the gift of heat

Know what Santa brought me? Among other marvelous treasures, he brought me a Lasko 5532 Ceramic Tower Heater. This space heater is the king of space heaters! It is quiet, it rotates, it has a REMOTE CONTROL so I can lazily control it from the comfort of my bed, it has temperature settings, etc, etc, etc. And the best part? Now I don't turn into an icicle in my cavernous basement bedroom. Yay! It is kind of nice to only have to wear one hoodie to bed instead of two, and to loose the bathrobe, too. Thanks, Santa!

navidad

Christmas was fantastic! It was probably my favorite Christmas I can remember in years. I was able to spend several days in Idaho with my fantastic family. We did all of our traditional things--hour d' oeurve dinner for Christmas Eve, acting out the manger scene while my dad read Luke 2, opening almost all our gifts Christmas Eve night, Christmas dinner at my Grandparents' house, sledding at the cabin, etc. Oh, how magical it was!

I think the highlight of the holiday season was the sub-for-santa I was able to organize. My "litter sister" through the Big Brother Big Sisters program comes from a very low-income family. Her mother asked me a while back if I knew of any programs that could help her with gifts for her kids for Christmas. I decided to organize a gift collection through my office. Wow! I was overwhelmed with the generosity of my co-workers! The five children in this family were so spoiled for Christmas! Here is my roommate's SUV totally FILLED with gifts! It was so fantastic to see the look on the dad's eyes as he helped unload the car. Wow. What an awesome feeling!

I hope your Christmas was just as great as mine!