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Oh boy...I'm excited for this time of year!!! Thanksgiving was great, it was so fun to see family and friends (shout out to Jenna!). I'm even a little excited for it to snow. So here's 10 things I love about this time of year! (In no particular order)

1. Fireplaces
2. Hot Chocolate
3. Christmas carols
4. Buying gifts for people
5. Christmas lights
6. Peppermint ice cream
7. Family gatherings
8. Christmas movies (Muppet's Christmas Carol!!!)
9. Reading about Christ's birth
10. The FEELING in the air

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Thanks for your help Marilyn...now that I'm up to date on blogger knowledge, I'll be switching things around on here for a bit.

Early Christmas for me!

I must have been a good girl this year, because I've already received 2 Christmas presents! First, Scott was up visiting on an absolutely beautiful fall day and he surprised me by taking me shopping for my present...golf clubs! He wanted to get me them for Christmas but it was such nice weather he decided to do it early so we could play. On the driving range I hit one 170 yards...that's my farthest yet! I love the clubs, I'm so excited to get better!

This week Mom and Dad gave me sky miles for Christmas! I get to fly to Philadelphia for ten dollars! Planning the trip and getting excited for it has been so fun, I can't wait! Looking forward to it is getting me through the last month of the semester.

Votes for Women!

I slipped out on my lunch hour to meet Ashley at King elementary. We wanted to vote together; she just turned 18 a month ago so this was her first time! It's funny to think she'll never know what it was like using the poker and chad, it's all electronic and so user friendly now!

When we walked into the building, we ran into one of our neighbors. She joined us as we walked down the hall. A second later, we passed another neighbor lady on her way out. When we walked into the room, all four volunteers were women. They were all excited that Ash was voting for her first time. It went smooth and we each earned a coveted "I VOTED" sticker.

As we left, I couldn't help but get the same feeling I always do when I vote...the feeling that I am so lucky to be a woman at this point in time. I am in awe of the ones that paved the way for this all to be possible. I bet they're up there in Heaven cheering us women on as we mark our ballots!

Coffee Wisdom

I've never bought coffee for my office before, but today is a board retreat and I put together a little breakfast for them. I thought I'd left enough time (45 minutes) to pick up two bags of ice, run to Einstein's, and get over to the retreat...but apparently coffee takes 30 minutes to brew! It was close.

Anyways, Scott was there helping me and we were talking about how surprised we were by how many people get coffee and breakfast in the morning! I mean, Einsteins bagels was THE place to be at 8 am this morning. After setting up at the retreat we had breakfast on the mind, so we went over to Barnes & Noble and got our own legal addictive stimulants (mint hot chocolate for him and a raspberry milk steamer for me). It was so fun to start our day sipping hot drinks and chatting at a cute table for two (minus the fact that I scalded my tongue). We were both thinking "wow, we could get used to this!"

Then we started doing the math. We figured out how much it would cost to do this 5 days a week- it's practically a cell phone payment! As glamorous as we felt...we came back down to reality pretty quickly. Our quaint breakfast left it's mark on me though. I think I'm going to establish quarterly 'coffee' breakfasts. So the next one will be in...February! Anyone want to join me???

(P.S. Can I give a shout out to Scott? He's been in town this whole week and it's been so great to get to see him! Seeing each other 4 days in a row has made us almost feel like a normal couple!)