So true!

~Annabeth

Christmas, Music, Craziness!

Christmas, Music, and Craziness! That sums up my last couple of weeks! 

Christmas is just one week away! Well, alright, a week and a DAY away... But still, it's almost here! It feels like time is just FLYING by! Just a couple of weeks ago, it was the 4th of July... Wasn't it???

We've been busy putting together gift packs for family and friends, and delivering them! (or Playing Santa as I prefer to think of it) ;)

Music is for all the Christmas carols that are being sung at our house! Me and my siblings will randomly break into song, at the slightest mention of a word in a song. For example: "It's supposed to Snow sometime next week" Which means we break out into something along the lines of: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!! 

OR:

(Snow still being the keyword here)

"Outside the snow is falling

and friends are calling “Yoo hoo,”

Come on, it’s lovely weather

for a sleigh ride together with you."

Yep, we love Christmas time! 

And it finally feels like Christmas time (and just in time too!), because it FINALLY SNOWED!!!!! 

"I'mmmm dreaminnnggg of a White Christmas!" ;)

I don't know about you, but I have some Christmas gifts that need some wrapping love... 

So, off I go!

Merry Christmas one and all!

~Annabeth

"Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,

ring ting tingling too

Come on, it’s lovely weather

for a sleigh ride together with you,

Outside the snow is falling

and friends are calling “Yoo hoo,”

Come on, it’s lovely weather

for a sleigh ride together with you.

Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap,

let’s go, Let’s look at the show,

We’re riding in a wonderland of snow.

Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap,

it’s grand, Just holding your hand,

We’re gliding along with a song

of a wintry fairy land.

Our cheeks are nice and rosy

and comfy cozy are we

We’re snuggled up together

like two birds of a feather would be

Let’s take that road before us

and sing a chorus or two

Come on, it’s lovely weather

for a sleigh ride together with you.

There’s a birthday party

at the home of Farmer Gray

It’ll be the perfect ending a perfect day

We’ll be singing the songs

we love to sing without a single stop,

At the fireplace while we watch

the chestnuts pop. Pop! pop! pop!

There’s a happy feeling

nothing in the world can buy,

When they pass around the chocolate

and the pumpkin pie

It’ll nearly be like a picture print

by Currier and Ives

These wonderful things are the things

we remember all through our lives!

of a wintry fairy land

Our cheeks are nice and rosy

and comfy cozy are we

We’re snuggled up together

like two birds of a feather would be

Let’s take that road before us

and sing a chorus or two

Come on, it’s lovely weather

for a sleigh ride together with you."

(Not my photo) =) 

Country, Fall, school, gotta have it all! ;)

It's official! There's fall in the air! Today is beautiful, but just a tad nippy! Breezy, cool, Acorns pinging off the car (and Neighbor's roof!), leaves are starting to fall (oh dear!!), Sweatshirts, jeans, and Country music!

 

 

It would appear as though everything I was dreading a few days ago (Fall, school, youth group, etc.) Is actually perfect! I'm going to miss the summer air, swimming, etc.... But I also love the fall baking, the crisp air, sweatshirts, jeans, being with other people, etc. It's all beautiful in it's own way!

 

Still adjusting to a few things, but all in all, Life is good! =D

 

 

 

 

The Magic of Music!

It's amazing what music can do for someone! There are so many times I've just needed to lose sight of my problems for a little while, and music always presents that escape... While I may begin my "escape" feeling angry or frustrated at myself, I can leave my escape feeling happy, as if there's something or someone out there totally worth living/waiting for... =) Lately my favorite CD is so totally Up all Night-One Direction... The beats are AMAZING, the singers are adorable, the songs are so relatable... I like to crank up the music and sing... It just helps in a way I can't describe.   =)

 

 

Another thing that seems to help me is imagining the ocean. I don't know why it helps me, especially because I've only been to an ocean beach a couple of times. I imagine the sun right before it's starts setting (before the sunset colors in the sky), with the sun reflecting off the water. Sometimes I imagine the water still, and other times, I see it as waves. As weird as it sounds, I've always felt like I had a connection to the sea/ocean/Lakes.

 

Today's been one of those days I just need to escape! =)