Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas Traditions

So, my sister mentioned how she and her husband have their own Christmas traditions. I also have some of my own, as I love traditions. Last year I started making peanut butter balls. I got the recipe from my Great Aunit Jane. They are awesome and really easy to make. Last night I made a double batch and they came out great. I plan on bringing them to Karla's for Christmas and to GranJan's for Christmas Eve. I have realized that I am no longer a teenager, and thus when I am invited to people's homes that I actually need to start bringing things. Thus, the peanut butter balls.
Another tradition in my family that my grandmother (Mama) does every year is to make lasagna on Christmas Eve. I really like this tradition, as its easy to make and only requires I pan, thus less mess to clean up. Even though I will not be doing that this year, I plan on doing it every year from here on out.
I hope to have more traditions as the years pass, again because I think its really cool to have something that people can look forward to.
I will have to take pictures of my peanut butter balls and post them, and will do this later today.
I also put up my Christmas tree, even though I did it only 5 days before Christmas. I love real Christmas trees, and I love to collect ornaments. I collect them throughout the year, and I like them all to have a special meaning. I can remember putting up Christmas ornaments on the tree when I was little and I loved it. My sister and I used to play a game with some gold angels that we had. We started off with a good number of them, and would hide them in the tree. Over the years some have disappeared, as I guess we never always found them all. I have such great memories of Christmas. I can't wait to have children to share the awesome holidays with, and see what traditions they think of as well.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Bored at Work

So my sister Andi has her own blog, and its pretty interesting. More so though, is the fact that its kinda like a journal of your life. Since I've always wanted to have a daily journal but have been too lazy to do one, I thought I would start a blog. That and the fact that I am really bored at work. There is NOTHING to do here, and I mean nothing. I am a legal clerk for the time being in the Marines. It's a boring job, but I get paid and it gives me a reason to wake up in the morning, mainly I get paid, and I LOVE money.
What I have done today:
I got up at 0500 and took a shower
Watched adopt a story at 0530
Went to work to teach MCMAP by 0630-0730
Went to my desk and sat there, and sat there, and sat there 0730-NOW
Well, that is all for now, just thought I would start something new.