my note

i love this song! it's amazing!
"Note to God" preformed Charice

"Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?" - "Evan Almighty"

My soul is swept away by all the things that You do for me each day. I prayed for strength and You present opportunities for me to be strong. I prayed for courage and You gave me the opportunity to be courageous. I pray that Your love will fill my life and over flow and I can feel You pouring everyday. I pour my heart out most days and others I keep it locked away. I pray for the faith to carry on when all my hope is gone. I pray for peace to ease my heart and mind and You provide that. I pray for the wisdom to not make the same mistake twice and possibly keep from making new ones. You have brought so many good things into my life lately and I am incredibly thankful for them all. I am closer to my family, closer to my friends. I have a new job that is scary yet exciting and I know that You closed all other doors and laid this one in my lap for a reason. I know that with You by my side, with You carrying me I can do it, I can do anything. The only love I pray for is Yours. I don't know what I need and what I want changes by the seconds. It leaves me confused and exhausted so I leave it in Your hands. I know that whatever is meant to be will happen. I know that I can't go back to how things were, I won't relive those mistakes, those times of hopelessness and doubt. There were times of wonder and love but it's not enough, it won't get me through the bad times. It doesn't even out. Sometimes love isn't enough. But that's only human love. Your love is more than anyone can fathom. I know that I have fears that I might not ever over come but I know that with You working in my life in time I might be able to over come them, I know that it will be very difficult and there will be times when I want to quit but I know that You can push me through. I don't know what Your plans are for me whether I'll love again or not but whatever Your plan is for my life I know that it's for the best. I know that when my thoughts and feelings are cloudy Your always there, a shinning light guiding me through to the other side. And although I haven't made it there yet I know that better days lay ahead for me. Once I'm through this fog and over this mountain You have great things in store my life. I can already see them in motion. I don't know where they'll lead me but I trust in Your plan. I know that whatever the future holds for me that Your in control and that gives me comfort. I know that sometimes I fight You because I'm afraid of where it might take me but I know that You'll get me through one way or another. I know that I am never truly alone. That You are always with me and I can feel You, I can talk to You any time I want. You have also blessed me with the most amazing friends. They are always there for me, always praying for me. I can send out a text and within a matter of minutes my phone is going crazy with all the reply's. I think that they are some of Your best work, but my opinion is probably a bias one. I know that life will always have it's up and downs, it's hard times and good times. There will be moments when I want to give in, give up, just run away and leave it all behind but Your there for me. I know that there will also be moments of amazement and aw struck wonder. And I will hold out for those moments. I will face the bad and push my way through any pain life throws my way because I believe in Your plans for me and I want to see them through. And when the day comes that I am with You in Heaven I will fall before You and thank You for the amazing life that You have blessed me with. I already fall before You in thanks for this amazing life that you have blessed me with. The world may be in trouble and I may be in pain right now but this will all work out for Your glory in the end. You have given me life and You have fought for me to stay here. I love You.
Casey

what a great weekend!

So I'm changing up my post about saturday. Mainly because my whole weekend was great, so I'm going to share it all. Don't get me wrong now I am still going through a rough time. There were definately PLENTY of times friday night, alllll day saturday, and sunday when I was sad or angry or whatever. Moments when I had to turn around because people were being sweet, mushie, holding each other, kissing each other, whatever, and I didn't want think about crap. But I'm not going to talk about them. I'm only going to try and talk about the good things. Because the sad times don't make anything better or easier so no use talking about them now.

Friday I worked at the elections office and got off at 2 which was nice. So I went home took a shower and bummed around the house for a few hours. Then I had supper with my dad, and aunt penny and uncle gary. It was a nice supper. Then I went with them to the Albany Theater. My parents have season tickets and go to all the shows but this time my mom couldn't go because she had to take care of my gmommy up in atlanta. So I went with my dad. I know I'm sweet hahahahaha. . . . It was a pretty good play. The first half was kinda boring, dad kept falling asleep so that was kind of funny getting to push his elbo off the arm rest and watch him pop up. lol. The second half of the play though was really good and the ending was pretty funny. (I'm actually thinking about trying out for "guys and dolls" in the spring, but I dont know). So Friday was really nice.

Saturday was the best day I've had in such a long time! I slept "late" ha like 8:30 lol. I layed in bed till 9:30 and bummed around the house in the morning, ate lunch and then went shopping with my friend Brooke. We had a great time. I got 2 new pairs of shoes and some sweaters. I was very excited about the shoes hahahaha. Anyways I ate supper with my friend Betsy which was wonderful. We don't get to see each other very often cause she lives in Augusta, Ga. and we both have jobs and stay busy so it's always great when we get the chance to hangout and catch up. So we ate and talked for a few hours. It was so great. And then I went out with Brooke again. We were with her boyfriend, his brother and fiance, and some of their friends. While we were out we saw some people we hadn't seen in a long time and got to catch up with them. And I even got a bartenders phone number HA HA HA HA HA. . . . I told him that I had recently gotten out of a really long and bad relationship and wasn't ready to hangout with anyone like that, but thanks for the offer. I wanted to be nice about it. It was so funny. I knew the guy cause we went to high school together but he's TOTALLY NOT my type at all, and I'm not looking for anyone. I'm trying to stay away from situations like that. You know guy friends, single guys, pretty much anyone that might hit on me lol. That's not what I need right now. I need to be on my own. And I'm doing pretty well with that. But anyways it was still a nice gesture. Made me feel good anyways. Getting hit on always makes girls feel good. hahaha. . . . To know that someone thinks your pretty or funny or fun to hangout with. But the day was filled with lots of talking and lots of laughing. Gah did I laugh so much and so hard. It was a wonderful day.

Sunday I got to sleep in "late" again lol. Layed around the house until my dad got home for lunch. We made a pizza and it was hilarious! Ok so you have to understand that my dad is like a workaholic, He's a lawyer and he owns a lot of realty properties in which he does 99% of the repairs on so he works behind a desk a lot and he works with tools a lot but kitchen appliences are not his thing. He mixed the dough himself and then I sprayed the pan and layed out the dough. While I was doing that he was TRYING to open the can of pizza sauce. He could not figure out how to use the can opener to save his life! I was cracking up!!!! I couldn't help him cause my hands were covered in oil from the dough so I just tried telling him how to work it. See our can opener is one that you place on top of the can and not on the side and then turn the knob thing just like all the other can openers. Well he was trying to put it on the side of the can and of course it wouldn't stay. I just kept saying "no it goes on the top of the can. No just lay it flat on there. Not like that just hold the can opener out straight infront of you and lay it down on top of the can. Now close it together". Once he finally got the can opener on the can he held it up like it was magicly going to work by itself now. lol. So then I had to tell him "ok now you have to turn the knob". Finally he got it but it was so funny I was laughing so hard at him. He just kept saying,"I've never seen this can opener before!". Really dad!?! Because it's the only one we've ever had since we've been living in this house! But we finally got the pizza made and everything and it was a pretty good pizza. Saturday afternoon I spent with one of my bestfriends Stephanie Hand, her boyfriend Josh and her dog Sadie. We went to Turtle Park and I took pictures of them. It was a beautiful day for it and we had a great time. The pictures look so good. I'm really excited about them.

So that was my weekend. It was filled with family, friends, catching up, shooting pictures, and laughter.

facing my biggest fears

it's been a while since I've written anything. I don't really know why I blog at all I know no one reads it but it's nice to get it out of my head. So I'm still in Albany. It's not so bad lol. Early voting is almost over with but I do have a new job that's coming up. A photography job. This man bought a part in a franchise and is opening it up here in Albany and he needs someone to run it. Guess who that is! ME! I'm terrified pretty much. I always said I never wanted to run a business. I'm to afraid to handle it all, but I'm going to. I know that I can do it otherwise God wouldn't have opened the door to for me to this opportunity. I know that I can do this! I know that it's an amazing opportunity for me, a great start for my career, a great experience for me. With everything that I can learn from it I can do anything afterward. I'll be able to run my own business or be part of a magazine or sale my work where ever I want. It will give me confidence in my self and give me strength. And it came at the perfect time. I've only got about a week left of work at the elections office so I was in desperate need of a job. And I'm also single now, so I need a lot of things to keep me busy and keep my mind occupied.

Yea I'm single now. again lol. I know that last time I said that I said that I would be single for a while because that's what I needed to do. That I've been in a relationship for 7 years and I just need to be alone to figure out who I am and stand on my own. Well that didn't really pan out like it was suppose to. I made some mistakes that really brought me down and then I just turned right back around and got back into the same relationship with little change in how things were. So now it's been 8 years in relationships, and I'm still going to say the same thing. I need to be on my own for a while. Except this time I know who I am! I know what I want in life and in a relationship. I know what I want to do with my life and I trust God. I'll try to go threw whatever door he opens for me and I'll try to keep closed the doors that he closes. I don't want to look back and know that I missed an opportunity that He put in front of me. I know what I want in a relationship. I know that no one is perfect and there will always be problems in every relationship. No one should change to be someone else but I do believe people can change to be a better them. I can't change to be what someone wants me to be, to be someone I'm not, but I can change to be a better me!

I'm not going to tell people want I want in a relationship or in a guy because I don't want people to pretend to be that. I don't want someone to be those things just because or worse they're using you. When people know what you want they can use that to get what they want. It's the same as when people know what hurts you they can use it whenever they want and they will. People will hurt you on purpose if they know how to. So I don't want to give any one that chance, that opportunity, that power.

I said that I need to be on my own for a while, and I know that the last time it didn't work out but that was different. This time it's not just because I need to it's because I want to. I didn't want to be alone last time. I was afraid to be on my own, to stand alone, to go through life with no one to lean on, no one to be there for me. But I was wrong I have friends and family who love me, who care about me. People who I can lean on when I need to, talk to when I need them, they'll be there for me when I need them. I'm not alone. I have the most amazing friends that anyone could ask for, the most amazing sister that anyone could have. They have always been there for me and they always will be and that gives me relief and strength to go on. To know that I'm not doing this by myself.

I AM FACING MY BIGGEST FEAR!

The fear of being alone and I'm realizing that I'm never really going to be alone. I have friends and family and above all God. But I know that I will be lonely because I will be missing out on being in a relationship with someone I truly love and loves me in return. But like I said this time I'm not just being alone because I need to, it's because I want to. I don't want to give my heart to someone else just to have it broken again. I'm tired of all the stress, strain, and pain. I don't want to go through it again. I'm not sure I even can. My trust has been broken and I don't know if I'll be able to trust again. I exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically. I'm not sure that I can be in a relationship again. I don't know if I have the energy or will power to put myself at risk again. The risk or hurt, pain, crying, doubt, confusion. I've put myself on the line, I have fallen too many times and no one caught me. I'm not sure I can do it again. I think I might just be replacing my fear of being alone with a fear of being hurt. And that may be unhealthy and not a real solution but I'm ok with it for now. I'm 23 and have plenty of time to figure out how to love again so for now I'm just going to try not to worry about it.

So that's all I got for now. Maybe something great will happen for me to write about soon.

Lately

Lately there really hasn't been much going on, since I've moved back to Albany. I work in the Lee Co. Elections Office during early voting (I get to see loads of stupid people). I've been thinking about starting another blog and talk about the stupid people we see, listen to and deal with. Also about things that are going on in the news and my opinion on them lol. I've had several people tell me that they would definitely read that blog hahahaha. Anyways so I have that job which is only temporary so I still need to find a permanent job. Sometimes I answer phones at my dads office. It's really boring and sometimes aggravating but I live in their house so I deal with it.

I got together with my girls for our annual summer visit/trip. We went to the lake this year (you can see some pictures on the previous blog) and it was wonderful! It actually coincided with my b-day so I got to spend my 23rd b-day with my best friends! It was the best b-day I've had since I was a child. I love my friends so much their amazing!

Other than that I really don't have much going on. Life is pretty boring but I guess that's better than being crazy and always stressed about everything.

WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND! ! !

It was a great weekend at the lake with some of my best friends! My birthday was on friday and spent it with them. It was probably the best birthday I've had since I was a little kid. We had a great time tubing and sking and just sitting around talking and laughing. I love my friends and don't know where I'd be without them.

Woo Hoo ! ! !

So yesterday I went to the lake with my parents and tried to ski again. I tried last year but my arm strength wasn't that great so I couldn't really pull my self up all that well. But this year I did it! It took me about 12 trys of crashing and getting bruises on my leg I finally got up and skied for about 10 seconds. Now I know that doesn't sound like very long but when you've never skied before 10 seconds feels like a long time! lol. Then saturday afternoon I tried again and got up the first time! I also lasted at LEAST 30 seconds maybe a lil longer. It was AWESOME! But then I crashed and couldn't get back up again cause I was too tired. I have 4 bruises on my legs and the whole front of my body is sunburned, but it was so much fun and I was so excited that I did it.

more than just

I don't understand why people think that just because I'm a photographer my whole life should revolve around photography. That my whole world is all about photography and art. Guess what it doesn't! That's stupid! Being a photographer doesn't define who am. I am many things not just a photographer! I am a friend, daughter, sister, aunt, woman, single person in a committed relationship. I work at the elections and registration office. I love watching movies. I love going to the beach and hanging out with my friends. I don't even really like art. I don't know who painted what or what time period a statue was made. That does not interest me. I don't really like andy warhols work. I am not inspired very often by famous photographers from history. I am inspired by things I see in the world! Just because I went to an art school doesn't mean that I am an artsy person. I love taking photos, I like creating things with my hands, and I like doodling. That's it! I don't draw elaborate pictures, I don't paint (in fact I hate painting), I don't make sculptures our of clay or wood (I wouldn't even know how to do that), I also am not into doing all kinds of darkroom magic with my pictures. I like film I think it's fine but frankly I prefer my digital camera and a computer. That's how I work! I don't care if you think that film is better than digital. That's your opinion and I don't care about your opinion. Don't try to convince me that film is better, to me that's like having an argument about politics. If you want to argue you need to find someone else to talk to cause I am going to ignore you or just walk away. I am not much for debating technology. I use what I can afford, if you have a problem with that get over it. I can make just as good a photograph as someone one who has the most expensive stuff and someone with a point and shoot camera could make a better picture than someone with an slr camera. Yes technology can certainly help a photograph but it really comes down to the person taking the photograph and the person looking at the photograph. It's all about aesthetics and everyone's is different. So no I don't care if you don't like my work, what I use, or the way I work, because there are people out there that do. I am not going to bend over backwards to please everyone! I am going to do what I want to do, with what I want and how I want.

Do I have a passion for photography? HELL YEA I DO! But it doesn't consume my life. I love going out with my friends. I love spending time with my niece and nephews. I love sitting around talking and playing games with my sister and brother-in-law. I love going to the beach. I love cuddling up with my man on the couch and watching movies. I love traveling. I love going out doing stuff like going into thrift stores, swimming, walking, checking out the sites, etc. I love to sleep. There are so many other aspects in a persons life that make them who they are and to be defined by just one is ridiculous.

IT'S FINALLY OVER WITH

So even though I finished college in March and got my diploma then too I still walked in the graduation ceremony on Saturday. So now I have no reason to ever step foot in that school again! YAY!!! I also packed up the majority of the rest of my stuff in Atlanta and furniture.

randomness

• lysol, glade, and febreze need to get their shit together cause apparently the only thing i can use is oust cause it's the only one who makes fragrance free stuff!

• This man on the history channel actually said that we need to rethink our priorities b/c its been 50 years that we’ve had space flight and we’ve never had a mammal reproduce and the offspring reproduce in space. REALLY !!!! you think that should be a priority! No how about cleaning up the oil spill, helping people who have been effected by the earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc. how bout helping people who actually need it! Why are you concerned about rats having sex in space!!!

• http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_wl2271 so I really thought that this was interesting but I just couldn't believe that there were 3 wrecks because people swerved so not to hit the frogs. REALLY?!?!?! People come on just run over the frogs! There are hundreds on the road you are going to hit some of them it's inevitable. It will be ok. There are billions in the world I think the world will survive without the hand full that you would kill with your car. People are so stupid.

• so I've changed my blog around this is now my blog about me and other stuff and I have made a photography blog about my work http://csmithphoto.blogspot.com/
  

that time of year

Well it's allergy season for me and I'm dying! I have severe allergies with grass, which is like one of the most abundant thing on earth, so yay for me. lol. Well in Albany I had an allergy doctor there and prescription nasonex medicine to keep me from losing my mind being sick. Well being in Atlanta I haven't really needed my nasonex I've been able to deal with it with just over the counter stuff, I guess Atlanta just doesn't have enough grass lol. Well this year I spent 2 weeks in Albany and my allergies went crazy! So now I'm back in Atlanta, dying from allergies, and nothing seems to be helping. I have tried tons of different medicines and nothing really helped. (by the way when the directions say drink a whole glass of water with this medicine DO IT! I forgot and an hour later I was throwing up! It was not fun). Well to get an appointment with my allergy doctor you have to do it months in advanced so I was like screw it I need a doctor up here. So I went to Doctors Express Urgent Care, which is some kinda thing off of Piedmont Hospital. It was great! It's a new building so everything is really clean. I was the only person in the waiting room which was nice. The nurses were really nice and the doctor was funny. He came in and checked out my ears, throat, listened to me breath, etc. All the usual stuff. Then said "well your congested in your ears, sinuses, chest, EVERYWHERE!" (now as if that wasn't funny enough imagine it coming from a small Korean man with a thick accent) It was hilarious! Then he said it seemed like I have severe allergies and I told him about my allergies. Then he looked at my chart and said "well I see you can't take coden so I can't give you the good stuff hahaha..." It was so funny! I was laughing and coughing at the same time. Everything he said was funny. So it was a great visit to the doctor. He gave me a prescription for steroids to jump start me and my nasonex. I am so happy to have my nasonex. I swear I don't know how I can survive with out this stuff. It's a life saver. hahaha. . . So I'm really hoping and really excited about getting better!

what kills me

There always seems to be something going wrong with me. As a baby I had colic and reflux and asthma. As a child I caught the stomach virus all the time and I never showed up on strep tests. I once got scarlet fever from not being treated for strep because the test was negative so after that if the symptoms were there they treated me for it. Like most children I had the chick pocks so that was no big deal. I hardly remember it (unlike my sister who caught it twice. she had a mild case, I got it from her, then she got a regular case of it from me lol). In middle school I had more problems with my asthma but nothing to serious. i started having pains in some of my joints. The doctor said it was just growing pains but they continued even after I was done growing. I later found out what they were and I'll get to that in a min. I got mono in high school along with several other students who had drank from the water fountain at school (which is why I never drink from fountains any more). I was diagnosed with psoriasis and severe allergies. Then acid reflux disease in college. None of these though explain why I have always been tired (I got in trouble a ton all through life for falling asleep in class, at church, everywhere). They also don't explain why my white blood cell count has always been lower than it should be.

First off my psoriasis isn't severe I have medicine for it so the only thing it that sometimes my legs itch, o and don't forget the arthritis that goes along with that. The psoriasis didn't show up till 2005 but the arthritis I've had since I was in middle school. The doctor always said it was just growing pains, even after I had stopped growing. What the hell do you think it is now you dumb ass! Anyways When the dermatologist told me that I had psoriasis and that I'll probably get arthritis I laughed and knew immediately what my pain had been all these years. So now I just pop some ibprophine when the pain starts and knock it outa the way.

So a few years later my stomach starts to bother me, which really isn't a surprise since I constantly got the stomach virus as a child. Well it got really bad so I went to the doctor. They did an endoscopy on me and determined that I have acid reflux disease. Now that shouldn't have surprised me either since I had reflux and colic as a baby. But non the less I was pissed. Seriously? another thing that I'll have for the rest of my life! But now I have it under control to a certain extent. I know what I can't and shouldn't eat, I take medicine once a day, and I deal with stress much better. Now don't get me wrong it's still a HUGH PAIN IN THE ASS to deal with. I do eat stuff that I shouldn't cause it's really really good (mostly mexican food hahaha). I have lost weight from this but I sloooowly gain some of it back. I guess that could be considered a plus, staying small hahaha. . . .

Well psoriasis and acid reflux are a daily battle but there's something that only works on killing me once a year and that's allergies. It's deathly! every spring it hits me like a ton of bricks. Stuffy and running nose, itchy red eyes, headaches, sore throat. It's incredibly aggravating. My major allergy is grass. Can you believe that GRASS! People always say just find out what your allergic to and then stay away from it. . . well that's a lot easier said than done. Grass is everywhere especially down here in south Ga. The ground will literally be yellow from all the pollen. Cars are covered in it (lucky for me my car is yellow lol). Forget about germs and bacteria flying through the air we need to be more concerned about the pollen! I'm suppose to be taking Nasonex, which is a prescription but since I've moved to Atlanta I do alright with just off the shelf stuff. This is because Atlanta doesn't have enough grass to cause me serious problems. Right now though I am in Albany, which is hell. I've been down here for a week and I feel shit! I don't know how much longer I can take it. My other allergies aren't as bad. I'm allergic to certain types of mold and mildew (which can be cool cause I can walk into a room and tell you if it's there lol. See if your allergic to something then your more sensitive to it than most people. If it's an air born allergy like mold/mildew you can usually smell it unlike people who aren't allergic to it). Then there's orris root. If you don't know what that is then your like most people in the world. Orris root is what they use to make anything with a fragrance. That's right perfume, cologne, lotion, soap, detergent, air fresheners, etc. They all have it! There are a few companies that make perfume and cologne that don't use it but those are going to cost you an arm and a leg. However there are companies that are making allergy free products. I have dryer sheets that are fragrance free that are for people who have allergies. It's wonderful!!! lol. But anyways that can be a pain in the ass to deal with. And my last allergy is cockroaches. Yes that's right cockroaches. lol. It's an air allergy though, all my allergies are air allergies. I never knew that cockroaches were producing anything that you could smell but aparently they do. I can walk into a room and tell you if there's a cockroach in there, dead or alive. I will start sneezing really bad. It's not a terrible thing to be allergic to though it's actually worked out in my advantage. I now use they excuse that I'm allergic to them so I can't be the one to kill them or pick them up to throw them away hahahaha. . .

So that's what kills me. I wonder what else I'll get. I wonder what will do me in. hahahaha . . .

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Well I did it, I finished college! After almost 5 years of college I finally finished! I spent 2 1/2 years at Darton College in Albany as a Special Education major. My last semester there I decided that's not what I really wanted to do. I could have become a special ed. teacher and done that every day till forever but I wouldn't be happy. I just would have been another person who hates there job but is stuck there. I won't be that person! However, I did have a little rough patch and I didn't graduate from Darton(A problem about skipping classes and failing statistics lol). But anyways I decided that if I am going to something for the rest of my life then it's going to be something that I absolutely love doing. So I chose photography. I got accepted to Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Ga. I was excited to be doing something that I love and to be going to an art college instead of a regular one lol, but I was also really scared. I was scared to be living by myself way from everyone I know . But after a very hard and sometimes very loooong 2 years and 3 months I FINISHED! IT'S DONE! IT'S OVER! It is such a relief to finally know that I don't have to worry about all of that any more. Now it's just finding a job and supporting myself to worry about but that's a whole nother deal lol. My last day was Thursday March 11 but it didn't really hit me just how good it feels until the other day when I realized that those feelings of never being able to make it, not get through it, can't live here, can't do this, etc. all of those feelings are gone! That scared, depressed, hopeless feeling is gone! I thought that those 2 years would feel like forever and now there over. I know that when tough times are ahead of you they feel like they will never end but then when it's over you look back and think wow I made it, I did it. It seems to happen in the blink of an eye. People always say that the older you get the fast time goes by and I am glad that it's true when it comes to hard times. So here's to the hard times that I made through. To the horrible feelings I felt but persevered on. Here's to those of you who are going through tough times and feel like it will never end. Keep on pushing through and you'll make it.

I DID IT! I'M A COLLEGE GRADUATE!!!!

Christmas time

I am so thankful that Christmas is over. I hate to say this but I'm not a big fan of Christmas. Christmas music starts being played before Thanksgiving has even happened and it's played everywhere! The stress of shopping is so horrible some people actually get sick. Having to shop for so many people, what do you buy them, where do you get it, what store has it cheaper, when are you going to go get it. There's just way too much! There is also when do you get together with everyone. This family, that family, friends, children, parents, siblings, here, there, everywhere! So much traveling. I have decided that I don't really care what traditions we had as children I will be making up my own and I will be having Christmas at my house with my hubby and children and that's it! The chances of us traveling around to do Christmas with other family members is slim lol. I love my family and I'll defiantly call them to see how their Christmas was, but I'm probably going to be mailing them their gifts. lol. Now don't get me wrong I'm not Mr. Scrooge I don't hate Christmas. I love all the lights people have on their houses, Christmas trees, and celebrating Jesus' birthday (and yes I know that it's not really when he was born). And I like buying stuff for other people.

I had a pretty good Christmas this year. I didn't get sick at any point which is always a plus lol. And there wasn't as much traveling as there was supose to be so that was nice. Spent some time at my sister and her family and had Christmas with my dads side of the family, had Christmas with my parents. So that was my Christmas in a nut shell.