Christmas goings.

This holiday season has been a blast. There have been some mishaps with the shower curtain and Bowie, but all in all, I've loved every minute of it.Christmas was filled with family (Aaron's and mine) and lots of FUN!Two days before Christmas Sam, Mel, and I exchanged gifts. Sam got Mel and me some pretty cool stuff from Papyrus. Mel got Sam a pretty candle and my gift to Sam was the best. I can say this without a doubt because I know Sam and she loves me. She has to... I know where she sleeps.

I got her Cranium. We played a bastard version of the game, and it worked out well. At one point Mel was asked who played Dr. Spock on the original Star Trek TV Show. She struggled with the answer because she knew what he looked like, but couldn't remember his name. She sang this weird, random song "It's life Jim/But not as we know/not as we know it/It's life Jim/But not as we know it/not as we know it" with her index fingers on the side of her head like horns while bobbing her head back and forth.I haven't laughed that hard in so long! I laughed so hard I cried and could hardly breathe. It was a case of the gigglies. That was the beginning of the end for me. We were playing so intensely that I got a major headache and stopped playing.

I'm not normally like that, if ever, but my head hurt really bad. I went in a dark room to calm down while Max, Sam's little brother, finished out the game with Sam and Mel. He cheated. In Cranium, you get the card to look at as long as its not a spelling question. When Max got his cards to look at he held them up in the light to read the answer on the back.

All three of them are dirty cheaters anyway. I don't know why Mel and Sam complained. Playing cards with those two is horrible.

Christmas Day rolled around and opening the gifts was a lot of fun. We all got money this year, so Connie and Dad got us all some really cool stocking stuffers to open Christmas day. I went to Papa's house, Aaron's granddad, and spent time with his extended family and his mom, dad, and sis. It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of food. It turns out that Aaron's cousins, they're all older, know the lady I babysit for. She was their counselor at church camp, and her grandmother lived around the corner from papa. Small world, huh? Aaron's mom, Freda, gave me a great present. She's helping me with knitting! She got me some yarn and told me to pick a pattern and she would help me through it! I picked up knitting awhile ago, but got stuck when I finished my first blanket square. I don't know how to connect them or tie off the last line. I'm looking forward to her knowledge and expertise. I've seen pictures of this amazing blanket she made Aaron for Christmas. I can't wait to be able to do that kind of work.

After Christmas lunch Aaron and I went back to my house to hang out with my family until dinner. We played Boxers or Briefs (I bought this game for Shannon's Christmas gift), which was a lot of fun. Aaron did really well considering it was a game trying to guess true or funny things about an individual, and it was the first time he met my family. Grrr. Sometimes I get too competitive, but how is life fun without a little competition?

After dinner Aaron and I watched My Super Ex-Girlfriend with Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson. It was OK, but I am glad I didn't pay to see it in a theater. It wasn't worth $8. Aaron went home after the movie, and I thought I was going to bed after, but Mel and Shannon had other ideas and we went out to a movie. Mel and I saw Blood Diamond and Shan and her friends saw The Holiday. Both movies were very good. BD was very good. Everyone should see it. Leonardo DiCaprio has come a long way from Titanic.

That was Christmas. I didn't get Aaron a gift right away. I'm horrible at gifts. I really am. Last week we went to Hastings and I bought him a Pink Floyd music DVD that he's been looking for. He got me two things: Book One of The Walking Dead and he carved a pine tree from wood and painted it to look like it was covered in snow.

TWD is the continuing saga of Rick and his family and friends in a post apocalyptic world of zombies. Those of you who know me, know that I love Zombie movies. I love them. I would love them even more if they further examined life after the initial outbreak and this is exactly what TWD does. It focuses on the people and how they change to survive. It's also got some amazing artwork. It's so cool. He's really sweet.

(Side Note: Gentlemen, buying your girlfriend a zombie comic or any other type of comic that interests you may not always be the best idea. Aaron got lucky that I enjoy Zombies and Comics. Be warned.)

I'll post more about the New Year later. I'm bored with this.

Peace.