Millers in Missouri: December 2009

No one knows this better than my Mother... every year I would beg and beg to just open one present, just one. And every year I would get the same answer: "Yes Jessica, go ahead and open them all." She would say it in a way that made me think it was a life or death decision. I would be hit with so much guilt that I wouldn't end up opening any until Christmas. Well today I got the same answer, only it wasn't coming from my Mom, it was coming from Kyle. "Please just let me open that little one!" Sure, he said, in the same tone my Mom used every year. I wasn't overwhelmed with guilt and indecision this time though, I opened it! It was an IPod!!! A pink one at that. So we're up here using the Internet so I can get the latest ITunes, and I figured I should write a short post to let you in on the exciting news. I included a picture so you can see how pretty it is. I better be off though, time to get this baby loaded with songs. Goodnight! -Jess

Well we don't have Internet anymore so hopefully you'll accept that excuse. Today is my day off so I figured I should probably drive up to McDonald's and use their Internet. Work is going well, I'm working at McDonald's actually. I've been getting quite a few hours, and I'm starting to loose track of the days. Thanksgiving went very well, Kyle invited two of his work friends over and we all had turkey. Unfortunately, we won't be able to make it home for Christmas (major sad face). Kyle just can't get the time off right now because of his shift. We set up the tree on Black Friday. The cats already ruined it for the most part, not before I took

pictures though. The first one is obviously of Bomber and Stealth with Larry the Turkey. The next picture is our dinner, super yummy by the way. We both finished our Christmas shopping for each other Thursday night. I could almost say what I got him, but with the off chance that he may read this, I better not. I'm pretty confident in my guess as to what he got me. I was just so particular that it's hard for him to surprise me. Just as a fair warning, there are a lot of picture on this post because I don't know how often I'm going to be able to get back to post more. So the next paragraph will basically be picture discriptions. Also, these pictures are in random order because Blogger is giving me a hard time today... FYI.

Okay, here it goes: The next picture is of our lovely Christmas Tree, now it has no bulbs on it though, the cats took care of that. Next is a picture of my cute little decorations on my kitchen cart, then there is our microwave, which is adorned with a window sticker (Kyle's idea). My Christmas rug in front of the stove, our Christmas scene that Kyle's mom made us, the top of my stove with just a couple of little decorations. Next is a picture of my cookie sign that I bought at a garage sale this last summer. The next picture is of my White Christmas Trash. It's actually very good. I just mixed Golden Grahams, Alphabet cereal, red and green M&Ms and some pretzles. Melt enough white chocolate to coat it evenly then spread it on waxed paper. Before it sets, sprinkle it with red and green sugar/ sprinkles. Once it's hard break it into pieces. You can even spread some on the lawn on Christmas Eve night, I heard it attracts Santa's reindeer. Next is a picture of my decorations in the living room, since we don't have a fireplace, I settled for putting my stocking hangers on a shelf. Then there is a picture of Stealth and Bomber sleeping, setting up the tree tired them out, next is a picture of Kyle setting up the tree (while I cleaned). The next picture is of the kitties eating their Thanksgiving Dinner (turkey and gravy). And last, but certinly not least is a picture of our little Butterball with our Thanksgiving Turkey.

Well, I do have to run because my two hours is up, so have a great holliday season everyone! -The Millers