Merry Christmas!

I haven't been much into the "Christmas spirit" this holiday season, which is unusual for me. Nonetheless, it is a day that lightens my spirits and makes me feel a little more joyful than most other days. Today was no exception. My daughter opened her presents on Christmas Eve. Here is a little bit of what she received.

She loves the Frozen movie and all of the songs in it, so we thought we'd get her the Frozen songbook so she could learn how to play the songs on her guitar and keyboard. She also loves Marvel Comics, hence the Captain American Vinyl Pop-Up.

We all met up at mom's house for lunch - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, homemade macaroni and cheese, green beans, chocolate fudge and watergate salad.

Tomorrow we begin the last week of 2014. It's hard to believe it's almost 2015.

Our gas has now below $2.00/gallon. I didn't think I'd ever see that again.

My daughter and I painted our nails last night with Christmas-y colors. Just for fun...

Happy Birthday, Jesus. Peace on Earth and goodwill toward men.