The Merry and Bright Tag

Hello peeps!

I was tagged by Daminika for the Merry and Bright Tag! Thanks girl! xD

Here we go...



Favorite movies to watch at Christmas time:

Holiday Inn. I own It's a Wonderful Life too, so we'll see if I watch that one this year too. ;) I should.

Some Christmas songs that make it Christmas:

The traditional songs, both hymns and the fun ones. The First Noel, O Holy Night... As well as Mary Did You Know. *smiles* 

Some books that I love in the winter (aka give me all the feels):

None, because I rarely re-read books. :P

Some Christmas goodies that make me smile:

Hot apple cider, and pretty much anything we make. I like food. *laughs* We usually made different cookies, but haven't yet this year.

Some Christmas-y words that make me happy:

twinkling lights. snowflakes. cozy fireplace. sleigh rides (never been on one tho). xP

Some things I look forward to every year:

Well, I really enjoy buying and wrapping up gifts. So much fun. :) I don't know if I'm really anticipating it so much before the time actually comes to Christmas shop though... *shrugs* xP
Getting a tree and decorating it is awesome too! Oh, and giving out the gifts I got for everyone. Opening mine is fun as well, of course! *laughs*

Favorite Christmas memories:

I guess making all kinds of creative homemade gifts when I was younger, and still now buying them and wrapping them. I just really enjoy that. This year we went to a small-town Christmas parade, and also got apple cider at a cute little market\cafe. That was fun too. ^__^

Shantelle and I with our hot apple cider, looking life we jumped into a Hallmark Christmas movie. xD *laughs* I love this picture

Some memories to be made this year:

A Christmas party of sorts with "new" people from the church Shantelle and I started going to.
Getting together with family that live near us.
My baby brother's first Christmas. ;)

Guidelines:

Take the banner and put it in your post

List as many things as you want in each category

Tag as many people as your heart desires!

I Tag:

The usual- whoever wants to do it! xP

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BLOG, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS!! xD 

AND IF YOU HAVE A BLOG AND WANT TO COMMENT THE ANSWERS HERE INSTEAD, DO THAT! 

WHAT IS SOMETHING FUN AND CHRISTMASY YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THIS YEAR?

February 2019

Spring officially starts in about eighteen days! Are you excited? I actually saw daffodils by a river on the way home from town today. Then you know what comes next, after spring... summer! ;P I'm looking forward to lounging by the pool and (hopefully) getting a nice tan this summer, since I have a free YMCA membership, and they have a pool! Those are going to be the perks of working there this summer. The not-perk is that it's probably going to be way busier, since the older kids will be out of school. I guess maybe having a crazy morning will make relaxing in the sun by the pool that much sweeter. 

But sorry if I'm making you miss summer too badly. *winks* Let's get to the highlights and phone-photo-dump of February.

\\ Three cousins from out of state came for a visit! It was great seeing them.

\\ Found out that my newest sibling is brother #4!! <33 Can't wait to meet him in May!!!! *anticipating the baby snuggles*

\\ Currently watching: ROAD TO AVONLEA. We love it! Sometimes we watch like, three episodes in one night! And they're probably about 40 minutes long. xD

\\ There is a lot of food in this photo dump. *shrugs*

Strawberry kombucha and a giant sub from Walmart. ;) And playing games with our visiting cousins.

Bookstore and Costco smoothie :)

Chick-fil-A after work and work-out

Valentine's Day

Grilled chicken club, I think <3

I went off sugar (mostly, heh) for about a week. So I bought a bunch of fruit, and decided to try a papaya. I definitely don't love it plain, but my mom made a delicious smoothie with frozen papaya and strawberries. :)

Healthy strawberry shortcake... And reading Love Defined.

Finally got "my" vehicle (it's not really mine) clean, between the car wash and some hand scrubbing. ;P

Also, our faveee show right now- Road to Avonlea. <3 ^^^

Driving to work one foggy morning. My older sister now works at the same place as me, so we usually ride together now. ;)

Dunkin's mocha frozen coffee. Idk if me and coffee go together. xP I felt a little off later after drinking this... I didn't even drink the whole thing! Must be the sugar and caffine together or something.

And my mom's delectable strawberry papaya smoothie (while I was ordering prints. Excited for them to be ready to pick up. *winks*).

Sunday church outfit... and later went to watch Play the Flute at the theater. The parking lot had a little river in it. xP

Bai drink and working out. Captain was kinda cute with this little stuffed dog. xD

Little "Pom Monster" craft we made with the kids at work. xP This one looked like a princess, haha. Also, a BEAUTIFUL day when it was in the 70's!

Taking a walk with my brother and sister, on that super nice day.

Down at the creek. The water was icy cold.

MOMENTS \\

Little brother: "3+3-3 is 3."

Me: "You're smart!!" :o

Sister: *annoyed with little sis continually using the electric sharpener* "holy hexagon!"

Me: *cracks up*

Little sis: *puts down a draw 2 card in a game of UNO*

Cousin: "You reindeer!"

Another cousin: *my sister wins the round of a game* "You little amiba!" 

My sister: "What's that, skunk?"  (lol, they're so nice to each other xD)

My second alarm goes off. I shut it off. I lay back down. I fall asleep. I have a dream. Good thing my sister works with me now, so she could wake me up. xP

Little brother: "What in the dynamic donkey!" xD xD oh my goodness

Skipping rocks down at the creek with my brother and sister.

TELL ME ONE OF YOUR "MOMENTS" FROM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY!

CURRENTLY WATCHING\ SOMETHING YOU WATCHED RECENTLY?

MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO ABOUT SPRING?

Ice Land PHOTOS {+ some survey results}

Happy Saturday everyone! How was your week? Mine was good. We recently had some freezing rain, so I'm sharing some icy pictures again, today! I used my little macro lens attachment on some of these... I indicate the ones that I'm pretty sure I used it to take. I hope you enjoy them!

Also, I have a few results from my recent survey. ;)

(with macro lens attachment)

(with macro lens attachment)

(maybe with the macro?)

(with macro lens attachment)

So, nine people took my little survey. Thanks, guys! :) Here's a few results... 

MOST POPULAR POST IDEAS (most-least)

1. My Favorite YouTube Channels

Favorites: Closet Edition

2. Twenty-Five Weird Things to do When You're Bored

3. Making an "Ugly" Photo Album Cute Using Newspaper

4. Five Quick and Easy Breakfasts for Work Days

So hopefully I can get some of these posts put together. Idk if I'll do them ALL or not. My Favorite YouTube channels will probably be the first... we'll see. *winks*

SHOULD I START A NEW BLOG?

No: 77.78%

Yes: 22.22%


So you guys like my current blog- thank you. ;) Maybe I will start am additional blog in the future, about fashion or something. Again, we'll see. I have SO many interests, it's hard to figure out which one to go after. If I go after them all, I'll probably get a bit overwhelmed. :P

WHAT PICTURE IS YOUR FAVORITE?

WHICH POST DO YOU HOPE I DO FIRST?

January 2019

First month of 2019 done already, and here's the photo dump! I'd love to get a new phone soon, so my pictures can be less grainy. Ha.

Maybe I'll get better with my blogging in February. I don't know. :P

FI

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I was the only one in my family who stayed up (that I know of). I think we had colds in the house though, so that's probably why.

Disc golfing with my older brother and a couple other siblings. :) We had a good time. My mom and the younger kids were there too, just not playing with us. :P

We got Zaxby's after. My brother left back home the next day.

Big bookstore! I found a record of instrumental music. Beethoven and stuff, I think. It's probably one of the best records I have so far... it's hard to find music that's MY style, because most of it is older. Duh. xP 

A little "road trip". ;) Saw some old friends briefly, and a gorgeous place!!

Culver's for lunch!

<333

I went shopping at T.J.Maxx one day (I had a gift card from a Christmas party) and found this CUUUTEE shirt! I think it was only about $7. I also got a really nice long cardigan and sweatpants for working out.

Jack Frost had been on my wild shield. *winks*

My own marinated chicken (idk if it sat long enough but...), salad, quinoa, and homemade Orange Julius for supper. :)

Working out after work. :P I like the treadmill (just walking for about 20 minutes or so, generally) and the weight pulley things.

Chinese buffet with the cousins

Fun surprise from my pen pal! <3 His name is Fluffy. xD

Frostyyyyy

Starbucks and chatting with the older sister. I don't know much about coffee, but it turns out lattes taste a lot like... coffee. *laughs at myself* OK, I knew it was coffee, but it was pretty much only that. I like the smell of coffee, but the taste isn't as good. #sorrycoffeecrazies xD lol

I've been enjoying this Tangerine Orange Zinger herbal tea with my cold recently. ;)

LOL. Selfies and sitting outside with no jacket in 15 degree air so my sister could take my pic. xP 

I tried following a tutorial for doing eye shadow, and it actually looked pretty good (not like theirs, but hey). So yeah, hiii. 

HAPPENINGS: 

brought in the year 2019!! \\ my big brother was here \\ got a little snowstorm \\ temperatures were in the teens for a little bit... I liked seeing frozen ponds and such; but I don't like the cold \\ looked up from watching a movie to see three cousins from across the country standing there, in my house. I had no clue they were coming!!! xD Yayyy!





HOW WAS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR YOU?

WHAT'S SOMETHING COOL YOU DID THIS MONTH?