i decided that it was time for another new template because there are 27 days until christmas. i might decide i need to change it again if i find one i like more though.

so i'm back at school after a very relaxing and fun break. i hung out with my family and ashley, played with the animals, spent time at the barn, ate a lot of yummy homemade food, hung out with friends, watched movies, and slept. i had no homework to do, no commitments...it was wonderful. i actually do feel refreshed and i think i'll be able to survive the last three weeks rather well. it's good to be back but it was even better to be back home.

genetics was cancelled today, as was lab, so i only had 2 classes today, and the whole afternoon free. amazing. i am going to take a nap, watch a movie, and paint my toenails. what will it be this time? haha.

hope your thanksgiving was as restful as mine! <3

since ashley so kindly updated her blog, i decided to copy off of her and update mine. here is my list of random things i am thankful for:

-hooded sweatshirts
-hobbes
-hot cider
-my mommy's hugs
-my daddy's hugs
-my mommy and daddy all around
-ashley
-german chocolate brownies
-frisbee
-my roommates
-christmas music
-coming home
-realizing that you have known your friends for 10 years and you still like each other
-talking with benjamin
-are you sure it's sprite?, french bread pizza, and modeling in the yard (especially the mailbox)
-cute puppies
-snow
-things that don't change when you come home
-things that do (even though sometimes i don't like it to begin with)
-VW buses (excuse me...campmobiles) and Porsches
-the people that own the VW's and Porsches, that being Joshua Troyer and Alexander Lipnicki
-Dr.Pelletier
-lotion from bath and body
-the Bible
-my niece and nephew
-Jenn and John
-Sarah Elizabeth, the most superfantastic sister in the world
-Jesse
-Erik, Crystal, Ralph, Josh, Jen, Kayla, Tom, Dean, Cam, Chad, Dayna, Crystal Dub
-hats
-bacon
-the best submariner in the world, otherwise known as Josh Toth
-my girls: Megan, Chrissy, and Nikki
-love
-nail polish. oh come on, you know me.
-the admiral and the commodore. again.
-Jarod and the rest of the Mate family
-MY PONY
-Judy Jackson
-all my biology buddies
-Alan and Sam, because without them i wouldn't be passing chemistry
-fireplaces
-school
-breaks from school
-AWANA
-sally
-gilbert
-trinity
-yatsu
-the influence that my grandmother has on my life even today
-david ridley
-all the ridleys
-trials in life
-hard decisions

i could go on forever i think. that's enough for now.

this song is dedicated to ashley pelletier. because we sung it in the car tonight.

To really love a woman, understand her -you gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought, see every dream
And give her wings when she wants to fly

When you love a woman
Tell her that she’s really wanted
When you love a woman, tell her that she’s the one
'Cause she needs somebody to tell her
That it’s gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really
Really really ever loved a woman?

You got to give her some faith, hold her tight
A little tenderness, gotta treat her right
She will be there for you, takin’ good care of you
You really gotta love your woman...

Just tell me have you ever really,
Really, really, ever loved a woman?

sometimes it really bothers me that people get ticked off when i don't act like the perfect friend to them. i mean really...benjamin has been my best friend since i was 8 and i've talked to him twice since school started. are we not friends anymore? of course not. he'll be my best friend forever even if we never talk. it's assumed that just because we are both extremely busy doesn't mean we're not friends. true friends know you are still friends without talking about it. it bothers me that i can't go a week or two without talking to someone and they freak out and get annoyed that i'm not there for them anymore. yet, when i do try to talk to them, they act cold and unfriendly and say about 3 words the entire conversation. so basically if i don't talk to them unintentially, they think they have the right to do it intentianally. what's the logic in that?

in other news, i go home in 5 days. i also think that God needs to tone down the details of his creation for people like me who have to memorize all the parts of it. and chemistry needs to fall off the face of the earth.

i have 3 loads of laundry to do and no time to do it.

it is Thanksgiving Dinner night and i'm about to go get some turkey to match the ones on my toes. if you want to see my toes, just let me know. i'd be happy to show them off.

peace.

i'm sorry i haven't updated. i thought it was about time to change things around and trees in the fall make me happy.

apparently someone named vivienne wants me to move to beautiful north wales. yeeesssss.

megan and i are listening to christmas music. it is our new favorite pastime. we listen to it every time we are in the room, especially the American Idol christmas cd. love it.

so this week i don't really have that much homework, and i'm ok with that. however, the next two weeks are going to be slightly more fun. i have a genetics, calc, and chem test in the next two weeks, along with a calc Derive test and project due. whoooooo. i <3 math!

i played powderpuff football on saturday with my lovely roommate. she made 3 interceptions and i scored a touchdown. it was lots of fun. and we got muddy.

tonight i have AWANA, which i must say is always the highlight of my week. i'm so glad it's on wednesdays..it makes the rest of the week easier to get through. there is a little boy in my group named Ethan and he always talks in a whisper and likes to smile but is incredibly shy. he's very small for his age and i like to give him lots and lots of hugs and encouragement. i am the red team leader, by the way.

today it is cold and raining and tomorrow it is supposed to snow 3 inches. what's up with that?

here is a list of things i miss about home, in no particular order:
-my mommy
-my daddy
-sarah (even though she's not there)
-ashley
-sally
-gilbert!
-spot
-trinity and hobbes
-yatsu
-jarod mate
-kyle mate
-mr and mrs mate
-the angerosas
-church
-the barn
-the triplets
-my room
-my bed!
-old navy
-the chinese place by shaw's
-the sub base
-josh (even though he's not really there right now)
-my mommy's cooking
-riding
-sleeping in
-playing with sally in the backyard
-everything

time for dinner.
i love my sister.