so.... i love christmas, who doesn't and i love planning christmas festivities. i actually had a list at the beginning of december that i made of all the things i wanted to do this month. this included....
1.) lights at temple square
2.) making gingerbread houses
3.) throwing a holiday dance party/fundraiser
4.) white elephant gift exchange
5.) wear an ugly sweater, at some point during the month
6.) go to the nutcracker
so far i have completed just about everything on my list with less than a week to go until christmas. i have seriously loved christmas since i was a little girl. i use to make christmas countdowns, decorate my locker with christmas decorations (even in junior high and high school...no joke) and i would cry every time christmas was over. it isn't even christmas day that is so great, it is the entire month of december that is so wonderful. there is something about christmas time that has a special feeling that no other time of the year has. i love christmas/winter more than i love summer vacation. i have especially loved this holiday season because it has been a white christmas and i think the snow is absolutely beautiful. yesterday i was driving home from work and the sun was just about to set, it had just stopped snowing and the trees were covered in white, it literally took my breath away. this month i have loved nothing more than stopping by 7 eleven on the way home from work to get my hot coco and curling up at my house and watching a movie.
now that finals are over, all i have had to worry about is how to fill my time each day. i have spent the last week in logan working and hanging out with my friends, because lets face it i don't have friends down in salt lake anymore. it is fine though because i love being in logan and i really do never want to leave. it actually surprises me how many people have hung around during the break. every night there has been something fun to do. even though logan is such a small and somewhat boring little town i have always found that there is something to do. i mean a bunch of college kids in the same place what is boring about that? being in a small town just forces people to be creative and you find joy in the simplest of things. last night we planned yet another successful date night. we made our own pizzas, made gingerbread houses and played games. i couldn't believe how much fun i had making the gingerbread house and i took it so seriously. my friend haddie and i were talking about how we have planned more date nights this year then we have been asked out hahaha oh well...... at least we have fun doing them.
