We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

David Sedaris. "Six to Eight Black Men"

For anyone who has never listened to or read David Sedaris' essays, you are truly missing out. If you would love the hear about Holiday Season Traditions or stories from around the world as told by this wonderful writer, just click on the link below. Enjoy, and be happy that "our" Santa's helpers don't kick us or drag us away in his sack!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUHTDrca4s

But I thought Santa was nice...

I just had to add these really great pictures because I'm sure that as children we were ecstatic about getting gifts from a random stranger for no reason whtsoever who was known to sneak into our homes in the middle of the night, and eat all our cookies we slaved away making. But if it ever came to meeting the guy?... FORGET IT!!



And this is my favorite. I think Santa must have been having a rough day too.

Finals Week...

As of this moment I am formally putting aside all computer minutes to the better benefit of studying for my finals and the writing of my final papers. Wish me luck and hope that the screaming only lasts until next Wednesday!

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

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Please Don't Kill Me... Or Suck My Blood.

Okay, I admit it. I read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer over a year ago and I hated it. (Sorry to all of my friends out there who love the book so much and especially to Dee Ann). Don't get me wrong, it was interesting at parts, and the author was very creative at times, but I felt the story it it's entirety was lacking in character development, and the like. I mean come on, a girl falls in love with a vampire and she isn't scared or worried of fearful of her neck in the least bit? Oh, and if I were told by a guy who constantly gives me the creep eye and looks like he wants to kill me that he has been in my bedroom watching me sleep at night, I would scream and run for my life.
I guess you can just chock it up to the fact that I am an English Literature major and all I ever read 9 months out of the year are Classic Novels.

But, and this is for all of you lovers of Twilight; I have to say that all of this hype about the Twilight Movie release is making me a bit excited. I guess I will decide whether or not the next 3 books in the series are worthy of my time by how much I like the Hollywood release on the 21st. And some of us can attest to the fact that sometimes Hollywood just doesn't get it right when it comes to making a feature movie premier of a well-know book. (Harry Potter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Bridge to Terabithia, blah, blah, blah) and sometimes they get it right, (The Shawshank Redemption, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) so, for Twilight's sake and for my own, let's hope they make the movie even better than the book.

She's got 10 little fingers and 10 little toes and everyone knows she's as cute as a rose!!

Congratulations to my big sister Dee Ann on her 4th child. Their baby girl was born just before noon on Election Day Nov. 4th and is healthy and pretty! Dee Ann is doing well and daddy Cory and older siblings Keller, Preston and Addy are excited for the new addition. They don't have a name yet, but if you want to leave suggestions, feel free!

The Longest Game of Tag I Have EVER Played!

10 years ago I . . .
1. 17 years old, in my Junior year at Leon High School!
2. was hanging out all the time with my boyfriend at the time...
3. and hanging out all the rest of the time with my bestest friends including Jessica G.
4. driving my first car to school! My silver 2-door Honda Civic! I was so cool... and now Michael drives it and he is so uncool...
5. listened to Dave Matthews Band, shopped at the Gap and got Razzberry Cool at the Govorner's Square Mall whenever I got the chance.

5 things on my "to do list" today . . .
1. Write my paper on Anglo-Saxon Literature.
2. Write by paper on Washington Irving and "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow."
3. study Italian.
4. rush home to hand-out Halloween candy to trick-or-treater's from 6pm to 8pm. (We have set time for Trick-or-Treating here in Ohio! Isn't that bizarre!?)
5. watch a scary movie, eat popcorn and chocolate with my hubby.

5 snacks I like . . .
1. chocolate
2. pickles
3. olives
4. cheeze-its
5. sun chips

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire . . .
1. Go on a $10,000+ shopping spree
2. travel
3. pay off mine and Michael's student loans, and get another degree
4. put aside enough for a house for when we finally settle down again...
5. invest the rest


5 places I have lived . . .
1. Tallahassee, Florida
2. Bountiful, Utah
3. Logan, Utah
4. Salt Lake City, Utah
5. Cincinnati, Ohio

5 jobs that I have had . . .
1. My first job was at Guthrie's!! Yummy, I miss that chicken!
2. The movie theater in Logan, Utah while at college
3. sales associate at Meier and Frank (formerly ZCMI)
4. receptionist at a men's barber shop I forget the name...
5. a nanny for 3 crazy boys!!!

8 favorite TV shows I love to watch.
1. The Office
2. America's Next Top Model
3. The Hills
4. Friends
5.I don't get the chance to watch that much television!
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8 things I did yesterday
1. Got up and went to work at 6:30 am.
2. Went to Meijer to buy Luke a Halloween costume
3. ate Chipotle for lunch
4. read 62 pages of Literature
5. watched an episode of House Hunters
6. studied for my mid-term
7. watched the Office
8. tossed and turned in bed because I couldn't sleep

8 favorite places to eat (in no particular order)
1. Anything Indian
2. Anything Thai
3. Chipotle
4. Panera Bread
5. Lindy's in Columbus,Ohio (I still remember the yummy steak. Perfection.)
6. Bronte
7. First Watch
8. Buffalo Wings and Rings

8 things I am looking forward to (again, in no particular order)
1. Graduation Day - June 13th 2009!
2. Christmas!!
3. When Michael finishes the grad school application process and we know where we will be in 9 months from now...
4. going to Europe next summer with Tish and Trevor and visiting my mom and dad in Germany.
5. the end of the Quarter
6. sleeping in tomorrow
7. having children
8. checking off all of those books on my list

8 things on my wish list (n.p.o.)
1. a new pair of jeans... Merry X-mas Jayna?
2. flowers
3. to live in a foreign country
4. to live in New York City
5. a message
6. to run a marathon
7. to be able to play the violin
8. That Michael and I can sell our home in a timely manner and find the time to keep int clean!

8 people I tag . . .
1. Tara
2. Misty
3. Lynze (Right back at 'cha)
4. Dee Ann
5. Aubree Tallman
6. Jennie
7. Alexis
8. Heather Duff

Playing Catch-Up on a Couple Games of Tag...

I've been tagged by Lynze. The Six Things You May Not Know About Me Are:

1. I have a heartshaped birthmark on my collarbone.


2. I love to organize things, my school work, cabinets, drawers, photographs, files, and my mother would let me organize the kitchen cabinets whenever I wanted, but I never want to clean my house!

3. I have an addiction to designer jeans... I blame this on Michael who bought me my first pair when we were dating. Those were the days when Seven for All Mankind Jeans were only $129.00. Sigh...

4. I watch The Hills.

5. Since I was a kid I've loved to look at house plans and imagine myself walking through them from room to room.


6. I practically live in my car and it is a disaster! If anyone is wondering what to get me for Christmas - a full-detail car wash would be perfect!!

I tag Amy Cottrell, Ann Muldowney and Melissa Kelly.
Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who has tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write 6 random things about yourself
4. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

Fun with Helium

Michael has met some really great students while at UC and some of them have been very entertaining... such as our new friends Axel, Louisa, Alex and Caroline from Europe.

****Just a note, we do not condone the inhalation of Helium :) ****

A couple of weeks ago we had them over for dinner and while one of my old birthday balloons was floating around the ceiling, Axel mentioned that he had seen people using helium in movies and didn't know what it did... so of course we dared him to try it! They said they don't have helium inflated balloons in Europe and they had never played with them before! Go figure!

This is actual footage of our friend Axel from Belgium and Louisa from France having fun with a helium balloon! Too funny to not add!! BTW I love how she says "Bonjour"! Too Cute!

Fun with the Wii

We recently had some of our friends over to play our New Wii and we had a lot of fun! When it became very apparent that the 'new' players play much different than the 'seasoned' players (because having had our Wii for an entire month, that is what Michael and I like to call ourselves, 'seasoned' players), we just had to get it on camera. So, this video is for you Louis... if you would like to study the technique and come on over for another round, we will be waiting for you. And Michael will be sure to wear his helmet...