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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was pretty nice even though it got off to a rough start. We were supposed to go to my parent's for Christmas Eve dinner, but a nasty snow storm set in a couple hours before we were due to head up. After talking with my parents we decided it was best that we not brave the roads and just wait to come up until the next day. I was really disappointed because I really wanted to go. (I cried.)

After it was determined we wouldn't be going, Hubs and I decided to start our own Christmas Eve tradition by getting "Christmas Eve Taco Bell." We bundled Maggie up in her pink winter coat (she's an inside dog who lounges in front of a fire place, and therefore has ZERO winter coat of her own), and headed out on icy roads in pursuit of some type of dinner. Before snagging a bite to eat, we stopped off to return some movies at Blockbuster, where we could plainly see that Taco Bell was already closed for the evening. We had a quick discussion and determined we would run down to Wendys and see if they were open. Its not exactly nachos, but french fries aren't at the bottom of my favorite foods list either. ;p Luckily for us, Wendys was open! And so started our new tradition, Christmas Eve Wendys.

Christmas morning we woke up to 3 new inches of glistening, white snow! Maggie couldn't get out fast enough to romp in it. Once again, we bundled her up and loaded the car with Christmas presents before heading to my parent's house where they had 6-8" of snow compared to our 3. We spent the day opening presents, sitting around talking, watching my dog bolt from one end of my parent's yard to the other in snow that came up to her tummy, and watching movies. We rounded out the evening with a nice steak Christmas dinner. Once the sun went down, we grabbed the very freezing Maggie (my mom won't let my pup inside her house) and went back home to have our own Christmas.

For Christmas I got a vacation to St. Kitts, a vacation to Scotland, some much desired square dishes, wonderful gift cards that I can't wait to use, and some sheep skin slippers (from who else but the Border Collie, Maggie?!). Hubs got a new hot tub. (I think someone really loves him.)

I hope you all had a wonderful, safe holiday. Can't wait to see you all back blogging!