~MY DAYBOOK~

For Today… Monday, December 14, 2009

Outside my window... it is partly sunny and 41 degrees. It is supposed to reach 50 degrees today.

I am thankful for... my daddy's job and that he will be off the whole week after Christmas!

I am wearing... my pajamas and fuzzy black and pink striped socks.

I am remembering... my cousins coming over this past Saturday, and my cousin and I laughing and talking :)

I am going... no where until Thursday night grocery shopping, unless we go for a quick trip to the mall tonight.

I am reading... a new Nancy Drew book, "Mystery at Moorsea Manor" by Carolyn Keene.

I am hoping... that it snows for Christmas.

On my mind... going to my aunt's house on Saturday and seeing my cousins again! It is going to be so LOUD--but FUN.

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

Noticing that... Christmas is coming very quickly--only 11 more days!

Pondering these words... "This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him." 1 John 4:9 NIV

From the kitchen… leftover chili for lunch, and cheeseburger skillet dinner and applesauce for supper tonight.

Around the house... I am getting ready to start my schoolwork...lights are twinkling on the Christmas tree and it is fun to watch them while I am doing my work.

One of my favorite things: baking and eating Christmas cookies

A few plans for the rest of the week: maybe a trip to the mall, grocery shopping on Thursday, going to my aunt's house on Saturday, a gift exchange and Christmas program at church on Sunday--I am going to be an angel in the program.

From my picture journal...

Dog Dressed As Christmas Angel by Frank Siteman, allposters.com

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It's how many more days???

12 MORE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!

I'M SO EXCITED!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

~Friday's Fave Five~ December 11

Some of my favorite things this past week:

1. Baking Christmas cookies...

2. Snow this past Saturday!

3. Wrapping Christmas presents...

4. Listening to Christmas music....

5. My new haircut....this isn't me, but the picture our hair stylist used to cut my hair...

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Outdoor Wednesday

Last week Susan said that we could share our Christmas decorations, both outdoors and indoors, so I thought I would share some of ours...

This little Christmas tree is really pretty lit up at night with a tealight...

Mr. and Mrs. Snowman roasting marshmallows over an open flame...

another Frosty outside in the snow...

and the table setting and decorations at our church's Christmas banquet. The candle is surrounded by real greenery...

Thank you for visiting me today.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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~MY DAYBOOK~

For Today… Monday, December 7, 2009

Outside my window... it is sunny and cold with snow lying on the ground.

I am thinking... I don't know what I'm thinking ;) Not a morning person here.

I am wearing... my new teal striped top, jeans, and socks.

I am remembering... our church Christmas dinner we had last night, and the snow covered trees on our way there. It was so beautiful and Christmasy.

I am going... no where tonight…unless it’s to the library.

I am reading... for school I am reading: "In Search of Honor."It’s a pretty good book.Not boring, atleast.

I am hoping... that it snows again for Christmas!

On my mind... that there are only 18 more days until Christmas!

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

Noticing that... our neighbors are decorating for Christmas across the road. It looks so pretty!

Pondering these words... For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the goverment will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ISAIAH 9:6

From the kitchen… for supper: Cheeseburger skillet and applesauce.

Around the house... pretty red poinsettias, snowmen, and glowing Christmas lights.

One of my favorite things: snow

A few plans for the rest of the week: haircuts on Tuesday, groceries on Thursday, friends coming to visit on Saturday, church on Sunday.

From my picture journal...

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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