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WE LEAVE ON THE 9TH.....I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT! NEW YORK, NEW YORK!!!!
Yes people thats right, I'm heading off to the big apple, and boy oh boy is it going to be COLD!!!!
Chris and I are going to be dressing super duper warm! I just bought a beautiful new pea-coat at my favorite store Jcrew! I didnt' realize New York was coming up next Friday, Chris had to pound it in me!!!! So much to do!

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go;
Take a look in the five-and-ten, glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Toys in ev'ry store,
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be On your own front door.
A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots Is the wish of Barney and Ben;
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk Is the hope of Janice and Jen;
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go;
There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,
The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas;
Soon the bells will start,
And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing Right within your heart.

100 THINGS I AM GREATFUL FOR....

I love this idea, I stole it from Jenn, and even though Thanksgiving was yesterday, I still wanted to do it so here goes! this is tougher than you think! p.s. these are not in any specific order.....

1. my parents 2. siblings 3. extended family 4. food 5. a place to live 6. happiness 7. Love

8. friendship 9. books 10. Work 11. money 12. my legs (for dancing) 13. my eyes (to see)

14. my voice to speak 15. My ears for hearing 16. water 17. my car 18. a healthy relationship

19. movies 20. vacations 21. Island Park 22. piano 23. Dance 24. a strong personality

25. Adoption 26. K.A.P 27. IKAA 28. freedom 29. divorce (ha ha but really) 30. Boss(s)

31. Children (of course I dont' have any) 32. my dancers 33. telephones 32. internet

33. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall 34. The Freeway 35. mountains 36. Grandparents

37. Emails 38. store sales 39. Christmas! 40. Airplanes 41. Grocery stores 42. Gas

43. Thanksgiving 44. typing skills 45. Cooking 46. Wine Parties 47. HS Diploma

48. My metabolism 49. colleges (even though I've never been i'm glad they are there)

50. family recipe book 51. Good health 52. Doctors 53. hospitals 54. car insurance

55. Text messaging ha ha 56. being able to give 57. Volunteers 58. Blood donating

59. bills 60. being able to speak english 61. Being able to learn korean 62. a good sneeze

63. Sugar free stuff 64. numbers 65. Drivers license 66. glasses 67. calculators

68. meineke 69. being alive 70. rehabilitation 71. Chris 72. being able to multi-task

73. honesty 74. higher power 75. knowledge 76. safety 77. Crosswalks /guards

78. laws (even though some i think are lame) 79. good brakes on my car 80. mail

81. Soju 82. Renters insurance 83. unconditional love 84. crying 85. cleansing

86. compromises 87. Team work 88. weekends 89. sleeping in 90. mimosa mornings

91. a good meal 92. food drives 93. quote of the day 94. kisses and hugs

95. trust 96. a good argument 97. facebook for reconnecting to old friends 98. oprah

99. hope 100. Dreams/goals/wishes

ON A SEARCH PLEASE HELP!!!!

So this might sound strange, but lately I've had this strange craving for shortbread cookies or cake....and NO I'M NOT PREGNANT!
I have been searching the web for days now, finding the perfect shortbread. Now....it can't just be any cookies. I dont' want the ones that are crunchy and crispy, and definately none with yucky pecans or nuts or berries of any sort.
Last year I had the awesome opportunity to go to the San Francisco Highland Scottish Games.
There I tasted the most DELICIOUS Shortbread. It was thick and it fluffy and SOFT! none of this crispy melt in your mouth crap. It was just so YUMMY! I even went on the SFHSG's website to see if possibly I could buy some....no luck!
If anyone knows of a website or a local store that has delicous, SOFT, fluffy short bread PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know. Until then...searching.........

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DELIVER THIS LATE

3:45 am *knock knock knock* (very loudly), groggy....passed out on the floor in my family room with the tv still on. Thinking its someone at the neighbors door.
3:46 am *KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK* sitting upright now....Chris also is now awake
Chris gets up to open the door.....
THE PIZZA GUY.....wrong apartment....who orders a pizza at almost 4 am???? must be the crack heads next door.

HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!

JESUS SAID LOVE EVERYONE,
TREAT THEM KINDLY TOO.
WHEN YOUR HEART IS FILLED WITH LOVE,
OTHERS WILL LOVE YOU.

PROPOSITION 8

I am so tired of all the debating and saying whose right and whose wrong..... Maybe we should ask ourselves..... WHAT WOULD JESUS DO????

OBAMA FOR AMERICA!

Well Alright, I'm not democrat, but I am not Republican either. I do, however, think its quite amazing that our country has over come the little thing called race.
I do not have anything against Barrack Obama, but I was speaking with my Papoo a couple months ago, saying "Obama would never win, because he's black and America is not ready for a black president"
My Papoo agreed and well people....this is pretty awesome I think!
I am neither party, I don't even vote, but what I can say is that Obama is all about change and I hope he steps up to the plate and brings on some amazing changes!

YAHOO

Halloween was just super. Hope you all had a good one!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

BELATED PICTURES!

Well here is my pictures finally!
First several are of my awesome family
next ones are friends!
any questions? you can ask!

WHOA GRANDMA!!!

I was talking to my Grandma ma the other day, she was talking about all her grandchildren...

come to find out Grandma and Grandpa Chris have..........

27 Grandchildren &

30 Great Grandchildren

totalling 57 Grandchildren all together!!!!

And trust me people, its not going to stop there either....My family (siblings, and cousins) are very very VERY good at popping out babies....in fact, my cousin Keri is pregnant, which will make it 31 Great Grandchildren....Who will be next? We may never know.....But I have this odd feeling that before Keri and James have their next child....someone else will get pregnant. Will this ever end????!!!!! probably not. Our Family is baby making machines!!!!

YOU BIG BABY

OMG! I boo hoo-d like a big baby last night! I was the only one crying and the tears were just rolling in like crazy....I was trying not to cry, because didn't want my little brother to start crying. I will post pictures too....he is a big boy, I'm so proud of my brother!

*SIGH*/JUST AROUND THE BEND

Well Nick leaves tomorrow....My family is have the "last supper" ha ha ha ha get it ha ha ha, ok lame joke! anyway we are doing a farewell dinner for him tonight....I am terribly sad that he's leaving....I'm gonna miss him a lot.
on a brighter note!
Halloween is just around the corner! I can't believe that October is almost over! I bought my costume, but you will all have to wait for pictures...its a secret...I don't know if it will top the Queen Bee from last year, but at least I think it will be cute!
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

The "MOVING" bug.....

Well.....I am thinking I should have moved to CA in July when I was serious about it...I am just having that "want to leave here, try somewhere new, just for a year or two"
Now my girl friend is trying to get me to move out to CO and thats not sounding half bad either! I'd have friends there, and remember what you said Rachel....You said that I could live in your basement....ha ha ha! that would save me the hassle of finding a space to live in. Although my dear friend Rachel's thoughts and opinions about moving to CO are VERY inticing....I just am leaning more towards Los Angeles....I think I just need to live in CA or NY but CA for now, just because its closer and a little less expensive than NY. There is just so much in CA that I know I would just LOVE, especially the dance studios and the foods and ahh....I just love it out there, I think I was meant to live there for sure ...... I am back on the plan of moving in the summer of 09'. If anyone has any thoughts on this you just go right ahead and let me know!

YUCK....

I've decided that I am going to start a new diet, The reason I've been thinking of dieting is because I have indeed gained a little weight and inches, that I am terribly upset about. I've been cleansing like a mad woman, and I know exactly why I've gained. First and foremost, I am SO lazy, its disgusting. yeah I go to dance and have good cardio workouts there, but when I get home I just sit and eat and eat some more. Then don't even get me started on the weekends. Basically I'm not burning as many calories as I am inhaling. Yes, INHALING....sometimes I dont' even chew its that bad.....yeah you all think I'm thin, but trust me, my thighs are rolling in like thunder when I walk. I always say, that "fat" to one person is not "fat" to another, everyone looks at their bodies differently, so when I say I'm fat, I'm not saying I look like an elephant and I have cottage cheese everywhere. But more that I am fat compared to what I used to look like. Its a little depressing that I have let myself come to chubby-ness, and the hardest part is getting back on track and not eating crappy foods or plain just eating crappy. So this is why I called for a diet....its that time of year to shape up and work out. I am absolutely NOT a believer of diets, I know that diets DO NOT work, but this one that I'm going to try, I am 100% sure its going to be effective. I think you all may have heard about it before. Supposedly is is soooo affective and you can lose a ton of inches and pounds in just a week or possibly even less.The diet is called Anorexia....have you heard about it?

Weekend Fun!

So I went to Lagoon on Saturday. I haven't been to Lagoon in probably 10 years, so a lot has changed!

There is a new ride called Wicked....it is pretty awesome, a little crazy and scary. I make sure to put the safety bar so tight, that I can barely breathe or move. and I also noticed saturday night that my lower abdomen is now bruised and sore. Better that to fall out and DIE!

One ride I would NOT recommend, is the Wild Mouse.....to scary....felt like I was definately going to fall off the track, and with the history of the wild mouse (the first original wild mouse, one of the carts did in fact fall off the track, people were locked inside of course with the so called "safety bar" (obviously that didnt work now did it!), anyway not cool!

I also went to my niece's birthday party on sunday, she is 7, and oh how is was SOOO appreciate of the new clothes she got.....can you blame her? I'd be more excited about toys and candy too!

CABIN FUN

Chris and I went to our cabins a couple weekends ago, it was a lot of fun, I was running back and forth from his cabin to mine! We went grub hunting, fishing, four wheeling, touristy stuff, lots of eating. I always get really depressed when I come home from the cabin. Its such a beautiful, relaxful place to be that its hard to come back to the real world....I am going back up with my little brother in a couple weeks YAHOO!!!!

OKTOBERFEST PART 2

This weekend at Oktoberfest, would have to have been the best oktoberfest!
We (the group of friends) were asked on stage several times, to sing songs, make songs with long horn thingys, hold mugs and dance.
Definately it was very very fun!