It's been a while since my last real update. Things have been busy, between small group and The Crave, the fun just never stops! I had a nice time starting off the Holiday Season with Thanksgiving in Ocala, Ingrid and Jay, the coolest aunt and uncle were there visiting my uncle Jay's parents and they invited me to join in their family's Thanksgiving, and the crazy shopping the morning after. Friday we left the house at 4:30 AM to make it to Circuit City at 5 to find a gift for my cousin, which I am sure he will enjoy (I can't tell ya what it is, he might read this... so you'll just have to be patient too and wait for Santa!)

The week after Thanksgiving my parents made their way down to the Sunshine State to visit me, we had a great time. I like when they visit! It's nice to have someone cook, or go out to eat more often than I normally would for a few days! More than the variety of meals I receive, it's nice to be able to spend time with them, I am very close with them and that's probably the hardest part of living 1,000 or so miles from Michigan!

The weekend after was Southeastern's graduation, and Mindi a good friend that I graduated with was in town. We had the opportunity to go to dinner and catch up on what's going on. It was nice to see her, and remember our two years at Southeastern and the stupid inside jokes, it made for quite a few laughs! The next day we went to graduation, after that I went to lunch with another friend that had graduated who is more like family than anything!

This last week was a busy week at work, with all of the different monthly tax items due on the 20th, those were prepared and mailed on Friday, new projects starting, and the billing lady out for a day, the week went fast.

In other news, being forced to listen to Country music at work has finally payed off somewhat. I qualified in 97 Country's Take 2 Contest to win a Ford Ranger 4X4, so Saturday I went out to Bartow Ford. The truck they were giving away was kinda cute, even for a girly girl like me, it was yellow too! I didn't win the truck, but they did give a $50 check to everyone who qualified, that's worth listening to the same song 5 times during and eight hour period I guess, oh and I did get a Harry's Seafood gift certificate too, that's always good.

I spent yesterday evening taking care of some laundry so I can pack to go home for Christmas! I will leave Tampa in a little less than 48 hours, I am excited to be able to spend Christmas in Michigan again! Although last year I had the privilege of holding Christmas in my home, it's just not the same without a White Christmas, and a big family dinner with more than just your immediate family and Tante (Aunt) Eva's Frankfurter Kranz (a delicious cake unlike any other, I must get the recipe this year!)

While I am home I'd like to be able to hang out with a few friends, so I sent out an email last Thursday with a proposal on how to accomplish this. Looks like we'll all meet this Thursday for dinner, and then come back to my parents house afterward to hang out a little more, maybe watch a movie or have my cousin Tanya's little guy, Isaiah, entertain us!

That's about it for now, a little more packing, a little tidying up around the house, day and a half of work, a flight, and I'll be home for Christmas!