Christmas is here!

Christmas really is my favorite time of year! With the decorating, the festivities, the family... the family is what I'm going to miss this year. I love being with Edwin, but being away from my family is really tough. I didn't think it would be this tough since it has only been me and Edwin the entire time we've been here. I thought I'd be fine! Then I got a package from my mom in the mail yesterday. I opened it, took a couple things out, saw M&M's and started bawling! I don't know why it was the chocolate that did it to me! But I literally couldn't hold anything in! With everything I pulled out of the box from that point on it got worse and worse. The red holiday lights, bawling. The Christmas salt and pepper shakers, bawling. The candle, bawling. The presents, not just to me but to Edwin as well, bawling! It touched me so much and I was so grateful for it as we will not be with them this year. I then continued to cry as I called my mom to thank her. She got on the phone and in between sobs I was able to spurt out sobbed thanks for the package. Apparently there's a second package coming so hopefully I will be able to keep myself a little more together when it arrives. One thing I love about Christmas no matter where I am is the hot chocolate!!! Even though I drink it all year round, there's nothing like holiday hot chocolate. I have started putting peppermint candy canes in mine to flavor it and it is delightful!!! It melts completely and flavors the hot chocolate with just the right amount of peppermint. Another thing I love about Christmas, this just happens to come with the time of year for those of us on the northern hemisphere, are open fires in the fireplace! Edwin is a smart lad and had bought a house with a fireplace in it before he ever new me. There are many new traditions for Edwin with me as his wife. He has never had a real Christmas tree! So this year we made sure to buy one. He loves it! And I'm so happy because I hate fake trees. I love eggnog, especially home made eggnog so of course I had to find a recipe for one which was also new to Edwin! So all in all this year has been very adventurous for Edwin. Here is a picture of our beautiful tree!

Thanksgiving!!!

This Thanksgiving was my first one to bake anything for. I had never helped my mom prepare dinner for this holiday. So you can imagine my distress in making an entire meal for Thanksgiving. The only people for dinner was the White family consisting of me and Edwin. We still have leftovers in the fridge, which I'm sure are bad by now but I'm a little scared to open the containers. Edwin cooked the turkey, thank goodness cuz meat scares me. I cooked sweet potatoes, I have only ever tasted them once before and never made them, garlic, cheese, bacon potatoes, stuffing and vegies. It turned out really well, I was quite proud of myself and sad that no one else was there to see my glory in the Thanksgiving dinner. The best part was when Edwin said I make the best potatoes! He ate them for the next three days. :D

All our animals...

So far since Edwin and I got married, we have had three different animals. The first one, a sweet dog named Sadie, although a hand-me-down from his last marriage and a pee-er so she left... shortly after we got our rabbit Zeus. Then we got a german shepherd/lab mix puppy. Edwin can't go without a dog for very long. Shortly after getting our puppy, Roxy, Zeus had an accident, we don't know what, and hurt his foot. The poor baby wasn't using it at all. So, to not have to kill the poor guy or pay to get him fixed, we let him go in the forest down the road. :( This is a sore topic for me. So now we are left with our little puppy Roxy! Who is actually quite a hoot! She is now my adopted baby until I get a real one. I wonder when I will be able to graduate from puppy to baby. Maybe it's good it hasn't happened yet since I'm in school and the dog distracts me enough. I do actually spend most days studying and writing papers all day before class. The house has gone to pot and dinner rarely gets made... which will end this break until school starts again. Poor Edwin. But back to my Roxy. She gets really excited sometimes when she comes in from the backyard and if you go to pet her too soon before she calms down she piddles just a little bit before she realizes what she is doing and then will cower away with her tail tucked between her legs. Yes, she has caught the back hand of Edwin a couple times for peeing in the house. Of which took her days to not be scared around him. Poor baby. She has grown to love me as I have her. She really is my baby, although I will not be a dog owner who lets my dog do whatever she wants without punishment, especially when it involves people coming into my home. I learned this lesson when I had a roommate with a horrid little yorkshire terrier. My baby follows me around all day and always yearns for a pet from my extremely cold hand, as my hands and feet always are in the winter. When I pet her she looks up at me with loving eyes as if to say I love you mommy. She loves attention which makes having company over very enjoyable especially when kids are part of the company.

One of Roxy's favorite places to sleep, as long as I'm on the computer right next to her.

She loves touching me even if it means sleeping on my feet.

Isn't she cute!!! She a bit bigger than this now.

I'm an AWFUL person!!

How long has it been since I've posted anything on here? I mean really?!! September!!!! I'm the worst. I think I just lack the desire to write any more than I have to while I'm in school. Yes that's right! I went to school this past term and it was quite painful. The first time ever taking night classes. Probably the only nice thing about it is getting to do my homework the day of class. Which is actually really helpful because that means Edwin is at work and not distracting me. He can be doing nothing but watching tv and I still won't want to do anything just cuz he's RIGHT THERE! But all in all the past term went very well even though I hated two out of the three classes. Not sure on the final grades yet but I'm just happy that I got an A- on my religion paper. Yay!!! No more religion classes!