I keep forgetting to blog!

Maybe blogging should be a new year's resolution... since I keep forgetting to keep up with it. Its not like its a chore or anything, so you would think it wouldn't be that difficult. Eh. I'm kind of against resolutions around the new year since they tend to fade so easily, but whatever... 

So what have I been up to since mid-December? Certainly not working! heh... 

Went up to Shaver and had a blast... there was about 3-4 feet of snow at the cabin, and the dogs had a great time playing in that. You can barely see Bailey in this picture, but she's right there next to Captain in the snow... oh, and that's not our cabin in the background :) I think this might be our driveway but I'm not sure. 

We snapped the handle off of the water valve (you kind of need that if you want to shower or drink anything) so we couldn't turn the water on. Luckily some lumberjack-looking plumber was able to jet up and come fix it, so that crisis was averted. (Steph just stop right there... he looked like Paul Bunyon, and not in a good way-- trust me, I would have thrown your name out there had he been a ruggedly good looking plumber who was looking for a highly educated hottie from west Texas... but sadly, this was not the case ;) So anyway, I played beer pong for like the second time in my life, and it was kind of fun actually. Everyone except for Meredith and I ended up hammered (if you smile sweetly and act like you can't drink that much the guys will drink your beer for you, and then they have the hangover the next day and you don't... sometimes I love being a gril.) So anyway, yeah, everyone else was hurtin both days while Mare and I enjoyed ourselves. Went on some walks, built some fires, and had a pretty good time. 

Christmas was great... my aunt Cathy does Christmas Eve the way it was meant to be done... party platters, crab rangoons, and all the shrimp you can eat! It was a really good time... And then on Christmas we got to have cottage cheese dumplings, which are hands down the best family recipe ever (and are not really made with cottage cheese). They were heavenly and probably cut about 2 years off my life expectancy, but they were worth it. They had to make like 110 of them because the whole fam turned out for Christmas. Oh, and in case you're wondering, here's my favorite Christmas present:

Rainboots with elephants on them and an umbrella from JCrew! Sooo cute! Makes me wish we got more rain. :) And don't act like you're not impressed with my outfit... hahahaha. I just couldn't help it. 

I have had the chance to catch up with several friends from high school during the past few days and that's been really great too! Its amazing to see people after 10 years and be able to pick up a conversation like it's nothing. There's something comforting about being with people who knew you when you were young. 

So that's about it... December was a great month. I'm hoping 2009 is going to be a great year... and who knows, maybe it will be the year that I find a job, finish my dissertation, and meet the man of my dreams. Haha... yeah, well, maybe one of those three things will happen :)