merry christmas, pals.

i love giving gifts, partly because i get to go pick out fun wrapping stuff. wal-mart has some really fun christmas gift bags this year, like the big snowman head above... but more than that, i love making christmas goodies, like peppermint bark with red sprinkles and tree cookies with green sprinkles. this year, i discovered the glory of a cookie press.

the texas fam arrives on sunday/monday. can't wait to see little punkin'. (and now that i've shopped for his christmas presents, i am so hooked on the Carter's outlet.)

some coworkers and i watched "how the grinch stole christmas" over lunch today. "charlie brown christmas" was wednesday. what quoteable movies.

and no, i don't make my dogs wear santa hats or christmas sweaters.

as a local radio personality says, "merry christmas from all of us to all of you and back to all of us."

...and who can blame her? When I pushed the shower curtain back and got out my bottle of bubble bath, she saw "Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar" and interpreted it as "Equate Dog Shampoo."

i'll believe you when*

i've tried so many times
to tell you how i feel
but you're far too disbelieving
are you trying to get even with me

maybe once or twice
i wasn't fair i wasn't nice
but now i've got myself together
when i promise to be better
you say

whoa
i'll believe you when
whoa
i'll believe you when
whoa
when everything you say
don't turn out wrong

i could call you everyday
send presents by the score
and i could send you pretty flowers
have them waiting at your door

i could write up in the sky
forgive me i apologize
still if i went through every measure
with my promise to be better
you'd say

whoa
i'll believe you when
whoa
i'll believe you when
whoa
when everything you say
don't turn out wrong

there's nothing you can say
that i haven't tried
nothing i can do will ever change your mind
maybe i'd do better
if i told somebody else


*matchbox twenty, exile on mainstream