Christmas is all around us...come on and let it snow.

So...Christmas really is just a matter of days away now. The weather is starting to get a little chillier and lights are up all over town...
But, why is it that I have heard so much this year about not getting into the "Christmas" spirit?
Is that really a spirit that you have to "get into". As I started pondering this question, some things came to mind...

1. What is the reason we celebrate Christmas?
2. What is the "Spirit" of Christmas, anyways?
3. Does it have to be the month of December to be in this "Spirit"?

Answers...
1. The Birth of our Lord and Savior...duh.
2. Giving, Love, Joy
3. This answer should be NO.

So why is it that we feel like we can only be giving creatures days 335-359 of the year??? People have blamed not being able to get into the spirit on our economy, and other invalid excuses. Since when did just loving someone cost you anything monetarily?
My movement for this next year is let's just make it Christmas all year round. I don't mean that we have to give presents to each other everyday, but why not give the gifts of love, joy and just a simple smile to anyone you come in contact with.

Let's try doing that days 1-365 next year.
Have a Merry Christmas!!

First Attempt

So...this is my first attempt at blogging, well besides the horrible myspace blogs that are incredibly spaced out and not even thought through completely I am sure.
So, I thought I would attempt trying to stay faithful to this blog and jotting in a few notes within my weeks.

The past year has been pretty crazy for me, as I think about how 2008 is already coming to an abrupt end...I have dated a few guys, tried out the whole eHarmony thing, it was a pretty good experience and one of my really good friends I actually met there, he just was not the one for me. (But, any girl will be blessed to have Jeremy in the end.) I took last semester off from school, and tried to "find" what I wanted to do, thought I had found out, then after TONS of prayer and thinking things through I am going to Culinary school.
My last day of work for the hospital is next Friday, which I am super excited about, however it could have been fun to blog about my fun days with the old doctor who hates me, but most of the time that feeling is pretty mutual. I will just be working full time at Casa Ole and also going to school full time taking a total of 24 hours throughout the semester, I AM PUMPED!!!(to say the least)

I became an aunt(again) to a beautiful baby girl, Auora Nicole...Rory, and she is precious. My nephew turned 3, can't beleive its been 3 years since he was born, he is growing up so fast.

I went to see the New Kids on the Block in concert with my BFF Courtney, it was an amazing weekend of fun, shopping, and 10pm beer runs to the stop and go in San Marcos, TX. I went to the college game of the year with Texas Tech and Texas playing in Lubbock...that was a fun weekend.
I have made some new friends, reunited with some old ones, and gotten rid of some people in my life that were more or less burdens...

Hopefully I will be able to express my loves to you throughout this blog. I am kinda quirky at times and I tend to be tons of fun(if I do say so myself). I love to people watch and if this thing has anything to do with the thoughts underneath all these curls...then it might be somewhat entertaining for the both of us. I find joy and pleasure in things like retail therapy and napping. I am VERY busy most of the time, but somewhat well organized...(to my standards.)

I look forward to the New Year and the new path, I will keep you posted!!!
God Bless and have a wonderful day!