saturday morning and i'm up as if i need to go to work.
sort of sad that i'm not to be able to sleep in anymore!
it has been so long--at least since summer--since i have slept in past 8:00.
ah well, that just means i get more things accomplished in the morning!

last night we went to a friend of a friend's house (who we didn't know:) and hung out.
it actually was pretty fun. these people have such a cool house and backyard (a giant jacuzzi with a cool wooden half shelter, surrounded by plants and white christmas lights). it was so serene and festive! we didn't get in the jacuzzi but some other people did. and then we played ping pong. the guys played each other, then the girls played each other, and winners from guys and girls played each other. so matt and i were both on teams that won and we played each other for the championship. it was 19-19 and we threw away the last two points--so sad! but the guys were pretty impressed that we held our own for that long!

where is bocifus???? :)

a 50-minute bike ride today for me and mary (or cross training of your choice!)

our house is all decorated for christmas---we have our tree up and our banister is decorated with ribbons and lights.
also, mom, the wall hanging you made for us is above the fireplace--it looks so great! grammy, the wall hanging YOU made for us is in our guest room--it also looks great! we have a little baby tree in our guest room and our room, so each room has it's own christmas spirit! i know, i'm a nerd! but i don't care, there are only 19 days left until christmas--i need to totally celebrate! that's why i'm listening to frank sinatra's christmas songs. so there!

tonight our friends marni and eddie are having a dinner party so we're going to that tonight.

i'll probably do some christmas shopping today.
also, there is a christmas marathon of old clay-mation/stop animation shows, like rudolph and all those fun old christmas shows we used to watch when we were little. so i may catch some of those for fun memories later!

welp,
i'm out.
-tracey

welp, i am getting annoyed with seeing my old blog, so i have to write at least SOMETHING before i go to work today!
it's foggy out this morning-just like that past two mornings. when i was driving to school yesterday i was thinking that if i was still working for wauseon, it would have definately been a fog day. and then i laughed at myself when i remembered the first foggy day we had here last year: i turned on the tv, looking for the school listing of 2 hour fog delay. and of course there was nothing. because the fog actually clears here! and there are no cornfields/country roads to retain the fog all day. sort of disappointing then, but funny now.

yesterday i told a little boy that he was going to be graduating from speech soon and he said, "but i'll miss you!" so i explained that i would miss him too, but he was getting all better and didn't need my help anymore. so he started crying and threw his arms around my neck and hugged me so tight. it was hard to keep myself from crying, actually, he was so sweet.

mom, what a beautiful quilt you made for the church--it does look like stained glass!

random dinner last night: a bowl of soup, a whole bag of microwave popcorn, and half of an orange.

well, i have to get going to work now.
tracey