Christmas Video Collection

If you didn't already know, David and I are avid dancers. We've been practicing for weeks and put together two Christmas videos for you to enjoy. Vote for the video you like best by making comments on the videos! Enjoy!!

Charleston Christmas Video

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Christmas Dance Video

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I don't like Charlottes!

Now I'm not a major fan of bugs. Some are intriguing and I will gladly look at them behind a pane of glass in a science museum or fair but having them up close and personal is just disgusting. So imagine my disgust when I came out of my house this morning to find half of my yard completely covered in spider webs! I'm not even exaggerating...over half of the yard was covered in webs all over the grass and since we're having such heavy fog, there was enough moisture caught in each web that you could see all of them! It was so nasty. Ali was with me and we took some pictures with her camera but I'm not sure if they turned out.

I went about the rest of my day disturbed about the webs but decided to just run the sprinklers (I haven't turned them on since the fires...it's been wet enough that it didn't need it) to get rid of the webs. So I went outside tonight after it was dark and moved the fake rock covering the sprinkler controls and was horrified to find a black widow! I've seen them in my yard a few times (David even pulled one off MY BACK this summer when we were working on the yard relandscaping!) but it's just nasty to know that they're out there. David has suggested getting the house sprayed for spiders since I keep finding them in the house (mostly Daddy Longleg spiders and those don't scare me--just annoying to be killing things all the time) but now I'm determined to call tomorrow and schedule a spraying. I will freak out if I find a black widow in my house! Yucky!! Now every little piece of hair touching my face or neck has me twitching and freaking a little. I hate Charlottes!!!

Sore!

Productivity = Soreness! I guess all that climbing into the attic and putting up Christmas stuff caught up to me and today my arms are killing me! It probably doesn't help that my adorable nephew weighs 20 pounds either (but he's totally worth it). I guess this is yet just another reminder that I need to be hitting the gym and working out. They say that working out stuff is actually good for you, ya know?

Productivity!

Today I have been so productive! I woke up at 7:30 and hit the shower. I got dressed and Tyler came over for some Aunt Jenny babysitting while Michelle was shopping for Christmas gifts. Tyler and hung out this morning and ran some errands (buying shampoo & conditioner, trip to Starbucks--Tyler loves Starbucks, took a walk, filling a perscription, and a visit to Katie's house) before coming home to eat lunch and take a nap (just for Tyler...I had work to do).

While Tyler was sleeping, I put up my Christmas tree and got all the lights working. I used to be strongly opposed to fake Christmas trees since I grew up with real trees but I love having a tree all month long and I avoid the falling needles and having to water it...and they make candles with the Christmas tree scent so I'm set. So my tree is up and all decorated and I put up our Maine Christmas village (Lighthouse, Lobster Shack, Fishing Rental hut, etc.) for Papa.

Michelle came and picked Tyler so then I vacuumed, dusted, cleaned out my freezer (did you know frozen food can go bad? Yeah, they put expiration dates on it and apparently food from 2007 isn't good anymore--gross, I know), did some laundry, and it's only 3:30 pm! Yeah, it's definitely been a productive day but I have to say that the side effect of it is that I'm absolutely starving! Off to go make some popcorn and drink Diet Coke.

Pictures from my High School

The school marquee and mascot close to the flames:

Fire comes up the drive way of the school:

Thankfully no buildings or classrooms were lost. Thank you to all of the firefighters who helped protect our school!