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I am getting more excited the closer it gets to Xmas day. We re having our first Christmas dinner on Christmas eve with just a few friends. However I have planned a dinner for about 20 people. I know it is a little overboard and I might have to scale things down. My friend is being really nice and taking over a few things mostly a Turkey and a desert for every one. I also think she is making one of her daughter's because she is a vegetarian. I am really happy that she is helping me out. I really couldn't make a ham and a turkey myself in one day. Yeah! that's right we are having a ham and a turkey, along with all of the fixin's you can think of. It is going to be wonderful and it will make one of my dreams come true, I have never had a real christmas dinner because my family never celebrated holidays and Jemal's family lives too far away. I have a notebook dedicated to plans for the Christmas Holiday season. I have a lot of things to keep track of.

Other things that I have done is send out over 100 Christmas card this year. Last year I only sent out about 30. This year i sent one to all of my doctors, teachers, friends, family and other important people. I even thought about sending cards to government officials. I was just so excited about this Christmas. I guess it has to do with the special dinner with friends that has me more excited then normal. That and the extra Christmas tree. Plus Jared is older and knows more and is getting into the holidays more now. He really likes Christmas.

I finished all of my shopping by the beginning of December, most of it before the middle of November. I did most of it at Amazon.com because I had free 2 day shipping for 3 months. That made it really easy to ship gifts to far away family and friends. I love that this year we were able to buy something nice for everyone on our list. Good thing our close friend list is very short. I am also very happy that I think we got the perfect gift for each one of our friends. I can't wait to see their faces when they open their gifts.

i also want this to be a really special holiday for the kids too. We have bought them lots of gifts this year, all stuff that they have been wanting for awhile. I think Jared is going to be very happy with his iPod shuffle. He loves music and he would really like it I think. I just hope he doesn't break it, but it is cheap and Sierra got an iPod for Christmas 2 years ago. Sierra is mainly getting Hello Kitty stuff. I can't really remember all the things she got because she got more gifts then anyone else.

In addition I have no idea what I am getting this year. Usually I pick out 9/10 of the gifts I get for every holiday. It kind of makes me nervous but at the same time I am really excited. I did write a list a few months ago but I don't know if I am getting anything off that list. Also, Jemal still hasn't gotten my gifts yet. He pretty much has to go out shopping this weekend. However Sierra isn't here this weekend so I hope Jemal got a list from Sierra for what she wants to get me. Sierra usually has a very good idea for what would be nice for everyone.

So I guess that I have explained how exciting the next few weeks are for me. I just get more excited each day. I hope that everyone else will have a wonderful holiday season. I hope that all of our friends have a wonderful new year, if you didn't get a Christmas card from me please let me know, I didn't mean to do it I just had to write so many. So, don't feel bad.

I plan to try to write more on my blog again. I have just been so busy with the remodeling and being sick every other day. I am looking forward to getting better everyday, It is about time for me to put the laptop up and sit back and watch some TV. we have plans to do some shopping this weekend at Target and IKEA. So, good night and I am happy I was able to post tonight.