Christmas eve eve

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I am approximately 12 hours from eating cranberry bread and opening my stocking.  Hooray.  The cranberry bread is baked and sitting on my washer (what?  Doesn't everybody cool baked goods on the washer?)  One of the stockings is stuffed.  Minus the last item hidden under the bed.

I have made the final Target trip.  Orange juice (necessary for cranberry bread).  Pretty shiny muffin papers (cranberry bread went into these).  Eggs (you need scrambled eggs for breakfast with cranberry bread).  And milk (well in case I want to drink milk, or maybe it's for Santa).  I am not going to the store again until after Christmas. 

I have also made the final liquor store run.  Good thing since all the ones in Kansas are closed at this hour.  Sigh, stupid Kansas. 

Anyway.  I am ready for Christmas.  I got a haircut the other day to avoid the crazy hair Christmas picture.  My hair girl is fabulous.  I mean seriously fabulous.  However, my bangs are too short.  Not quite the little girl who cuts her own bangs short.  But the -- they will be perfect in 2 weeks -- too short.  Oh well. 

Crossing my fingers, praying and doing a no snow dance.  I know, you always dream of a white Christmas but when travel is included in your holiday plans you do everything you can think of to ward away snow.  I would like to not spend my entire Christmas holiday in fuzzy boots. 

Christmas

Oh, I love Christmas.  I mean I really truly love it.  I love all the preparations.  I love the anticipation.  I love spending time with friends and family (most of the time anyway). 

Almost all of the presents are wrapped.  I have to finish up wrapping some books for a very cute munchkin.  And maybe whip out a couple more crafts.  Otherwise I am ready.  I am baking on Christmas Eve.  I have the day off and it seems like the best thing to do.    This week I have wonderful plans of relaxing and watching Christmas movies.  I got a Muppet Christmas Carol in the mail today.  This has got to be one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time.  Ah!  I love it so much.

I burned my butterscotch brownies today.  I don't think I've ever, in all the years I've been making them, burned a batch.  Sad day.

The wrapping paper matches the tree.  The ribbon is color coded for where they go.  2 presents are already delivered as I'm not sure we'll be there in time for opening at the first of three Christmases.  But, ooh, I cannot wait.  Hooray for Christmas.

blech

I am sick.  Have been since Thursday.  What a way to finish up finals.  I was off work yesterday and had such grand plans.  I ended up spending the day in bed/on the couch.  I'm just now starting to be productive.  And not even very productive. 

I have aspirations of going to Hobby Lobby in search of Christmas cards and meringue powder to make icing.  I was supposed to go to a birthday party tonight and a Chiefs game tomorrow.  I think Hobby Lobby and wrapping presents is about all I'm up for.

I love love love Alka Seltzer cold medicine.

almost there

One more day and I will officially have completed 3 terms of grad school.  Hooray!  One paper to still finish by tomorrow.  It's 2/3 finished though.  It won't take much more time.  And then I will have an entire month off from school!  Oh what will I do with my time?

-make Christmas cookies
-make holiday candy:  peanut butter fudge & divinity
-cover things in chocolate:  marshmellows, candy orange slices, peanuts, pretzels
-crochet 3 scarves (hopefully)
-clean my house
-make delicious food for dinner
-remember what a pleasant person I used to be
-watch Christmas movies (White Christmas here I come)
-go to 2 more Chiefs games
-finish Christmas shopping
-paint my toenails

So you know, not too much.  Oh and go to the eye doctor.  I've already scheduled myself a sick day during Christmas break.  I will require excessive amounts of pampering post eye doctor.  I hate going.  It's traumatic.  Ug.

It has been insanely cold.  I just checked the weather.  It's a whopping 5 degrees outside with a windchill of -7 degrees.  That is too damn cold in case you were wondering.  No one was meant to survive in these conditions.  I had to wear under armor to work this morning.  My car also had to be dug out from ice and snow.  Sigh.  I hate winter.  Even if it means I get to wear cute boots.  I will trade boots for flip flops any day.

lists

I made four lists today.  Four lists that will hopefully save my sanity for the next 2 weeks.  A list for stuff to do for school.  A list of things to get done before the weekend.  A list for my Christmas shopping and a list for his Christmas shopping.  Whew!

If I can just make it to next Friday.  We have a fabulous fun filled weekend planned for this weekend but I just have so much to do that next week that....  It'll be fun though.  Christmas shopping, christmas party, football game, advent dinner.  And then I'm taking Monday off to study for a final. 

There will be delicious wonderful wine and a day off next Friday.  It's going to be great.