Merry Christmas Eve (Eve)!!!!

      ‘Twas the night before (the night before) Christmas…

      Yep, that’s right folks! Only two more days until the madness that is the Holiday season, and that got me thinking. Isn’t the season before any holiday considered the “Holiday Season”? Why should Christmas get all the special attention? Why can’t we call late January to late February the “Holiday Season”? I mean, you have Valentines Day AND Presidents day in there!

      Anywillywonkaways….

      I got all my shopping done, all the presents are wrapped, and all the greetings have been written. All I have to do is pack for Seattle and an EPICLY EPIC ski trip. It’ll be the most EPIC-ER OF THE EPIC-EST EPIC THINGS.

(The reason the word “epic” came up so many times up there, is because hate the word epic. It’s way to overused online, and since I’m, you know, an uber l337 internet user the word is bound to get old sometime…right?)

  On a completely different note, what are you hoping ‘ol Saint Nick will bring for you? I’m hoping to get this one computer game, some makeup brushes, and an iTunes gift card.

  But you know what I’m REALLY excited for? Seeing all the family. I know that sounds cliché, but since I live by approximately 0 members of my extended family, it’s exciting to see everyone!

    So to everybody reading this blog (assuming your my family…) I’ll se all of you tomorrow/Thursday!!!

xox,

amelia

P.S. Does the voice inside your HEAD YELL WHEN YOU SEE CAPS LOCK? It’s something I’VE NOTICED recently with me, and I don’t want to be alone…anyone?

How to Make a Gingerbread House (Amelia and Dad Edition)

  If you’re going to be making a gingerbread house this holiday season, there are a few things you need to know.

1. Icing

  The icing that comes in the kit is extremely, addictively AMAZING. However, If not properly put in the icing bag, it will result in using near an entire roll of paper towels.

   2. Assembling the base

   Please make sure that you are not using the roof panels as walls. This will result in you having to take apart most of your house and starting over. This is not an enjoyable process.

   3. Decoration

   HAVE A ROUGH IDEA OF HOW YOU WANT TO DECORATE. Mkay? Kay. Otherwise, your Christmas trees end up looking like smushy shrubs.

   4. Candy Consumption Moderation

    Don’t eat too much of the candy it comes with. That stuff is delicious, but it may become addicting, resulting in lost decor for your house.

 

I’m jus’ sayin’.

Gloves.

     My day started off at 4:15 in the morning. Knowing that people actually get up that early on a regular basis almost makes me sick. So I got out of bed, slapped my alarm and thought ahead to what the day held for me:

     A trip to Portland, Oregon. A day full of shopping, ice skating, temperatures that make polar bears put on mittens, and icy sidewalks.

     Having to be at Miller at 5:20(yes, 5:20. *shudders*) was rather annoying, but I do have to say I was excited to get the ball rolling. After all, I was on assignment from Miss Swinhart to take pictures. The yearbook needed me to be bright and chipper!

     Granted the second I sat down on one of the bus seats I fell asleep.

     *Three Hours Later*

     So all 58 of us got off of the large, crowded, yellow, smelly, (insert adjective here) bus, and it is FREEZING!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily, I had a coat. Sadly, Amy did not. Luckily, Morgan let me wear hers due to the fact she is never cold. Like…ever.

     The street fair was really fun! I got some of Christmas shopping done, and IU got to look at some of the *hem-hem* lovely hand–crafted items for sale.

    Then we hopped on the train and went to the Lloyd Center for more shopping and ice skating! I didn’t do hardly any shopping there because I was so enchanted by skating!! I started off like any n00b skater, clutching the rail for dear life, but by the end of the THREE hours I could skate pretty well (granted the few blisters and insane soreness to follow)!

     Then the group got back on the bus, and we made it home to Miller around 9pm. All in all, I’d go back any day! …Just not at 4 in the morning.

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