Christmastime weekday

We just ate some really bad homemade Chinese food and hung christmas lights. Today Conrad said he may have run a red light (he conveniently doesn't remember), so we may have to pay for a ticket. We are listening to Christmas music and doing homework!

It's been a good day.

Class Registration

I can register for winter and spring semesters on December 2. One problem: I'm an English Major, and Citrus only has 1 more English class I need. This would be great if I didn't have to have 12 units in order to receive financial aid. So I'll be forced to take 9 units of classes I don't need, which will cut into my work time. I guess it will be ok, because hopefully next semester I can graduate (not the big-deal graduation, but the small time, associates degree graduation). How is it that I've taken ALL of Citrus's English classes already? Time flew.

Anyway, we've been so blessed lately. I've been getting tons of work, and we're both doing really well in school. We both only have four or five more weeks of school, then we can take a break and celebrate the holidays together!! We got our Christmas tree, have already done some christmas shopping, and we just need to get some little stuff for our family members, then we'll be done. some of the stuff is going to have to be really REALLY cheesy because we can't afford lots of good stuff for our families. I made my mother-in-law something. hope she likes it. Hope my sisters-in-law don't tease me too much about how bad of a gift it is.

All I need to make life sweeter is a little rain.

Holiday season with the Frame family

Conrad and his Novembeard.

Soon we'll be getting our first Christmas tree! So excited for christmas!! Conrad is actually really excited about most of it too! I'm teaching him how to bake (he's REALLY good at following directions on the back of the box), he's excited for the tree, and he's even a little excited about Christmas shopping.

He's a good secret keeper, and no matter how much I ask him, and no matter what I withhold, he won't tell me what my parents got me. He was with them when they got it. At least I know he won't ruin the "Santa Magic" for our kids.

So this year, since we can't really afford things we don't need, we're wrapping empty boxes of things we've already gotten. It's still fun.

I LOVE MY HUSBAND.

Tonight's Menu: Ratatouille served with garlic ciabatta and goat cheese

Turns out goat cheese is really gross. Like, lick an armpit, gross. But the bread and the ratatouille were amazing! Conrad and I ate almost the entire pan. Next time, I think I'd use parmesan or mozzerella instead of goat cheese. We also had pear cider.

School is almost over! I think there are 5 weeks left. Today in American Lit, I had a test, and totally killed it. Not bad for not knowing there was a test. Tomorrow I have a worksheet on Othello due, then Wednesday, I have to turn in my take-home midterm for Bible Lit, read 14 chapters in Scarlet Letter and answer 100 or so questions (ugh), then take a math test. Busy week.

Conrad got in trouble yesterday

He's been putting his dirty clothes back in the drawer and wearing them again and again.

I had to go through all of his clothes, sniffing them, to make sure he had only done it a few times. Needless to say, I found a few stinkers.

He learned that just because you wear deodorant doesn't mean you don't have to wash your shirts.

I'm off to do laundry.