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12/27/2003 Archived Entry: "<3!!! Ureshiiiiiiiiiii~~!!! <3 <3"

^___^ Eeeeee!! Christmas was incredable. It's certainly the most wonderful time of the year.

So I suppose I can start off with me delivering presents Christmas Eve. Though I'm actually not quite done yet because I ran out so I need to make a new batch. But everyone loved them, and if they didn't like sweets they still felt loved anyways so all is good. Spent the rest of the day lounging around the house. Missed a few messages I wanted to get though...but all is well. I went to uber late service for church and sung in the choir. I like to sing but it was kind of amusing when my mother is all "in your robe you look all choirey" "well isn't that just SPECIAL" and we both laughed and the choir church ladies around us didn't get the joke at all....which was probably for the best.

Woke up early Christmas morning because my grandmother's house was forcasted to get 8 inches of snow so we wanted to get up there as soon as possible. Packed up everything. -_-; We had a bit of a road block in the way of a irrational PMSy sister. I love Courtney dearly...but she's incredably selfish when she's cranky. Anyways.

The drive up was rather uneventful. Though Sheetz was giving away free coffee and hot chocolate because it was Christmas ^_^ Oh, and there was snow on everything but the roads which was wonderful. And it's always a beautiful drive to my grandmother's.

We arrive, unpack, much hugs and love and wonderful family-ness. My Aunt Leslie was there too along with my grandmother's friend Fred. Had a great lunch which surprizingly enough wasn't Grandma's amazing soups, but it was little christmas tree shaped pasta that Aunt Leslie had brought.

We opened presents. I think my favorites have to be these wonderful good quality chopsticks, and a really lovely antique tea cup, spoon, miso bowl, and rice bowl set. They have a beautiful red dragon and firebird on each of them. ^_^ They make me very happy. My grandmother finds the coolest stuff.

My dad also got Pirates of the Caribeen dvd and my mom the old school The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe video. The old school Narnia movies rock my socks XD. And then my aunt got me a set of cute PJ's. I adore cute PJs ^___^ Especially when they're warm and soft. *feels all squishy*

But the antique set is definitely my pride and joy. ahhh *feels really happy*

So after presents we made Hollyberry cookies. Which I love...but really miss because I can't eat them. They use marshmallows in the recipe and I don't think it'd quite taste the same using Marshmallow fluff.

So then Fred came back along with the Turkish family next door. Jasmine definitely has the most amazing cheesecake EVER! EVER EVER EVER! Actually the entire dinner was amazing. My grandmother is the most amazing cook. ahhh. If there was ever a day for gluttony it'd be Christmas at my grandmother's. I think it had to have been one of the happiest moments I've had in a while. I've really needed this. It was beautiful.

Cleaned up and conversed with Ishmel, Jasmine, Fred, and my family all over a little champane (and really strong Swedish brandy which I didn't particularly like so I didn't have any of that). Then after our guests left we all watched Pirates of the Caribbeen. I skipped out before the ending cause I was sleepy and it's not like I hadn't seen it before. (Ahhh It's Piratey Miyavi *swoon*)

Went to sleep. Woke up. Packed up after having breakfast. Fred came over again and we all helped out my Aunt Leslie labeling these promotional postcards for her new book. It's a businessy type book so I'm pretty sure none of you would be interested in reading it but like, her publishing company gave her the shaft in promotion so she pretty much has to do it all herself. So yeah, we helped out with that. Another good lunch with leftovers and also more christmas pasta. Ellen came to visit too which was nice. Then both Ellen and Fred had to go so. More postcard stuff. We also opened stockings cause we didn't do it Christmas morning because of all the confusion. Got lots of chocolate ^________^ *hyperactive evil giggle*

Lots of hugs and love and stuff as we leaving. It was really wonderful. The drive home was also pretty uneventful which was good. Came home and unpacked and then Nigaki and Ben came over and we watched Pirates and made lots of Miyavi references and pirate jokes. Those two are way too cute, I'm mildly jealous. *giggles* I had my favorite tea while they were over, though they probably didn't know that. I was already really happy so I might as well celebrate.

There's still alot of stuff I need to do and a few people I still want to talk to. But for the most part this has been a really successful Christmas. ^_^ I reallly needed this and it was absolutely wonderful.

Oh, and this is supposed to be a different sort of Meme. It's a quote meme that gets to be hopefully be passed on from blog to blog.

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi
That's the quote Heidi wanted tattooed I think....I might be wrong. But coolies! yeah!!

:-)