Christmas and Some Personal Notes

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I actually got the day off for the first time in three years so I was VERY happy =) On Christmas Eve, I made our traditional tacos and we opened presents as soon as it got dark. We had thought about waiting until Christmas morning but my daughter and I were both too excited and couldn't wait. My munchkin got me a new top and a pair of black skinny jeans which will go perfect with the black boots my honey got me. I surprised her with a new phone, the G2 (got myself one too, they are awesome!) and a Tom Tom for her car. There were also movies...Easy A (love!) Eclipse (which I STILL haven't seen) and Step Up 3 (quite possibly the cheesiest movie ever, but we love the dancing!) Oh yeah, and Just Dance 2 and The Michael Jackson Experience for the Wii...have you played these??? They are SO much fun and a great workout, which I am so gonna need because of all the food I've been eating!! I sent a Spongebob bedroom set to my grandson in Vegas and I will be hand delivering my oldest daughter's presents when I go visit her out there next month. On Christmas, we had friends over and played games (Balderdash! Scattergories!) and ate all through the day and while the presents were nice (I'll admit it, I love giving and getting Christmas presents and spoiling the people I love =) it was being home and being with my family and friends that made the day truly special. And oh yeah...............

I GOT A KINDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am SOOOOOOO excited!!! Real "flesh and blood" books will always hold the top spot in my heart but the Kindle is gonna make reading ebooks so much easier. Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon, I already have these goodies loaded on her...

Amazing titles and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to read them! Now I know some of you have Kindles already...do you have tips or tricks to enhance and get the most out of my ereading experience???

And last, but not least, some personal messages to those of you who commented on my resolutions blog post...

Khadija...congrats on reading so many books and good luck with your goal for 2011!!!

Nicole...haha...your comment made me laugh =)

Chrystal....love the Waiting on Payday idea. I think I am constantly waiting on payday even when it IS payday when it comes to books, lol.

Leanna....thank you so much for the blog roll idea for keeping track of blogs, I am going to do that this weekend!!!!

Lorelei...I might sign up for that challenge too!

Hattie...Oh my gosh lady, you are too sweet!!! I know I say it all the time, but I truly admire and respect what you do....helping to foster a love of reading in kids is so very important and I can see that you do that =)

Pam....that's a great resolution. I would like to do that as well, I know sometimes I can be a bit harsh.

Juju...thanks for the encouragement!!!

Aleetha...good luck...YOU CAN DO IT!!

And now, please excuse me....I've got A LOT of reading to do ;)