ok, my turn!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both, used to do more wrapping paper now I do more bags
2. Real tree or Artificial? I hate to say artificial now. But I LOVE real ones!
3. When do you put up the tree? usually the weekend after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime after Christmas, usually before New Year.
5. Do you like egg nog? Ack - no!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A wool sweater with ducks on it - just a special gift from my dad!
7. Do you have a nativity scene? um, I think about 8 of them. My favorite is a 40 year old one from the Philippenes that my mom gave me a few years ago.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Dad & Father in law
9.. Easiest person to buy for? My mom
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Polyester too short pj gown from Grandma when I was too old for it.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? can't think of one...
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Can't think of one, but that doesn't mean I haven't...
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? FUDGE!!
15. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear
16. Favorite Christmas song? Hymns with an organ on Christmas eve
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? last year we stayed home for Christmas and then went to MN in early Jan for 2nd Christmas, that was nice
18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? I think so, but I won't put $$ on it.
19.. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning
20. Most annoying thing about this time of year? too many toy commercials aimed at the kids
21. Favorite thing about this time of year? getting to see my family, getting tickled about neat presents for people I love
22. Favorite ornament, theme, or color? I like the ones I got in Israel
23. What do you want for Christmas this year? hmm, maybe an ipod, some cool knitting gadgets?
24. Who will reply to this the quickest? ??

What a day!

So it's been a while and I won't bore you with all of the details, just the last few.
Busy busy weekend!
Friday we found out the location for Forefront. Can't say I'm excited to drive so far, but it is so obviously God's choice that I can't complain about it. I'm getting more and more excited about this new church! (except for the really sad part about missing my good friends - that part I just try not to think about much.)
Big shower on Saturday for some dear friends of mine who are finally having a baby after 2 years of trying and lots of procedures - I can't wait to meet this baby in just a few weeks!
Sunday was Celebration Sunday, I was pooped!
So, I slept for 12 hours last night - how great was that! But then Miss Katie decided that I hadn't had quite enough fun so she managed to get open a childproof bottle and brought me a handful of my rx meds! I freaked out, called poison control and then spent about 5 hours in the ER with her this afternoon! Happily, she's ok, I don't think she actually ate any of them but we wanted to be safe, just in case.
So there's my update! I have lots to do this week too but I'm starting most mornings with a quiet time and amazingly enough, that makes things so much better!
Love you all!
Crysti