well, thanksgiving is only a couple days away now. It is going to be strange to be having Greek for dinner instead of turkey but I look forward to it. Other then gyros, I have never had anything Greek before so I look forward to seeing how it is like. I have no idea how Christmas is going to be like with our limited budget but mom seems determined to make this christmas special despite the money limits. I really hope we can find a nice tree on sale on black friday, mom is insistant that our current tree is "too small" and wants to get a bigger one. I have to admit that I enjoy large trees as well but I am not crazy about their prices. It will be nice to have a tree big enough to hold all our ornaments for a change though. Last Christmas's tree was rather crowded and that was with just half of the decorations we have collected over the years. I will try not to think of our electric bill during december. Otherwise, the amount of lights mom will want to use will drive me mad!

I am glad that mom is so into Christmas this year, last year she was so depressed that we only had a decorated house and Christmas tree because my sisters and I did most of it ourselves. It wasn't as great last year though because mom would help normally help with lights. She is just fantastic with light while I go crazy trying to deal with all the lights involved. I mostly deal with ornaments, garland, and the nativity set personally with assistance with my sisters. Sam is a fantastic decorations advisor! Any rate, I can't help but be in a Christmas mood despite Thanksgiving being the next holiday thanks to commericals and the radio playing my favorite Christmas songs. I also found last year's new Mannheim Steamroller Christmas cd for a steal. So much for my normal habit of not emotionally skipping holidays!

At any rate, things are going along well in my classes. I am still keeping up with the work and know my final exam schedule. This semester passed so fast! I also have my schedule set up for Spring term which makes things nice. Didn't get into all the classes I wanted to due to class requirements but I managed to get into 2 of them at least. We will see how I will do with spring classes.

I also dug out my dreidel and currently use it as idle entertainment while waiting for stuff to load on my computer. Sam still doesn't get why I like messing with it so much but I can't help it. It is fun to spin and I don't risk hitting things like I do when I use my snowman-shaped ball-and-cup game. It is funny really, 5 or 6 years ago, I wouldn't bother with such toys except on Christmas and Easter but now I am such a sucker for them. Maybe it is a way for me to reconnect with the pleasant parts of my childhood. Or maybe I have just aquired a stronger appreciation for novelities, I have no clue which. I just know that mom tells me that I am easier to please now at holidays then I used to because she can find the cutest things at stores and I eat them up. I have always loves snowglobes though which I still collect. I can't wait to see if I get anymore this year; thanks to dollar tree and walgreens people can get them for me for cheap. I can't say exactly while I love them so much. I just know that looking at them and idly shaking them to make them snow always makes me smile. When I was younger, I would ask more for the ones with built in musicboxes because of how beautiful the music was. I don't like most of the modern ones though since they are cheapo microchips now instead of the old mechanical ones and cost so much.

Any rate, I have posted alot so I think I will conclude this post now.

not much has been happening. Been mostly working on homework and dealing with the normal bombardment of Christmas commericals while trying to have interest in Thanksgiving. I do have plans for that day so at least that helps. Still find myself watching some of the "odder" christmas stuff just because I feel like it. Doesn't help that there aren't many thanksgiving cartoons that I like around. Got a cute plush turkey dressed as a pumpkin though to spice up my desk. Fighting the urge to decorate my desk with nightmare before Christmas stuff since I promised my mom that I would give her a break from the movie. (She felt that I went overboard watching it during Halloween, figures.) My door stands out from the rest of the house though since I never took off the Halloween decorations on it. I figured that if Steph could have her Christmas countdown up year round then I could have some cool halloween stuff up. I will likely put it down around Christmas so I can decorate it along with the rest of the house but I can see myself putting a Jack Skellington back onto it after the holidays are over. That is just my way and no one is surprised since it is my door.

well, the party was a ton of fun. I got to be a dj and got everything working great. My sister Steph got bored midway through the party but we managed to distract her with some games. Might need to plan some more activities for her if we have another party. Otherwise, I am feeling the same way I feel ever year after Halloween: happy that it happened and sad that it is over.

finally have the house semi decorated for the party (still have some work to do but first there has to be some cleaning). Also been finding the cafes at Lccc a good place to go between classes since their sandwiches are lowfat, cheap, and in decent variaty. Not a real meal by any means but it works out great since I am rarely hungry in the morning and I don't want to break my diet.

We can tell I have been sick. It took until last night for me to finally pick out a costume for the halloween party we are having. It should be interesting since I am going to be a hippy (dad would have killed me if I had been one before) and i got the funky jewelry and stuff. Just need to either paint up an old shirt or find a cheap tie dye that fits since I got some beat up jeans that will work great for it plus a tie die bandana. Was originally going to be a pirate but couldn't find anything that I wanted to wear or use and the idea of being a hippy sounded cool when I was at the costume shop the other day. I wish Halloween U.S.A had a store year round instead of having a shop only in October. They do have a website but it just isn't the same was wandering around the cool layout of the stores. Target and Walmart don't even come close to it, I will say that flat out!

Ghost hunters still hasn't stated what place they are thinking of going for Halloween so they might not be having the special. I hope that isn't the case because I love watching those shows. I mean I will busy with the party since I am in charge of the music. Got to love winamp and its playlist features.

I have to admit that I have been sick for a while. The reason I am admitting this is because I am getting better and now almost feel normal. I still cough occasionally and suffer from dry throat sometimes but I am not wheezing whenever I walk to class and can breath deeply again. It is strange the appriecation we get for things we normally take for granted when we lose them.

Greetings to anyone from LCCC's Internet Research Tools class that is viewing this blog. I have some information about myself to the right but I can provide more here. I hope you have fun with the widgets I have put up. I personally am a widget freak so that tends to be mostly what I add to it.

I am crazy about Nightmare Before Christmas as you can see by how often I have posted about it and the widget below. I am also nuts about dogs and fantasy beings such as dragons and wizards.