Merry Christmas!

I probably wont have time until the Big Day to wish you a Merry Christmas, so, Merry early Christmas!  I hope that you have a great Christmas with all your loved ones, and maybe some snow :-)

I've barely had time enough to pee in the last two weeks....  I haven't done schoolwork for a month.  Can you believe that?!?!?!  Good thing I'm home schooled, or I would be so screwed.  If it eases your worries, I started back up yesterday :-P  With all the shopping and random errands, we haven't really even baked yet, and Lord, please help us with that thing called cleaning....  By a stroke of luck, we managed to decorate in a timely fashion not too close to Christmas to be deemed absurd.  Thankfully, things are calming down!  Soccer is over for the holidays, as are piano lessons, theory classes, babysitting, and school once a week for my sister.

I found the magical site known as Etsy today.  My bank account cried, I heard it.  Luckily, I just WANT these things, and probably won't actually buy them.  Not having a job works for lazy/busy me, and I'd like to keep it that way.

I also found this gem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fsfod891J0  And then I proceeded to YouTube more James Taylor stuff, and more and more and more.  Sorry Internet bill, I've found my new favourite artist!

                                                     Look how big my favourite boy is now!

Seventeen

I am now 17 :-D  My last year of legal childhood.....  I shall do my best to ensure it is filled with immaturity and impish behavior to the last, Muahahaha!  16 wasn't all it was cracked up to be, so I intend to make up for it this year.  I hope that God does incredible things with me and that my relationship with Him can grow.  Last year I was in kind of a ditch with God and I'm still crawling out of it, but I know now my course of action, and things are looking up :-)  I've had a fantastic week since my birthday.  My older sister got me the book that I wanted, the 'Encyclopedia of Immaturity' by Klutz....  Everyone will hate her for it very soon.

I am so excited for Christmas this year!!!!!  I don't really know why, but it's going to be wonderful.  When I was like, 14, I wasn't stoked AT ALL.  I was literally like 'BAH, humbug.....' for a whole 2 months around Christmas.  It was very odd of me, but this year I feel like the polar opposite of that.  STOKED :-D  And we just went through all of our Christmas stuff in the hopes of getting rid of a goodly amount of it.  It was a good thought with poor results, but it's the thought that counts, right?

I found a blog recently (5 minutes ago :-P ) that's really inspired me to add more of my photos to my blogs, so prepare yourself for that.  And your prayers and thoughts would be wonderful for a good friend of mine, Ardath.  Her husband died on Saturday from cancer.  They had been going to a clinic in Germany for years for treatments that hadn't been approved here in Canada yet and spent thousands of dollars, but Jim finally got to go home.  Ardath is a strong woman, but my heart breaks for her.  Keep her in your thoughts :-)

I went on an adventure with my two best friends in thw whole world a few weeks ago, and only just got around to editing the photos....  Click to see large!

I had other grand plans for this entry.... and I've forgotten ALL of them.  So I'll leave you with that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R781LDKOVJE&feature=related
I LOVE YOU LIAM <3 ( :-P ) -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvfejaHz-o0&ob=av2e