Finals

As far as finals go, I have a pretty easy quarter this quarter. I have a 2-3 page final reflective analysis paper due for my Adolescent lit. class, basically an 8-page paper for my take-home final in English, and a final for my Anthropology class. I sucked hardcore on the last homework assignment for my Anthro class, so I need to get an A on the final in order to get a decent B grade, or maybe an A, if he uses a curve.

I've got about 1 1/2 pages done for the reflective analysis paper done and I've done a little thinking on what I want to write about for the English paper, but I haven't even begun to study for the Anthro, which I'll probably end up regretting after the final. That said, I'm pretty proud of myself for having gotten this much done already. :)

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Brittany and I went to Walmart today because I needed to pick up a few things and I decided to get some garland to put up outside and I got some of the cottony 'snow' stuff with the sparkles on it and some pre-lit (fake) pine garland for the inside of the house. I figured that would be enough for me to make the house look Christmas-y without overdoing it just yet. Plus, I didn't want to spend too much on decorations when we haven't even pulled the stuff we already have out of the boxes in the basement to take inventory.

So, with Britt's help, we strung the garland up outside and I put the 'snow' up on the gas fireplace mantle and the pine garland up on the mantle in the dining room. I spent about 45 minutes collectively cleaning off said mantles before putting the decorations on them, and had to literally scrape one of our candles off of the wall because, with the help of the Ben Franklin stove in the dining room, it had melted to the wall. ;p

I'm very pleased with how the mantles turned out, even though I think that we need to get some little village pieces to set up on the 'snow' and maybe a nice picture to hang up on the wall above the dining room mantle because, since it's cleaned off now, the wall looks so bare without all of the junk up there! Lol!

I'm in a really Christmas-y mood today for some reason. The shopping that I did earlier and the putting up of the decorations might have contributed to it, but I'm just really pumped up about Christmas this year. I can't wait until we put our tree up!