We Wish you a Merry Christmas!

  Hey everyone, and Merry Christmas! This is just going to be a really quick post, but I'll DEFINITELY be posting a longer post tomorrow. Hope you've all had an awesome day!

xoxo,
Carolyn
P.S.- This was written on my phone, so that is taking some getting used to!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve! {{2012}}

  Merry Christmas Eve Eve, everyone!  {{Or the day before Christmas Eve, if all of my eves are confusing you.}}  I can NOT believe that TOMORROW is Christmas Eve, and the next day is CHRISTMAS!  It's crazy to think that I wrote a post on this day exactly one year ago, and also exactly TWO years ago {although that post was lost with my old blog}.  It's becoming a tradition, and I think I quite like it.

  Christmas Eve Eve has been a good day, a day of both relaxation and preparation.  We're getting our meals all sorted out for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, baking cookies for family gatherings, and just generally being excited for Christmas, of course!

  Good smells are wafting through the house, tickling my nose.  Snow is lying on the ground, obviously staying put for quite some time.  These little scenes just make Christmas seem like it's really here, just waiting for the official day where it can come out and make its grand entrance.  There's no hiding that everyone in this household is most definitely excited for that day.

  These kinds of days make good days for reading, especially reading Christmas-y books.  I mean, who wouldn't want to curl up by the Christmas tree, a warm blanket covering your toes, hot cocoa sitting next to you, and read Little Women?  Sounds good to me!

  So I know I have written this post all . . . seriously, I guess, but I did just have to say that I AM SO EXTREMELY SUPERLY DUPERLY EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

. . . 

not.even.kidding. 

  I'm going to be doing some vlogging on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, too, so I hope you guys head over to my YouTube channel on those days and check out the videos!

  Hope all of you guys have had an AWESOME holiday season and winter break so far, and that it just keeps on getting better!

xoxo,
Carolyn

Five Sleeps 'til Santa!

  Well, since my last post, quite a few things have happened . . . 

Pictures in this post were taken last night when the blizzard started!

1. We had a BLIZZARD!  {{Last night!}}
2. We had a SNOW DAY! {{Today!}}
3. We're having ANOTHER snow day! {{Tomorrow!}}

  So, needless to say, I'm a very happy girl.  :)

  Christmas is coming oh-so soon, and I still have some presents to buy!  XD  I might be getting some presents for friends, my cousin, and my dad tomorrow, if the stores downtown are open, that is!

  Sorry for not much of a post today, but I'll probably have more snow pictures tomorrow night!

xoxo,

Carolyn

Seven Sleeps 'til Santa!

  I can NOT believe that in just a WEEK, it'll be Christmas day!  I am honestly so extremely excited for Christmas, I can not even begin to explain it.  XD

  So, Christmas break is coming up really soon!  It's Tuesday,-obviously-and I'll 100% be going to school tomorrow.  Then, Wednesday night, we're supposed to get a huge winter storm!  :D  So, the likelyhood of actually having school on Thursday is becoming slim, which makes me oh-so happy.  ;)  So, if we have a snow day on Thursday, that means that we only have FRIDAY until break!  I honestly would have no problem with going to school on Friday because we're having winter activities all day instead of actual classes.  OH YES!  XD  {{And, my dad also said that-due to the weather, since it's supposed to snow all Thursday, too-we might not even have school on Friday at all!}}  I am SO happy!

  Really, Christmas is coming so fast, and I can't believe it!  Just a week and I'll be waking up and feeling way too excited.  XD  Eeep, I am so excited that I am seriously feeling excited RIGHT NOW, as I right this.  Carolyn, calm yourself.

  As you can easily tell, I am just a tad excited for Christmas!  :D  I've been posting some Christmas videos on my YouTube channel, if you'd like to check those out . . . and I'd really love it if you did.  ;3

  MERRY WEEK-UNTIL-CHRISTMAS!  <3

xoxo,
Carolyn

Tis the Season!

  I don't know about you guys, but I am completely and totally in the Christmas spirit!  Drinking hot cocoa, putting up decorations, painting my nails all festively, and the like.  ;)  I just can't wait for Christmas!  <3

  I actually had my Nutcracker Ballet performance yesterday, and I think it went pretty well!  I don't usually remember much of it at all, since it's so fast and I can basically hear my heart pounding.  XD  I guess I'll see how well I did when I get the DVD.  ;]

  But really, Nutcracker was great!  I had such an amazing cast and an awesome "fan club" that came to support me, and I just loved every moment of it.  I'm so sad to know that it's all over, though!  Now what I'm thinking about is how I need to practice for the parts that I want next year!  XD

  Today was our first ACTUAL snow, but our technical third snow!  :D  YAY FOR SNOW!  <3  I absolutely adore snow, even though it brings lots of cold.  XD  But still, snow = white Christmas = HAPPY CAROLYN! XD

  Recently, I haven't done anything else/nothing much has happened that's been all that exciting.  Nutcracker has definitely been the highlight of my December!  :D  I've been vlogging today, since-it seems-that nearly every other YouTuber on the PLANET is doing Vlogmas . . . and it seems like a bunch of fun.  ;)  I've barely posted anything on YouTube, though, so this will be a good pick-me-up for my channel.  :)

  So, I will end this post with some Instagram photos for you to enjoy!  :D

Getting ready for Nutcracker dress rehearsal

Hot cocoa <3

The best socks EVER from my cousin {Nutcracker Gift}

First snow!

xoxo,

Carolyn

P.S.- Sorry for no posts recently!  I've been really busy!  But don't forget to check out my YouTube! :D  Vlog going up soon!  :]

We Wish you a {{BELATED}} Merry Christmas!

  Yeah, I feel pretty bad, but I didn't post on Christmas.  No, I'm not evil and didn't WANT to post on Christmas, I was gone almost all day.  Here's how my day went:

5:00 AM- Thomas comes in to my room and wakes me up.  I was tired and asleep.  "IT'S CHRISTMAS!" he exclaims, and I respond, "I know."

A little after 5:00- Go in to living room and open stalking stuff

A little MORE after 5:00- Go downstairs and begin to open presents

Around 6:00- Start watching Doll Hair Studio DVD with mom, then take a nap

8:30- Eat breakfast and then do whatever I felt like

11:00- Go to grandparent's house to see family

Who-Knows-When- Leave

Around 11:00 PM- Get home and go to bed

  So, I was busy.  But nonetheless, Merry Christmas!  I would share with you what I got, but not right now.  I have a video of what I got uploading on to my Picasa, so I'll link that sometime soon!  :)

lovelovenewcameralovelove

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Not a Creature was Stirring, not Even a Mouse

  Today is Christmas Eve.  You do NOT know how excited I am right now, for the gathering of family and eating too much tomorrow.  For the looks of glee and surprise on my family's faces as they rip the wrapping paper eagerly off the present.  For the Christmas Eve mass that I will be helping with {alter server, I'm Catholic! :)} this year, and hearing the story of our savior's birth.

  I have really been thinking about how, without Christmas, we wouldn't be here.  Without the day that Christ was born, we wouldn't have walked the Earth, he died to save us all.  As I prayed last night, I just said to God, "Thank you for your son and all that he did and has done for us.  Without him, none of us would be here today.", and it's true.

  I'm not going to lie and say that I'm not excited for the presents, because I definitely am!  I'm wondering if there might be a DSLR, Flip Video Camera, or iPod Touch under the tree when I awake tomorrow morning.  You know, there might not be any of those under the tree when I wake up tomorrow, but that'll be okay.  Even though I want all of those DEARLY, I can definitely live without.  I have a good digital camera and an old iPod Nano, both that still work.

  I wonder if I'll have trouble falling asleep tonight.  Although it hasn't been quite as hard to fall asleep for a couple of years, excitement just dwindles in the back of my mind as I rest my eyes.  It seems I can almost NEVER fall asleep on Christmas Eve, and when I do, it's really early in the morning!  Last year was the first year that my brother woke me up instead of me waking HIM up!  I'm praying for being able to sleep, but oh well if I can't. ;)

  And so, Merry Christmas.  I hope it's amazing for all, and for all that do not celebrate, I hope you have a very nice day.

lovelovesaintnicklovelove

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

  Yup, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVE!  :D

  Goodness, how many of you old folks that have stuck with me since Snow Globes in my Wardrobe remember when I made a Merry Christmas Eve Eve post . . . if you do, BY GOLLY, comment!  XD  If only I had the link to share with you.  Stupid Google.

  BUT OKAY.  Yesterday I went to a Christmas party at 7:00 because IT WAS OUR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR!  :D  Yup, we're on Christmas break!  But the Christmas part was SO fun!  I fell asleep while we were watching A Christmas Story {{WHICH IS-LIKE-THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!}} at around 2:30-2:45.  It was a REALLY fun party, even though it left me tired and feeling sick from too much sugar!

  But I am just so excited for Christmas.  :)  I am wondering and wondering and WONDERING what I'll be getting for Christmas, because I really haven't a clue.  I'm guessing I have one out of the three big things I asked for, which are:

-A DSLR
-A Flip Video Camera
-An iPod Touch

  Then everything else is a mystery.  XD

  But I'm excited to travel out of the state to see family this break, and see family on Christmas day, too.  :)

  Life-right now-is really, REALLY, good.  :)

lovelovespiritlovelove

Snow

  You know, I am just now noticing how often we take the little things that make life special for granted.  How did I start feeling this way?  Well, it all started with the weather.

  Today is a GORGEOUS day outside.  Two of my neighbors {they're boys and both in third grade} were outside, playing basketball.  They were BOTH wearing shorts and weren't cold.  I should be ecstatic, it's BEAUTIFUL outside!  But I want snow, Christmas will be so different without it.

  I was thinking to myself, "I really love snow."  I usually say I hate it because of the cold and the mess.  But really, truly, snow is gorgeous and beautiful.  Think of all those little snowflakes piling up and making those feet of snow.  Did you know that all of those snowflakes look different?  Not one is alike.

  In that way, they're like people.  Not a single person is alike, and together, we can amount to more.

  So, even if you think this sounds cheesy, just think a little.  You'll notice how the little things-the little snowflakes in your life-make life extremely special.

lovelovesnowlovelove


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Yawns and Stuffs

    HIYA THERE.  HOW ARE MY LOVELIES?!  :D

. . . **awkward** . . . 

  But SHALOM!  :D  I'm in a sort of odd mood, probably still tired.  I'm sure you're all like, "OHH EMM GEE, CARO, WHY ARE YOU TIRED?!"  And so I tell you.  And if you're NOT all like that, then . . . well, GET LIKE THAT.

  I was just at a friend's house for a sleepover with two other friends.  We stayed up pretty late, looking at lots of videos on YouTube and playing the Wii, because we're just so easily entertained.  XD

  We were mostly watching "You Laugh, You Lose" videos {{eh kay eh, "Don't Laugh" videos}}.  You know, most of them aren't that funny, yet I totally and completely cracked up when I was watching one.  Yeah, no idea WHY, but I laughed extremely hard at a dancing crocodile from Peter Pan.  I'm a normal child.

  Well, we stayed up pretty late {not too bad for a sleepover with three girls-counting me}, just to about 3:00.  :P  We were talking A LOT and pairing up people in our classes, but-of course-Makenna conked out before that conversation even STARTED.  Thanks Kenna, for being interested.

  So, I tried to fall asleep.  Of course, I couldn't, it's just LIKE ME.  :P  So, really late/really early in the morning, I called my mom, just saying I couldn't sleep.  It didn't help that my friends showed me some extremely fake, yet kind of creepy, videos!  {{I don't like being scared, let me tell you that.}}  I finally fell asleep around four in the morning, and got up around eight in the morning!  FUN.

  So, that's enough of that.  Let us talk about CHRISTMAS!

  Again, I AM SO EXCITED!  My parents are currently Christmas shopping, actually!  :D  My mom told me this morning that they weren't predicting any snow for this year's Christmas, and . . . I am extremely sad.  :(  But, after all, Christmas isn't about presents, snow, and mistletoe {HAHAHA I RHYMED!}, it's about the birth of Christ the Lord, our savior.  :)  Without him, we wouldn't be Here today.

lovelovetiredlovelove

I Need a Little Christmas {Or A Lot?}

  Let me just tell you, I am EXCITED for Christmas!  The only problem?

no snow.

  THIS IS-LIKE-TERRIBLE!  Only nine mere days until the birthday of Christ the Lord, and there isn't a flake of snow on the ground!  WE HAD SNOW, BUT IT MELTED!  Bah, this stinks.  :P

  Why does it stink so much?  I've never NOT had a white Christmas!  Every year I have had snow on the ground, and if I don't this year . . . IT'LL BE REALLY SAD.

. . . 

  BUT MOVING ON!  {Sorry for the min-rant.}  I am REALLY SUPER DUPER EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS!  My winter/Christmas concert was actually last night!  It was pretty good, but we had candles that you turned on and mine broke {pfft, that's so like me} and one of our songs was DREADFUL, but we sang Just One Candle, Ding Dong Merrily on High, Be a Santa Medley {which has the songs Be a Santa, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, and Up on the Housetop}, and You can Help {which I am not a fan of, but we're singing it because we're donating a lot of food to the food pantry currently!}.  For band we are playing Christmas Fanfare, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Carol of the Bells, and Fanfare on Ode to Joy.  I prefer playing my French horn to singing.  XD

  Yesterday I checked my Christmas list, adding things, etc.  I noticed that when my mom gave me back my Christmas list {because she had been looking at it} and she circled a DSLR.  **gasp**  What could this mean?!  Well, we'll have to find out on Christmas morning!  ;)

  Also, I'm not getting ANYTHING from American Girl for Christmas, whcih is honestly alright with me because I just recently wet to Mall of America and got a lot there, plus some stuff with a gift card from AG and my Cyber Monday purchases!  :P  SO MUCH DOLLY STUFF!  XD

  So, this will be a very fun Christmas, actually, because I want A LOT of non-AG stuff.  :D  Plus, my parents are going to surprise us, they said, so . . . YEAH!

  Well, I'm off to the concert!  Merry early Christmas!

lovelovechristmaslovelove


{{All pictures via Pinterest}}

No Longer November, Hello to December!

  Eek!  November is leaving us!  :O  If you've read my November post, then you know how much I love November, but December is just so . . . OHMIGOSHILOVETHISMONTH.

am I annoying you yet?

  Yes, December is on its way!  Today is actually my mom's birthday {SHE'S TURNING A YEAR OLDER!}, and it is also Mark Twain's birthday!  :D  He's 176.  =]

  Okay, enough of that spaz attack.  XD  But December holds so much, such as . . .

• Winter!
• Snow!
• Christmas!
• Family get-togethers!
• SALES!
• SALSA!  Wait, what?

  Yeah, not so much on that last part.  I'm feeling spazzy today.  ^_^

  Are you all as excited as me for December?

Goodbye sweet November, I'll miss ya!

lovelovelove,

Carolyn

Christmas in the Air **TAG!**

  I ALWAYS love Christmas time, and all the wonderful blogging tags that come along with it, so why not start your own, right?  RIGHT!  :D

Rules/instructions:

1. Link to the person/blog you got tagged from
2. Do the tag
3. Tag three people!

  So, here's the tag:

Is your Christmas tree up?

How about the rest of your decorations?

Do you have an artificial tree or a real tree?

Do you have any lights or decorations outside?

Do you have a favorite ornament on the tree?

How many Christmas trees do you usually have up?

What is the best Christmas present you have ever gotten?

Who do you celebrate Christmas with?

What is your favorite Christmas song?

What is your favorite Christmas food?

What is your favorite Christmas memory?

Do you have trouble falling asleep on Christmas eve?

What time do you usually wake up on Christmas morning?

Do you do any special traditions for Christmas?

 Here are my answers:

Is your Christmas tree up?

They are both UP, but no ornaments.  ;)

How about the rest of your decorations?

We're getting there!

Do you have an artificial tree or a real tree?

All of them are artificial.

Do you have any lights or decorations outside?
No lights because of difficulties last year, but we have  a wooden snowman and a wooden Joseph, Mary, and Jesus by our front door/on our deck.  :)

Do you have a favorite ornament on the tree?

I have a lot of special ones.  The ones that I made when I was little, the ones from my Godmother, and all of my dancers. :)

How many Christmas trees do you usually have up?

Well, one fancy one upstairs, one casual one downstairs {it has all of the ornaments, basically.  Just the fancy ornaments are upstairs because people can see it out the window!  XD}, and two mini ones, one in my room and one in my brother's room.

What is the best Christmas present you have ever gotten?

I've gotten a lot of great ones, but when I got my Zhu Zhu Pets two years ago I was SO excited, same with my Dora castle when I was little!  XD  I don't have the Dora castle anymore {I gave it to a girl in need} and I don't really enjoy Zhu Zhu Pets, but they were fun when I was younger. ;)  But I really loved last year, I got some great AG stuff!

Who do you celebrate Christmas with?

My whole family, really!  Christmas Eve and Christmas morning are with my direct family, and then Christmas day we see relatives, and later during the break we see OTHER relatives!

What is your favorite Christmas song?

I love "All I want for Christmas is You"!  :)

What is your favorite Christmas food?

Ham!  XD

What is your favorite Christmas memory?

I'm not sure if I could pin-point just one, but I always love putting up the Christmas tree and how it smells like vanilla every time we take out our Christmas decorations.

OH!  When I was really little, I got up at-like-one in the morning because I couldn't sleep, and we opened presents.  So at two o'clock in the morning on Christmas day, I was playing my V-Smile happily in my parents' bedroom!  XD

Do you have trouble falling asleep on Christmas eve?

Usually, yes!  XD

What time do you usually wake up on Christmas morning?

When I was young, it was always really early.  I would just close my eyes for HOURS, hoping to sleep, waiting until AT LEAST five in the morning!  XD

Do you do any special traditions for Christmas?

Well, on Christmas Eve we go to Church, go out and see lights, and then we open some pajamas from our parents and the present that my brother got for me and I got for him!  :)

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  I tag . . . Zaidia, Quinlyn, and Kellee!  :D

Merry Almost-Christmas,
Carolyn