There's So Much to be Thankful For

Thanksgiving is definitely not my favorite holiday. For me, it is a stepping stone to Christmas. I know that once Thanksgiving has passed I can play Christmas music without having to justify myself. From this day until the 26th of December, you can be assured that either Josh Groban's CD "Noel" or "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will be in my car's CD player.

This was kind of a hard holiday. It was the first Thanksgiving since my Aunt Polly has passed away. It was just bizarre not having her here. My cousins are growing up so fast! I can't believe how old and big they are. Especially Natalie, she looks exactly like her mother. It kind of breaks my heart. While I am so thankful for these beautiful little girls, it's hard to watch them grow up without their mom.

Families are funny. I know that once we all gather in a room, it is only a matter of minutes before someone says something hilarious. Everyone in my family has the same dry sense of humor which makes the battles of wit even funnier. From Duncan's deep and confusing explanation of art appreciation, to Aunt Donna's witty comments on the state of the world, I have laughed pretty much all day.

However, I did not end up eating with my family. I got a migraine in the early afternoon so I retired to the upstairs room in order to avoid having to make conversation while my head was in pain. I ended up watching "A Very Potter Musical" and reading My Life Is Average while eating my food. "I want to take you up to Winnipeg...THAT'S IN CANADA!"

All in all, it was an okay day. I still have a few days left here at grandma's house and I intend to make the best of them. I am so thankful for my wonderful, funny family, my caring and hilarious friends, and the many blessings that God has given me and those around me. While I don't care for the holiday, I am thankful.

Now I just have to survive a seven hour drive back home. I can make it as long as Jacob doesn't get to pick the music...

Happy Thanksgiving readers! Break out the Christmas music. :)

"Thanksgiving."

I really like Thanksgiving. It's like an intro to the holiday season: heavy food, family, and being warm.

This year was weird; it was just the five of us. It didn't feel very Thanksgiving-y to me. For me, the holidays are a time where all of my cousins are underfoot, in the basement of my grandparents' house, playing all sorts of games, eating things buffet-style, with lots of cookies and snow and the whole clan is just hanging out and all my family. With my grandparents and lots of cousins; not that my immediate family isn't great, but it's just not the same. I sort of want to go back for Christmas.

Brian and I only made one walmart trip, which was surprising. I had some pumpkin pie (my favorite!) and turkey and potatoes and green beans and a roll and some dressing. It was really really good. I love holiday food.

Hung out with Blair and Jack on Tuesday (he still sucks at being kidnapped.) and I recall laughing a lot. Last night, I hung out with Stephen and Lauren and that was also fun. Spankettes on Saturday, I think (sorry, Blair!), so that will be fun. I have quite a bit of homework to do this weekend (an english paper, a math test, math homework, a lab write-up, and some 20k words before monday. Holy crap.) so I ought to get on that. Probably do math tonight because I hate math.

Let's see. I'm watching all the Thanksgiving episodes of Friends, because those are so great. Bones has Zooey Deschanel next week, so that'll be AWESOME. Still want to watch a lot of TV.

I'm really not looking forward to finals. I miss my extended family during this season a lot. It's weird to not have them underfoot. This will be the first year (I think, at least) that we haven't seen any family during either holiday (Thanksgiving and Christmas). That'll be very strange.

Duke has taken over my bedroom; I have dog hair EVERYWHERE. And it's disgusting. No offense...I still love him, but dog hairs are gross to have on your pillowcase.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, blamberblog readers!

An Intro of Sorts

Hi everyone!

I am the Blair half of "Blamber." I am a freshman in college also (kind of). My school situation is kind of confusing, so I won't go into it here on the blog. I enjoy listening to music, watching movies & TV, browsing the Internet, reading, and singing. A portion of my heart is already devoted to Josh Groban. Don't ask. Just go with it. If I could be any breed of dog, I think I would be a golden retriever.

Amber is the Robin to my Batman, the Simon to my Garfunkel, the Harry to my Ron, Shirley to my Laverne, etc. Basically, we live in Gotham City, write quiet songs, save the wizarding world, and die in the end of the movie.

Snow cones are also very important. :)

Blair

intro to amber

Greetings, World.

My name is Amber; I am awesome.

I'm a freshman in college and I'm sort of strange. My friends sometimes call me googlegirl. Therefore, I am awesome. I say and do ridiculous things. I am a girl. I like television. I like politics; I'm a poli sci major. I like to eat. My interests are eating, politics, and television.

Um...Blair is my amiga; we sometimes speak in a secret language of fake words and songs and looks.

Oh, don't forget about Nastia Liukin.

We like the Olympics, too. Forgot about that.