Getting to Know Me--Christmas Edition

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper

2. Real tree or Artificial? artificial

3. When do you put up the tree? Thanksgiving weekend.

4. When do you take the tree down? The first week of January.

5. Do you like egg nog? I don't know--I never tasted it!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Barbie dolls.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? yes

8. Hardest person to buy for? my brother

9. Easiest person to buy for? my parents

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? none have been the worst.

12. Favorite Christmas movie(s) "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "The Bishop's Wife," and other ones, but I can't think of them right now.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? around November.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? no.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? COOKIES!!!! :o)

16. Clear or colored Christmas lights? both. We have colored on our tree in the living room and clear in the dining room.

17. Favorite Christmas song(s)? Silent Night.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? stay home

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen and Rudolph.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? My brother and I open our Christimas stockings on Christmas Eve and on Christmas morning we open our gifts that are under the tree.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? crowded stores!!

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I don't have a favorite ornament. I like all of them! :o)

24. Favorite dinner for Christmas? Ham.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? digital camara, MP3 player, and a robe.

26. Do you bake lots of goodies during the holidays? Yes, we bake a lot of cookies and my daddy makes his traditional peanut-butter fudge. YUM!

27. Do you decorate different rooms of your home? We decorate our living room, dining room, and I sometimes decorate my room a little bit.

28. What decorations do you put outside? lights, manger scene, and snowman

29. How do you spend Christmas Eve? we eat finger foods and my brother and I open our Christmas stockings.

30. Is Christmas your favorite holiday?  One of them. I like Thanksgiving and Easter, too.

THANK YOU, GOD

Thank you, God,

for sending Jesus down to earth.

So he could tell us all about you

and show us how to live.

For God so loved the world

that He gave His one and only son.

John 3:16

~ Daybook ~

For Today… Monday, November 30, 2009

Outside my window... it is getting dark.

I am thankful for... my cRaZy cousins!

I am wearing... my pajamas and socks.

I am remembering... how much fun I had on Thanksgiving Day!

I am creating… a set of three wooden nativity nested egg dolls.

I am going... no where tonight

I am reading... a new book I started in school today, "In Search of Honor" by Donnalynn Hess

I am hoping... to start wrapping some presents soon.

On my mind... that tomorrow is the first day of December.

From the learning rooms… Bible, math, English, spelling, art, reading, history, etc.

Pondering these words... Your love and kindness are better to me than life itself....I rejoice through the night beneath the protecting shadow of your wings. I follow close behind you, protected by your strong right arm. PSALM 63:3,7,8

From the kitchen… for supper we are having: shepherd's pie and applesauce. YUM!!

Around the house... my brother is reading and the Christmas tree lights are on.

One of my favorite things: watching Christimas movies with my family!

A few plans for the rest of the week: school, groceries on Thursday, a Christmas dinner at church Saturday, and church on Sunday.

From my picture journal...

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~ The Eight Question Meme ~

Six names you go by:
- Amber

Three things your wearing right now:
- Shirt
- pants
- socks

Three things you want very badly:
- digital camera
- MP3 player
- pink robe

Three things you did last night/yesterday/today:
- went to church
- took a nap
- did this Meme

Two things you ate today:
- chocolate pie
- poptarts

Two people you last talked to on the phone:
- Daddy
- Daddy

Two things you are going to do tomorrow:
- get up at 6:00 AM
- do my schoolwork

Your three favorite beverages:
- root beer
- ice tea
- sprite

And I tag:
Possum Princess

Homespun Simplicity

Joy - Doodlebug

Thanksgiving....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
EVERYONE!!!!

~ One Word ~

1. Where is your cell phone? purse

2. Your significant other? none

3. Your hair? brown

4. Your mother? funny

5. Your father? funny

6. Your favorite thing? reading

7. Your dream last night? forgotten

8. Your favorite drink? rootbeer

9. Your dream/goal? Heaven

10. What room you are in? livingroom

11. Your hobby? reading

12. Your fear? Snakes

13. Where do you want to be in six years? here

14. Where were you last night? home

15. Something that you are not? warm

16. Muffins? blueberry

17. Wish list item? books

18. Where you grew up? country

19. Last thing you did? eat

20. What are you wearing? pajamas

21. Your TV? off

22. Your pets? two

23. Friends? nice

24. Your life? Good

25. Your mood? happy

26. Missing someone? no

27. Car? Kia

28. Something you're not wearing? shoes

29. Your favorite store? Kohls

30. Your favorite color? pink

31. When is the last time you laughed? morning

32. Last time you cried? unknown

33. One place that I go to over and over? Wal-Mart

34. One person who texts me regularly? none

35. My favorite place to eat? McDonalds

36. My favorite food? Lasagna

~ Daybook ~

For Today… Monday, November 23, 2009

Outside my window... rainy and a high of mid 40's.

I am thinking... I can't wait until Thanksgiving Thursday!

I am wearing... my floral pajamas and black socks.

I am remembering... the Thanksgiving dinner we had at church yesterday.

I am creating… nothing right now.

I am going... no where today. Going to my Grandma's and Grandpa's house Thanksgiving Day.

I am reading... a Nancy Drew book called: "The Sign of the Twisted Candles."

On my mind... Thanksgiving dinner.

From the learning rooms… no school this week.

Noticing that... the holidays are coming fast!

Pondering these words... The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. PSALM 116:5

From the kitchen… chicken fried rice, green beans, and carrots

Around the house... we are starting to decorate for Christmas. Boxes of decorations are everywhere!

One of my favorite things: listening to Christmas music.

A few plans for the rest of the week: decorating for Christmas, cooking for Thanksgiving, going to my Grandma's and Grandpa's house Thursday, and church on Sunday.

From my picture journal...

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