Alright. I'm gonna sit down and write all this. Last time I wrote in increments of over a week and not one of the paragraphs were saved.

Anyways.

When I wrote last, it was December 8th. And man was I excited it was December. Now it's nearly New Year's Eve. It's been a great year. It's times like these where I hug myself for taking pictures because then I can remember all the major events.

Christmas was as always, good with a few surprises. I got mostly clothes and makeup with some accessories for my gadgets. The first being my otterbox for my ipad. YAY. I was getting SO sick of my other case. That being just so worn out. The other thing I got was Lightroom 4. Yeeeeeah. Upgraded my photo editing software, now I just need to upgrade my camera. :) It'd be nice to get a D5100. Even a D3200 would have me jumping for joy. I reeeeeallly want a DSLR. My besties also surprised me with what they got for me. Didn't see any of it coming, either. I need to take pics of my new car interior and my shirts and earrings. As always, you're awesome. :)

Otterbox :) I'm in love

This came as a complete surprise to me

Lovely photo editing software

The last few major events of my life include the institute closing social, getting a pet dog, conquering my finals, and karaoke night at Applebees.

The closing social was too much fun. I got to meet up with some old friends and basically had the time of my life. We were served soups, bread and cakes from the Little Brick House for dinner. Dancing was awesome-even the slow ones. Luckily the songs were ones I knew pretty well, so I was able to dance right along to them. After that we watched Elf at the historic theatre across the street. The social was held at the Heritage Center behind Lin's.

Cute, if it wasn't blurry 

So, yeah we got a pet dog. And I got to name her. I chose Daisy because it was honestly what came to mind when I first met her. It was funny because I was sitting on my bed one day when I saw her through my window walking around in our backyard. At first I wasn't sure what to think but when I asked Prada he said that dad brought her home from Beaver and that we didn't know who she belonged to. She did have a blue plaid collar, but from what I heard she was picked up by my grand fatha adopted her from their neighbors, who picked her up from the pound. Kind of complicated. Anyway she's friendly and a lot of fun to have around with us, minus the time when she's cornering our kitty.

The last week of school really wasn't stressful for me. That is, until Friday came along. My two finals weren't until then. The previous days before, I was pretty much care-free and cherished my time off. I did study, a little bit. As the day came closer, I did step it up a few notches. My first test began at noon and I and the majority of the class finished within forty-five minutes. I felt pretty stupid because that was the final I freaked out the most on. When I actually sat down to take it, it wasn't too bad. Still, I was kind of pissed when I saw my grade I got on it. My next exam was an hour later, so I went back to Dairy Queen and got some more lunch. My chemistry exam was a lot easier than I anticipated it would be. I also finished within forty five minutes. After I hurried down to Fiddler's theatre so I could watch the Hobbit with my besties and their family since their dad kindly bought my ticket. After that I was invited to go to Chilli's with them. Pretty great way to end the semester I think.

Now that it's New Years, I do have a couple of goals I'd like to accomplish. Tithing is mostly all I have in mind right now. And I'd like to be a better student, and that means I need to study everyday instead of just once in awhile. Tonight we plan on going to the New Year's Eve dance, so hopefully we have lots of fun there, too!