Happy Holidays! =)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone out there in Cyber land! =) I hope everyone had enjoyable time with family and friends. I spent Christmas morning walking on the beach with my Pastor (yes, it seems very strange to me that I spent Christmas walking on a beach). We had a really nice time (I even saw my first sea otter in the "wild") and then it decided to rain on us; not just little drops of rain, but the sky opened up. I guess it just adds to the memory. =)

After getting home, I threw all of those wet, sandy, salty clothes in the wash and I jumped into a steamy shower and just stood in the hot water for about 20 minutes to thaw out. I then decided to put on some sweats and just kind of be cozy for the rest of the day. I figured the walk with her on the beach helped me to feel 'cozy' on the inside (we talked about a lot of things while we walked) and then when I got home I just allowed myself to get cozy on the outside as well.

I figured if I couldn't spend time with family, I would curl up with my doggies and call my family. I didn't talk with everyone because they were watching a movie but it was nice to hear the family in the background. Plus, I have my parents upcoming visit to look forward to! =)

Hearing my family in the background when I was talking to Mom reminded me of the time I spent at home last year during the holidays. Yeah, I wish I could have gone home this year for the holidays too but I think it will be lots of fun to be able to spend time with my parents here too. I will have the opportunity to show them where I currently live.

I am also looking forward to having them here because my belly dance troupe will be performing on New Year's Eve and I'm planning on participating in the troupe dances and I'm dancing a solo as well. I have been working on it some but I know that I still have some more work to do. It's a good thing I'm meeting some of my belly dance gal pals at the studio tomorrow to work on some choreography - - I think I'll just have to go a little earlier and work on my solo piece. Have to make sure it's the best that I can perform it. =)

I hope this Holiday season filled your heart with love and laughter and that your upcoming new year is filled with many blessings.

Even more adventures........

Well, yesterday I embarked on another new adventure for me.... Someone had told me that I was driving on VERY unsafe tires and that I needed at least two front ones as soon as possible. Based on their recommendation, I found a place online where I could afford tires and made an appointment for yesterday. As someone who has never bought her own tires before, I was very nervous but I selected tires that received a good ranking online as well as many positive customer comments. So I went yesterday to have the new tires put onto my car (I opted to replace all four tires so I wouldn't have to worry about the other two wearing out anytime soon; since they were still original tires on my car).

When they were finished and brought my car around, they told me that my car had four new shoes on and was ready to go dancing. =) The guy also told me that my front tires were SO bad that he could actually see the air in them. With it raining here so much as it has been, I definitely feel safer driving my car with the new tires. I can feel the difference as I drive down the road. I guess, before yesterday, I never knew what a difference new tires could make while driving. =)

Another adventure I've had this weekend, is on Friday evening, I decided it was time to rearrange practically every piece of furniture in my tiny apartment. I'm not anywhere near done yet, but the main pieces of furniture are where I think I want them and the rest will just kind of have to fill in the gaps. At least starting Friday, I will have time off of work to fix things how I want them. Granted I will only have until next Wednesday to get everything done......

A week from this Wednesday, my parents will be coming out to visit me! =) One of the reasons this excites me so much is I haven't seen my parents in just about a year. It's also going to be fun when they visit because my belly dance troupe will be performing (they haven't really seen me dance in person before) and I am supposed to dance a solo that night as well. Also when they are here, I will be singing a solo at church. Wow.... Yes, it's going to be a little hectic while they are here but I think we are going to have a lot of fun as well! =)

Well, since my apartment is a disaster, I should probably at least go and shovel off the bed so I will be able to get some sleep tonight. Wishing you and your family a VERY Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! =)