Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Today is Christmas!!!!

I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, etc. that you have had a fabulous holiday season!

My Christmas was actually quite nice this year.  I spent Christmas Eve with Ryan and his family.  We knitted, watched movies, had a HUGE meal comprising salmon, steak, and assorted veggies, and went to church to carol and remember what Christmas is really about.  Now, I'm not a devoted Christian.  I was baptized Catholic as a child, however once my mother and I moved to Lyndonville we stopped attending church and that part of my life sort of closed.  I'm a cautious Christian now I suppose.  I am picky and choosy about what parts of Christianity I believe in, so I don't feel comfortable calling myself a true Christian.  I believe that there is some higher power, and that perhaps there is a sort of destiny for everyone.  However, I don't consider this as an excuse to lay back and do nothing with my life.  I am still the highly motivated individual I have always been, and always hope to be.

Anyways, moving along.  This year my family and I decided to open presents Christmas Eve as we had extended family coming on Christmas day, and it would have probably been a little awkward for them to watch our family hold our Christmas.  I believe in a small family Christmas-immediate family and a few close friends whom everyone knows intimately.  I feel awkward crashing someone else's Christmas when they are opening presents, and I don't like being put on display for others outside my immediate family and inner circle of friends and having to show and tell each of the gifts I receive.  It just feels weird to me.  So, we had our own intimate family Christmas and then hosted a few family members today, Christmas Day.  It worked out quite nicely!

Here is a list of some of the awesome gifts I received this year from my family (this isn't to brag-I'm just excited about what I've been lucky enough to receive!):

• My own personal Susan (a name Ryan and I have given the voice of the GPS put out by the "For Dummies" company)
• A car radio with a CD player, conversion kit, and CD holder for the car!  Space (my car) came without a CD player-just the radio.  This way I can make my own mixes again and listen to my own music whenever I want!  I just need the money to get to a garage to have a mechanic install everything for me.  :D
• A Tazo Tea kit with 2 tea mugs, Zen tea, and Calm tea (all of which I love).
• Clothing from Lane Bryant!  
• FUZZY SOCKS!  (My fave).
• Earrings from Lane Bryant.
• A necklace and earring set from JCPenny's (I believe).
• Candy dots.
• Hershey's kisses (already eaten).
• A few purses (that I think I am still trying to decide whether I like).
• Twin XL Sheet Set
• A flower-shaped cutting board, lady bug hot plate, and a strainer serving spoon (which is awesome!)
• Bath and Body Works Enchanted Life body spray, body lotion, and body wash.
• Bath and Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Butter (I have used this every day since my sophomore year of high school and I looooove it!)
• 2 little Peppermint and Cotton Candy hand sanitizers from Bath and Body Works.
• Gift cards to the Mobil station and Price Chopper (Yay for gas to get back to Burlington and money to buy enough food to hopefully feed me until my refund check comes in!)
• Dermalogica Wash off, Bedtime for Breakouts, and Ready, Set, Scrub! products (which I also love.  I have tried them for the first time this past semester and they seem to work really well with my skin!  Hooray for gentle ingredients that don't actually do more damage to your skin than good!)

And from Ryan:

• A new pot to cook with since the Teflon was coming off from an old pot I had which necessitated my throwing it away.
• An amazing book he created full of memories between the two of us.  :)  <3

And from Ashley:

• A pair of earrings from Forever 21.
• A small clutch purse (which I love).  
• Yarn to aid me in my knitting endeavors!

Thank you to those of you who have exchanged gifts with me.  I love you all.  <3  Please go into the New Year safely, warmly, and heartily.  Drink and be merry-but also please be safe about it.

Safe and happy expeditions to you all!

xoxox

<3 Megan 

I am a Blob

The extent of my break has been me sitting on my bed catching up with all this stuff that I normally wouldn't get the chance to watch because almost all of my life from about 8am-1am is taken by Champlain College.  Classes, work, homework, 2nd job, more homework, and oh yeah, I have an internship to throw in the blender for next semester as well.  Yippee!  So while I can, I am watching everything I can get my hands on.  I've watched season 1 of Hereos (amaaaaazing show!), season 1 of House (I like him!), and a BUNCH of movies I stole (read: borrowed) from my roommate, Ashley. 

Well, good news.  I've finished everything I stole from her, and now I'm just trying to catch up on LOST before the new season begins Feb. 2nd.  Only 1 small problem though with the new season coming out.  :( It's on a Tuesday night.  Unfortunately, that is the same night that Ryan and I will be in Music Makers... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

So I guess what's going to have to happen is that we'll just have to wake up early Wednesday morning to watch what happened the night before.  Which is going to be kind of awful.  Haha.   Oh well...

Oh, and another thing I have to do:  Watch the show Charmed from start to finish.  My fantastic friends Velvet and Ryan decided to help me finish off my collection by buying me 2 seasons a piece for my x-Mas present.  Awwwww.  You guys are so sweet!  
I'm at a loss as what to give Velvet for her present though.  See, I did give her a present, but then she basically blew up at me and wanted the receipt to go return it STAT.  Sooooooo......glad I tried. -_-  Idk, I'm out of money so she'll have to either just deal with what she got or wait till I win the lottory so I can have some spending money.  No worries, I still love her--I'll just have to think of something else. 

So, now everyone knows why I am a blob.  Hey, at least I am keeping my mind sharp.  (If I wasn't watching movies like I was on a nightly 9pm-3am vigil, there wouldn't honestly be anything else to do, anyway.)  Lyndonville's "stuff to do" resources are highly limited.

You see, the closest movie theatre is 15 mins drive away.  The closest Wal*Mart is 45 mins drive away.  The closest "mall" (consisting of: Job Lots, JC Penny's, Maurices, Hallmark, Optical Expressions, Olympia Sports, Payless, Fashion Bug, and Sears) is a 10 min drive away.  We don't have any roller-rink places.  We don't really have a club....unless you count "the Packer."  (I tend to not count it, but that's just because I haven't actually been there yet....hopefully that'll change...Toria and I want to try to go next Wednesday.

Oh, Toria!  I don't think I've introduced her to you all on here yet.  Toria is my first black friend!  Hahahaha.  :)  Our friendship started back in 8th grade.  She moved from the capital city in VT to my little, tiny school.  We became friends, and have stayed that way ever since.  She's halarious. <3

Okie doke, that about sums things up I think.  I'll leave a few personalized endings to all my peeps on here:

Jess- I'm glad you were ok in your car accident!  How about the car, the other people, the other car?  I know you were still shaken up about it so I'm just curious how everything is going now.  :-S Keep me posted!

Ashley- I miss you!  I love your eyeliner/talent post!  Hope the Cape is treating you well!!!!

Velvet- Come back to me!!!!!  Have you gotten a new phone yet??? Can I get yo numba, can I have it, can I git it?  Can I git yo numba, can I have it, can I get the 7 digits plus area code that comprise your numba.... Hahahhaha. :P  Don't worry, I'm still trying to find some other gift that can be as personalized as the other one was, but hopefully you won't throw it back in my face this time.

Ryan-  Go to Macy's, go to the customer service counter.  There will be two $500 gift cards waiting for you.  BUY SOME CLOTHES.  Hahahaha!  I miss you, hun!  Hope work @ the grill is going swimmingly for you!  I'm doing some household errands today to get my room spiffied up.   We'll see how well that all works out.  :)  Luv u!

Luke- Hey babe!  Just wanted to let you know I'm still alive and that I'm pretty sure tonight is my last night of work till Monday.  Speaking of which, I have really weird hours next week.  Our store is open till 9pm, so generally if you're a Part Time person you work the 4-9 shift.  Well, I'm working 2-7's next week.....I don't get it.  Oh well.  Love you, babe!

And that's a wrap!
<3
Megan

I'm Still Alive! I Promise!

Hello, Hello everyone!

I hope you all have had the best Christmas ever.  Mine was awesome.  And I love my family.  I don't appreciate the fingerprints...but we'll get to that in a bit.

So, where have I been?  Basically for the past two days, I completely disconnected myself from the internet. (GASP!)  I know, I didn't think it was possible, either!!!!  Because I stole (read: borrowed) a TON of dvd's from my roommie (read: Ashley) over break, I've been spending my break on my bed completely self-absorbed in movies and seasons of various shows.  And I've watched everything...except the last 5 episodes of Season 1 of Hereos.  Ok, that show is SOME shit!  Hahahhaa.  Hayden (she plays Claire, the spontaneous regeneratory cheerleader) is awesome.  Niki/Jessica is crazy, and everybody is else is like NYGAAHHAHHFHAHHAAH!!!  Yeah, toes!

Besides wasting my brain cells by watching a crap-load of videos, I've been working hard on Ryan's present.  The real one.  The one that he's probably going to keep for years and put on display over his fireplace mantle when he gets his own house.  Yeah, it's going to be that good.  One little problem, I'm turning my room inside and out in search of something.  This something I want to add to his present, but I can't find it!! AHHHH!!!! Granted its a few years old, and with my computer crashing a couple of times a year hasn't really helped the cause.  I don't know if it's in existance anymore or not.  :(  I know I saw it about 6-7 months ago and I knew I was going to keep it because it was something I wanted to give back to him, but now I don't know where I've stuck it.  *Sigh*  FML  However, if I can find that thing perhaps I can continue with what I wanted to do.

For those of you who think I am ignoring you or mad at you: I am not!  (See the paragraph above this past one.)  When I watch stuff, I like to be focused on it otherwise I'll miss what's happening and be really very lost.  So, disconnecting myself from the internet is a great way to zero in on what I should be focusing on for a while. :)

Raise your hand: who here has heard of an ipod touch?  Ok....who here has ever touched an ipod touch?  If you're a part of my 308 gang, you will get that chance soon enough.  My mom is fantabulous and got me an 8gig ipod touch for Christmas to replace my 3 gig nano that still cringes everytime it sees my itunes collection.  Hahahahaha.  My Christmas was excellent, and I hope that you're Chanukkah, Kwanza, and/or X-Mas was just as fantastic!

New Years is around the bend, and to commemorate, I'll post a few pictures of the past, those I am thankful for, and those I can't wait to spend more of my life with!!!!

I Know What You're Thinking

WHERE has she been?  WTF, I want another post!

Well, ladies and gents.  I have been busy.  I have almost successfully navigated my way through the Fall 2009 semester.  One more exam in about 45 mins and then it'll hopefully be just about done and over with...

GIFT EXCHANGE is tonight!  I'm still working on the most EXCELLENT Christmas present for Ryan.  It won't be done in time for tonight, but apparently we've both created gifts for one another that is going to make both of us sob uncontrollably.  Can't wait!   Oh!  Spyro is almost done!!!!  Hahahaha.  We haven't totally "beat" the game yet, because we have to go back through all the other levels and collect ALL the gems in order to get into the final level.   But we're definitely working on it.

Speaking of gifts, I can't wait for Velvet to open hers.  It's mostly a gag gift, but it is also something she will hopefully find useful, and that will make her laugh, giggle, or at least smile once every morning. :)

Finals are overall going extremely well so far.  Is it bad to phrase this line like this: "I wonder how many A's I have?"  Hahaha.  I feel like I did really well this semester in despite of all the crap that happened.

Ugh.  But, I've almost made it.

Ryan, Joe, Ashley, Velvet, (maybe Jess?), and I are going to have our last fantastic night in 308 maple tonight.  Send us your best!

xoxo
Love,
Megan
P.S.  My ex-supervisor is AWESOME.  This is a shoutout to Meg, who offered to let Ryan and I borrow her vehicle for transporting college kid stuff from Jeanne Mance to 308.  Meg Ryan (our combined stage name) thanks you!!!!!