1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I'm a horrible wrapper so I usually use bags and tissue. I'm good at placing the tissue in the bag!2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial! I grew up with an artificial tree so I wouldn't know how to keep a real one alive! Too much work if you ask me. Spray some pine scent if you want that Christmas feel!
3. When do you put up the tree? I'm not putting ours up this year. Our apartment is too small. In years past I tried to get it up after Thanksgiving!
4. When do you take the tree down? One year it didn't go down until July! Pretty sad actually. I'm not the best at the take down process. It takes so much time to get it up that I dread taking it down.
5. Do you like eggnog?I can't stand the stuff! I tried it once and my taste buds didn't care for the taste!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably My Little Ponies! I loved those!
7. Hardest person to buy for? Everyone is hard in my opinion! Especially those that already have everything!
8. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes!! The expensive Willow Tree collection! I love it! I haven't used it yet but I plan to when I have a bigger place!
9. Mail or email Christmas cards? I don't do cards usually. At least not ones with our years history including family pictures. We don't have children to brag about! I do give out cards that say Merry Christmas though!
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't know. I probably never got one!
11. Favorite Christmas Movie?Home Alone, Christmas Vacation (you can look at my previous post to get a bigger list)!
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually when it's too late. I still haven't done our shopping! Better get onto that!
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I don't recall ever doing that. I'll try and return it and get money back or something before recycling it.
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chocolate, cheese spreads on wheat thins, fudge, my mother-in-laws rolls!
15. Lights on the tree? When I decorate a tree.....yes!! Clear lights! I think they look classy!
16. Favorite Christmas song? Oh Holy Night! I think it is gorgeous! I like Angels we have heard on High too!
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I prefer people traveling to see us! I don't like packing and unpacking! Too stressful!
18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen........Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer!
19. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas day? Christmas Morning
21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Working retail and never finding any parking (even in employee parking area) and driving in the horrid snow!
22. Favorite ornament theme or color? Our tree is pink and gold!
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner?The whole meal is good. I do prefer turkey over ham. Not much of a ham fan!
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? To get out of debt!
25. Who is most likely to respond to this?Anyone who cares!
26. Who is least likely to respond to this? Anyone who doesn't care!
Well it is almost a new year. Grant and I usually don't do anything special. We might not even stay up! I don't know! I guess we will see. I hope everyone else has some fun plans. I hope that everyone had a wonderful year this year. Let's hope that next year will be a happy year for everyone too! 
I just barely watched this one. I think everyone loves this movie. The story is so creative and it has a happy ending. I love the music too! One of my favorite parts is when Kevin puts the taranchula on Marve's face and he screams like a little girl. I laugh so hard at that part.
This movie just has way too many funny parts to pick one. The movie is funny from start to finish and I think everyone should see this if you haven't. Sensitive people should see an edited version, though nothing super bad is in it!
I used to watch this every year with my mom. I made Grant watch it one year and he didn't care for it. He claims there is nothing Christmas about the movie and I concur. The only Christmas part is at the very end. However, I still love the movie and enjoy watching it with my sister every year!
This is the best of the series. It's actually the only one I've seen but the other 2 look stupid. I think Tim Allen is funny and the kid who plays his son is adorable!
I have fond memories of this movie. I watched it every year as a little girl. There were several clay-mation movies made for Christmas but this is my all time favorite. Everyone loves this movie. It was made in the 50's (I think) and kids still love it now in 2008! Rudolph is so cute!
If you read my previous post you already know that the Nutcracker is special to me, but this motion picture is especially precious to me. This is the first ballet I ever watched when I was about 3 years old. My mom put this on TV hoping that I would watch it but little did she know that I would actually be mesmerized by it. I watched the whole thing without getting bored. My mom knew she had a little ballerina in the family after that. What makes this Nutcracker so much better than all the others? Mikhail Baryshnikov! He was one of the best if not the best ballet dancer of all time. He was awesome!!!
I enjoy watching this with my niece!
This is an awesome Will Ferrell movie. Not much of his stuff is clean but elf is clean and funny! 
The Nutcracker Ballet is very special to me since I personally performed in the ballet for at least 9 years. The ballet company I danced in only ever performed The Nutcracker. Other pieces that we performed were dances that were choreographed for us. So The Nutcracker was the only full ballet that our company performed. When I moved to Utah 5 years ago my Grandma thought it would be fun to take me to the Ballet West production of The Nutcracker. I loved it. I had never seen a professional company perform anything. It has become a tradition to see The Nutcracker every year with my grandma, aunt, cousin and sister.
I'm sure that Ballet West isn't the best professional company out there but I think they do a marvelous job and I sure enjoy to watch them. The summer after I graduated from High School I danced with the Ballet West Academy Summer Program. It was a really neat experience. Some of the company members came and took class with us (I was in the top class) to keep in shape and that was pretty cool.
This is Jason Linsley and he is a Soloist with Ballet West. He was one of the company members that was in my class. I had a super huge crush on him that summer. I felt so privileged when the teacher asked me to demonstrate a lift in class with Jason. It was AWESOME!!! I clap extra hard for him when he dances!!
It was pretty awesome. I almost didn't go because I've been feeling a little under the weather, but I'm glad I made the choice to go.
Every year I buy a Nutcracker for sentimental reasons. This is the one I bought today.
I bought this one at Macy's! Cute little Mouse King!
Me, my cousin and my sister after The Nutcracker!
I was fairly blonde as a child and I'd have to say that my hair color was gorgeous! My hair started to change color the more I aged and I'd have to say that my natural color is a mix between strawberry blonde and dirty blonde. I've been coloring my hair since I was 18 years old and I finally decided to be bold and bleach my hair. So at the beginning of the year I had my hair dresser bleach my hair. 
This is what we got! Pretty huh? I think so.
I'm serious when I say the breakage is all over. It's really sad. I don't want to damage my hair anymore than it already is so I've stopped styling my hair straight altogether. So those of you that see me a lot be prepared to see me with my crispy hair.
This hairstyle isn't as flattering but it is super easy and I don't have to apply much heat to create it. I think my hair broke due to many reasons. I plan on buying a new blow dryer and brush and we shall see if that helps any. Wish me luck on my hair growing process!!!
So Grant downloaded Shoot 'Em Up and Sin City for me to see and I finally watched them. I didn't care for either movie actually. Sorry Clive!
King Arthur didn't get the greatest reviews because people were expecting the whole "Sword and the Stone" thing. This movie was based on what historians believe to be the true story behind King Arthur. I loved it!!!!!!! King Arthur was a great man and I think Clive did a great job portraying him. If you are sensitive to blood, gore and violence then don't see the Director's Cut.
