gingerbread house making contest!

the boys in los feliz always throw a good party! on saturday night adam and jesse had a christmas party where we got to have a gingerbread making contest. it was awesome. my team was totally into it (although i'm not a super competitive person, so that was pretty funny.) we didn't win...but it was really fun. and definitely had a car and working garage with our house thanks to julie!

it was a really great night that ended perfectly with a few of us chatting by the fire in the fireplace :)

our gingerbread house!

julie, trey and me awaiting judgement (dennis was on our team too!)

the winners with the emerald city!!!

one of the awesome hosts, jesse! his house is amazing!singing christmas carols with mariah and matt!thanks for hosting adam!kevin and shannon :)

little drummer boy.

Then he smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum. Me and my drum.

imagine baby jesus smiling at you. wow.

scarfs.

i don't really think i've picked up too much of an LA style over the past year, but i do love scarfs. although i'd say they're pretty international at this point...so i may not have picked up any style...ha.

i just got a new scarf last night for birthday. (thank you julie morris :) ) oh man, i love a new scarf. so great. i never realized how cold my neck can get.

'duh' has stood the test of time.

i flipped on the radio the other morning, and caught the end of a conversation in which one of the djs happened to say 'duh'. they continued on to say, "duh has really stood the test of time". i was thinking about it, and they are right. ha. i've been saying duh forever, and it hasn't lost a thing.

what other words are like that? hmmm....

9 days until christmas. 7ish days until i fly home. 4 days until i SEE erikka and eric. it's almost officially winter and it's going to be in the 70s tomorrow. oh LA.

:)

disneyland tomorrow :)

rain or shine.

props to target.

i've been listening to the radio a lot lately since 103.5 is playing christmas music all day! in doing so, i have had the pleasure of hearing quite a few target radio commercials. let me tell you, they are hilarious. no joke. if you get a chance to hear any of them, you will NOT be disppointed.

since they don't really have radio commericals on youtube, here are some funny tv commercials i found. props to target. enjoy!

Is it working?

Confession.

Gift exchange.

Elliptical.

Preparing.

ice?

yes. i'm almost positive there was a small layer of ice on the side of laurel canyon this morning.

rain and very a cold 50 degrees.

it's cold today...by california standards at least. i was talking to a co-worker about how cold it was, and a few ladies from kansas city (who are visiting our office) were laughing at us because the high is 22 there. my, how a measly one year in california, can change the way your body reacts to the weather!!

also, happy 18 days until christmas!!! so great. and i'll be flying home in 16!! yay, can't wait.

so, it's official. we no longer live in the bug apartment. yes. and i put up my christmas tree on saturday night while drinking eggnog and listening to christmas music. it's definitely christmas time.

when it rains, it pours. believe me.

for those of you who don't know, i moved! but it wasn't exactly a joyous event. the night i was moving my stuff to our new apartment, i flipped on the lights and what was it that awaited my arrival? roaches. wow. so i've been working on getting out of the bug apartment for the past two weeks. and it has been quite stressful. finally the administration decided we needed to leave the bugs. thank you! i've been saying that all along.

in the mean time, thanksgiving happened and it was really great.

adam and ivan cooking the FEAST of a breakfast! (adam can make scrambled eggs!)
yum.

thanksgiving dinner!the kitchen crew :)what everyone was thankful for.

after thanksgiving was another story. let's just say, i locked myself out of my apartment, got a flat tire on the way to the airport, and took nasty fall while running and messed up my shoulder. it's time for it to stop pouring down rain.

but i will not be defeated!! ha!! it's finally the christmas season and my favorite time of year. i hope it brings joy, laughter and hope to everyone!