I really need a new layout. As much as I like this one, I think it’s about time for something new. I’ll have to see if I can come up with anything worth using. I’ve been a bit lazy in the layout making department lately.

I feel like I’m still trying to recover from the holidays and get back in the groove of the real world. My sleep is really messed up right now. I’ve started setting my alarm and I’m getting myself up a bit earlier so that maybe I’ll be back to normal soon. That’s the plan anyway.

My room could also do with a little cleaning as well. I’d kind of like to get one of those dry erase boards that you can also use to hold magnets so I’d have a place to put all of my little notes to self. Those seem to be piling up around me, and I have no place to put them. The side table I used for all of that stuff is now occupied by my iLive, and I really don’t have the space for another table. I think I could managed to free up some wall space though. I could really use a wall makeover. Perhaps that should be part of my New Years resolution. Like it will ever actually come to fruitation.

Tags: Domain: Layout, Holidays, Home Decor, Sleep, X

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Well, my Christmas turned out to be really great this year. I went to my mom’s last night and had dinner and then we opened gifts. Then everyone came out there today. We had tons upon tons of snack food. We gorged ourselves, opened gifts and then played Trivial Pursuit and took turns trying to play Guitar Hero. After three days of playing, I’m actually pretty decent. I’m through over half of the songs on the easy level.

As far gifts go, I got:

- $50 (grandparents)
- black and white top & matching necklace (Allyson, Ryan and Tori)
- “Sisters” pictures frame (Allyson)
- The Goonies (Blaine)
- Juno (Blaine)
- fuzzy socks (Trey)
- $15 iTunes gift card (Trey)
- iLive Music System (mom and Bart)
- cappuccino mix [Hazelnut & French Vanilla) (mom)
- 2 necklaces & ear rings (mom)
- 6 pack of body butter (mom)
- $15 iTunes gift card (Nikki)

I didn’t have much of a wish list this year, but I pretty much got everything I asked for, so I’m happy.

After everyone headed out, I went on Woot.com and discovered they the bag of crap for the day, but, unfortunately, they were sold out. I was kind of bummed, but they had t-shirts on sale for $6.99, and they’re just sending out random ones, so I went ahead and bought one.

The day after Christmas I mostly hung around and snacked and played Guitar Hero. The snacking turned out to be a bad idea because the next morning I woke up uber early and got sick. I wound up back in bed until well past noon. I’ve laid off the junk food since then.

Yesterday, I went shopping with my mom, Allyson and Tori. It was pretty much a bust, though. My mom found a couple of shirts and a wallet and my sister found a shirt. I didn’t find anything. I think Tori came away the happiest. We took her to Build A Bear, and she got a pink monkey - named Banana Bell. We stopped for lunch at Bob Evans, and then stopped by Wal-Mart.

I was on the lookout for a new watch while we were there because yesterday morning as I was about to leave to go to meet everyone at my mom’s, I discovered my watch had stopped working. I was pretty bummed. I really liked my cheap watch. I didn’t find anything I liked though. I might check out some sites and see if I can find any replica watches I like. I’m kind of picky about what I like, but I’ve got to find something. My wrist feels naked without a watch on it.

Tags: Health, Holidays: Christmas, Shopping, X

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I had a really long week at work. We had quite a few things to get done before Friday because we’re closed through the 28th. So needless to say, I was pretty happy when this week came to an end. I’m looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the holidays.

I still have gifts to wrap. As soon as I find some boxes and wrapping paper, I’ll get on top of that, so basically that means I’ll probably start wrapping gifts on Christmas Eve right before I go to my mom’s for our Christmas exchange. I’m pathetic. I won’t even try to deny it.

We’re doing the exchange at my mom’s in the evening after Allyson gets off of work. Then the next day we’re getting together out here with the grandparents. We’re not having a big Christmas meal or anything. They’re getting a ham so we can have sandwiches, but other than that we’re just having snack foods. Of course, that probably means I’d have more need for fat burners than if we had an actual meal. My mom loves making the candy snacks. I can’t complain, though. It’s all good, and it’s not like anyone’s forcing me to eat it anyway.

Pathetically, I think I’m most looking forward to Blaine and Trey getting Guitar Hero. I really want to try it out.

Tags: Gifts, Holidays: Christmas, Work, X

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I’m normally not prone to claustraphobia - except maybe when I’m shopping and there are a lot of crazy people around - but I’m beginning to feel that way in my own bedroom. I have one of those corner computer desks, and so I really only have two options as to where to put my computer, but I feel like I’m stuck in a little corner away from the world. Normally, I don’t mind, but I think maybe I’ve been spending too much time in my room around my computer.

I did some more writing today. I wrote two chapters of the Twilight fanfic I started the other night. I’m thinking of posting to fanfiction.net, but I don’t have any ideas for a title yet. I always seem to run into problems with that. I guess it’s better that I’m just writing and not posting anyway. I don’t want to be one of those people who starts posting a story and then just quits updating. Maybe if I get a few chapters done and see where there story is really going first, I’ll do better. Besides, it’s kind of cool just writing for myself again.

Tags: Fandom: Twilight, Randomness, Writing, X

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I am so tired. I went shopping yesterday with Blaine and Cody. Then I went again today with my mom. But I think I’ve got all of my Christmas shopping finished. At least I hope so. Shopping is exhausting. And it’s gross outside. Windy and snowing. The roads were starting to drift. It wasn’t cool.

My mom and I went to Panera Bread for lunch after we finished with our shopping. Their broccoli cheddar soup is so good. It’s my fave, and I really needed it to warm up. I tried a different kind of sandwich this time. I usually get the frontega chicken, but I got the chicken bacon dijon or something like that. It was pretty good, but I think I like the frontega better.

Naturally, my mom was complaining about needing to lose weight. That’s like the mantra of my life. I think it’s worse in the winter, though, because it’s so cold and I just want to curl up inside all the time. I’d really like to try something like Phentermine, but I always nervous about taking pills because I’m never really sure if they work. Of course, I also need to get to a place in my life where I can start eating right and exercising because I’m sure that plays a significant role in it’s effectiveness. I should probably stop putting things off, but I guess that’s just my way. I’m really good at procrastinating.

I started a new story last night. I’m delving into a new realm of fan fiction. I’m trying my hand at Twilight. I just started writing and managed to write the first chapter last night. I’ve been trying to sort out the ideas in my head ever since, and I think I’m going to write some more tonight. Either after a nap or a steaming cup of coffee. I need something to help my stay coherent, but I’m excited. I think once I’ve written a little more I might post it on fanfiction.net and put my account to some use. We’ll see. I’m kind of nervous about it. This is a new fandom, and I feel self-conscious, even online, about putting myself out there for criticism, but it’s for fun, anyway, so I guess it couldn’t hurt to give it a shot. Besides, fanfiction.net was what sort of propelled me into writing back in 2002, and then got me into web design, which let to graphic design. It’s sort of like coming full circle.

Tags: Fandom: Twilight, Health: Weight, Holidays: Christmas, Shopping, Weather, Writing, X

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