After Christmas

Well today is December 26, and yesterday was Christmas day. It was fun. It felt different because Grace was gone, but I still got everything I wanted. I'll list some highlights:
a Wax Seal w/ my monogram, external hard drive, a much needed coat, some knitting needles, I got a cool handmade Botero ornament from Garc, I got two books from Jbaby for Hanukkah, also a framed picture that i'll take back to school. Some knit gloves from Grack. I just got some really great stuff, all practical too- my favorite!

I'll be babysitting for 3 days so that'll be a money making opportunity, so that is great too.

I'm also considering splurging for a new pair of really nice headphones vs. my skull candy ones. I'm really hard on my headphones so i bought a pair of skull candy ones in October and now they are all garbled :( humph, i was none too pleased.

TWO more days of Hanukkah!!!! (aghaghahgahg- the noise i make)

Christmas Time is Here!!!!

As the title says... CHRISTMAS TIME is here!!!!
Yes indeed!

Well it's Christmas time now, and I only have 12 more days till I go back to school. I'm ready. I'm SO ready. I know once I get back to school I'll be wanting to come home. BUT I just need to get in the swing of things with my new classes and getting back to "normalcy" -whatever that is at art school.

I think in the last 3 entries I've talked about my knitting obsession. I'm still doing it, and fitting the grandmother persona even more....

I don't really have any news to report. Although, it doesn't really feel like Christmas to me... It might be the weather or the fact that Grace isn't here. I'm not sure, but it not feeling like Christmas to me isn't bothering me. I usually blow it out of proportion, but this year not so much.

Tonight I watched the Grinch Stole Christmas with Kackie and Alex and I don't remember it being SO short. Jeez, it was probably 20 mins of show without the commercials..

Julie and I have been celebrating Hanukkah this Winter, and it's been fun. I've been getting some pretty great stuff, and in Julie's words "it's only gonna get better." I loved the dish towel, I wonder what other dish rags I'll find around and staple together to make my curtain???? Only time and destiny will tell.

Also, since I've been working at the jeweler's I realized that is what I want to do. Either be a jeweler in a company or design. I'm just glad that I chose a career and am on the right path to achieving it.

I don't know how to end this entry... bye and Merry Christmas!

Monday 12/08/2008

Hey, this is going to be a short one. Nothing REALLY exciting has happened on account of me not being in school. So, I'm just going to list some things that have been going on.

Responsibility from the tree <<<
ECONOMY (suffering)
knitting
Can't wait for the new classes (ok, i just wrote that to pump myself up for next year)

Well, "the tree" refers to the picture to the left. That is my Grow-A-Christmas tree! It's grown so much since I left school. I wake up everyday and water it, and then at night I check on it. It's so cute. Of course it won't be big enough for this xmas, but maybe next year. I just really hope it doesn't die.

Ok, the economy. I never realized how bad it was. While I was at school, I never watched the news. OR talked with anyone about anything "worldly" like I used to with Grace. I miss our political discussions, and by discussions I mean that Grace and I agree on pretty much everything so no real arguing or anything. And when discussing politics with someone else who is on an opposing side it can never end too pretty. So I tend to stray away from a conversation if I don't agree. ANYWAY! it's gotten really bad, and I wish it would all just go away for everyone's sake.

So, as I've mentioned before. I've been knitting a whole bunch. It's really fun. With all crafts I like to further myself in new techniques and challenging projects, and this isn't any different.

I'm ready for my new classes. I've picked out some good teachers/ classes. At all acceptable times, and I'm just ready! I can't wait for art history. I'm ready to re-learn that stuff again. I just like reading it. I will most definitely outline the chapters, psychology style.

Bye, this was a lot longer than I thought...