1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Wrapping paper! so much more fun to open, and show off wrapping skills.

2. Real tree or Artificial?
I support real tree Christmases. I love the smell of the pine...mmm.... However, the madre has the artificial one.

3. When do you put up the tree?
Whenever it gets done... after Thanksgiving

4. When do you take the tree down?
When my dad starts getting grumpy about it. As for the tree in my apartment... I have no idea, its my first tree!

5. Do you like eggnog?
I think I've only tried it once in 7th grade. I don't remember hating it.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?
This is hard to think of... I remember I was really excited to receive my first porcelein doll. I also remember loving all the Barbie stuff I got one year.

7. Hardest person to buy for?
My dad!

8. Easiest person to buy for?
Michelle... I can basically shop for myself.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
Yes, but not any that have their own pieces. I hope that someday I can get the Willow Tree nativity when my mom equates me with my older sisters.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
mail... though I'm not consistent in giving these out every year

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
Some dumb kid got me a vampire movie once. Why would I want that???

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
I can't really think of many right now... Probably A Christmas Carol. Come to think of it... While You Were Sleeping takes place over Christmas. Does that count??

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
After Thanksgiving sometime. This year I started after I was done with school for the semester

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
As in re-gifted?? hehe yes... I feel it's perfectly acceptable to do this.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
My mom's Amish Roast

16. Lights on the tree?
Of course. White only.

17. Favorite Christmas song?
ooo.. This is a toughy... favorites would be The Little Drummer Boy, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Angels We Have Heard on High, Good King Wenceslas, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, & Carol of the Bells all by Mannheim Steamrollers... I also like me some Transiberian Orchestra. Now as for songs I like to sing?? I like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen & Joy to the World best.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
I travel home.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
dasher, dancer, prancer, dixon, cupid... rudolph. Nope. I can't. ooo there is no dixon.. its vixen..

20. Angel , star, or other tree topper?
angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
Christmas Eve

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
I'll agree with Karla, the dry skin is very annoying. I also don't like crowded stores. The most annoying thing is probably the greedy grumpy people.

23. Favorite ornament, theme or color?
I don't know that i have one... I made mom's tree blue & white which is nice. But i missed the country ornaments, so I made another one. I think I do like the fancy looking things.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?
well I'm all about tradition when it comes to things like this... I like the salmon Christmas Eve and Amish roast sometime for some meal. Ooo... and my mom's delicious special mashed potatoes

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
I'd like a nice black coat to wear to church. I also need an iron and vaccuum cleaner. I could use more sweaters & dressy clothes. I'd like a new winter dress. I'm pretty sure I'm not getting any of these things... which is totally ok. :) There are many other wonderful things that I would love to have. Sorry Andrew... I don't think I helped you out so much here did I??

Merry Christmas!

Activities...

Below you will find a list of 99 activities. If they are in bold, I have done them!

1. Started your own blog - i can't believe it...
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band -if you count the accompaniment band in high school
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity - i don't really know how to answer this one...
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped - do the trampoline bungee jumps in FL count??
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch -plastic canvas, sewing, & weave-it count?
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables -if i helped plant, weed, and pick in my family's garden, does that count?
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort -back in the day when we had blizzards!
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse -didn't i?
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community - i think it's funny that this is on here...
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - i believe i was satisfied with the money i had in high school
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight -we did this, andrew, right??
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain - i apologize if we did this and i don't remember...
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason - one of the best things ever!
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - i'm working on it
65. Gone sky diving - some day...
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy -do i throw anything away?
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt -i've helped my mom...
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - i'm sure i have..
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible - working on it..
86. Visited the White House -i'm gonna go ahead and count visiting as standing as close to it as allowed w/o invitation
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating -again... i've helped kill turkeys before...
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

38... boo... that's not very impressive. And half of them might not count... Oh well! Here's some additions Karla added and a few of my own...

100. Flown a plane
101. Climbed Mayan ruins
102. Been in all of the 48 continental United States
103. Seen Stonehenge (from a distance)
104. Been in numerous castles
105. Walked on the Tower Bridge (oft mistaken as the London Bridge... which is falling down)
106. Am a Dental Hygiene student and still manage to get 7 cavities in 7 months
107. Attended a state convention for a professional organization
108. Never watched an episode of Survivor
109. Took a 4 day vacation to the Bahamas with my cousin just because I had off work...

I Can't Believe I'm doing this!

What you see is true... I never thought I would create a blog. To me it seems like a waste of precious time. If I really want to take time away from school I would do so by enjoying my crafty things I like to do... But since my oldest sister has convinced me with her blog... I shall add this to the procrastination list. I figure I do have extra time over breaks to do something such as blogging... but I wouldn't expect this to continue too much after January is over... We shall see.
To get me started.. I am going to steal some things from Karla's blog. :)

Merry Christmas to all!!!