One of the greatest gifts
That life can give to anyone
Is the very special love that families share...
As years go by,
It's good to know that there will always be
Certain people in our lives who care.
For there are countless things
That only families have in common
And memories that no one else can make...
And these precious ties that bind a family together
Are bonds that time and distance cannot break.
How fortunate we are
When we have relatives to love us,
It makes the world a happy place to be...
Few gifts in life
Will last as long
Or touch the heart as deeply
As the very special gift
Of family.

-Craig S. Tunks

man, so i think with my parents being out of town for the holidays this year it's gotten me really having these family withdrawals. haha silly i guess. i dunno, i just want to be surrounded by all my family since my parents are still in the p.i. didn't think i'd get all sentimental about it all either. maybe i'm just getting emotional bc of pms? hahah.

speaking of emotional, so i was watching clash of the choirs last night. yeah yeah shaddup. i like when they sing all their songs. can't believe team rowland was eliminated first! anyways so yeah, the eliminated teams got to do special performances for the finale. and kelly's team sang one sweet day. geeeeeeeeeeez man, i totally teared up and the tears just flowed. what's going on man? even while watching an episode of what i like about you (haha yeah shaddup again!) on the ride home from the train last night, i got teary eyed too=P. yeah so must be pms'ing. ha, that's it.

so i totally forgot that i can stream kost at work. i usually listen to kroq..sometimes kbig..but today i wanted to hear christmas songs and i didn't have any on my windows media and got all sad. then duh, light bulb clicked that i can stream kost=). yay so get to hear all the songs and get all christmasy spirited.

you know what irks? REALLY poor customer service cashiers! dude at least freaking say hi? is that too hard? i always told myself that if i ever got a rude cashier then i'd initiate the greeting. so cashier chick just grabs my stuff looking down and ringing it all..so i say "hi". and she mumbles hi. then just puts my stuff in a bag and pushes it to me. so i say "thank you" all super loud cuz i got annoyed. maaaaaaaaaaaan..it's the holidays you can't say hi?! haha i must be pms'ing..cuz now that i'm typing i'm feeling dumb for thinking like that..and rationalizing that maybe she was having a bad day and a previous customer gave her a hard time? ahhh..whatevers..just say hi. heehee at least the target cashier was nice after the other store.

oooh we had our white elephant at work yesterday. boo-yah i scored me the new cranium! cranium party anyone?=). the kicker though during the exchange was that someone freaking bought lingerie as one of the presents! not the victoria kind, freaking fredericks! when we first saw the box we were like oh it's not lingerie probably a gift card or something..then my co-worker opened it and out came this see through white teddy with a thong..actually dunno if it counts as a teddy because there was barely any material! haha. so yeah after a bunch of uncomfortable laughter..we're all trying to figure out who brought it cuz the giver of lingerie wouldn't fess up. fbi time..hehe. but yeah we're like..umm did they think this was a gag exchange? cuz the email specifically said no gag gifts. or did they really think that was a good present to give? weird right?

i really want to watch juno and 27 dresses. hmm and enchanted too, only cuz i keep hearing how good it is! hehe all from girls of course=P. all totally opposite movies but still peaks the interest.

can't believe it's almost christmas. we don't get christmas eve off so i'm still debating if i should take it off or not.. guess it just depends on how much food i'll have prepared by sunday? blehh wish they just gave it to us as a holiday too. hehe spoiled=P