A beautiful weekend...filled with everything from
sorrow to happiness. I
am currently being distracted by an ad that claims
if I "shoot the
outlaw" I'll win a free ipod...I would like an ipod,
but I'm afraid of
getting ripped off. I mean what if I get shot
instead?

Yesterday, we bystrom people finally exchanged our
gifts to one another.
We normally wait until Epiphany (three kings day on
Jan. 6), but
Thursday would not have been conducive to enjoyment
of a holiday. So we
made it happen yesterday. It was really nice, I got
Niah a pair of
stellar shoes that didn't fit him. But the journal I
gave him did.
Isaiah is enjoying the art kit, and sweatshirt I
decorated for him. Mom
will make Pho Ga today and serve it in the new
oversized soup bowls I
found her. Poppa's shoes are being tested for
comfort in the house
today, before he will wear them outside.

I have two new beautiful coats (my family knows my
fetish for classy
shoes and vintage coats...I think I could wear a
different coat everyday
of the week now.) A pair of amazing mittens that my
mom made, I told her
that she has to make some and sell them on my
website. An itunes
card...which I hinted heavily for *blushes*. I've
purchased three songs
so far...any suggestions on what I should buy next
will be appreciated.
I want to broaden my knowledge of good
music...anyways. All this was
topped off with a surprise in the basement...dad
told me there was a
gift he left there because he ran out of time to
wrap it in. He gave me
intructions on where to find it, I put my slippers
on and went into "the
pit" as we lovingly call our michigan basement.
Normally cluttered with
laundry, thrift store purchases that never were put
to use, piles of
books, yer momma...ect. My breathe was stolen from
me when I entered the
back room, not because of a mustly smell either. A
section of the mess
had dissappeard, replaced now with an area rug,
beautiful work
table...shelves and such. All to house sewing tools
and materials...all
for me to work in. I have two rooms that are mine in
our little house
now. I love them both, instead of dreading one. :) I
cry because I'm
blessed. I'm gonna go get myself moved in.