm pretty okay with that.

i kind of suck at this blogging thing

geez. sorry guys.

so i'm writing this play with patty my favorite. and it's so much fun. but there's this ONE character... i'm so irritated with her. she absolutely will not stop having a cheesy life story. i don't know what her problem is.

but still it's going to be amazing. i'll let you know when it happens so you can buy your plane tickets to come see it.

i've been living in my current house for three months now and my room is still completely furnished with cardboard boxes. I'm so ready to move again if i need to.

um... i start school in just about a month. i can't wait. i also can't wait til God provides the roughly $400 i need for books. yay!

i think that Jesus is pretty cool. i really do.

the end.

what did YOU do this weekend?

i had neck surgery. oh yeah.

i'm so ashamed

after writing countless articles on the subject and listening to countless lectures [it was a big subject in the Army]... after seeing countless victims of dehydration and even after coming within seconds of death due to heat stroke...

today will be the first day in at least a year that I drink enough water.

oh please. don't act like you didn't find that interesting. psh.