Fancy Smancy

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday. Everyone was supposed to dress up in "cocktail attire". So we got all dressed. I curled my hair, which i never do because it doesn't stay well. It was fun to get all dressed up. The dinner was great and it was a nice night out.

My fancy hair.

Sunday night we went over to Carolyn's to make lasagna. It was great. David really wanted to make it. He made his mom's recipe and followed it exactly! I suggested adding pepper to the sauce and he asked me if it said to in the recipe. haha! Usually he lets me add whatever i think would be good but not with this lasagna :) I even mentioned today that next time we make it we should add spinach, which he likes, and he gave me this "i don't know" look. Haha. It was cute! The lasagna was great though! After dinner we watched Muppet Christmas Carol (my favorite Christmas movie) and decorated Carolyn and Erik's Christmas tree. It was a fun night! I love Christmas time!

PS. 17 days until Christmas, 15 days until my birthday, 141 days until the wedding!!!

100th post!!!

Nemesis!!!!!!!!

Yay for 100 posts! I have a good one for you!

I fell yesterday....down the stairs....caught myself with my bad leg. No good. I missed a step and landed on the bad leg. I twisted my ankle and over extended my hip. It was scary. After that i got up and my hip hurt when i walked. I was so terrified that i had messed something up again. It freaked me out! So what did i do? I texted David saying i fell and hurt my hip. Then i just felt like i was 65 not almost 24 (18 days). No worries though, after a painful and scary 5 minutes my hip adjusted and it doesn't hurt anymore. Seriously though, I'm such an old woman!

So I have acquired a new hatred for ... TYPEWRITERS!!! They are my nemesis. They are ridiculous, obsolete machines that make a 5 minute computer job take an hour and a half! What is the use in that? I spent that much time typing addresses on little cards to send out Christmas gifts to all the retirees. I could have done that in 5 minutes on my computer using a simple mail merge!!! I ruined as many little cards as i did well. I misspelled education i don't know how many times. As much as i HATE typewriters i have discovered a new love for the computer and BACKSPACE. What a wonderful invention. I know know why i was born in the technological age, i would have killed myself if i had to work on a typewriter everyday! Counting blessings! :)

Christmas Time

So it's definitely Christmas time. (yes I'm one of those people who tries to steer clear of christmasy things until after thanksgiving)
Signs:
We put up Christmas decorations at work. Our tree is mostly up and about 3/4 of the lights work (a true Christmas miracle). We have been making snowflakes during boring times. We have little bulbs dangling from the cabinets. Good times.

I'm listening to Christmas music! Yay!

David and i have been trying to be diligent with the advent calendar. (we've only eaten 2 days late so far :)

I've started receiving gifts. One of the professors i work with gave the full time secretaries each a poinsettia, so sweet.

I've gone to the work Christmas luncheon. Good times. Me and my co-worker were just about the only ones our age, there were a couple other people in their 20's and other than that i think everyone had us beat by 20+ years :) Great people, good food, a nice break from the desk :)

It kind of snowed a few flakes this morning. I am one of those weird people that like the snow. I love it! I hate the cold and the way i see it, the snow is the only thing that makes enduring the cold worth it. I wish it would snow more, like it used to when i was a little kid. Good times. Hopefully the snow will pick up soon but won't be on the roads when we drive back to Denver for Christmas :)

So yes, Christmas time is here. I hope it will be a happy one for everyone! A great time to remember and cherish the things and people that are most important to us. Merry Christmas!

PS. 19 days until my birthday :)

PS. It's my birthday month....

22 Days until Emperor's Day (aka my birthday)
24 Days until Christmas!

A momentous occasion

(Brooke will appreciate this) I finished the book that i use for my to do list at work. Brooke started it before she left and i kept up the tradition. It's finally finished. I've started a new one. Good bye old book, you've served us well :)

Thanksgiving

Midnight walks in the snow = so fun :)

It was great! Lots of food, lots of fun. David and i napped a lot, ate a lot, and watched TV a lot. It was good. Just the break i needed. We hung out with David's good friend in and, believe it or not, i played Mortal Kombat and i beat David once. I know i should have documented it. And after dating for a year+ that was the first time i ever played games with David, other than boom blocks on the wii. Good times. It also snowed and we took a walk, thus the pictures. It was a good weekend.

Perilous Journey Home

This was the view as we entered the canyon, foreboding huh?

No worries, it cleared up a little bit, the first picture is actually mostly fog.

Fear not, it really was bad weather, this is the beginning of it.

Traffic starting to slow down, notice the increased snow on everywhere :)

Even more.

Pretty much stop and go here, see how you can't really see anything? Fun.

We made it through the tunnel, and look at the scary snow waiting for us.

At least it was pretty.

So, the Wizard pretty much summed up our drive home yesterday. It was scary. We almost got into a little fender bender on the way down the mountain but David save us from that! I figured a picture diary of the journey would be fun.