O Christmas Tree

I don't know how to turn this around, but this is our Christmas tree for this year. The angel on top is supposed to be fiber optic, but she doesn't work anymore. She is still beautiful though.

For Christmas this year, it seems like we'll be on the run for the full two week break. December 19th is my last day at work until the first Monday after the new year. That day is a full day for teachers and a half day for students. So I'll have most of the afternoon to get things arranged for the next grading term when we get back. Maybe I can get my files organized as well! Can I get an Amen to that, fellow teachers?! Anyway that same night is Dustin's work Christmas party. So after school, I'll come home and run straight to Camp Atterbury to enjoy the camaraderie of his fellow workers. They are a blast to hang out with so it will be pretty fun to catch up with people I haven't seen in awhile. That night we plan on coming back home, picking up the dogs, and heading up to Albion to spend the weekend with my parents and brother. Eric is hopefully getting to have most of Saturday off so we can have a Christmas dinner together. It will be quite entertaining.

On Christmas Eve, Dustin and I will then be going to the Christmas Eve service at our church and then going to his mom's for dinner. The next day, Dustin and I want to go see Valkyrie with Tom Cruise in it. We didn't even know about this movie until we watched the History Channel special on the real deal. It seems quite interesting. We will also go and visit Dan & Jackie that day.

Dustin and I have already exchanged gifts for this year. Last year we didn't buy each other anything because we bought mutually the HD receiver from Direct TV. That was one gift we felt would benefit both of us, and we've never had a regret since it was installed. This year Dustin got a new scanner that he wanted. I bought him a hand held scanner a couple of years ago and he was wanting a new scanner for the house. This was a pretty nice scanner and he could even put it in his car if he wanted.

Dustin got my Christmas gift at Fry's this year. I have been wanting this present for a long time and I finally got it. We were able to get this out of luck of the draw because it was on sale AND was exactly what I wanted.

I made my first dessert with this past week. I made some peanut butter cookies that were so delicious. Have you ever had a cookie and knew it was just a bit too rich and sugary? These cookies were so totally the opposite. Dustin wanted peanut butter cookies because they are his favorite. So this recipe I found at Allrecipes.com packed in the punch of peanut butter flavoring. If you'd like to try the recipe, let me know. It was truly amazing :)


As for anything else going on, not too much for now. I will definitely not be this aloof from the blog next time! Thanks to those of you who read the blog and post comments :)