Merry Christmas!

Hi! I know its actually the day AFTER, but I'm making an UPDATE, and its about CHRISTMAS, sooo....yeah, so there. :P
First of all: I'm sorry if it offends anyone (which I dont think it will...just maybe annoy) but I dont think I'll be taking down my Christmas layout. At least not yet. Not so soon. :)
Now. Here's what our sortaish plan was for Christmas.
Christmas Eve: Josh comes, we sing, leave cookies for "Santa", and go to bed-all three youngster children sleeping in Abi's room. Christmas, we get up, do our normal traditions, and then have a young man named G over for Christmas dinner.
So.

We decorated cookies and chose two to put out for Mr. and Mrs. Claus..of course we talked with Mom and Dad about, "Which ones do you think they'll like?" and "How MANY do you think they'll want?" ;) :P
Josh came! :) We talked, laughed, watched A Muppet's Christmas Carol, sang, read the Christmas story, and most drank egg-nog. Then Abi down, the kids the went to bed. I mean from Abi agewise-down. We were lying awake reading and it sure sounded like Josh and Zeke and Dad and Mom are just having a party out there. Goodness! It was already about 12 or 1 by the time we finished singing and reading the Christmas story...then I think it was pretty quiet-or at least, Josh and Zeke went downstairs. Probably not in bed though. :P We read, AJ fell asleep, we read, we turned off the lights, took medicine when Mom heard one of us coughing. (BLECH! I was too lazy to go get some water to wash mine down with-Ewwww..yucky cough medicine :P)
Then we tried to go to sleep. I'm not sure how succsessful the others were, but for me it seemed to take forever. Then I woke up at like 5...maybe. I think so. I saw the sky looked kind of light, and at first I thought there was only one star in the sky. Ooh yay! Dawn was coming! Hmm. Maybe I should wake up Abi. ARG. WHEN did we ever open Christmas presents at 5am?? ...neverrr..okay. No. It was too early. Oh, but once it becomes lighter, then I can wake her up! And judging from the looks of outside, that would be pretty soon! NOT. Maybe an hour or so later the sky started to become lighter, oh..and yes there were more stars than I thought when I had first looked out. Basically, I woke up Abi about three times.
"Wait what time is it?"
I answered with the time.
"Oh its too early, let Mom and Dad get some more sleep."
Okay.
"What time is it?"
I answer with the time.
"Hold on I want to sleep a little bit longer..maybe another hour"
"Another hour? SIGH But Abi..okay. I want to get up...."
"Okay what time is it?"
I think it was about 6..maybe 6:15, 6:25, etc.
"Okay how about 7 then?"
"Okay."
And then maybe I woke her up a third time, only I THINK then it was light out, maybe 7:something. I was trying to be generous and sleep in, even though there was definitly light, but then I heard Mom and Dad were already UP! In fact, I think Mom was working on the cinnamon rolls, and Dad was in the shower already.
I woke Abi up.
"Come on-Mom and Dad are up!"
"Okay wake the kids up." (or something along thsoe lines)
So I woke them, and we went out to sit in the hallway. Abi came just a wee bit later, then Josh, then Zeke. Abe was sayinh he was not going to try to get there first as usual. Jo and AJ and I had usually tried to do that, although it didnt really matter since we ALL got gifts. It was just fun. :) Joy was a bit upset I think, because it was fun to race, but then she warned Abe that the stockings probably weren't going to be so full this year, she warned him very gently. And he goes "I know." Anyways. Eventually, Mom came and waved us forward and no one noticed, so Mom goes, "Oh goodness, I'm waving you forward!" And I heard and I say, "Ooh, can we go?" she says yes, and...it was weird. Cause none of us really ran or anything but eventually as we got closer we did kind of run. :) And yes, Abe stuck to it. He came in last! The little gentleman. Anywhoo, our stockings were definitly not scarce. Not quite sure what we were thinking! :) I got a Puzzlemania (yes those things are awesome), glostick bracelets, I think, two clementines, candy cane chocolates, dark chocolates, extra dark choclates with blueberries, cranberries, and nuts, I think, Dentyne gum, cinnamon tic-tacs, spearmint tic-tacs, skittles gum, and a beatiful handmade bracelet. Abi had made it and somehow it had ended up in Mom's gift drawer and she thought oh I dont have anything special in Mo's stocking yet, and so put it in there, when Abi was thinking, "Oh I feel bad I dont have time to make Mo something." :) So it worked out!
Okay. So when we drew names, I got AJ's name. Oh goodness, such fun! :) So I got him one of those magnetic drawing things, a devotional book that also teaches you about animals, a certificate that said a how-to-juggle book was coming in the mail soon, and when we did the knitting class, we had made juggling balls, and there were three of us, and it was Mom's lovely idea to give them to Abe. So he opened one box and there was a ball, and another box, another ball, anoher box another ball, and another package a paper saying he was going to get a how to juggle book. :)

I got:
from Mrs.M: a beautiful sort of Victorian stocking with I think perfume and soap and an ornament inside. And a very cute notepad and a beautiful watch.
from Ydolem: haha, I was there when she bought it and she knows that too-she had me pick it out. At Strawberry Banke, it was so funny, us two gals in taht age range where most think they're too cool for anything, we we spent the longest time at teh stuffed animal box-longer than we did at any of the other elegant and sophisticated displays! :P She had o and I each choose a stuffed animal. I now am in possesion of a beautiful stuffed swan.
From Abi: a journal, (with a sweet note) a paint by number with the sweetest golden lab on the cover, an engraving art of butterflies-only it comes out rainbow, and pink flower hair snaps. :)
From Zeke: (he got my name! :) a Seacret nail/hand sort of kit, that is REALLY cool, ROOM NOISES by EISLEY! The Tragic Treasury by the Gothic Archies..if you're a fan of Lemony Snicket, you should know what that is. :) Or be able to guess anyways. AND I got this BEAUTIFUL pendant and stud set, which is genuine crystal, I know that doesnt make it precious crystal, but it is still oh-so beautiful and elegant and I love it! :)

I gave to Ydolem: a pack of six earrings: three "danglys" and three studs. Haha, I mean PAIRS of studs. I also told her that part two would be coming soon, which I plan to be a **** and ***** *****! Haha, I'm sorry, but I know you read my site, Ydolem! :P

I gave TA some earrings for her birthday, a rhinestone sticker sign of her name for her birthday, and some earrings for Christmas along with a promise that more will be coming...whcih I'm planning will probably be a...maybe a *** or a *****, only I'm not sure which ****** she would like. :P Who knows, she may read my site too! :P

Ooh! And I got a beautiful chroceted scarf and matching hat for Christmas from Frankie! :) I plan to get her something similar to Ydolem's and TA's part two gifts. :)

I hope you all had a VERY wonderful Christmas. :) And Jen, I hope you had a very wonderful, absolutely great, Christmas. :)
May God Bless y'all, and Merry Christmas to you. :)
"God Bless us, everyone."
~MOFACE

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

I shall have more leter. But for now I just want to say it was wonderful, its not even done yet, and:

I think I'm looking forward to winter this year. I mean I usually like winter-but usually I LOVE it cause its nows and then we get all ready for Christmas and it seems to take forever to come, and then once it does it seems like it came and went too fast, and then oh drat. Nothin else very big to look forward to in the winter. Just..snow. And after awhile, even that got old. But this year we didn't have snow, Christmas seemed to come QUICK, and Jen wasnt here. So now I can look forward to: enjoying my presents, making teh happiness of Christmas last oh-so-much longer, SNOW, and all the wonderful things that come with it, and JEN. :) I think there's probably so much more. But I must go now, and I bid you farewell, and I hope you had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! :D
God Bless,
~MOFACE

Uhmm

Hey all! Thanks so much Brad. Thats VERY kind of you. :) Thanks, Mrs. G. Yeah, that gift I left for you was supposed to end in God Bless. Not just the first word. Sorry. :) I mean the message with the gift. And now I'm going to try something. If it doesnt work, I'll edit this post and delete the html or...whatver it is. :P


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Okay. I'm hoping this is gonna work....and now to see...

Hey There

Hey! Guess how many days till Chritsmas! Only FIVE! Yay! And GUESS how much snow we have to welcome this awesome holiday! None. :( Rats. Ah well. Its been a little colder, although its supposed to warm up again on Thursday...but we had flurries yesterday and frost this morning...*sigh*. Ah well. I'm hoping it'll snow and stay in time for Christmas, cause with the holidays seeming to sneak up and come suddenly upon us, for some reason it just doesn't seem very Christmasy. I'm hoping snow will help. Course, it could also be that Jen's not going to be able to come home for Christmas this year. But you know what, the extra money should be good for her, and we've had snowless Christmases before, and it should all be fine in the end. If y'all have read www.xanga.com/mojogirlz , you would know about the Christmas present that showed up on our doorstep on Christmas Eve last year, right? :) That was awesome. Don't worry, I'm not depressed.
FIVE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!! WOOHOO! :D
God Bless everyone and have a MERRY Christmas!! :)
~MOFACE

Well

Hello all. Sorry to have left you for so long. Arg. I want my site to be Christmasy, and this template was the best I've seen so far, but I dont know how to do html, so I cant get reid of the big bright ol' orange spot. Ah well. Yesterday was great! No, no, lets start on...Friday. We had gotten the tree Sunday, then put it up Friday, and put the lights on. By taht time it was really late, so we put the rest of the lights on on Saturday and decorated it, all but the star, since that isnt quite workng yet. We already have some presents under the tree. And then I was working to get my room done so my friend M, aka Ydolem, could sleep over that night. (her parents were going somewhere, and she needed a place to stay) so I got SOME work done, and then basically went all stupid and in the end, Jo was very kind and said she'd help me. (because I had to leave for AJ's dress rehearsal.) I met Ydolem at AGAPE, and teh musical went wonderfully. :) AJ did a great job. Then, we ate. Yum. :P Then she came back and her and I jumped on the trampoline around 9pmish (?) and then came in and had chicken noodle soup and no-bake-cookie crumbs. YUM. Then Jo, Ydolem, and I got to sleep around the Christmas tree. That was so much fun. Then Sunday came, and we went to hurch and afterwards ate at the Fellowship meal, then left and went to Gwyn's. We had hot cocoa, played with her cats and rope swings, and then she followed us to The Candlelight Stroll at Strawberry Banke!!! Ohmyword. Such fun. Y and Jo and I had the pleasure of TWO carraige rides, and got to walk around by ourselves. :P I love walking with my family and big groups, but that was rather special since I dont usually get to do that sort of thing. We went to the cider shed (hmmm lets just say SOMEONE had a special spot for donuts. :P) the second time we were on our own (before we were with Mum and Papa and AJ and saw the jazz band-I think the second time the different band was playing) and we went to get some hot cider. I saw that the man was asking, "Have you been good?" before handing over some steaming cups of cider. And suddenly, I thought of WVA. I was thinking, "Hmm. I could say, 'Is any man truly good?' or 'Define "good"'. " And so when he came to me (he didn't bother asking Ydolem, probably because she just looked so angelic. :P) he said, "Have you been good?" And I said, "Is any man truly good?" And he goes "I'm sorry I dont think I heard you."
"Is any man truly good?"
"Oh, you're gonna get philosophical, now?"
"*laugh*"
"Well, would you like a cup of philosophical cider?"
"*laugh* Sure."
"*looks at me and holds out an empty cup of cider*"
"*laughs again*"
And then he gave me cider. Haha! Anyhoo. We had a wonderful time, Ydolem finally came with us, AND on the way back, we ate at the Rusty Hammer. I love that. Thanks, Mum and Dad! :) then Ydolem got home around...uhm..heh heh..12ish I guess? Us three looked like we had died on each other in the back seat, all laying down and exhausted-but the very good satisfying kind. Then Jo and I got home and slept under the tree with AJ. And today AJ thre up three times, although he seems alright...
God Bless y'all!
Merry Christmas!!!
~MOFACE
P.S. Only 6 days till Christmas!!! (not counting today or Christmas) And here's Larry-http://www.bigideafun.com/christmas/ on the far right there's a pic of Larry-click it and listen! :)
And: haha this made me laugh! :) http://badaboo.free.fr/merryxmas.swf (rats its not working for me anymore-maybe it will for you)

OOPS!

I am REALLY sorry K! I'm fine with you commenting! Uhm...I accidentally rejected a comment of yours that I thought was really interesting and everything especially since I'm learning about Muslims and Jews and all that this year and I accidentally REJECTED it and I'm so sorry and now I cant get it back. :(

I know, I know.

I know, and I'm sorry-especially since I don't update Xanga half this much, but still, I had a thought. I was trying to answer a post on another site, particularily xanga.com/greendragonrider....hold on.
LATER: I am, ohmyword, so happy. A couple years agao, (alright probably quite a few) my dear sister Jen went to Russia on a missions tripa nd when she came back, she brought all sorts of gifts. One was a beutiful Russian doll with a china head, hands and feet and a stuffed body. She had a black Russian hat and black hair, I think. Her dress was white with brown and gold I think. Another was a doll made just the same only with a brown hat. And another made the same way only I think maybe a bit taller with white hair and a red and white dress with flowers and a goldish hem. The ends of the sleeves on all the dolls had matching fur cuffs-I mean the fur matched the hat. And there were matrushkas too. She gave the matrushkas to Mom. The doll with a black hat I think she gave to Abi and the one with a brown hat to Jo, and the one with a brown hat and white hair to me. I cant remember what happened to the. Abi still had her's safe and sound on a shelf in her room, and mine and Jo's had "somehow" gotten lost. (it wasn't that uncommon for us rambunctious girls to lose something in our shared room of never ending things) But long story short I was called upstairs and Abi said, "Do you remember which was yous?" And there lay the two dolls, the one with teh white hair and the one with the brown aht. Jo didn't remember owning one, and I THOUGHT the one with the red dress was mine, but I'm not positive. So now I am happy. I have my lovely doll again, and I think her name was Natasha.
*sigh*
Anyways. My wondering: If someone truly loves thier leader (ie Tash or God or Buhda etc) and truly and sincerely belives that thiers is the way, and are not just follwing the motions of something they dont beleive in, are they considered to be following Jesus?? I'm not saying I believe this-I wonder this. Kiaya brought it up in one of her recent posts and how Emith in The Last Battle was kind of I guess really following Aslan. I mean, we have some Catholic friends who I believe sincerely and truly believe that thiers is the way and who sincerely and truly love Jesus. I know some people whom I think (although of course I dont know for sure) might just be going through the motions of a Catholic faith and maybe thier heart isnt in it and they dont really believe in it. So again, if someone truly believes and loves thier leader and think thier leader is right, are they considered followers of THE leader, by THE leader, and will they come to THE leader's Home?
God Bless,
~MOFACE

Hello All

Hello. Now for a real post. Although Mother just alerted me that I should get anything I might want to give to my beloved older sister ready now, I think I have time for a post. Ah. Although I don't think I'll get many if any "new" readers of my blog, I shall introduce myself properly.
My name is...I'm not telling, so ha! Anyways, some nicknames of mine are: Moface, MoLee, Refreshed, Zoey, Mo, Ri, etc etc. So you see I have many. My other site, www.xanga.com/mojogirlz is still in use and shared with my younger-but-not-so-young sister. I wish to be all that God has made me to be, and I'm pretty much an average girl. I think about "girly" sorts of things, unfortunately, and I sometimes have those silly and pretty annoying "girly" sorts of feelings, but I want to do what God wants me to do. I have friends, whom I might refer to in some posts-some will be known as Frankie or Flancey, M or Watermelon, V or T, EM, etc. Basically I use one or two letters or nicknames. Okay. So that was probably pretty much boring and annoying. On to more things.
Public Speaking-yes. At AGAPE today, Public Speaking was awesome. I got to go up 1, 2, THREE times today! :P Haha! 1st, I did my last "rendition" of the Gettysburg Address. Second, I did my Christmas thing, for which I chose "Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I was going to do "We Three Kings" only not sung, but I knew that would be hard-to not sing and all. So I did what I assume to be a Civil War era poem. Later my om told me that its actually a song also! :P Haha! good thing I didn't know that! Then my older sister A and I did "The Walrus and The Carpenter" by Lewis Carrol. We introduced oursleves as Tweedledee and Tweedldum. (we each had nametags-hers said DEE and mine said DUM :D) We took turns between stanzas, except fot the very last line:
ME: And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten,
A&ME:EVERY ONE.
It was so much fun! And I think everyone liked it! :) And long story short, we are to lip-sync tp "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" by the Muppets in the gym and eat cookies or something on the last Tuesday before Christmas break. So next Tuesday I am bringing the song and we're going to catch up on speeches, choose parts (ie BG called DIBS on "FIVE GOLD RINGS" although taht part is done by Miss Piggy..:P) and practice! I'm all causght up on speeches and I think A is too! So it should be pretty enjoyable. :)
Physical Science: long story short I was imitating Sharpay from High School Musical (while sitting down) and BB saw me and was staring at me like I was crazy. HAHA! And in Jr.High Spanish Senora T. said she BOUGHT Spanish cookies but forgot to bring them. So hopefully Thursday we'll get them. :P Uhm. Oh si. I kinda forgot. Haha! How could I forget? Okay.
Mi Familia:
Papa-ie Dad, Daddy, etc-sweet, wonderful, Godly man-lots of advice, great bear hugs
Mama-ie Mom, Mommy, etc-sweet, wonderful Godly woman-lots of comfort, confidence and help. (actually both are very understanding and most helpful)
J or Josh-oldest brother, on his own, strayed away from God, please pray-black belt, teaching a class now I think-on martial arts
Jen-oldest sister, at college, sweet, wonderful girl of God. Lots of love and sweet advice and comfort
Zeke aka Reepicheep-great. Awesome second oldest bro! Great at accepting and loving people for who they are, very patient and enduring
Abi aka LadyofNarnia-lovely second oldest sister whom is quite a leader and whom I look to for advice on all sorts of "girl" things-someone close at home whos ready to talk and tell me if, "Mo, thats....ridiculous." :P
Jo aka WoodenHead-youngest sister, sweet, bouncy, full of life, and so confiding and kind
AJ aka Little Man or My little old Grandpa-my youngest brother, sweet, full of life, definitly a BOY, and awesome.
Kita-Family dog. Gorgeus blue ice eyes, quite handsome, really smart at times and utterly...pretty stupid at other times-always knows and understands when someone is sick and stays by them
Curious-LadyofNarnia's cat, whom I did NOT like at first. He would chase my feet, and ugh. I didn't like him. This is why I hat catnip-give it to him, and he'll be just like the black little kitten that he was when we brought him home, seemingly evil and his main concern his food-my feet. ;P Anyways, I like him now, as long as he's...his "usual" self. He's funny, and sometimes smart and sometimes stupid and always either dignified or trying to appear dignified after falling off of something.

And I love my friends. So There. There is my late Thankful list. I'm thankful for so much more too though. :P But I must go. So nice to meet you all. And I hope Abi doesn't mind if I start a debate here as well.
Although probably not as serious or spiritual.
Why not something simpe I heard recently and I know will get Zeke to come to my blog:
Which is better: Pepsi or Coca Cola?

Hey All!

YAY! My FIRST Blogspot Blog post! And now I'll be ready for that Youth Group email...whenever it comes. *hint hint*
Haha, sorry this is short.
God Bless,
~Moface