Un conte de Noël

((I love google translate, it's fun))

Well, I'm still sick, but that hasn't stopped me from having a good vacation and a great Christmas
 :-)
Besides it's just congestion and some sniffles. I think I'll live... if my nose doesn't fall off.

Let's start with the 23rd. Jake and I cleaned the apartment and it surprisingly looked amazing! Note the looked... because it's becoming messy again >.<  It pretty much took us up until 30 minutes before Nathan and Tammie came over. While we were cleaning we got a package. We hadn't ordered anything so we were clueless as to what it was. Turns out, Jake's grandparents ((the ones that I haven't met, because they live on the east coast)) sent us a tin full of homemade cookies and peanut butter balls and candy! It was so nice of them :-)
Anyway, dinner turned out well.. we chatted it up. Then we watched Scott Pilgrim, and then they went home. Apparently, they liked the movie so much they bought it the next day. Score!

On Christmas Eve, we went to Jake's parent's house to have dinner and play games.  Aaron and Athena were there with Ry-guy and Emi! I love my niece and nephew <3 It was a good dinner and all we played was aggravation. Three... long... rounds. Ugh, that games really lives up to it's name. Especially playing with the Privett men. My father-in-law isn't so bad, but my hubby and his brother are evil. Suffice it to say, guys won 2 out of 3, but I was just happy to be done! After that we went home, and I think Jake and I might of watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist before bed.

Christmas Day was good. We went back to my in-law's to open presents! Jake and I got a gift card to spend from his rents and Aaron and Athena got me some cute, peppermint smelling socks AND... dun dun dun duhhhhh! Apples to Apples! We spend the afternoon playing that with everyone :-) Love that game! The Jake and Aaron went to see Tron after lunch, and a little while after that Athena and I went to see Black Swan. Woah! It's a mind fucker ((excuse my french). Natalie Portman is brilliant, and so is Mila Kunis. The ENTIRE movie is brilliant in fact, just realllllyyy messed up and confusing. At the end, you still only partially know what went on. I have a new love for Vincent Cassel as well as ballet. I've always wanted to do ballet though. One of my friends on facebook had this as her status... it prefectly sums up Black Swan:
"Black Swan was beautiful and deeply disturbing. Also, Natalie Portman's clit must be sore. Too graphic?"
Hahaha. So true. But wait! There's more! After a couple of comments this was said:
"Natalie Portman's clit deserves a slot (pun totally intended) on the credits, it performed that much."
True yet again. But really, it was an awesome movie, that I intend to buy once it comes out on DVD. I think that if I watch it a couple more times I'll notice more and might be able to put some more pieces together.

Hoookayy, enough of that we went home after the movies and went to bed.

Yesterday, the 26th, Jake and I went to my parent's house for dinner and presents. Italian beef, mashed potatoes, and peas were consumed and enjoyed! There were also brussel sprouts, but those weren't enjoyed by all. Just me and my momma. We opened gifts. My dad's mom gave us each $50 and a goody bag of random items to share. I got Clinique Happy Heart :-) and Jake got a cute green polo and some non-geeky jeans from my parents. And they also got us both.... a Kinect! It's freaking cool, but I'll tell you more about that in a minute. We watched Knight and Day and SALT with them and then came home around 1:30am. We then played the Kinect before bed.

It's really cool, and creepy too. It moves, first of all. And it really does pick up your every move on the infrared and put it on the screen. Our Kinect came with a game, Kinect Adventures. It's kind of silly, but it really shows you how to use it. And one of the "adventures" really gave me a work out. The whole system literally has you moving all over, which is awesome. It also took pictures of us playing. That was unexpected, and sort of weird. And the pictures are ridiculous. But all in all I am in LOVE with it. My parents are awesome.

I think that this is probably long enough, and if anyone read the entire thing... pat yourself on the back.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo <3

P.S.
Here is a link to a trailer for Black Swan.

And Here is a link that shows how crazy/confusing Black Swan is.