December 14, 2004
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Tonight is Dora‘s first choir concert at school.
Unfornately, she lost her voice over the weekend due to a nasty cold and won’t be able to sing. 
However, she still has to attend in order to get a grade…so I told her to just pull an Ashlee Simpson and lipsinc! 
I finished my Christmas shopping this last weekend…the little things. Stocking stuffers and such…although Jason will be getting the candy for the stockings this year.
Hard to believe that Christmas is next week eh? Yeah…but it’s cool! 
Jason and I decided to purchase a gift for ourselves this year…well for each other . 
We decided that since our DVD player died a while ago and we’ve been using one that the kiddos had been using (which works…but it’s been abused a bit) that it was time to get ourselves a new toy. One that would accommodate our needs…but give us some umph if you will. So as we looked through the Target ad on Saturday…we saw this Magnavox home theater system for under $200…and thought, “hey, that’s not bad at all”. It’s nothing huge…but it has a DVD/VHS player and receiver with a 300 amp subwoofer and 5 speakers. It works very well in our bedroom and was pretty simple to install and setup. Everything was color coded…so even Jason could’ve done it alone…haha.
Anyway…we’re enjoying that new toy and I think it was a nice gift.
I spent most of last weekend baking cookies…chocolate chip (with and w/o walnuts), sugar cookies (decorated) and tons of biscotti (orange cashew, orange almond, & cranberry pistachio). I’m not done yet…I still need to make the peanut butter and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies…(I made enough for the packages going out of town…but the kids want some too…go figure). I’ll probably do that tomorrow night after work. I got the out of town packages mailed off yesterday and am trying to get my Christmas cards mailed out…although it’s slow coming at the moment.
So…what have you been up to this last week eh? Anything exciting? Are you all enjoying the holiday season thus far?
I’m sorry that I haven’t been around to visit so much lately…but I guess it’s true that everyone is busy this time of year huh. I hope that you are all well and enjoying the season. 
Comments (4)
A couple of years ago with my Christmas money and a bit extra I bought us surround sound and I LOVE it!
Would you believe I haven’t started my Christmas shopping yet? It’s true I officially suck!
Dora will be lip syncing like Ashlee Simpson tonight??? I’m still chuckling over that one, although I am sorry that she’s under the weather.
John and I bought ourselves a home theater/dvd/vhs system for Christmas too. Great minds run in the same channels!
Let’s see…I too have been baking like a mad woman. My stuff-to-be-mailed is ready to go, I just need to get to the post office tomorrow to mail them. So as much as we can be here, we’re on track for Christmas.
‘Hope everything else is going well for you Maria!
-Lorie-
What a great present for the family
I seem to be busy but not getting anywhere 
we rock. literally, now. (I’m leaving the “even Jason could do it” comment alone
) love you! 