Christmas-Eve EVE

tomorrow's Christmas EVE already.

Holy crap!

this was one of my favorite SNL moments of all time.

"I don't care what ya momma says...I wish it was Christmas todaaaaaay."

Haa haa!

It's so something my *bitt* and I would make up!

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what else do I have for you...hmmmm...

christmas presents are piling up under the tree;

i'm excited for the babies' first christmas, to see what they do;

i've been sitting in front of this 'puter a lot too testin' this type and that type of this and that for my *new blog* to be coming soon, hopefully in time for New Year's, but we'll see.

What blog-platform do YOU use, reader? ...and why?

I've done so much research on it already, but I'd like to hear what you have to say on the matter...

...maybe I'll do a separate post on this topic before NewYear's...

okay, lovies.

Byeeee!...happy ChristmasEVE-EVE! ;)

sooooo...*THiS* was awesome:

yesterday i woke up to a FB message

from one of my oldest friends, Darlene, saying this...

most of the pics you've seen here i've also

posted to Facebook.

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it was so nice to read that someone appreciated them,

and hey, even thought I had taken classes!

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haa haa!

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see, all you amazing photo-bloggers,

you're rubbing off on me.

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{{wink, wink}}

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just imagine how my pics will look with this guy.

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o'kates.
love you Wednesday.

just incase you forgot...

Got it?

You sure?

Yeah?

Okay?

Cool.

i love me some funnies...

...on the Sunday before Christmas...

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happySunday.

time to spend the day focusing on all my backed-up Christmas SHEEEEE--iT...

Happy Saturday,

weekend-visitors of the blog-o-sphere!

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How done or *NOT* done are you with all your holiday responsibilities?

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ugh!

I'm extremely not done.

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but that's what today is for!

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Christmas is

ONE

WEEK

AWAY!

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i still need to come up with some sort of present for...uhhh...everybody!

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in addition, i need to get to

a Kinkos or a CVS

for my cute *wittle* family's Christmas card:

...I need to jazz the bunch of pics all up to send to *my*grandma*.

I really just want to send one to her, only. :)

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bank,

Kinkos,

Century 21,

mall,

this,

that,

here,

there...

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X-mas hustle and bustle.
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enjoy enjoy enjoy!

"...Nikey-Camera Dreamin'...on such a Winter's Day..."

please press PLAY.

this song is so true to my life at the mome,

but it's also

so true in the mock-version i created in this posts' title.

I hope I'm not placing too high expectations on this SLR.

In my mind...

MY. PiCS. WiLL. BE. AWESOMELY. BETTER.

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espesh some pics of the *babies*::

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this pic needed to be awesomely better.

she was *crazykitty*mode all on my sock.

hilare.

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i hope i get me my Nikey-Cam.

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happyFride, boo.

CARMMY apples & a *celebration*

yep.

{{cruuuunnnCCCHHH, sliiiiirrrppp, nom nom crunch crunch crunch}}

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p.s., petunia blossoms...

...today's my last day of GRAD SchOOL.
...and @ 6pm today,
with my thesis handed in,
& a sham-presentation of it over with,
I'm done done done!
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celebration. elation.

*celebration* photos from here, here, & here.

12.14.2010 @ approx. 5:43 a.m., NYC time

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the babies were enchanted:

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Alejandro was *mega*enchanted:

he loved*it-loved*it:

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then Carmen did too:

this morning I woke up and I didn't know what I was going to post about before headin' out to sub. It was somewhere in between 5:30am and 6:30am Land, and I'm like...ugh!...maybe I'll post later.

then, from downstairs, I hear my mother yell, "wake up and bring your camera!"

this is what resulted.

i love it. i love them.

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happy happy *snowy*enchanted* Tuesday.

Naughty, the red-nosed cat-deer

...and his sidekick, Bubbles,
the fat-bellied cat-deer:

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happy

Monday!

Rockefeller NYC Tree & *The Snowflake & The Bubble*

last weekend.

city.

windy.cold & crowded.

fun.

our best shot:

the tree is always...nice...

...but for me, it's always what's

around the tree that is the most exciting.

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for example...

...the 3D projection show on side of Saks Fifth Avenue.
it's called

*The Snowflake & The Bubble*

here is the video of the actual thing::

[although goddamn blogger cuts off the video, and I don't know how to edit the crap out of the Html to fix that, or if I even could fix that, but anyway...]

if you're ever in NYC during Christmas time, it's check-out worthy *for sure*

happyhappySunday!

enjoy.

the rain is coming down here in NewYawk, and I'm up uber early for *friggin*BRUNCHwit "SANTA" [a.k.a. the fat, bearded (and kinda douchey) kitchen-manager]at the SportsGrill.

bahHUMbug.

okay, dat's it.

this gives me an idea...

candy.cane.*heart*.

here.

*hilarious* (maybe not for anyone but my sis & i) christmas-tree getting story

i know i've already posted about our decorated tree,

but i never yet posted about the getting of that tree.

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it happened last weekend.

i happened at HomeDepot.

it was quite funny.

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Helene [my mom] was a one-woman show!

trippin' over string,

knocking down trees,

bossin' the HomeDepot workers around,

just bein' Helene.

All in her high-heeled boots, and

animal print purse swinging around!

notice Bitt, on the left, just enjoying a ticket to the Helene-show.

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after we bought it,

we got outside and realized nobody was there to help us put it on the car.

this random man, whose wife must've been pissed,

volunteered to help us.

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he got two strings of rope, he'd toss it over the hood to me, and I'd pass

it back to him through the car.

Helene & Bitt just watched.

When the man was done, we said our 'thank yous'

got back in the car, and

my mom said,

"SEE! There are men out there who know that we women don't know how to do this SH*T!"
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Bitt & I started laughing.

...and then in true Helene-fashion,

finished up with,

"I watched him do it, though.

It's not hard.

Now I know for next time."

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she cracks me up.

i guess you had to be there.

it was ridiculous from the start.

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before we even *GOT* to HomeDeep,

we saw this guy:

yep. a senior citizen in his motorized chair that...what...reaches, like, top speed of 10 mph?...about to cross that busy intersection.

from our car seat, all three of us were like, "What's he doin'? What's that guy doin'?"

then, Helene [with her input again] goes,

"Maybe he thinks he's being patriotic."

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oh goodness. happSAT.

Santa's elves better be *camera*nerds* because...

[my newest mini-collage, but i just love him]

[actually, the new Nikon D3100, Santy...thanks.]

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we'll just have to see,

but being able to play with this

all *Christmas Day* long

at my aunt's house

would. be. awesome.

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merry friday.

alone tonight, paper to write

not much more to go

get me through it, winter-themed Oreos

*UGLY*Christmas*Sweater*PaRTy*

no, I'm not having one.

nope, I'm not attending one.

...but i gosh darn by-golly jeepers wish i was, playas!

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i saw the pic below in this post this morning

and i thought it was SO COOL.

A store advertising on its window that

"YES, *WE* HAVE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS"
perfection. pure perfection.

i would LOVE to shop there.

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pick up this one:

or maybe this one:
and pose with
Tomas like this:

those is some AWESOME swettuhs!
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these clowns got the right idea:
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yay!
i just always wanted to do that.
yep.
...and set up a Christmas Photobooth like I saw posted
yesterday on A Beautiful Mess,
and the 101 found on Promise's Blog.
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...and dress *the binos* in some funky kitty sweaters, too.
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LOOK
at
this PUG:
oh, what a love!
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i've seen some awesome Christmas sweaters
floatin' around on the internet via a
life is bananas. 2009 X-mas card
[so funny!...look at her chubby boys!]
&
cute friendly get-together party
a la The Swede Records
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Yep.
Hee!
maybe in one of the upcoming years.
this holiday season has been too jam-packers
with sham-college boloney
to focus on
any real holiday fun.
sad.
so sad.
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but there's never not enough time to
plan me some NeW*YeaRs fun...
...that's gonna be the real party...
if everything goes according to my diabolical plan!
[cue evil villain laugh]
WHAAA HAA HAA HAA!!
BRAHHH WHAAA HAAHAA HAA HAA!!

yeah.

happy ugly*sweaty Thurs.

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click on the pics for sources. most pics found amongst these.

SalsaSalsaSalsa

we started taking Salsa classes...again

[#2 on this list, btw]

it seems to be our *winter* activity

...replacing our beloved biking.

We started taking classes October of last year,

but stopped after three months.

we're back and we're ready to baila!

[i hope long enough to be considered *intermediate*]

i'm looking forward to class tonight.

sometimes i get led by a guy, and i'm shocked that i respond.
like, wow, my body really is learning to dance this.

will i get like this one day? tee hee hee.

this is my black-flats feet reflection in the mirror [say that 10x fast!]

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esta bien.

!feliz el ocho de deciembre!

*amandita*

in my fantasy, i'm at an early Summer morning street fair in France

...instead of just about ready to start *Day2* of my week from sham-college Hell.
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but, good news!!

i showered!!!!

then,

did some *french*braids*,

lathered on some Revlon lipstick in *black*cherry*, as seen here,

and

quickly La PhotoCabine -ed myself:

...to show the world,

"hey world, I might be a prisoner in my room writing a sham-college paper i couldn't give two-shits about and that probably won't affect my future one way or another, but i can look like a total 'tard doin' it! "

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i'm gonna prob need to wipe off the lippystick, though,

with all the kitty-smooching breaks i take...
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okay...haPPy TueSday.

warm tones, LIGHTED TREE, angel ornaments, camera dreams

please press PLAY...and wait for it...

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ahhhhhhhhh. now ease

down into your seat and

scroll on

yesterday evening.

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multi-colored bulbs

strung around a HomeDepot tree

in some sort of order.
made to work in between bursts

of *sister*laughter* and *kitty*craziness*

pink...

rich magenta pink:

a major theme of this year's tree

up close with a christmas ball.

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this camera -- the camera i used for almost every personal pic

you've seen on this blog this year...

...it's got me dreamin'

of another camera...

one i hope will be this year's Christmas present from Santa,

my first SLR
which would have made these next few pics

a lot better I imagine

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my sister, mom, and I

are a tad bit in love with

these curly silver twist ornaments

scattered about our tree
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[my favorite pic of the bunch]

this little angle ornament seems like he's flying enthusiastically around Christmas land

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above, a modern angel ornament, bought in recent years

and

below, a vintage angel ornament, around during my mom's childhood
[both adorning the same tree]

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decorating *the*tree* is always one

of my favorite events of winter,

and this year

it seemed therapeutic

on this Monday morning,

the start of what i feel is going to be the week from Hell due

to last minute sham-college work,

when sham-college duties rush in causing stress and worry,

and fear at the forefront of my mind,

i will imagine Christmas bubbles of warmth and serenity

and hope it'll help me through.
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...and if not, then

i can always do like *the*binos*, and sleep in the light of the tree.

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wishing you a calm and peaceful and quick December Mond