joyinthedance

Season's Greetings to all!

We had quite a nice Christmas at home this year.  For Christmas Eve, we had a total of thirteen people over to our place.  I helped my mom make a big buffet with sandwiches, soup, and all kinds of crackers, dips, salads, cheese, and of course, desserts.  Tons and tons of dessert.  I am going to be a lardbucket by the time I get back to school.  The best part, as always , was seeing my little cousin Dylan, who's almost five now.  He's a fully communicative human being now, which is nice, and he's obviously really bright, though he also can be incredibly hyper.  He provided most of the evening's entertainment.  It all went really smoothly and everyone got along, even my Crazy!Grandmother, who insisted on bringing her  schnauzer.  My grandmothers must have a psychic connection, because they both gave me a nice watch and some argyle socks!  XD 

On Christmas morning, I woke up early to wash all the dishes before my mom woke up.  She used her nice dishes which she couldn't put in the dishwasher, so I did it by hand and it took almost an hour and a half.  It was totally worth it, though, because she was so happy and surprised.  It took my dad about 10 minutes to notice that my brother and I had hung stockings for our parents.  He's the least observant person I've ever met in my life.  It was really enjoyable to open gifts this year because the parents got so many and there were a lot of surprises.  I got some nice clothes, a few books and CDs, Harold and Maude on DVD, a new pair or speakers, and a NEW PHONE which is red and black and holds 2GB of music.  I needed a new phone so bad, and I didn't expect to get one this awesome.

I'm going to go enjoy my new stuff.  Maybe get some reading done and pretend I don't have any term papers to do.