Okay, final Christmas post. Yes, I do know it is February, but I have been rather busier than usual since I have seven classes this semester. After our family Christmas we went to my grandparents…in our pajamas and robes since many of us received new pajamas.

                   All of us girls were given snowmen decorations and a little jewelry box.

          I knitted this eternity scarf for my grandmother-it is lovely if I do say so myself; I want one now 😛 I was still working on it up until a few minutes until we left for their house. Genius planning, I know.

          A few days after Christmas we visited some friends, and I received these gifts. I had to reread this book, the first of the trio (after I read the third installment which just came out). The first one is by far my favorite.

          So, that wraps up my rather uneventful Christmas. I wasn’t worth much in December; I cannot remember what exactly I did with all that time, and I certainly did not go out much. Hopefully next December I will be a little more festive.

I am sorry for the delay; it is rather ludicrous as it is the 5th day of the new year. We celebrate our immediate family Christmas in the morning. My sleep-obsessed sister was not so late this year, so I think we started opening in the  eight o’ clock hour. Our living room was a sea of wrapping paper as all of us siblings bought/picked out gifts for each other and our parents-such fun! Breakfast was our traditional one of Dad’s homemade cinnamon rolls.

The gifts in my stocking. My parents always give us a piece of fruit and candy. I was particularly pleased with my fruit this year; I looooove pomegranates! The object in the bag is a charm with my initial on it.

These were from my mother which she bought at a recently discovered antique store.

This was from my father; he really picked it out himself. I think he did a good job because although he has five daughters (a la the Bennets-we have said he is like Mrs. Bennet with regards to marrying off his daughters…), he does not quite understand feminine things, partially, I am sure because some of the girls are tomboys and none of us are divas (my sweet brother said we are dudes which was of course charming…-_-). I love my bright pink huge computer bag; it will be interesting carrying it around campus for I will have to bring my computer nearly always this semester. Oh, and it matches my computer.

Each of us got our own nice new fluffy bath towels-Dad’s idea. I had one of the last dibs on the colors, but I like it, especially since it coordinates so well with the washcloths Mom picked out.

As you can see my parents are practical gift givers for the most part. My mother and I were recently discussing my difficulty with buying practical, boring necessities such as tights and gloves and always going for the pretty things. I am even less likely to buy myself athletic clothes, but I like these. The other two pants I own are both years old-as in four or more.

My siblings are not so practical-yay! (I did like the practical stuff). One of my sisters picked out the above and another the below…or it may have been the same sister…

Hmm, I am thinking this gift was not simply for me; this is my three younger sisters favorite version of Emma. My mom and three littlest sisters adore this Mr. Knightly.

 This was a gift from my most mischievous sister-it expresses me exactly.

 
The itunes card is from my brother and the Harry Potter book marks are from my nearest sister…my favorite gift of all.

I am afraid that there will be two more Christmas posts. Too bad peoples, I love documenting absolutely everything.

 This is my stocking which my mom made for me when I was little; isn’t it darling?! She made a different type for my sisters and then her creativity ended-the rest of the kiddoes got rather blah stockings 😛

I have a great many plans for Christmas break, but since it is nearly one quarter over for me and I haven’t accomplished much, I am not certain that all the plans will be even attempted but plans are fun to make anyway.

I definitely must clean my room. It is so messy that it is actually dangerous for me to walk around in it. I need to more than merely clean it; it must be organized so that I can craft easily. I am also hoping to find a small but essential missing part of my sewing machine (I normally use my mothers, but I thought I should give mine a shot again).

This is the only “organized” portion, but I am happy with that little bit and proud of my pile of presents.

I want to be quite industrious with my crafts as well. I want to add several more items to my etsy shop (I have quite a few started) as well as make two Christmas gifts. I also want to make a few items of clothing for myself.

Here are some of my yarn crafts. I love yarn so much; its like candy for crafters!

I also intend to update the look of my blog and etsy shop a little bit.

I need to learn to use this camera manually.

And finally, I plan on reading the 100 Cupboard series.