well. another Christmas over too quickly. Christmas always seem to fly by. I wish it lasted about 2 more weeks! :)

it was a good Christmas. didn't do too much. spent a lot of time with Scott & Claudia. we made it to Christmas Eve this year! :) we each opened a present on the 21st, 22nd & 23rd and then we opened the rest on Christmas Eve. :) i will post pictures over the next week.

we each got some stuff we really wanted. claudia got "Sims 2 Deluxe and Sims Bon Voyage," "Drawn to Life" & "Mario Party" for the Nintendo DS, 6 new Webkinz, a Magnetix tote bag, a digital camera, and some new clothes. Scott  got Guitar Hero, a 500GB external hard drive, a skin for his guitar & two comic books. I got this awesome Urban Decay eyeshadow set, 4 Sephora eyeliners!, a digital camera, a new bag/tote, two shirts, some doodling/text drawing books, and i got to go shopping cuz my MiL gave us each $$$! ^_^ yippee!!!

so this means a new year begins soon. time to pull out the resolutions. let's see if they stick this year. it feels like this next year is the year of change for me, for us as a family. i know that the end of  next year brings graduation....and full time employment. i need to take this year to prepare for that. time to start studying NCLEX questions so I can pass my boards on the first try. time to get healthy! i have introduced healthier eating into my diet. i start exercising this week. i am ready for something new. i think i want a new hobby. &&& i think i may have found one. i am going to start learing about scrapbooking. i cannot start scrapping because i do not have the room right now, but i want to start getting books about it. i can learn techniques & i can start looking at layout ideas. i have already started doodling and trying to learn how to draw text.

well. time to get up and start doing stuff.