goodbye 2008...you flew by a bit too quickly...

i cannot believe it is going to be next year, tomorrow.

i cannot believe this.

i also can't believe that i am up at this ungodly hour and it is causing me to think things like, "why does 7:19 exist?? what is its point?"

i guess its point is to allow quiet time for me to catch y'all up on the past 10 days...if i can remember all of the highlights...

i am going to try :)

first and foremost, colts win. and not just any win. a 23-0 win. AWESOME!!! and they will be playing san diego next saturday. so you know where we'll be from about 5:00 on. i hope the colts play like a winning team and don't just hand it over to the chargers...but this season...i never quite know which team is showing up to the game. i will wear my jersey. regardless.

also, there were holidays abound. abound, i say!! christmas eve saw us baking cookies with ben's mom and dave. it was a bit hectic and rushed (nobody cookie-cuttered except for melissa) but we cranked out a boatload of cookies. and i mean literally a boatload. we loaded up a boat and melissa and dave sailed away.

ok. so not 'literally'...

then they left and ben and i could have our christmas. which i like to do on xmas eve because the next day is always crammed with going to my mom's and going to his aunt's. SO, it was awesome. i got a bunch of cute clothes (he is a way better shopper for me than i am...how is this possible?? because he is a gem, ladies. an absolute gem.) and the gift of all gifts was a photo book ben made for me. it was full of pictures of us (mostly close-ups taken from an arm's length away) from the last 5 1/2 years. it was amazing to see how we've changed together. how young we looked back then! and to remember all of the places those pictures were taken, each a beautiful memory. it was a gift that could not be topped.

flash forward to christmas morning. we go to my mom's around noon and hang out for a few hours. it was really nice. in the past we've just stopped in on our way to torrance and it's always cut so short. this year was a nice balance of my family and ben's.

then we headed to the starbuck's for the usual xmas fare of opening gifts and eating a turkey dinner. the food was delicious and, of course, i couldn't stop eating until it hurt. what's one last forkful of stuffing?? oh goodness...

i haven't quite figured out how to be unabashedly honest in the blog world... there are so many things that can't really be said without me worrying who is reading them. and, unfortunately, some things can't be said without hurting feelings, unintentionally of course. perhaps this is why the holiday summing-up will remain a bit brief.

for those of you worried about aforementioned brevity, i will fill you in via phone or something :)

also, as we wind down this old year of 2008, let us hope that my laptop will be easily fixed as it is semi-broken right now. unchargeable. and causing much stress. (i heart my laptop) which is the #1 reason i have not been writing. i have been crossing my fingers for the past week or so and, if the problem is the power adapter, i will be able to uncross my fingers and perform a dance unto the gods. i am hoping it will be miraculous.

so what is next in this world of mine...

tax season is a few days away. work will get even crazier and come to a head in april. then it will be quiet and normal again.

in march we will celebrate one year in our home! can you believe it? i surely cannot.

in september we get to celebrate zach and angie at their wedding (SO EXCITED).

ben will be 28. i will be 29.

good lord.

i hope 2009 is a year of immense writing on my part. it is a good habit to keep up. and i will try to not let another 10 days go by. sorry, ang :)


p.s. i am very lucky that my brother (in law) is marrying a girl i think is awesome and had SO much fun talking to last night :) i know we might always live in different states but i also know that we'll still be close, in different ways. i can't wait to eat pizza in september, hahaha. xoxo