Christmas Part-ee

Oh, man!!! I LOVE CHRISTMAS! My roommates and I had a little party tonight with our friend, Ashley. I truly love getting presents... it's just the excitement of opening something. I am crazy about surprises... Someone could tell me they have a surprise for me and give me a half-eaten sandwich, and I'd be TICKLED!

At this party, we watched our new favorite TV show... REAPER. I am in love with Sam. For reals! I think we have something really special going on. He is a bounty hunter for hell, but he's a really good guy... and super brave because some of the escaped souls are really SCARY! Isn't he DREAMY!?! I think he's replacing my crush on Seth Green... and I might even choose him over Fred Savage... and Fred is one of my first loves, so you know Sam is special!

Speaking of LOVE... I am in love with my socks in this picture. Do you see them? They are the long stripe-y ones. All day I've been thinking, "Man I love these socks!" So comfy! So warm! So striped! They are called smart wool socks. Try them when you have an extra $20 to spend on socks... or just ask for them for Christmas, like I did... THANKS BRANDON!! Anyway, in this picture, we are opening one of our presents that Shannon gave us... GINORMOUS cups. Useful for hot chocolate, soup, cold cereal, ice cream, etc... All good things!

So after opening presents and a few episodses of Reaper... we had a dance party. I LOVE Ashley's dance moves... so funny!

Well, this was one of my favorite parties I've had. Maybe next year I'll have more than 3 friends? That can be another New Year's resolution. :)

Baby it's cold outside

Yesterday I was still picking tomatoes off my plant... and today this happened...

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW! The trees around here aren't very happy about it. The branches kept breaking off and we were scared they were going to crush our cars... or us. But it was super fun for me. We made snow angels and Rocco played in the snow too. I like the snow, just as long as I don't have to drive in it, be cold, or walk in slush. I DO enjoy the crunchy snow (not for eating, but for listening) and cross country skiing.

Sprint Triathlon

I decided that one of my New Year's resolutions would be to complete a sprint triathlon. I think it will be do-able... in the sprint triathlons you swim half a mile, run a 5K, and bike a 10K. I'm really nervous about it though because I have to swim in the ocean! And I can't swim, period. The last time I played in the ocean, it wouldn't give me back. It just kept taking me farther and farther out. I had to have one of my big guy friends pull me to the shallow part so I could touch. ScARy!! But I am going to start training now, so that by May 17th, I'll be ready to CONQUER! So, yesterday I started to train... not by swimming, but by running one mile. And it took me 10 minutes. And I felt like I was going to DIE! I hate running. Biking is fun though. Anyway, have any of you participated in a triathlon of any kind? Any adivice on ocean swimming? Or how to enjoy running? I need HELP! Thanks!