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From Audrey: -A cute headband From Kara: -A cute hat From Aaron: -A cute hat From Rachel: -Two pair of Christmas socks -A red scarf -Giant Mr. Goodbar From Pam: -Fuzzy socks From Kelly: -Coach wallet From my cousin Brenda: -A recipe book of my late grandmother's handwritten recipes From Carmen: -A ceramic mug plate -A half apron -A recipe book of appetizers From Jared: -A Relaxation Fountain From Jake: -A really cute mini easel and canvas with a bead bracelet From Jason: -Lots of cuss words and hostility and violence and drug addiction and drama From my parents: -An arm band for my iPod -Newest Radiohead album -Lots of candy (dark Dove chocolate, dark chocolate with almonds, 60% Ghirardelli squares, candy cane Kisses, Holiday Tic Tacs) -Petit Ecolier cookies -Bahama & Co. Scented necklace -Loofah sponge -Drain snake -Zit extractor -$10 Target gift card -A darling black coat -Mascara -Clinique Happy -A makeup bag and Clinique mak...

I just switched my Facebook over to the Timeline style profile. And what a timely switch that was! I clicked on map and could see my check-ins for this year. I have had 112 check-ins at 24 Hour Fitness since January 4th of this year. Considering that I didn't even check in every time I went to the gym, and considering that often times if I didn't go to the gym, I exercised at home with a DVD or Netflix video, I have exercised on more than one-third of the days in 2011 . This makes me feel really accomplished! I may not have worked out super hard every day. I may not have stuck to a routine or regiment for specific days. I may not have even lost weight. But I have been consistent . And for my health, that is what matters. In the past I have gone through phases and spurts of working out, especially during the summer and tapering off in the colder weather. The kind of consistency I have demonstrated to myself this year in exercising is something I needed to see t...

I had the privilege of going on yet another date with the handsome  Aaron last night. We went to Planet Play, where he had a $20 certificate to spend on games and activities. We also ate at the pizza buffet. I'm not sure either of us was super impressed with the food, but we were hungry, so we really didn't care a whole lot. When you walk in, there's a big area to the right for parties. Up on the left there's the buffet. There's a dining room off to the right where we ate. Then the whole back area was where you "play." We did lots of arcade games. Aaron beat me at the car race. We played football and basketball arcade games--yep, even ME! We did a target shooting game which was fun. The gun was super heavy though. Yikes. We played a round of mini golf where someone saved us like $3.50 by giving us an extra golf ball, so that was awesome. We also did mini bowling, which was really fun and very different. I liked it. We just took turns playing on that one...

I'm making cake right now. The box is from Western Family. On it, the directions say, "Cake is done if toothpick inserted in center comes out clean." Yep, so far so good. Pretty normal. Then it says, "Do not test for doneness by touching with finger." Wow. Thanks for that, Western Family. What n00b messed that one up?

On Sunday night, my good friend Aaron invited me to his company's Christmas party. Aaron works for Zagg, the company that makes InvisibleShields. Naturally, I accepted the invitation. Who doesn't want to go to an awesome resort in Park City, dress up all pretty, eat free food, and be on the arm of an attractive man? Well, I just can't say no to that. We stayed at The Chateaux . We arrived at about 5:30 and checked in. Our room was on the first floor. It was pretty small, but really nice. The bed was amazing. There was a fireplace. It was lovely. I thought Aaron got pictures of the room, but he didn't. So here are some other ones he took. It took me a really long time to get ready. I triple barreled my hair, which is about down to my waist. So it took a while, but I am thinking it was worth the trouble. We're cute, aren't we? So we headed to dinner about ten minutes late thanks to my beautifying process (in my defense, he picked me up 20 mi...