MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!! My family stayed up and opened presents at midnight, so here I am! I am the proud new owner of a Kindle Fire HD, and many other amazing things.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and that you truly realized the real meaning of the season. While you are opening your presents, and having fun with your family and friends, take a minute to thank God for sending His son to be born in a manger. Thank Him for creating you and allowing you to celebrate with your loved ones. Thank your parents for all of the things they have done and sacrificed for you. Thank a soldier for fighting for you, and laying his life on the line for you. Just be thankful this Christmas season.

 

Be safe, and enjoy this time together with friends.

 

Merry Christmas!

April B.

 

I had a great day today! Well, besides the part where I thought I was going to throw up, it was good. I am finally, actually, truly finished Christmas shopping. I almost had a heart attack though, I though Meijer messed up my photo order and I was ready to take some people out back. I was checking the status of my order this morning and it said that it was already picked up. WHOA! I sooo did not pick it up yet. I was worried that someone else picked it up since they already had my card info from my online order. Thankfully, after waiting forever, and being ignored  while I waited, I finally got my order and I am so happy with it. :)Thank you Meijer for not messing up my order like that other store I will not mention.......

 

I just have to wrap my mom's present since she has finally gone to bed. Then I am done!!!! Oh, I even got these adorable "Santa bags" so I can take all of the gifts over to the BF's house Christmas Eve. You know, kind of like the bag Santa caries all of the gifts in. They were on sale at Michael's for $1.99 so I got two!!!! Magically, all of the presents fit too.

 

I better get wrapping so I can get some sleep. Have a good rest of the weekend!

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

*this is kind of what it looks like, but much cooler. I can't seem to find a pic of it.......

I am finally home and all snug and warm in my bed, which is one of my favorite places to be. I woke up  to snow this morning!!!! I was so excited that we will have snow for Christmas. The only problem with snow is the cold; if snow was warm, it would be perfect. Anyways, I went out with the BF and his family to get their Christmas tree this afternoon. The last brother has finally made it home, and everyone is happy to have the family together for Christmas. After that, I went to the Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village with my church. It was soooooooooooooooooooo cold!!!!!!!!!!! It was also kind of boring; it is dark so you can't see much of the houses and such, and they barely light the buildings. Some places you can only walk in a few feet, and that's all there is to see. It is so much better in the summer during the day........

 

Whatever, I'm home now, and that's all that matters. Ooh, my BF also got me a new Adidas jacket today that matches his!!! I would steal his all the time, so he got me my own. Though, he did say that I can still steal his........

 

Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas season with your family and friends!

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

I had an amazing "lazy day" today. I literally got nothing done until I had to get ready for work around 2pm. I did get laundry and the dishes done though, so I did something. Work went well also, it was kind of slow because of a horrible downpour of rain. I hate rain........

 

I got my first peppermint hot chocolate of the season!!!!! I love them things!!!! To make it even better, I got home, and one of my piano students had sent me a Christmas card with a  $10 arch card in it. Now I can get even more peppermint hot chocolates!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Now I am watching the CMA Christmas special. I love Christmas songs so much, I record all of the Christmas specials!! They are so good:)

 

I still haven't finished my hat for tomorrow; I think I need to get on that.....

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

Well, it's past midnight, and I am just finishing up with some present wrapping. I got all of mine done, and some for my mom. I still have to figure out what to do about those ornaments Walmart messed up. I took them back today and got a full refund, and they gave me a number to call and complain. Hopefully, I can get them to send me the right ones overnight or something because they messed my order up. We'll see...

 

Dentist appointment went well, no issues, and my teeth look great! Now I don't have to be tortured again until June.

 

I just found out that we are supposed to get snow this weekend, and I am soooooo excited. I hate having Christmas without snow. One year, we had no snow at Christmas, and lots of it at Easter. Totally messed up right? Anyways, I better get to bed so I will actually want to get up tomorrow, or today really.

 

Sweet Dreams :)

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

Well, I had a great day today, until I got home...... So I got up this morning, earlier than I would have liked, and went in to the school. We had fun laughing at things on Pintrest, and grading the kids' book reports. I even started re-doing my hat. Then I had to leave for work, and I picked up my dinner, Subway, on the way. Work was great, our organ teacher, who gave me a poinsettia last week, gave me a $10 Panera gift card; one of the counter ladies gave me an adorable cuff bracelet, and another gave me some homemade jam. Then I got a chocolate cake from one of the piano teachers, and a cute mug someone had given to the front counter. I was having a really good day......

 

When I got home, I was actually excited because there was a package for me. It was the ornaments I ordered from Walmart for Christmas gifts. Then, I opened the package. Looked at my order summary, so far so good. I opened the first box, and it was a snowflake, not a wreath. Okay, I can probably deal with that. I open the second box, and it was a random picture of someone I don't know. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!! There was even pictures on the order sheet, along with which ornament was a snowflake, and which was a wreath. How hard can it be to match a picture to a picture.

 

Needless to say, tomorrow I am going into Walmart to "talk" to somebody about this. I am very upset, and worried that I won't have gifts before Christmas.

 

Anyways, hope you had a better day than mine :)

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

Happy Monday!!! This is the first happy Monday I have had in a long time. So, I did get up at a decent hour this morning, because the piano tuner was coming, and I actually got some stuff done. I put away all my clean clothes, organized my closet clothes, and cleaned and organized the bottom of my closet. I still have tons of school stuff to organize and put away, but I am making progress.

 

So, I finished the scarf I was working on, and started on the hat to match. Well, I just finished the hat, but have decided that it needs to be re-done. :) I am volunteering at my church's school tomorrow so I do have to get up again :( Though, I really do have fun when I am there. Hopefully, I can finish my hat, and maybe start another scarf while I'm there.

 

Bowling was okay tonight. About halfway through something threw me off, and I pretty much had an emotional meltdown. I don't really know what triggered it, but I guess it wasn't that bad, I just cried for a minute or two...... And gutter balls didn't help either.  We did go to Arby's when we were done and that definitely cheered me up. I finally got my peppermint swirl shake!!!!!! And now I am on a sugar high!!!!!! I am going to attempt to sleep though, since it is kind of important to my lively hood.

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.