MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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The angel said to them,
“Do not be afraid;
for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people.
For today in the city of David
a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord.
And this will be a sign for you:
you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes
and lying in a manger.”
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel,
praising God and saying:
“Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

- Luke 2:10-14

christmas week.

i can't believe christmas is just a few days away! the past few weeks have flown by so fast between finals and work. which in a way is a good thing, but i feel like i haven't prepared for the holiday's like i used to, or have been able to enjoy the "christmas spirit". i'm not sure how much of that i have left after this holiday season. last week i worked 45+ hours, and was completely exhausted.
yesterday was my last day off before christmas and i am still un-prepared for friday night / saturday. i have a couple more things to pick up, and i can do the majority of it at work, so it shouldn't be too bad.
friday after i get off work, i'll spend the evening with my dad & step-mom's family before they head to cincy, permanently. i'll attend midnight mass with some of my cousins, and probably my brother. and christmas day will be spent with my mom's family, and getting some rest (i'm going to need it!).
my brother, t, and i will be taking pictures today to give to our parents as gifts. they don't really have an "updated" picture of the two of us together, so this will be nice. i'll develop them tonight while i'm at work. perks of working retail i guess.
i cannot wait for all of this hussle and bussle to be over to head back into a normal, scheduled, routine. and i always say this after big events like holidays, but for some reason my life can never find, normal, scheduled, and routine, hmph. but i really could use it!

christmas shoes.

this christmas, i don't really have a wish list of material things i really want, because usually when i see something i must have i purchase it, i am just that type of person.

this christmas, i really want ...

more time with my family.
more time with my friends and the people who are dear to me.
more me time.
people to stop complaining about the petty things in life.
people to respect one another.
others to come through on commitments and keep there word.
people to keep there cool over little things.
good conversations about life.
less time worrying about everything.
days spent doing what makes me smile.
days spent soaking up all of god's glory.
to get back to the simple-ness of life.

f-o-r-t-y.

i've officially lost 40 pounds. what a great feeling that is.

marshmellow.

so yesterday i opened an e-mail with this recipe in it and i couldn't wait to try it! so i picked up the ingredients while i was out and got a chance to make it before i headed off to mass last night.

here are some pictures of the process, which by the way was super simple. i've never melted any chocolate before, so i was really impressed with myself.

 

 chocolate and butter in the pan.

the chocolate starting to melt.

chocolate's all melted. 

all done!

i took the pan off the stove, and i mixed the marshmellows in there before putting into the pan. i lined the pan with the non-stick foil. it comes off pretty easy. we've just been picking off of it! but it only took about fifteen minutes to make. so it was a quick and simple treat!

5 years ... WOOOOO HOOOO

today i celebrate FIVE years with the best company ever! the past five years have gone by so fast, and i'm super excited for another five! i started as a seasonal employee so i only thought i'd work for a month or so when i was hired, nope, five years later i'm still there (and very happy about it!)

you light, light, light up the sky ...

1. i survived black friday, barely. i awoke at 115am and headed to work. i got home just after 1pm and crashed. it was a crazy busy day, but also exciting. it's just another hurdle that we have to jump to get through the holiday season in the retail world.

2. i actually lost another pound the week of thanksgiving, i'm really not sure how, but i'll take it. most people gain during this week of the holiday season, and are okay with it, i would have been to the way i ate, but a loss is a loss and that's super exciting.

3. the last week has been super busy with the end of the semester and work, i'm excited that school is almost over because it's been taking up a lot of my life lately and makes it difficult to get anything else "life" related done.

4. today i was supposed to attend a meeting for a board i sat on, and i woke up saying to myself, you've been so busy, tell someone no, tell something no, so i sent out an e-mail saying that i wasn't able to make it. that was a fantastic feeling right now. especially since i have to work tonight.

5. i'm actually going to update a bit more the next couple of weeks with the lack of school work so stay tuned to some super exciting posts :)