In honor of the Christmas season, the roommate and I thought we'd send out Christmas cards. Well the cards ended up being photos on Facebook and Twitter.
The photos are so jubilant we thought it would be a great way to countdown to Christmas with a new photo every day. (Go follow the roommate on Twitter @samsimp so you can see the photo a day.) Since the idea was birthed late last night, I'm a little late about advertising it on the ole blog. Don't worry I'm going to make up for it today.
So cold outside.
Joy is found in a Christmasy home.
So be on the look out for each day's Christmas cheer photo. I also have another surprise for you. Two Christmases ago, the roommate and I made a Christmas video where we sang Christmas carols. At the end of the video, the roommate made up a little Christmas ditty dedicated to Santa, and I sang back up.
Because it's Christmas and because I love you, I'm going to let you watch it.
Merry Christmas friends! Be lovin' you.
You are in the midst of a star. Yep, that's right. A star. Mom and I were on TV Saturday night after the Light Up the Night 5K in downtown Little Rock.
I tried to find the video, but stupid Internet Explore keeps informing me that I need to update my browser. And I can't update my browers because I don't have admin access to my work computer. #firstworldproblems
The point of the 5K was to dress up and run the downtown streets while admiring Christmas lights put up by local businesses.
So we dressed up. It was a pretty big group of us. And there was somewhere around 900 people running in the race. The only downer was the lack of Christmas lights and decor along the race track. And it was freaking freezing. So cold, in fact, that I didn't get warm until after I took the hottest shower and drank some hot tea. My body is basically without blood. (I'm kidding...Calm down.)
When I got home from the race, I put my race bib with all my other race bibs. And it made me feel really good to see them all grouped together.
My little boards are running out of room. And I haven't quite figured out what is the best way to keep up with them. I don't really want to put them in a box just yet. It's all so new to me still. The nostaglia hasn't even wore off each bib yet.
Each of the three bibs has the race name and date and my finishing time written on the back. I can't really remember if I wrote other stuff, but I know those three things are on it. Two 5Ks and a 10K. Woot Woot.
On a completely different note, I've discovered the sheer genius of what is awkwardfamilyphotos.com. While scrolling through the blog of photos, I found this and thought it was appropriate for this Christmas season.
Pretty sure I laughed until tears came out my eyes. I love everything about it. Really rings in the Christmas spirit.
What have you been up to?
Do you have any awkward family photos?
I have some old dance photos I'm sure could win awkward family photo prizes. But there is one photo in particular that would win millions...Let's just say I went through a phase with short hair, braces, glasses and sparkly blue butterfly clippies...I wish I was joking about this.
Last night I was introduced to Boom Kinetic, a band from Fayetteville who is a frequenter of Little Rock's downtown scene. They play Classic Rock hits mixed with some of their own stuff. It's pretty awesome.
A lot of sober dancing happened, but I'm sure more firewater would have led to some rockin' dance moves on my part. But that was not the case last night because this girl has to save the money. And I didn't really want to feel like crap this morning.
The roommate and I had a little photo shoot before the band started to play. And we end up with these beauties.
Then we got tired of trying to take a decent picture, and we settled on this one.
First, let me apologize in advance for the randomness which will be this post. After a crazy weekend and starting the work week on a Monday, my brain is a little messed up. Maybe using a numbered list will help.
1. A co-worker and I got to attend a field trip at the Bowen School of Law. I don't think I need to tell you how excited we were because a picture is worth a thousand words.
We were too excited to be in law school. Now let me just say that my over-achieving self has thought about applying to law school after I ace the Journalism Master's program at UALR. But I think there would be a few hiccups with this goal because the excitement level would be out of control.
Yeah, that's me with the "Judge's Chambers" sign. It's not even officially a judge's chambers ---hence the room number 503---but I was unable to control my excitement. Clearly I have a problem.
But the sign for Moot Court really was the icing on the cake. As a big Friends fan, the word moot will forever be funny to me.
It's a moo court. I have no idea what moot court is, but I feel like I would giggle everytime I went in there. Yes, I'm a child. But you know this is funny. Gotta love Joey.
While at law school, this sign was posted for one of the children's activities. Really read it. Do you see what's missing?
Really look at it. Don't let your mind correct it. Read it word for word. What do you want be when you grow up!!!
First the soon-to-be law students have a serious grammar problem, and I can say this because I consider myself a wordsmith.
Mistake #1: They originally forgot you, but added it. Good catch. We all make mistakes, even me.
Mistake #2: This is a question, but where are the question marks? We don't end a question with exclamation points. But it is acceptable to do this ?!?!?!?! because it's the best of both worlds.
Mistake #3: They COMPLETELY forgot to in this question. What you want be? No.
Grammatical errors make my brow furrow.
No me gusta grammatical errors. For soon-to-be law students, it is unacceptable. Ok, I'll get off my grammar soapbox and calm down.
2. Got a new picture of Baby Aubrey.
Such a sweet little baby girl. I LOVE her. TOO MUCH. But it's ok. Nobody's worried. She will be the most loved child in the world.
3. After I got out of the shower last night, I let my hair air dry. I've got long hair and have had long hair for a while. But last night I spun it up in a make-shift bun because I don't like wet hair on me. (Something weird about me...add it to the list. Not ashamed.) The roommate thought my hair looked short. So she took a picture and laughed a lot.
If we are perfectly honest about it, it is pretty terrible. It looks worse than when I actually did have short hair, glasses and braces all that the same time. It's like a messed up bowl cut. I think it goes without saying that short hair is not for me, especially since my neck is extra long. Let's not accentuate things that need not be accented---hence the long neck.
Go ahead and giggle. It's pretty funny. And I must be cray cray to share this. But it's not a big deal.
Started a new running routine. But more on that tomorrow.
