.. the only things i really want for christmas this year are:

• pjs
• new power cord for my laptop

it is extremely cold and windy today. brrr!

yesterday was pretty busy. me, jim, and my mom went out and did some shopping. we went to a lot of different places and bought a lot of different things. we picked up some storage totes to put our new christmas stuff away in, but of-friggen-course i went to go use them today and noticed that i picked up the wrong sized lids. i’m a complete idiot. i need to exchange them. we also stopped at p.f. changs (a chinese bistro). me and jim hadnt been there in ages and my mom hadn’t ever been there before. we then did some more shopping and bought some more boring things. we then went over to the phoenix zoo and hit up zoo lights. they decorated about half of the zoo in christmas lights and had a light show. i thought it woudnt be that busy since it was new years eve, that people would be out partying, but there were TONS of families there with young little kids. it was very busy and hectic, but still a lot of fun.

for some reason, i’ve had terrible hiccups today. i cant remember the last time i had them, but today i’ve had them twice already -huffs-

i came home and another one of my yellow fish had died. :(  my crab took the dead body and dragged it into a little cave so i couldnt get it back out and he could eat on it -huffs-  i later caught my bamboo shrimp eating on it in there. yuck! i have no idea why or what is wrong. my chemical levels in my tank are pretty good. i feed them regularly (but not too much) and i have the temperature set between 78-80f (warmer, but recommended for trying to breed the fish). its looking like my third and final yellow fish might be soon to join the big ol’ pond in the sky as well. he’s losing his yellow, turning white, and acting funny. he’s been wiggling around in one spot a lot lately; like he’s having seizures. he’s been doing this for a few days now.  actually, i thought he would be the one to die yesterday and not the other yellow one.  i just dont know whats going on with them.
jimmy said that since they’re dying faster than they can reproduce, i can pick up a few more. i think i will stay away from these yellow fish from now on. i’d like a puffer for variety, but i’ve read that they’re aggressive and probably wouldnt do well with my guppy and ghost shrimp

i just found out that thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK!  eeeep!! for some reason i was thinking it was in two weeks.

thursday is my birthday, but for some reason jimmy has decided that friday will be the birthday surprise day.  on wednesday jimmy has training. so that only leaves thursday for me to plan out.

i wanted to put up the christmas decorations on the day after thanksgiving, but before we can do that, we need to go and do some general cleaning outside.  some of the bushes need to be trimmed (or really just taken out), the little rocks need to be racked even, and a few weeds need to be pulled.  then we need to go to the storage unit, take out the christmas stuff, and come back home with it all. after that, we have to put up all of the decorations..

we’ve been talking about having a reception/christmas party.. i want to have the christmas decorations (at least the outside stuff) up for the party.  we need to pick a day to have it though.

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life is good. life is amazingly good and i have much more to be happy for than what i give credit to.

the other day, me, my mother, and jim went house looking. we found a house that we really liked. it has loads of character; shaped in a “U” a bedroom big enough to be a second master. we’re starting to think of just keeping our family blended and going all in together for a bigger and better house. something newer, something with a HOA (i hate not having one now), two stories, more storage space. what we have now is nice for temporary living with the 4 of us, but we really need something bigger. i have my fingers crossed. me and jimmy need a bigger room. we’re still thinking about if we want to spend the rest of our days living together, but it makes sense to.. we all get a better house and they’re live-in puppy/baby-sitters.

we took our dog outs today and had them groomed. murphy did ok. walter growled when they tried to take him out of his cage when it was his turn. poor rusty (my parents dog) is very shy/skiddish/scared and they had to just live him out in their open area and cower in a corner. they did an *amazing* job. they are as soft as a babys bottom. rusty was a lil sad coming home. they did the anal gland cleaning and he HATES to have his butt touched. after coming home he spent about three hours hiding in the bedroom.

today was one of the first days in a while that everyone has had off together, so we decided to have christmas early. jim got: lost season 1&2, lost guide book, lost board game (can you tell he likes lost?), a new fancy watch, a few car gadgets, a wii, zelda, maden ‘07, red steel, a game book for zelda. my mom got a sirius radio for her car, a gps for her car (she gets lost a lot), a new camera, a docking/printer thing for the camera, a bigger memor card for it, and loads of printer paper for it. she has been wanting a nice camera with a printing station for a while now. my dad got a few manly stocking stuffers (hes so hard so shop for), tire pressure gauges (since he is so anal about tires. he actually wanted to replace jims new tires with brand newer tires for xmas), slippers from the “boys,” a deep fryer, a car battery back up thing that restarts your batter/pumps your tires/etc etc, a light for his grill for when he cooks outside at night, a 26in lcd hd tv, and an extremely nice telescope. i ended up getting croc shoes (extremely comfortable), a dvd camcorder, a tassimo brew station (it makes coffee, espresso, tea, cappuccino, and latte), a zelda / mario / and final fantasy III games for my DS, and *deep breath* a new laptop (completely unxpected). my parents also got me and jimmy a ps3 along with a game called untold legend: dark kingdom. the puppies got a gillion toys, piggie ears, baccon chewy bones, and pet blankies.

this is so -not- the normal christmas for our family. last year we barely had christmas at all. i dont think my parents did at all. me and jimmy were living on our own and couldnt really afford much. before that we had just moved into the house and couldn’t really afford too much then either. it seems like once every 10years or so we all splurge and have an amazing christmas. next year we’ll probably all get socks and underwear. lol

everyone really got something they wanted and that was totally unexpected. my mom wasnt expecting the camera, my father wasnt expecting the tv, jimmy wasnt expecting the ps3, i wasnt expecting the laptop. my mother and father had both wanted their unexpected gifts, but they weren’t expecting the lvl of the gifts. jim did a lot of research and managed to get a realy nice 7mp cam for my mom and a kickass meade telescope for my dad. they’re watching an informational dvd about how to set it up and use it. i am amazed at the bonding going on between them with this. my mom woke up early this morning so she went to bed early. apparently everything with the telescope is suggested to do during th ay when you can better see things. of course our stupid asses are out there in 30f, freezing our butts off, and holding a flashlight above our heads. tomorrow is going to be a good fun day trying to better align and figure it out.

things are well. life is good. i have a lot to be thankful for. i think i like having commercial christmas before real christmas. it gives me time to reflect on what is, appreciate what i have, and be ever so much more thankful for the people and things in your life.

i know come january 1st, everyone will be working overtime and bitching about credit card bills.