I Want It To Be Christmas!

Sorry for the hiatus in posting. Thank you Bre, for motivating me to get with it and update the blog. I haven't done a whole lot since the last time I posted, I've just been lazy and wasn't motivated to add anything. For most of last week, I worked from "home" at Ron and Cal's to house/pet sit while they went on vacation. Probably one of the laziest weeks of my life!!! I worked for 8 hours of the day, and pretty much watched movies and baseball games the rest of the time. I went through Ron and Cal's DVD collection and watched anything that I hadn't seen yet, that I had been wanting to. And I watched a couple of movies that I just hadn't seen in a really long time. I also bonded with the new kitten, Gracie. She actually drove me nuts sometimes!! She was very hyper in the mornings when I wasn't quite awake and trying to get started with my work. She would attack my legs, so then I would pick her up and put her on the couch with me. But then she would just jump onto the table and walk all over my computer, and attack my computer mouse, and any other sort of wire. I enjoyed her most when she would fall asleep and just be a cute and cuddly kitten.


I'm one of those people that gets way too excited for Christmas to come, that I don't even really care about the holidays before it. I've never been a big Halloween person. Maybe as a kid, when I could get tons of candy, but that's about it. I don't like to dress up. I don't like scary things, so I find no excitement in watching a scary movie or going to a haunted house. I usually spend my Halloween nights at Cal's house. I hang out with Cal and help hand out candy to the cute neighborhood kids that come around. I absolutely love that they start playing Christmas songs on the radio the day after Halloween. That is one of my most favorite parts. Come November 1st, my radio in my car will be on the same station for the next two months, until they quit playing Christmas songs. Don't get me wrong, I don't completely blow off Thanksgiving. It's a fun holiday, but seeing as I don't usually get to go home to be with my parents for it, it's not as exciting to me as Christmas is. Especially since we get to spend our Christmases with the Christies!


This Christmas is going to be a blast for me. I convinced my managers to give me a full two weeks off from work! Before I was only able to be home for part of the Christmas vacation, and then had to come back to Utah for work, and I would totally sulk that I was here while everyone else was at home having fun. I'm so excited that I will be there the whole time everyone else is this year, and won't miss out on all the fun that we always have:

Getting in the hot tub, no matter how cold it is outside.

Making Gingerbread houses.

Our family's lovely portrayal of the Nativity Scene.

Watching Elf (over and over).



And of course, a Nuttall/Christie get together is not complete without a little mattress surfing!

The Office Quote of the Day:
Michael: "Hey, that was really fun last night. I'm actually thinking about getting my own set of putt-putt golf clubs."

Oh No!!

Wow! I totally forgot to add an Office quote at the end of my last post! How could I?!?! Sorry to disappoint....



Michael: "Yes. it is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username, and... I have a great one. 'Little Kid Lover'. That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at."

A post Auntie Cathy will appreciate!

After hearing the praise from Aunt Cathy and countless others, I decided that I would give Heroes a shot at capturing my attention. I refused to watch it when it first came on, because it ran at the same time as 24. And my loyalties definitely lie with 24. So two months ago, when nothing really good was on TV at the time, I spent my free time after work watching Heroes. I was definitely impressed! I was a little shocked to see how gory it was. It kinda surprised me, Cathy, that you liked it so much. I've gotten used to that little tidbit now. As of today, I am all caught up to the most recent episode that aired last night. I'm kind of confused with what's going on, but I think that everyone is! The downside of being all caught up is that I have to wait a week in between each episode now. I liked it better when I could watch at my own pace and start the next episode whenever I wanted to. But oh well, sometimes it's worth it to wait!

I love all the connections between my favorite TV shows (Heroes, Lost, 24). There's so many actors/actresses that make an appearance in more than one of those shows. And even The Office! The kid that played Claire's boyfriend with the ability to fly in Heroes, is the actor that played Hunter in The Office...Jan Levinson's secretary when she was at Corporate. In 24, the actor Zachary Quinto plays a mild, computer geek, analyist at CTU, while in Heroes, he plays the main psycho killer badguy. It's weird to think of the two different characters that he plays. Greg Grunberg is another main character in Heroes, who plays a small part in Lost. He's the pilot, Seth Norris, who gets ripped out of the cockpit by the island monster. There are many more connections between minor characters in these TV shows. I love all these little connections!!

I haven't been doing much else with my life. I've kinda been glued to my TV now that it is the Playoffs for baseball. The Rays and Red Sox are advancing, which makes me happy. There's a break until Thursday, when the NLCS starts. So I can resurface and try to do something productive for the next few days. I've spent many, many, many hours the last few weeks beginning work on my Christmas present that I will be giving to my family this year. Family (including the Christie Chrew) - you should be getting excited, because I think this will be one of the best Christmas presents EVER!! (Even if it is a "home-made" thing). I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!!



PS - Taylor, Lauren, Adrianne, (and Kenny, please relay to Dylan). You all better be practicing up on your Guitar Hero skills for Christmas. I need some competition this time! :)

The Office is back!!

I'm sorry, Kira, that you've spent the last week and a half constantly checking to see if my blog had been updated yet to get your daily fix of The Office. I've been a little bit of a slacker as of late. The Office is back, and it makes me immensely happy!! The season premiere was decent. I didn't feel that it was up to par with the normal Office humor. But it still gave me a lot to laugh about. Michael now has someone as weird as him, in Holly. And Jim finally proposed to Pam. I'm happy to see what the new season has in store for us.

You gotta love Dwight:





Angela: "Listen dummy, it's not that hard! All you have to do is take the numbers from the sales report and type them into a master spreadsheet. A monkey could do it. I do not understand why you can't do it!!"
Holly: "NO!! You do NOT talk to him like that!"
Angela: "But he's an idiot"
Kevin: "Hey..."
Holly: "He is not an idiot." ["Thank you Holly"] "He is mentally challenged, but he's doing a super job here!"
Kevin: "Back up. Do you think that I'm retarded?"
Holly: "Well...no, uh...Dwight..."
Angela smirking and shaking her head: "Oh Holly that is very offensive."
Holly quietly walking away: "I'm sorry."

(Gotta love that Dwight had the new HR person convinced that Kevin was mentally handicapped since she showed up on the show at the end of the last season.)