Stage 10 of Christmas - The Days After.

Well, Christmas is officially over.

"Now what?"

This is always my feeling the day after Christmas! lol

All the hype, all the spending, all the suspense...over.

I LOVE the stations that continued playing Christmas music the day after, it was so much fun driving home.

The Christmas exchanges with family and friends throughout this week make Christmas continue on, even if I have to work every day! They are wonderful and exciting in their own sense because they have a feeling of being "bonuses" of Christmas.

I get this dramatic love of Christmas from my mother. She is a Christmas fanatic. The fact that I am actually depressed after Christmas Day is truly her fault. For those who know me and read this blog, you know this is a rare moment of sentimentalism. I know that decorations in Bula will be up until the weekend after the New Year and presents will stay under the tree for at least the day after New Year's. Christmas music will still play and the eating of left overs and cookies will continue on for 3 weeks. Not knowing any other way, I admit that I am biased towards these traditions.

I know people who take everything down and put everything away as soon as the actual Christmas Day is over. I cannot fathom this lol where's the fun in that?

Christmas is one time a year. One time a year to see everyone you love, to eat whatever you want and way more than you should, to spoil children who may not even deserve coal, to hear the Christmas story, to actually not mind longer travel times and snow coming down in buckets to cover everything. One time a year to get the things you WANT instead of buying yourself the things you NEED, to see people's faces light up as they open their gifts, to bust out all your holiday scented candles and baking skills.
(or lack there of if you're me) :p

I know that there are still down times, the remembering of loved ones who are no longer there, the missing those who can't come home, the piles of neglected work you will have to go back to, the spending of your savings, the messy house, the long lines in stores, and the days that it will take to get everything put away...

But it's so worth it! And to be over in a day, or two days, is just unimaginable for me. I want to make Christmas last as long as I can. A two week extension taking you right into that next year! Who wants to rush?

So here's to a Merry Christmas Week! Life is so short and this truly is the best time of the year!

Pics from the Memorial Day Picnic!

Here are a few pics from Memorial Day! I Wish I had gotten a few more though, I forgot I had my camera in the morning and then the afternoon was spent playing volley-ball!!

Christmas Montage!

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And here's the link to view the Christmas 2007 montage (it was the first montage I ever made!)!:

http://nikkis-bubble.blogspot.com/2008/01/hope-you-all-enjoyed-memory-re-cap-post.html

Thanksgiving 2008!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving! lol I meant to post something BEFORE the holiday, but what can I say...better late than never?!? My holiday, long weekend, and black friday shopping were all fabulous and I hope you guys can all the same! Hopefully everyone travelled safely!!! I always get nervous driving during the holidays, all the crazy's (black friday shoppers esp. Myself excluded of course...) are out! (apparently they have families too...) :P Below is a montage of my family's Thanksgiving with the Curtis', Allens, and Hamiltons! All the food was amazing, and of course there was a cheese ball...which I have to say, my mom makes the best of! I always eat too much of the snacks and appetisers, and hardly any of the actual Thanksgiving Day meal! And then there's dessert... :P At the end of the montage are 2 short vids of the guys playing the Wii! I def. want one now!!! :P

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Video Montage of the Last Couple Weeks

I made a montage of the photos from my birthday party, last week in Ashtabula, and some of the Erie Lake. I had way to many pics to just post them up like I normally do, so I put them together! And no negative comments because the photos took forever to load, it took an hour to make the video! lol j/k Tomorrow's Monday!!! :P Are you ready? I know I'm not! lol I have a couple short vids on my digital camera that I'm not sure what I'm going to do with yet! lol I may post them individually or put those together to, but either way, there's more to come! lol Enjoy!

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