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Pros and Cons of the Last 3 Weeks of College

Pros:
Cinco de Mayo
Sure-to-be-epic Thursdays (e.g. Cinco de Mayo)
Nice weather (hopefully) to sit outside and hang with friends
More guitar jamming sessions
Crossing things off our bucket list...like grilling at Mt. Gretna and wine tasting
Senior week & all the fun things that go along with it
English department partay
That much closer to going to Aruba
That much closer to going to NYU's Summer Publishing Institute
That much closer to getting out the real world and seeing what I end up doing and where

Cons:
Finals week
The last Thursday night out
The last chicken finger Thursday
The last everything
Saying good bye to everyone
Moving out for the last time
Leaving LVC for the last time
Not being sure about what the future holds
Graduating...in general.

AHHHHH!

Making Sugar Cookies

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen I was not satisfied with my Christmas cookie count for the year.

Soooo Mom and I decided to change that and make Grandma’s sugar cookies.

The thing about G-ma’s sugar cookies are that they’re kind of hard to make. You have to follow the directions exactly, or they end up tasting like baking soda. We set out to finally get them right this time.

Yayyyy cheesin.The mess.Yummm. They ended up tasting awesome.

For the comments: What’s your favorite cookie? Christmas or otherwise.

Fav things of 2010

Well, 2010 is coming to a close. It’s probably been one of my best and worst years yet. (Worst because this year has been pretty stressful!) However, many a good time was had and I discovered many new favorites. Here’s a list of some of them:

[Book: The Knife of Never Letting Go]

I love discovering new books and series, and while I just read this one in the past month, I’m still going to say it was my favorite to discover this year.

Todd grows up in Prentisstown, where everyone can hear each other's thoughts. There are no secrets, or so he believes. The book follows his journey of finding out what really happened in his town before he was born and how he tries to escape the aftermath of it.

The voice of the author, interesting aspects of the story, character relationships, and use of typography all made this book a really fun and enjoyable read. Unfortunately, I didn’t like the sequels as much, but I really really loved this book.

[Hobby: Learning guitar]

My favorite new hobby for the year was learning to play guitar.

I’ve always been pretty musical (I’ve played piano since I was 5) so it’s been pretty easy to pick it up. I only have one song memorized…but I’m able to sight read a bunch more! Including “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree.”

[TV Show: Modern Family]

This show. I haven’t found anyone who’s watched this show at least once and doesn’t love it.

Brent just bought me the Season 1 DVD for Christmas and it’s been awesome watching them all back. If you haven’t seen this show, please watch it asap!! You can read more of what I think about Modern Fam here.

[Movie: Avatar]

I was going to say HP7 Part 1, but I did not see HP7 three times in theaters, two of those times in IMAX 3-D. And while HP7 hasn’t come out on DVD yet, I think ordering Avatar on Amazon as soon as I could, realizing I got Blu-ray by mistake, and making a mad rush to Wal-Mart to buy the correct DVD at 10:00 at night on a school night when my car is parked almost a mile away from my dorm is saying something.

[Place to visit: Rittenhouse Square]

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While visiting Brent one day this fall, we decided to spend the day in Philly. We looked online for fun, cheap things to do, and Rittenhouse Square came up.

We found it easily, and it was so pretty. I love little parks inside of cities, and this one was great. The weather was a beautiful fall day, there were tons of people and dogs to watch, and many benches and patches of grass to sit on.

It was a really fun and relaxing afternoon. I only wish I’d brought my camera!

[Music: Anything by Greg Laswell]

2010 will always go down as the year I discovered the music love of my life, Greg Laswell.

One of the main reasons I wanted to learn how to play guitar was so I could play his songs. Brent and I saw him in Philly and really want to see him again. Love love love. Here’s one of his best songs:

[Drink: Boxed Wine]

While I only had boxed wine once this year, I see it becoming very prominent in my future.

Courtesy of my always-classy roommate, Sarah.

[Pictures]

Lastly, I’ll wrap up the post with my favorite pictures and memories from this year. Have a safe and happy new year!

Christmas Card Help

So Shutterfly.com is doing a fun promotion just for bloggers: Blog about their awesome Christmas card collection, and get some of said Christmas cards fo free! Problem is, I need your help picking which one is best.

In order to help me pick, I’ll provide you with some sample pictures. I figured I’d be nice and offer them up as family Christmas cards to my mom, so these are pictures of my family.

While I’d love to use this picture,

Mom would probably want to use something more along these lines…

Or perhaps a new one taken in winter, and not summer, clothes. You get the idea.

Option # 1: Pretty Poinsettia

I love the little designs at the bottom and the fact that it opens up.

Option #2: Peppermint Gift Wrap

Cute idea with the stripes. I also like the font.

Option #3: Confetti Flowers

I love the little flower things. And the colorful “Merry Christmas.”

Option #4: Elegant Cranberry Damask

I love me some damask. And the cursive. And the cute kids. But they don’t come with the card.

Help me out! Which design do you like best? Also, if you’re a blogger, here’s the link to the promotion!