Inside her mind..: December 2005

I'm up in Santa Rosa right now spending Christmas eve with Matty's family. They bought a 7 foot xmas tree which we're going to decorate later. They're doing massive construction around their house so we have to sludge through the mud to get in the back door and last night China snuck in (actually I neglected to thoroughly wipe her feet) and left paw prints ALL OVER their wood floor. Good dog. :P

Matt's dad has an amazing menu for this evening. Lasagna (which he spent all day yesterday doing the pre-preparation) and black bottom pie (which Matt says IS TO DIE FOR). mmm.. can't wait.

I heard two pieces of unfortunate news from earlier on this week. Please send good thoughts to Mark and Lizette.. I'm glad I'll be driving down tomorrow to be with them.

Happy Christmas eve, everyone!

Stressing out at work!! We've got one hour until business hours close and Matt's present isn't delivered yet. What am I going to dooooooooooooooooooooo.....???

Take quizzes of course.

Your Christmas Stocking Will Be Filled With a Stuffed Animal

Either Santa got your Christmas wish many years late...
Or he secretly thinks you're a bit immature!

What Will Be In Your Christmas Stocking?

Everything is true but the marriage part..

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you.

You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.

Your risk of cheating is low. Even if you're tempted, you'd try hard not to do it.

You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Your Heart Is Purple

For you, love is about establishing and developing a deep connection.
If it's true love, it brings you more wisdom and inner strength.

Your flirting style: Sincere

Your lucky first date: An afternoon at a tea house

Your dream lover: Is both thoughtful and expressive

What you bring to relationships: Understanding

What Color Heart Do You Have?

You Are Likely a First Born

At your darkest moments, you feel guilty.
At work and school, you do best when you're researching.
When you love someone, you tend to agree with them often.

In friendship, you are considerate and compromising.
Your ideal careers are: business, research, counseling, promotion, and speaking.
You will leave your mark on the world with discoveries, new information, and teaching people to dream.

The Birth Order Predictor

All I can say is thank GOD for end of the year bonuses, because I have a faaaaaaaat credit card bill ready to pay. In addition, I have another $600 bill for trailer maintenance which I'll be charging this afternoon. Hooray for 0% interest cards!

I almost peed my pants when I heard how much the trailer bill was going to be, but I guess if you consider I haven't taken the trailer in for yearly maintenance since 2000 when I purchased the trailer, it isn't too bad. The brakes were in really bad shape. Bad horsey mom!

Matt complains that I torture him all the time and he is grateful for when China is around so I can torture her. I love torturing China. Last night I was on the couch with her, propping her up on her butt with my feet. I kept doing this over and over and she finally got tired of me and went downstairs to take a break from me. hahaha!! When I have kids I will torture them, then Matt will finally be free from my torture attentions, since I will have plenty of other victims. I honestly can't wait!! wheee....

2005 Year in Review

January~
1. Did you have a new year's resolution this year?
Nope

2.Who kissed you at midnight?
Nobody, Matt fell asleep. :~(

3. Does it snow where you live?
Nope

4. Do you like hot chocolate?
Not particularly. Flavored liquids aren't that exciting.

5. Have you ever been to times square to watch the ball drop?
Nope

~February~
1. who was your valentine in 2005?
Matty

2. What did your valentine get you?
Don't remember!

3. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?
Nope, only those I deemed 'special'

~March~
1. Are you Irish?
Nope, but I've had some Irish in me (hahaha, j/k. I don't know)

2. Do you wear green on St. Patty's Day?
If I remember, mainly I forget

3.what did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2005?
Nothing

~April~
1. Do you like rain?
YES!!

2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year?
Told Mom I was pregnant, fooled her again (10th year in a row and still going strong)

3. Did you get lots of candy on Easter
No :(

~May~
1. What's your favorite kind of flower?
Daisies, lillies

3. Do you like the spring?
It's ok.

(deleted 2 stupid questions)

~June~
1. What year did you graduate from school?
1999 (UC Davis)

2. Did you go on any vacations last JUNE?
Went to the Cooley Ranch ride and the Horse Expo

~July~
1. What did you do on the 4th of July?
Had people over for a BBQ and fireworks (God bless lax fire laws in Pacifica)

2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?
Went to the Gold Country ride

~August~
1. Did you do anything special to end the summer?
Went to the Fireworks and Swanton Pacifica rides

2. What was your favorite summer memory of '05?
Lots of endurance rides!

3. Did you go swimming a lot in the summer?
Not at all!

4. Do you go to the beach a lot?
Yes

~September~
1. Did you attend school/college in '05?
Nope, thank God

2. do you like fall better than summer?
Yes, cooler weather

~October~
1. What was your favorite halloween costume ever?
I saw this picture of a guy who went down on a girl with her period. It was sick.

2. What's your favorite candy?
Swedish fish, Twix, gummy bears

3. What did you dress up like this year?
Nada, was asleep at the Lake SOnoma ride by 8pm.

~November~
1. Whose house do you usually go to for thanksgiving?
Went to Matt's parent's place in Santa Rosa this year.

2. Do you like stuffing?
Yes, Matt's dad made some this year with dried cranberries, wild rice, bread crumbs, and nuts. So delicious.

3. What are you thankful for?
Healthy family and friends, Matty, China, Isabella/

~December~
1. Do you celebrate Christmas?
Yup

2. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?
I don't remember

3. What do you want this year for christmas?
See my amazon wishlist. ;)

4. What's the best present you ever got for Christmas?
I don't remember

5. Do you like cold weather?
Yes, it's better than hot!

6. How do you rate your 2005 on a scale of 1-10?
9

Haha, both retarded and genius at the same time.

Haha, I got this idea from Krissy.. Did a google image search for "Julienne and Matt" and got this picture (I guess the guy in the back would be Amit)

Best and worst media corrections of the year.. amusing. Beef panties!!

Not too much going on aside from being busy with work and holiday stuff..

Rajan and Paula's wedding reception was this past Saturday. They had a huge banquet hall reserved and there were tons of Indian relatives and friends and YUMMY Indian food.

Matt and I are finalizing our Christmas plans.. driving down to Santa Rosa Thursday or Friday (22nd or 23rd), driving back to Pacifica late Saturday night, getting up early on Christmas to drive to L.A., then opening gifts with the family and driving to the uncle's place for Christmas with the extended family. Whew. I've almost gotten all my xmas shopping done.. just need to buy one more thing for Mr. Matt which I have no idea..

Next Saturday will be our little gift exchange with the friends which will be at my place. I debating decorating the place but then when we went to Joann's Crafts I was disappointed at the lack of decor available.. so we just got little santa hats to wear instead. Mine says: I believe in Santa Claus. ;)

Went on a really nice ride on Isabella Saturday morning. We explored more trails and found this great little valley with a huge brussel sprout patch. Isabella felt really strong and spirited and gave me a few bucks to indicate she was feeling quite boisterous. I rode a friend's horse, Angel (her mom was out of town) for a short ride after putting Isabella away.. Angel is an 18 year old, highly trained western pleasure horse. Soooooo different than Isabella. It was pretty fun to ride a horse so different. Angel was like driving a big luxury vehicle.. Isabella is more like a zippy little sports car..

My Yahoo Avatar. :)

Best dance ever.

Can *you* do the Carlton? I think it should be renamed to the Rha family dance.

I did it! Yessiree, I watched a scary movie by myself. Not nearly as fun as watching it with some poor unsuspecting soul who I can grab at moment's scary notice, but it was fun nonetheless and I can now say that I saw Saw. I heard there was a twist at the end and I thought all along I knew what the twist was, but I must say, those clever movie makers did a good job at keeping it secret. I totally had no idea what was going to happen in the end, so it was a "nice" suprise considering the predictability of movies these days.

Now excuse me while I arm myself with the kitchen knife before I go downstairs to let China out for her evening pee..