IT'S BACK!!!!

My laptop is back and in working order. !!!!! Which means everyone at my house is incredibly happy. Well, mostly I am. I'm so glad to have my music and my pictures and be able to get on whenever I want. Ahhh... sweet freedom. So, there will be many posts coming soon. I hope you're ready.

Merry Christmas, Daddy!

You are seeing these pictures correctly. My dad did receive two blow guns and one Nerf dart gun for Christmas. Over Thanksgiving, we were at my grandparents house when my dad was talking about how much he missed his old dart gun that he left in Connecticut. So I thought, "What a great Christmas present! I'll surprise him!" So I painstakingly took all the measures to make sure this was a surprise. I ordered it online and gave my parents strict instructions to not look at my bank account. I had it shipped to my best friend's hosue. He had NO idea!!! And Christmas morning when he opened it was SO great. Then we get to my mom's family's house and he gets a Nerf gun. Funny. He got one last year, too. But then we get to his parents' house. Culp (my grandfather) had also heard him talking over Thanksgiving. He also surprised him with a dart gun. So now he has two. Haha, what are the chances? And he loves them. Bought a storage container for them and everything.

I just thought, this might have been a sermon illustration somewhere down the line. So if he tells it, laugh hard and act surprised. I don't want to ruin his fun.

Christmas and other things

** Ok, so disclaimer: Blogger is freaking out! Actually, I just don't know how to work it. It now uploads pictures in a weird way so that I can't actually see the pictures but instead see all the internet lingo. Anyone know how to fix this? Laura, if you do, you can just go on in and fix it. Haha. **

Christmas was great this year!! It's weird to be asking for things like towels and a metronome. What's even weirder is actually wanting those things. But it was great all around.


We gave Nanny a bracelet with all the birthstones of her kids and grandkids on it. She loved it. Culp got his usual shirts.


My gag gift from Karenna. It's broken up gnomes in a jar. I'm pretty sure only Sooner people will understand this.

On Christmas Eve we had our annual Wii Bowling Tournament with my cousins. Girls vs Boys. I think the boys won this year, but I'm not sure.

I'm basically my mom just 27 years younger.






And all of us together.


So Christmas was good. Next post I'll tell you what all my dad got. Haha. I think you'll be surprised, well, maybe not. Hope everyone is having a great week back at school and work!!

Temporarily Unavailable

So as you've probably figured out, I won't be posting for a few days. I'm in Arlington going to Six Flags with my cousins. And visiting friends from high school. Hope everybody had a great Christmas and is ready for the New Year. Pictures to come soon, I promise.

To tide you over: Me, Karenna, Zac, and Nic (our cousins)

Eight 8 Eight

Laura tagged me. (I secretly loved getting tagged!) So here goes.

8 things I did today:
1. Woke up at 1 pm
2. Went Christmas shopping for my sister and two best friends
3. Made Christmas cards
4. Chased a flock (gaggle?) of geese
5. Went to Starbucks
6. Ate a peanut butter and honey sandwich
7. Tie-dyed a shirt with bleach
8. Put gas in my car

8 favorite restaurants:
1. Johnny Carino's (all-time favorite!)
2. Babe's
3. Boston Market
4. Panera
5. Jason's Deli
6. Sumo
7. Dot Wo
8. Applebee's

8 shows I watch:
(Is this assuming I have time to watch TV?? We'll pretend that I do.)
1. Friends
2. The Office
3. America's Next Top Model
4. Biggest Loser
5. We'll just stick with 4
6. Truthfully, I can't remember the last time I watched 2-4
7. I'm just not a big TV person
8. But I could watch Friends all the time. Yay for roommates with all 10 seasons

8 things I wish for:
1. To go to Europe
2. To never have to take Ear Training again
3. To become diligent about practicing
4. That I could be completely content about where and who I am
5. That I could be as good a parent as my parents (not even trying to suck up!)
6. To be able to go to Arlington over break
7. Passionate piano students
8. A less stressful semester in the spring

8 things I look forward to:
1. When my sister's old enough to be my friend
2. Getting married
3. Becoming a choir director
4. Moving out of Oklahoma (haha, I really do love it here, I think I'm just aching to see other places)
5. Being a full-blown, independent adult
6. Being able to be a leader (in appropriate ways) in a church
7. Teaching high school students
8. The Valentine Cabaret
9. (I had too many!) Giving my friends their Christmas presents

Ok. I tag... Juli Beth? Have you been tagged yet? If so, just ignore this. Haha. Merry Christmas everyone!! (In case I don't post until then.)

Rest, Relaxation, and Insanity

The dog is barking. The house phone is ringing. The cell phone is remaining frustratingly silent. The laptop is broken. Harry is running through the woods trying to save Sirius. I am slowly going crazy. Christmas break is officially here.

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the time off from school. I've already managed to read books 2 and 3 of Harry Potter. And while this might be impressive in a book club sort of way, it makes for a not very interesting social life. I can't update you on any of the amazing stories from my semester because the Mac side (of course the side with all the pictures) of my laptop is broken. AND I accidentally left my camera in the dorm which they very conveniently lock over break.

I think I'm going to go take a nice long bubble bath and think about all the ways J.K. Rowling foreshadows Harry and Ginny's relationship. Oooooooooohhhhh my.

Finals and Thanks

Ok. I'm done with finals. Now for the 3 projects I have due today. Why am I blogging when I have 3 projects due?? No idea. Just keeping you updated. I'll be back shortly with fun updates once today is over.

AND THANK YOU LAURA!! Laura is amazing and, as you can see, re-did my blog yet again for me. Go look at her site (I think it's on the right hand side of the screen now?).

Ok. That's all for now. I'm off to write chorales, analyze choral music, and practice ear training! Woo-hoo.