Merry Christmas Eve!!

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm so excited, which is pretty unusual, and for no other reason besides the fact that it's Christmas! My whole family is home, which is also unusual, which may be contributing to my excitement. It is so much more fun to play games with other people instead of being by myself.

Christmas is a time of giving and loving, so I hope all of you have something kind or charitable in mind for someone else this season.
Merry Christmas!

Enjoying Pie Day

My family, as well as my aunt, some cousins, and some friends made pies for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun, and it has been a tradition for all us girls to enjoy cooking together every year the day before Thanksgiving. I think Thanksgiving is an important holiday to spend with those important to us, and be thankful for them. We ended up making 21 pies total! There were: 7 chocolate pudding pies, 6 pumpkin pies, 2 french apple crust pies, 3 apple pies, 1 lemon meringue, and 2 cherry pies.

My Cousin and her college roommate rolling out pie dough

My younger sister artistically decorating the chocolate pies

Me rolling out pie dough
My aunt and my little sister working on apple pie filling

New Blog Design

It's so cool! I love it! I was tired of how it looked previously, so I changed it to something more dynamic. I may change it, as it is very different than how I am used to it. I rearranged and recolored just about everything, but the set-up isn't too different.

I hope it is more interesting!

Face Your Monster Contest

Hello... hello? Yes I'm still here! Blegh, I have no excuse for not writing, but please forgive me anyway. =) In summary, I have many difficult classes, the first term has just barely been completed (with some close calls concerning grades), and only now do I have the internal initiative to write a blog post.

In school, I have actually been enjoying myself thoroughly, and I have had more "Oh! I didn't know that!" moments than I can count. I love how three of my classes: Adult roles, Psychology, and Communications tie into each other so well! I am continually thinking: "Hey! I just learned about that yesterday in another class!"

At home, I am often on the computer, listening to Pandora (a music website - it's really good for background music and my art classes use it a lot) and other various computer-y website surfing. I have even found a new group I like: Imogen Heap. They have a soft-pop kind of feeling, and I really like it. Also, Troy has been over at our house quite a bit recently and has brought a large amount of vitality to our very quiet home.

As far as art is concerned, I am working hard on my stuff for my art class.However, I probably will not post any pictures of them on the internet, as I do not want them to get stolen, and then be told I was the one plagurizing . meanie art theives...
I shall try to put them on after the portfolio for my class has been turned in and graded. In the meantime though, come visit my account on Deviantart, selphyus! It is an awesome website, where artists from all over post their artwork. I have even found professional art pieces done for book covers. Admittedly, there is some "mature" stuff, but Deviantart does a good job of regulating itself, so it is blocked to most viewers. I entered a Halloween contest "face your monster," with the piece shown below.

Arrgg. Pimples. I can't stand them.

New Glasses!

Guess what! I now have glasses!
Although I was hesitant to get them at first, the people were really nice, and I was able to find a pair that I really like. I am near sighted, so they will help me to see words and other things that are far away. I needed them, mostly because I barely passed the sight test for my driver's license, and I have been having trouble seeing the front board in class. They really help, even if they can e distracting.