Feliz Navidad

This Christmas season has been awesome, even though I have to keep reminding myself it's Christmas (I blame a lack of snow, but I'm NOT complaining). For the first time I played Christmas pranks on dear friends. I'm not the mastermind-type, but I enjoyed the manual labor. Although, staying up til 10:30 or waking up at 2 am took a toll. There's a certain thrill while you're creeping around someone's yard with good intentions. Although, I'm sure the candy canes were a pain to pull up (sorry!).

Another reason for awesomeness is that my parents are visiting. This is my mom's 5th trip, but her second trip with my dad. We've been eating out, enjoying the Christmas sights (Parade of Lights and Jingle Bell Hill), and shopping way too much. No clothes shopping, yet. We did buy seeds and soil to plant vegetables in the dirt in front of my house. I swore I'd never have a garden after pulling weeds as a kid. Now, I'm asking for garden gloves and a trowel. Last year, it was jewelry.

I had a delightful evening last night at a friend's house. It's my first Christmas in San Diego.

My car is in the shop, so I've been driving my parents around in their 4-runner, or as I like to call it, a boat. It's huge. Surprisingly, I'm able to use my car-awareness skills from my CR-V to maneuver the car.

I have high hopes for 2010. I'm hoping to grow my hair out for Locks of Love. I also hope to start scrapbooking again as I've been lazy. Now that I have an official kitchen table with chairs, I can use my folding table as a scrapbooking station. Although, I said the same thing in July...

I also have a devotional to read and I hope to write one myself every day.

I'm very excited to start making my own granola. Mary gave me homemade granola for Christmas and it's delicious. I'm looking forward to making my own so I don't have to buy cereal and I'll know there's no high fructose corn syrup. I also want to lose 5 more pounds and then I'll be at my goal weight. Then I get to maintain. Hooray.

I'm enjoying a break from the daily grind. I'm going to bask in my motivation, as I'll be sure to lose it next year (and regain, as there's a cycle of motivation).