oops.

guess i haven't updated in a while! i think i've been car hunting (and maybe reading) too much. who knew that was possible?

can't believe the insanity that has been the holiday season, yet again. halloween was lots of fun. went to a party at dear francis' girlfriend's house that night (there were lots of teenybopper kids dressed in not-so-tasteful costumes, but it was still cool! bob and i actually hung out with crystal's mom and grandmother for a while and heard their stories about coming here from portugal). and then we attempted to play twister (bob and me against francis and crystal)... thanks to my mad klutzy skills, i fell first and we lost (!).

thanksgiving was splendid as well.. helped mom with baking a little, and had visits from my aunt, brother, and a few friends later in the day. although i did end up feeling the effects of a cold that morning and all the way through the rest of the weekend, at least i had a few days off from work to shake it off... those germs had lovely timing. :shrug:

just got a new dell inspiron too, thanks to some wonderful trojan viruses that attacked my sony laptop! lol it's fixed though.. that boy of mine is smart on occasion. :) and he doesn't mind spending an hour on the phone talking to microsoft people because i never had the CDs that went with the stupid thing. just goes to show that you don't only have to be thankful on thanksgiving. ok, maybe that's corny, but still true!

and now i guess i'm brought up to date, which leaves us at just about 2 weeks before christmas! i had every intention of getting started early, but since i don't really know what the people on my list want, i tend to gravitate toward things that i want for myself. not really working with the whole idea of giving to others, huh? i should probably get on that. most people like gift cards. maybe i'll go with some of those. hmm. i should also stop thinking out loud (or in writing, in this case) about now! yeesh.

soooooo... happy holidays (not to be politically correct, but to save myself from having to type all the different celebrations around this time of year lol)! hope everyone is feeling festive! :)