My sister sent this to me as a "getting to know you" email. I haven't filled one of these out in years, but I thought I would do this one since its Christmas. Plus, I didn't have to answer all the questions myself. I just copied my sisters, we did have the same childhood after all.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate, but I like Carmel Apple Cider at Starbucks too.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Sits them under the tree and then some are wrapped under the tree from "Mom and Dad". The stocking stuffers we used to get from James Avery were always wrapped.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White only. Red and white is ok too. Matthew and I had a conversation about this last night. The blue and white seem Jewish to me, but I have no idea why!
4. Do you hang mistletoe? nope
5. When do you put your decorations up? It depends. If I’m going to have anyone at my house I use that as my goal to be decorated by.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Mom’s chocolate meringue pie, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, orange pudding. I don't like dressing, call me crazy if you want to.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: Waking up with my sister and then going out to see what Santa had left then going over the the Erwins for the day.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I remember Mom pretty much saying to me, “You know Santa isn’t real, right?” one day as we were going into the mall. That sounds kind of mean, but it really wasn’t. I had already figured it out before this.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? It depends on what the Christmas schedule is between both our families. We NEVER did growing up.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? I did all of it last night while Matthew worked on outside decorations. I did get him to put one ornament on the tree, I think it was the police car one.
11. Snow - Love it or Dread it? Love it! I miss the couple snows a year we got in Lubbock. It was just enough to be fun but not be a pain.
12. Can you ice skate? Yes, but I its been a long time. I’ve been so klutzy lately, maybe I shouldn’t try it any time soon.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I wouldn't say this is my all time favorite, but Matthew gave me a oscillating tower fan with a remote control a few years ago. I use it in the bathroom every day when I dry my hair. It is wonderful.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Fun times with friends and family.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Chocolate pie. But I'm an elf, so I love most desserts.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Its all fun! My sister answered this question with one of my most frustrating traditions. At our parents house, we have this German tradition where mom hides a pickle ornament in the tree and then after all the presents are opened me, Matthew, Anita, & Clay hunt for it. The winner gets a CASH prize. Either Clay or Anita always find it. I have got to find this thing soon, before Nathan gets old enough to beat me to it.
17. What tops your tree? a big red bow this year.
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Both are great.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. It makes me smile.
20. Candy Canes - Yuck or Yum? Again, I'm an elf so I like most sweets. I don't eat many of them. We did get some really cute lighted ones last night for the yard.
21. Look forward to Christmas or wish it would pass by as quickly as possible? no way do I want it to pass by quickly. I love having lots of Christmases (with Matthew, and one with each of our families) to make it last longer.
22. Shop all year round for gifts or are you last minute shopper? I haven't bought one yet this year. Maybe I should start soon...
23. What's your favorite holiday movie and why? It's a Wonderful Life! Just like my sister :)

This isn't the best picture, but here's our tree.

THEY STOLE OUR IDEA!

The last time I was at the movies I saw a preview for Night at the Museum. When I saw this preview I immediately told Matthew, this was just like our Spring Sing show. Our show, "Is It Still In the Night?", was about statues that come to life at night when the museum is closed to sing and dance all night long. The movie is about museum exhibits that do the same thing! Surely they stole this idea from the Chi Omega Pi, Zeta Rho, TNT show. Who knew that movie producers visited Searcy, Arkansas to get their ideas?

I had to go way back to find a picture from Spring Sing. This is so far back that we didn't even have digital cameras back then. How did we survive? Anyways, here is a picture of 4 Chi O statues. That's Tracie in front, Rachel in back in copper, Emily on the right in gold, and me in silver. Fun times!!! :)

Is working at the church great or what? The ladies retreat at WHCC was a couple of weeks ago. They had some leftover ingredients from S'mores that weekend. Being the nice ladies that they are they brought them back to the church building for the youth or anyone to use. Well, this afternoon when things were slow we found someone to use the marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers. That's right, the church staff snacked on s'mores today. I may not have been able to fix the internet and email for the office, but at lease I made everyone happy with an ooey gooey chocolate snack!!! Where else can you have an afternoon like this at work?

So they do come in threes...

A couple of posts ago I wrote that I hoped things didn't come in threes because I had just tripped twice and didn't want it to happen a third time. Well, the third came this morning! I was up running before work (shocking I know), when I rolled my ankle and fell off the edge of the side walk. I was and still am very mad about this. I managed to walk/run home without any real pain, so I thought I was safe. I got ready and went on to work not thinking much of it. The problems didn't start until I was at work of course. Every time I got up from my desk, it would hurt a little worse. I took my boot off and yep, its swollen and a little blue. As Matthew put it, I have my first sports injury. Isn't he sweet?

So, does anyone have any tips on recovering from a sprained ankle without missing too much time off from running?

This is only the third time I can remember getting up before work to run. Maybe this is a sign I should go back to sleeping in?