An Agreeable Week

HP Sauce and Tequila, African Nectar tea, Simone's, prayer buddies 2008, "Are you wearing underwear on your head?", garlic fries at Red Robin, sin happens, Buckles, Cornish pasties, Ojai Ice-Cream, Handel's Messiah, "orange blast" paint from Anthony, Starr Market in painting attire (Rabic's white eyebrows), Mariachi music blasting with the windows down, Cleopatra's Secret, lotion at Rainbow Bridge, "berry" in Spanish, Ruben's Burritos, snuggling on your couch, pomegranate, the Advent novena devotions, picnic by the Guadalupe fountain, Italian aria boy, Ventura mall, apple dutch baby, dorm thief traps, 10:30pm tea party, guava jelly, heart-shaped scones, pregnancy, 12th Nite Cranberry, "At first I thought it wouldn't be me, but then it was!", sparkling cider, Iain's shorts, gift wrapping, Seattle rain, Mr. Rote, Earnest, the Oneders, Sabotage at the Savoy, baking Christmas bread, Pannettone, Christmas decorating, BFFL, BFTS, Trader Joe's, sweet basil pesto sausage, love languages, jumping at the beach, which orchestra instrument are you?, tour of the yard/look behind the bushes!, car tunes, "Now you're just stupid!", the Fannings' first Christmas, chicken stroganoff, potato cheese soup, jam thumb print cookies, streamers in the living room, Claire's ultra-gel hairdo, The Wisdom of Menopause, faux pas (fox pass), good and classy, the hidden wallpaper in the bathroom, "She's in all our hearts.", tango squares, Mick Jagger, love handles, our own Tuft's Jumbo, shearing Kidu, Organic Spring Jasmine, Tropical Green Tea, little Snickley!, I miss you like a child misses their blanket, "You could give me children.", once in love with Amy, Earth Friend Jen, Tree Buddy Claire...

Snow, Snow, Snow, Snow- SNOW!

As is appropriate for December, it's snowing today!
I generally dislike snow, except when it is first falling from the sky, any time when it is falling from the sky, and when school is canceled. So, I'm pretty happy about it right now. I shall try to stay indoors as much as possible today though. I am not a fan of cold and wet, so I stay indoors as much as I can when it snows.
Other news of the day is that we're celebrating the feast of St. Francis Xavier tonight! The actual feast day is on Monday. People come from far and wide for this- hopefully the snow won't hinder their journeys up here- and if they all get stranded in Bellingham we can hopefully find enough floor and couch space for everyone to sleep on! If you are unfamiliar with the location "Xavier House" or "X House" it is the house next door to mine (the Siena House) where eight upstanding Catholic gentlemen of the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry reside. There is always a huge celebration of the feast of St. Francis X every year that pretty much everyone comes to- Newman Catholics from past and present. Last year there were probably 60 people crammed into the living room and kitchen area. It was intense. I'm looking forward to it!
Yet more news includes the exciting realization that Advent begins- tonight! I need to go make my paper chain with 24 links on it to aid my countdown until Christmas... :)
It is also news that I have just one week of classes left, then a week of finals (on Mon, Wed, Fri). The subsequent week involves me and Hermarax trekking down to sunny Cali to visit our farthest and dearest Bernhofts! Then, of course, after that is Christmas. What else could a girl ask for?
In earnest,
Toad