Family

'Twas the Day Before Christmas

Snow Snow, come and stay
Please be here for Christmas Day

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the one I never knew

figured I'd change up a few songs to fit my thoughts

I've been baking cookies most of the day and listening to Christmas music. It's nice to have a day at home.

Merry Christmas Eve

Proposals

One evening several months ago I was with a friend at Target. We went to get one special thing. I think it was a bar of chocolate to have s'mores. The young lady in front of us was with a middle aged woman and they were excited and giddy buying a wedding magazine. She began talking about how she had just gotten proposed to and was showing off her ring to the cashier lady. She mentioned that the man of her dreams had proposed only an hour earlier.

My question is: Why was she at Target buying a magazine instead of spending time with her new finance?

It just doesn't make sense.

Oh, Bananas!

If anyone knows me, they know I love to make (and eat) banana bread. If they know me even better, they know that I happen to make the best banana bread in the world. It's true. The recipe says so. Since I don't have much money to buy people gifts, or even buy cards, I decided I would make mini loaves of banana bread to give away to people. I didn't really have any particular people in mind...just whoever I happened upon who looked like they needed banana bread. Don't worry. I gave it to people I know.

After making three batches (each batch makes 3 mini loaves, so 9 loaves), I bagged them up in cute Christmas bags and began giving them away. My roommate was a recipient of one of these loaves. She thought it was a cute idea, so she asked if I could help her make some to give away to people at her work. Last night we went to town. We made six more batches (18 mini loaves). Let me tell you, it was a task.

So what do I do this morning? Make more banana bread. I had to. I couldn't go without making it an even ten loaves (total of 30 mini loaves). I can smell the banana bread now...mmmm.

Even after all the exhausting work of making so much bread, I still want to make more. I just want to give it to everyone I know!

Maybe I should start a business...

Then I'll have to start charging :)

Charged

I went to Kroger to get some soup to have for dinner tonight with a grilled cheese sandwich. I grabbed 5 cans of Campbell's soup (in a wide variety) so I could have some for the future. After scanning my items at the self check out, I swiped my gift card to pay for the soup.

I thought I had enough left on the card.
Maybe I should have checked sooner.

The screen read that I still had 16 cents left to pay.
I had 2 cents in my wallet.

I had to charge my debit card for 16 cents.

I think that's a world record.