New Year....New Look

HAPPY 2009!

Winter Break

Corey and I recently saw the movie "Four Christmases" with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon...VERY FUNNY! And so much like our life. We spent our Christmas this year running around to four different places...literally. It was, however, more low key and we were able to spend a lot more time at each place then in the past years. It ended up being a relaxing and fun Christmas.

I am officially on a winter break from school. I go back on January 5th. Originally we were suppose to spend next week in AZ with my Dad but since my Dad is back in MN for awhile I'm able to enjoy my winter break at home...I don't see much of a problem with that. :) I can always find something to reorganize. I made a few lunch dates with old friends and plan on using some of my time cleaning the house for Corey's 30th birthday party which will be held at our place on the 3rd. I have a feeling my 'so called' break will go fast.

Corey and I used some of our Christmas gift cards and purchased a Nintendo Wii yesterday...we haven't slept since. We are addicted to bowling and guitar hero. We've both hit the Pro-level of bowling and are in heavy competition with each other. (No surprise there!)

Quote of the Day

"Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."
-The Polar Express

Merry Christmas!

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Quote of the Day

Ms. Brower: "What does migrate mean?"

Class: "To move from one place to another."

Ms. Brower: "Good. What kinds of animals migrate?"

Class: :"Birds!"

Ms. Brower: "When the birds fly from a cold place to a warm place how do they know where the warm places are?"

Zack: "They use a map!"

Christmas gift suggestions:

"To your enemy, forgiveness.

To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect."

Oren Arnold

Time for an UPDATE!

I'm sitting here looking at my living room full of Christmas boxes and I'm feeling overwhelmed. I stayed busy over my Thanksgiving weekend and never got around to decorating for Christmas until Sunday night. Corey and I took our third annual trip to Hampton Hills Tree Farm on Sunday to cut down our Christmas Tree. I have to say it looks pretty scrawny and small compared to our last years 12 ft. monster tree. We put up some lights on the outside of the house tonight. I think we need more, but I don't think we want to be climbing on the roof now that it's snowing out. I figure by the time we get all of our Christmas stuff out we'll have to take it all down again. I'm definitely cutting back this year, I won't be putting everything out. Mainly because our smaller tree won't hold all of my ornaments I've collected over the years, but because I just want the decorating to be done.

Again, I'm over my head with too many projects to work on for Christmas presents...I'm thinking I'll save money by making a lot of gifts, but now I'm looking at the calendar and wishing for more days in the month and more time in the day. I found some good deals during my "Black Friday" shopping experience. It really wasn't that bad going shopping after Thanksgiving...it was easy in and out since I was by myself. I enjoyed laughing at the psycho shoppers though...some people are crazy!

I'm excited for our 5th Annual Brower Holiday Bash with our friends. (Although by the looks of the RSVPs a lot of people won't be showing up.) We'll have to make the best of it!

Corey and I enjoyed spending more time with our families this Thanksgiving. Usually we're rushing from one place to another and this year we decided to slow down and limit our number of visits in one day. It was great! We're looking forward to having a similar schedule for Christmas.

The snow is falling outside my window right now and I love it! Maybe this will help motivate me to continue decorating. Well...I guess if I have a snow day tomorrow and don't have to go to school I'll be able to catch up on everything. COME ON SNOW DAY!