its the most wonderful time..

christmas was wonderful

minus the rain instead of snow
& i really spent too much money this christmas
..but..

i love giving

it makes me happy

so i don't feel bad at all for what i have spent

it's worth every penny to me

i suprised my daddy with a metal detector

he was like a kid scrambling for batteries right out of the box

and im pretty sure mama loves her bread maker too

it just seemed fitting for her

and im sure your wondering

garrett loved his gift

i knew he would

making it a success

im perfectly content without receiving

but of course

the people i love

share my love for giving also

i feel so spoilt

yet so thankful i have so many wonderful people in my life

who love me

so, so much

like

my sweetheart suprised me with car lashes!!
only kidding of course
he got me a camera
even better

i don't think he took into account the after effects of his purchase though

because last night i made him take a bizillion silly pictures with me

im pretty sure he realized he had created a monster

. i am a girl..

what did he think was going to happen?

christmas eve was spent watching my cookie faced nephew

race his scooter through meme's house

"it's okay, i have a scooter man"

oh, lets not forget watching cars 2 for the fifth time in a row
while aunt cowie attempted to make cake balls

they look great

but i don't have the patience to make them

ever, ever again

its like scrapbooking

i just don't have the patience for it

candy making, that is

christmas parties are the best

we played dirty santa at one of garretts familys house

i stole a candle that i didn't feel bad at all about stealing

because it smells amazing

and its called

"butt naked"

to which his mom states:

she has never smelled anything butt-naked that smells that good!

so it really felt like christmas this year

to me

next weekend we will begin a new year

so much has happened this year

i can't imagine what will be of 2012

i guess we will just have to see

speak to us of giving

the prophet by kahlil gibran is one of my favorite books

i keep it on my night stand

i also believe it is a book everyone should read

it is an inspiring book of 26 poetic essays written in english by the lebanese artist/philosopher/writer kahlil gibran. he writes of a man named al-mustafa (the prophet) who just before leaving from the city of orphalese leaves the people of the city with wisdom on different topics such as dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty and religion and so on..

the chicago post said of the prophet  "... if there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth"

so since christmas is the season of giving

i thought i would share what the prophet spoke of giving

"then said a rich man, speak to us of giving

and he answered:

you give but little when you give of your possessions.

it is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

for what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?

and tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?

and what is fear of need but need itself?

is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?

there are those who give little of the much which they have-and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

and there are those who have little and give it all.

these are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.

there are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

and there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.

and there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;

they give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space

through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth.

it is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding;

and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

and is there aught you would withhold?

all you have shall someday be given;

therefore give now, that the season of givng may be yours and not your inheritors'.

you often say, "i would give, but only to the deserving."

the trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.

they give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy to all else from you.

and he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.

and what desert greater shall there be, than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of recieving?

and who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?

see first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.

for in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.

and you receivers-and you are all receivers-assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives.

rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings;

for to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother, and God for father."

what an inspiration.  we should give unto others while we are living, give in love and in return feel joy. we should also take a look at ourselves before judging who deserves to be given to. i hope i inspired you to continue reading his great work.

decemberly

so this is going to be my december 1st post

because i was obviously too lazy to update thursday night

here is my excuse:

thursday night was the christmas parade

i guess i could blame my lack for posting on the chilly weather huh?

the parade was dope

especially the sonic boom band

i love the sound of an old beat up college drum

it reminds me of aerosmiths song "living on the edge" where they feature the sound of a bass drum tyler stole from his high school

four loud beats are heard from that drum in a pause between the final verse

and chorus

the sound just makes your heart pound right along with the boom

i want to play the drums so bad i cant stand it

after the parade me and garrett got a bite to eat at popeyes

needless to say we beat the crowd

everyone else went straight to waffle house just as i had guessed they would

we ate our chicken while a guy behind us serinaded us by humming and singing along to sara bareilles' love song on the radio

"head under water.... hm hmm hm hmm.."

and i am so not good at containing myself in funny situations

bless me

i just can't believe we are in the month of december already

& im not at all ready

it still seems like we haven't had thanksgiving yet

what the world!?

its all dope

christmas is the bomb

and im so excited because garretts christmas present came in the other day

i know i seem overly excited

well i am

im not good at picking out "men gifts" at all

i never have been

im a girl

men are manly so it makes things difficult

and usually if you do see manly light bulbs blinking

they already have that idea

or ten others

so what do you do?

here babe, you want a pocket knife?

how about a socket wrench

flashlight?

mens cologne?

oh i know

the classic wallet!

oh, you got that the last two christmas's?

of course you did, bless your heart!

..and they say women are complicated..

..so 1 gift down-many to go..

its all dope

i have been trying to convince garrett that i need car lashes for my jeep for christmas

but he says no

he just looked at me like "are you out of your mind??" when i explained what they were

but the car lashes could potentially take away from my bad azz tude while driving

hmm?

last night we decided a christmas tree would fit in the jeep liberty

and it did

i personally thought it would look funnier on top of the jeep

but why bother when it rode just as great inside the jeep

splendid

so how is your first days of christmas starting out? are you broke already too? i know sucks right?



badass on a banshee

first of all

it has been a minute since my last post

here is what you missed:

thanksgiving

and it was wonderful and i hope that yours was as well

dressing, turkey, garretts aunt kathys (amazingly yummy) honey ham, and desserts galore
family

it was nice
did i black friday?
jello no!
although i did venture out on some online black friday savings!
i was not about to be dragged out of walmart with a towel wrapped around my neck!

holidays make me excited

especially our next big, big holiday coming up....

christmas

i finally got garretts christmas present ordered and it will be here any day now!

im so excited because i have a feeling he is going to really really love it
it is something he needs
i just hope it does the trick

of course, i can't share with you all because im not sure how much he actually reads my blog posts

i mean, im sure he creeps me

he loves me why wouldn't he?

i would creep me

moving on..

i got my hair cut
(will post pictures later)
and tricked garrett into thinking i cut it this short

it actually looks like it would be very cute, but i just can't cut my nappy hair

so today was dopier than dope

wiggins sand dunes/racing with my love was the plan

i heard the clock at 5:45

hit the shower..

we grabbed the boogie

which is my gps

its a magellan

 why didn't i name it majello?

...and headed out with the crew

rain rain rain was in the forecast of course

but we didn't get too wet
although we (the girls) did get stuck on a monster of all sandhill in the rhino
three damsels in distress
where did our men go?
over the hill
boocockie
luckily there were four handy men there to wrench us down
they just happened to be a racing team abbreviated
(C.R.A.P.)
cactus racing and performance, that is
and they are posting pictures on their facebook page
how embarrasing right?
i think they enjoyed saving three women a little too much

but it could have been a bad deal
but it wasn't
kuddos to the crappers


so to the race hill we go

there was alot of competition..

but

garrett won first place

i wasn't suprised though

how much did he win you ask?

oh, a t-shirt

he calls it his 90 dollar t-shirt

since they all had to pay so much to race

he is such a badass on that banshee

he loves it

& i love him