As my brother Steven said, "Worst Christmas present ever!"

So my family does this rotation thing at Christmas so each family has another family to get a present for. Pretty standard stuff. Well, I'm the special lady that no one is sure if they ever want me to have them for Christmas. Remember last years gift to my younger brother? That's right -- it was the "Knights who say NI!" hat that I knitted for him.


Now, while that brother appreciated such a gift, my brother Josiah would probably not enjoy something like that. He likes useful things. I too like useful things. He got a whole lot of useful things.

oops...

Well, I must state the obvious -- I stink at blogging. But, I figure posting something once or twice a year still counts, right?

I think I'll do a quick run-down of things that have happened since I blogged last:

1. I started on the "secret" knitting project and then set it aside 1/2 way through after very painful carpal tunnel symptoms. I'm thinking it will be finished sometime in the next century. (which makes me oh so sad)

2. Shane and I completed another triathlon and it was SO much harder. It was absolutely freezing outside (which doesn't make for fun swimming), the bike course was literally one giant hill after another, and the run portion was cross country -- it was AWESOME!

3. Shane and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary on 09/09/09! He surprised me by taking me to our favorite sushi place where he had previously gone in and laid out a white table cloth with rose petals all over it. Then we did the triathlon to celebrate. We're weird like that.

4. Kelly got baptized! She was baptized with her cousin Isaiah on the same day AND she wore the same dress I wore when I was baptized.


5. Had two Thanksgivings again this year and vowed we will never do it again! Why do you people love Thanksgiving foods? Why?!?!

6. Had a family sleepover with some of our best friends. Yes, the whole family went. It was so much fun, we stayed up WAY too late, and at one point turned off all the lights to dance to techno music while twirling light sticks.

7. Did a count-down to Christmas this year and pooped out the last week and a half. We put in WAY too much stuff to do. We DID, however, do a cookie/heart attack doorbell ditch thing to some friends of ours and we later found out they were afraid to eat the cookies because they thought some weirdo did it. We had to come clean that it was us just so they would eat the cookies! I guess heart attacks are just a mormon thing?

8.My friend Kathee is making me do a 10k and I'm not happy about it.