Nostalgia

My past has been stored in two little plastic totes in my attic for awhile. I used to have lots more than that, but I made the mistake of marrying a troll once upon a time, and the evil troll threw my memories away, unbeknownst to me. Thankfully, that troll is now most likely living under a bridge and I'm sitting here writing this!

So anyway, those few things that I did manage to keep mean a lot to me. Most of them are notes that I kept from friends in the Junior and Senior High school. I've been looking over them. Such drama! A lot of it made me laugh. My best friend Melissa used to draw me pictures. So did my boyfriend of the time. Some of it was puzzling. For example, a friend used to write under the pen name of D.J. Morris, and my code name was Sam. I don't remember why. I feel so old now!

I have cards that I've saved, letters that my mom wrote to me (and still tear me up), old high school newspapers, a few pictures, poems and stories that I've written, and drawings that my little cousins have made for me. I even, for some odd reason, have old homework in there!

It makes me a little sad - I remember all of the people that I was close to at a time that I don't see or speak to anymore. In my clouded teenage head, I guess I couldn't see how important they were to me. I noticed that my senior year I ditched many of my good friends to spend time with my boyfriend of the moment - as if I had no time for anyone else. I wish I could go back and change that.

Christmas

Christmas was great. I had some health problems (too long and boring of a story for now), but overall, it was very nice. Karlee looked really cute playing with the boxes and crawling all around. Ashley seemed happy, but she didn't feel well because of a cold. EG seemed like he was having a good time.

Ashley got mostly clothes, and Karlee got a lot of clothes too. Karlee also got some books and toys. I got a T-Fal set, which I really wanted. I got 2 DVDs, candles, clothes, bath stuff and fuzzy socks. EG got a variety of things, including 3 DVDs. We got a bigger slow cooker than the one we already have from EG's dad.

Karlee now has a cold. Yesterday she had a fever and was pretty out of it. She seems a little better today.



What else?
Karlee looked absolutely beautiful in her Christmas dress, which she wore for about five minutes before flipping out. Still managed to get this cute shot of her with the Christmas ornament.


I made a spice cake with my new cake pans. I hate to bake. It is rare that I do. So anyway, when it was cooled off and I was putting the icing on it, it looked too plain to me. So I decorated it the best that I could. It was an ok job for someone that just threw it together (last minute) and hates to bake!

After we took Ashley back to her mother, EG and I spent the whole evening watching movies. We watched Scrooged (pay per view), Iron Man (pay per view), and The Dark Knight (DVD EG got for Christmas). Iron Man was pretty good. Can't wait to see the next one. The Dark Knight was the best. I liked it - it had a lot of twists and turns. I'm usually not into comic books turned into movies, but these were good.

Karlee with her loot.

Ash and her new shirt.

EG poses with his gift.

Karlee with some of her stocking stuffers.

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas like we did!