christmas ain't christmas without...

* david phelps' "o holy night"
* gramma's christmas party (which she's not having this year) :(
* overspending on the nieces and nephews! :)
* wrapping presents the night before christmas until 5am
* slumber partying @ mom and pops' house
* gramma's house christmas day with all my relatives... complete madness! :)
* SCARVES! and HATS!!!!
* finding the perfect gift
* christmas lights everywhere!
* looking at people's yard decor
* david phelps' "o holy night"
* shopping
* watching people open up the presents you bought them and seeing them smile cause you were cool enough to remember or care or really think about what they might like...
* decorating
* singing christmas carols!
* miracle on 34th street, one magic christmas, it's a wonderful life...
* hot chocolate
* big warm bear hugs!
* seeing family
* the spirit of christmas and people being nice to each other...
* cozying up in a big blanket! :)
* snow!
* food and napping! :)
* ....did i mention david phelps' "o holy night"?!?!? ...yeah. check it. it's amazing!

what's your favorite things about christmas?!?!?!

va beachly weather... GAAAAH!!!!!

so, yesterday, our high was 79 degrees... now, can someone please explain to me how if it was THAT warm yesterday, why are high today is only gonna get to *48* DEGREES!??!?! GAH! the saying is true.. if you don't like the weather in virginia beach... give it 5 minutes... it'll change. seriously... dropping like 30sum degrees in ONE day.

i remember one day a couple years ago maybe, we had like every season in one single day. i'm not kidding. we had sunshine, rain, snow, hail, wind, and then back to sun. ...all in one day!

i didn't set my alarm this morning. one reason is cause i've got the day off, and i didn't want to get up early. but, ALSO cause i'm dogsitting and i figured that the pups would wake me up at about 6am. like they did yesterday. ...yeah, well they didn't! ....845o'clock later, i wake up. they didn't make a SOUND... weird. especially since i thought rosie would be up all night, cause she had gas and wanted to go to the bathroom like every 25 minutes. any ways, so i missed all the crazies out at 5am. i'm gonna try to go out here pretty soon though. rosie and bella are outside playing. i'll let them run for a little bit before i head out. ...also gotta go to gramma's house and pull down christmas stuff. lots to do today!!!! lots lots lots!

hope you all had a great thanksgiving, and are enjoying black friday!!!!!! :)

I talked to my brother tonight. He and Erin leave tomorrow night around 5ish. They don't get here until Tuesday night, around 5 or so. What a looooooooong flight!!!! EEEK!!!! I checked my credit score the other day - it's GOOOOD!!!!! :) Yeah for me! :) I found a flight to see my sis the first week of December for about $250. Now, I just gotta get the time off from work. Hope I can! I miss her and all those little booger beans!!!! Tonight, I bought a new CD from Starbucks... It's called Stocking by the Fire. I'm enjoying it. Some of the songs are very traditional. But, I don't mind so much. Jack Johnson kinda breaks it up with his rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. :) And one of my most favorite christmas songs is on there... "Carol of the Bells". That's probably my #2 favorite song. O Holy Night is my #1. I'm not sold on the Bird and the Bee version of Carol of the Bells on this Starby's CD though. I love it more like cathedral choir. Oh well. And there are like maybe 3 songs on this CD that are on the "ELF" soundtrack. I think I'm gonna watch another christmas movie tonight. I watched Miracle on 34th Street earlier. ...Actually I fell asleep during it. oops. But, I've been UBER tired, so I just went with it... sometimes you just need to embrace the nap... :) I'm ready for Christmas. I'm ready to pull out my Christmas tree and decorate. I saw a house the other day that already has Christmas lights on their house. It made me happy. :) And Starbucks is already decked out in Christmas. I love this, but... I'm a little concerned that we're totally losing the whole month of November. It's like Thanksgiving doesn't even exist anymore. Christmas was up right after Halloween (or in some cases BEFORE Halloween). Don't get me wrong, I *love* Christmas... a LOT!!!! But, Thanksgiving and autumn gets totally shafted! This just doesn't seem fair. : / Am I the only one!??! With that said...

I'm dreaming of a whiiiiiite Christmaaaaaaaasssss... :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

xoxoxoxoxoxo!

i am sleepy jean...

i don't know why... but, for some reason... this daylight savings time thing has screwed me UP! i don't know what it is. but. ugh.

just a few things to update:

my brother and erin will be here in 6 days!!!!!!!!
i'm going to see eric hutchinson in concert @ the norva, 12/1
i'm going to see michael buble on 3/7 (i know it's far off, but he's coming, so i'm going!) :)
i have friday and monday off! --- yaaaaaay!
i am supporting the writers strike out in cali, even though i don't live there. i was completely oblivious to the way it was affecting the actors/writers.... they should be compensated - and START FILMING THE OFFICE AGAIN!!!!!!
i miss my moe jo bones and clan... will someone buy me a plane ticket so i can go see them?
i want a point and shoot camera (with video function) for my ny new years eve trip
i ate @ five guys burgers and fries tonight with my pops; it's always nice to chill with him
i haven't seen cullin and matthew in a few days. it makes me sad.
i need to go grocery shopping
i need to take out the garbage
i want to paint my living room before my party on friday but don't have time
pete's been swimming sideways today; it's like he didn't drink his V8
bedtime. good.

HI HO! HI HO! IT'S OFF TO WORK WE GO....

THIS WAS LINDSAY AND ME YESTERDAY FOR HALLOWEEN. WE DRESSED UP @ WORK. PIRATE WENCHES - AARRRRRG! IT WAS AWESOME. MY FEET STILL HURT TODAY. AND I CAUGHT A COLD, SO I'M STUFFY AND SCRATCHY AND... ...JUST NOT FEELING WELL. JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK. ANOTHER LONG DAY. TOMORROW WILL BE EVEN LONGER. HAD TO PAY $2.75 FOR GAS ON THE WAY HOME!!! INSANE!!!!! AND I AM JUST A FEW SHORT MILES AWAY FROM MY HONDA CIVIC REACHING IT'S 100,000 MILE MARK. I'M SO SAD. IT'S SUCH A GREAT CAR, AND I LOVE HER. BUT 100,000 JUST MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE END, YANNO? I TAKE CARE OF HER THOUGH. BUT EVEN STILL... THE OFFICE COMES ON TONIGHT. NOT EVEN SURE IF I'LL BE UP TO WATCH IT. I'M SO BEAT. TIJUANA WAS TODAY. LOVE IT. I SHARED NACHOS WITH BROOKE. JOHN'S BACK NEXT WEEK - UGH! BUT LOU'S GONE - YAAAY! LOTS TO DO THOUGH. AND A WEDDING ON SATURDAY. NOT FEELIN IT RIGHT NOW. BUT MAYBE I'LL BE BETTER BY SATURDAY. I THINK I'M JUST TIRED. THE CASTLE STAY IS OVER ON SUNDAY. :( OH, DID I MENTION THAT LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE *NO* TRICK OR TREATERS?!?!?!?! YEAH. *NONE*!!!!!!!! OH WELL. I WENT TO BED EARLY. AND COULDN'T BREATHE THE WHOLE NIGHT, I WAS SO STUFFY. WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND GOT TO TALK TO A FRIEND. BUT AFRAID I MAY HAVE OFFENDED THEM OR SAID SOMETHING WRONG, BECAUSE THEY NEVER RESPONDED BACK TO SOMETHING I SAID. SOMETIMES I SAY THINGS WITHOUT THINKING. IF YOU'RE READING THIS (AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE)... I'M SORRY!!!! PLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEASE FORGIVE ME!!!!