Adding to the Noise

So much has been going on lately, and every new situation has just been adding to the stress and general anxiety of being a senior and being a human being living with human beings.  

Shakespeare is an amazing class-we've got a fantastic group, we have good discussions and I love the papers; Faith is difficult, the testing ground of Torrey, but what doesn't kill me will make me stronger, right?

Emotional girls should just get mood rings and save their friends the wanting to murder them, right?  I used to hate Christmas, I love it now; I was so anxious and worried, and now I'm pretty cool with life; I had no hope and there's a light at the end of the tunnel for me now...love you Reliant K, you got it so right :P

music makes me so happy...coldplay singing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Coldplay live album free, anything coldplay=wonderful bliss; just discovered Jack's Mannequin and love them; Copeland Do You Hear What I Hear is fantastic; waiting for mae's (a)fternoon EP; i love music

Dominican is coming!!!!!  two months and ten days or so!!!!!  need money...

So that's my life right now...Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas, and God bless you all!!!!!   Remember Christ's amazing love to us during this special day!  You all are wonderful!  Have a very very merry Christmas!

It's been a long time...

...since I've blogged.  So I thought I'd just take the time to remind you all...CHRISTMAS IS COMING SOON!!!!!   I love this time of year...the smells of cookies, hot cocoa, pine trees, cranberries, candles, etc.  The sounds of bells ringing, music playing-I could devote a whole post to my love for Christmas music-children laughing, shoppers buying presents for their loved ones.  The wonderful foods-10 thousand types of Christmas cookies, peppermint bark, candy canes, eggnog, spiced cider.  

Yes, I love Christmas.  Every year, we follow the same traditions, yet it never feels boring or monotonous.  I wonder why?  In most other things, we prefer originality and creativity over routine and formula...but during the holidays, we follow a strict pattern set out for us by our forefathers.  We set up the Christmas tree and decorate it just so, we always open stockings in our pajamas before breakfast and Christmas gifts after breakfast, we always get to open new Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve, we always use the same advent wreath on Sundays and read from the same devotional...and so many more traditions that our family follows.  What are some of your favorite Christmas traditions?  And why do we follow them almost religiously?