Do you hear me? I'm talking to you. Across the water...

So...ice skating didn't turn out as well as I thought it was going to. The ice was very odd in the morning; my guess is because of the sun. Anyways, the ice was VERY hard to skate on, and because of that, I fell....HARD. I smacked my head into the ice, and 4 days later I've still got a bump on my head the size of a golf ball (and that's with the swelling gone DOWN!) It's gonna be pretty bad for the next couple weeks while it's healing, but no blood, and no concussion. I got bunches of hugs though. Glenn even got my fall on video but none of us can stand to watch it again. Cam was super nice with the whole me falling after 20 minutes of skating thing.

After skating, I went home, ice pack in hand, and got ready to bake pies with my daddy. Yes...I still baked the pies. It turned out pretty well. I was mostly standing in one spot and we had the Christmas music blaring, so that was fun. My head just hurt for the rest of the day: the nausea was to come on Thanksgiving, the next day.

Thanksgiving "eve" I went over to my aunts and got to read a lot. I really like "In Cold Blood." It's a good read, however some of the sentences are kind-of run-on. I don't necessarily mind it, but it's just not like the other books I read. I'm about 20 pages from where I'm supposed to be by Monday, but that's not a problem. I'll just read this morning while Mom and Glenn are reading the paper.

Thanksgiving Day was pretty interesting. I drove my car with Dad up to Aunt Sharon's house. Gotta tell you, I wasn't really looking forward to being with a bunch of people. I think it's just because I really wasn't feeling well that day. But, besides all that, Thanksgiving was pretty good. I mostly ate leftovers and then played Wii Music with Mom and Glenn when I got home. THAT was hilarious, and I shall have to post a video of it on Facebook.

The next couple days just consisted of reading "In Cold Blood" like a maniac and working on the gingerbread yacht. It's turning out pretty well. I really do think we're going to win again, but Glenn's not so sure because we have 17 "competitors." What he doesn't know is that those "competitors" are probably 5-6 year olds....like last year.

Yesterday I went to work and cleaned. That was a little gross but we got a lot done. The bakery sure does need a fresh coat of paint though. I'm still trying to convince Karen on that one. Then when I came home, I played Wii for a while, read for a bit, and then took a shower. When I got out of the shower, I read a little more. Then, I went downstairs and "helped" (by sitting on the ottoman with Oreo) put up the Christmas tree with Glenn and Cam. Cam came for dinner, and we had STEW! It was pretty good...except there was a stick in it (you had to be there.) I took some funny videos that night though. But after Cam left, we had some pie and clementines, and watched Criminal Minds.

And now we're back up to today. We're Christmas decorating today! I know I know...it's still November Emily! But NO. Christmas is like my favorite holiday ever, and NOT because of the presents. Just the general atmosphere. Snow doesn't really hurt either :p But that's basically it. OH! It's Brianna's birthday today! So happy birthday to her! If she reads this...which I don't know. Oh well.

Hugs and Cake,
Emily