Kitty....

Is it sad that i miss my cat more then anything else while I'm away from home at college? Because I'm pretty sure that that's not normal. Oh well. I still can't wait to see Bailey when i get home!

Bailey ->

Tagged

I have been tagged for a Christmas questionnaire thingy and i feel i must respond!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Wrapping paper! It's much more fun and personal.

2. Real or artificial tree?
Since i've never had a real tree before I'd have to say artificial. But a tall one.

3. When do you put up the tree?
Ideally i would put it up during the first week of December, but at home that hasn't happened lately. there's too much going on.

4. When do you take the tree down?
A little bit after Christmas.

5. Do you like eggnog?
In small doses yes.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?
ummm...i don't really remember being a child. So i don't know.

7. Hardest person to buy for?
Everyone. I suck at getting presents for people. I never know if they're going to like it or not.

8. Easiest person to buy for?
See above.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
Personally no. My mother has one. actually i think maybe multiple.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
I've never had to do it before but i think email would be easier but mailing would be more personal.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
I think one year my brother didn't get me anything. That sucked.

12. Favorite Christmas movie?
White Christmas. Classic.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
A couple days before Christmas. Which is stupid because i hate crowds. And the mall.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
I'm pretty sure i haven't.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Candy Canes...peppermint bark.

17. Favorite Christmas song?
I have lots of favorites but i really like Jewels Christmas album with Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer.

18. Travel at Christmas, or stay home?
STAY HOME.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
Dasher, Donner, Vixen, Comet, Rudolph....no.

20. Angel or star at the top of the tree?
If it was a Angel it'd have to be pretty, not cheap and tacky looking. A star would be nice too...

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?
Christmas PJ's on Christmas Eve the rest in the morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?
Crowded Malls, Overly Cheery people and over played Christmas songs.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
I'm with Katie, bring the western ornaments back mother!

24. Favorite Christmas dinner?
Soup, grandma Romney's rolls served on Christmas dinner ware.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
Change.


I'm supposed to tag people but the only person i really know tagged me so...if you read this consider yourself tagged! Ahaha you have no choice!

Read

Ever since i was in elementary school reading has always provided a source of unique happiness for me. To open a book and be pulled into a world new and different, unlike yours would ever be is something that i love.

Not many understand my love of books, the only one i can think of who has come close is my sister, but even she has a different way of loving and enjoying books.
When i purchase a book i almost always research it before hand. There have been very few occasions that i have randomly bought a book and liked it well enough to keep it. The reason i research my books is because i have a peculiar taste in books. I have to really look to find something that i think i might like. It's difficult to explain so I'm not going to try. I research because when i buy a book, i mean to keep it. My mother says just go to the library and save money, but that's not the point. I buy a book, read it, and if i enjoy it then i keep it, and read it over and over again. I don't read and toss. That's just silly. The point of the book is that someone has taken the time to create these characters, create the world they live in and create a story for them or in other words, create their life. and when i enjoy an author's creation i want to visit it over and over again. There are so many stories that i read when i was younger that i now wish i remembered the titles because i want to reread it. I went through a phase in middle school and freshman year of high school where i almost literally went through a book a day. That was my slightly anti-social period.
Some people say that reading is an escapism and while i agree that in a radical way it can be, its still something i enjoy immensely. Life is never always going the way you want it to be going so at times it is good to take a break and imagine what it would be like in a different life, a different world.
I'm not saying that i hate my life or any of that nonsense. I recognize what i have been blessed with and am grateful for it.

My only problem with reading it that i am picky, and that i go through non-reading phases. I'm picky in that if i don't like the way a book is going, then i stop. I go through non-reading phases because sometimes i'm reluctant to read even though i love it. There's just this feeling inside me that is yearning to read but just doesn't want to at the time. These aren't good problems to have because i have about twenty books and counting that i have either read half way through and stopped or just haven't read yet. It's quite frustrating. But it's actually really easy for me to break the non-reading phases, i just have to pick up a book and start reading. But then i generally won't stop until i finish the book so that also creates a problem. Maybe i go through the phases because i know that i probably wouldn't get anything done otherwise...
Which is probably true.