Christmas rocks!!!

This Christmas was AMAZING! Even though I completely forgot to write last week’s blog, which is still coming, it was pretty much perfect. Why was it so perfect? There is at least a million reasons but I’ll just name a few. 1- I got a cell phone, something that I thought would never happen, and getting an ipod shuffle and a Nintendo wii fall under the category of impossibilities that are now realities. My mother swore that no one in our family would ever, ever have and ipod, and now…. well let me just tell you, it was amazing! 2- I got to see a HILARIOUS movie with my family! We went to see Night at the Museum at Thanksgiving point. It was very funny, and even more funny was watching my dad try to quote it. 3- My family had a nativity in my front room. My aunt Kathy and uncle David were there, as well as my cousin Amy and her kids. I had to play the piano, and all the little kids acted out the Christmas story. I had SOOO much fun! Christmas is the best time of the year and this year…. Well this year was the best.

Why are traditions important?

Traditions bring happiness, especially Christmas ones. Every year my family and I go to see a movie on Christmas Eve. After the movie, we go out to eat, usually at a Mexican restaurant. Then we go home and do the Christmas nativity. Bedtime is next. All my brothers and sisters sleep downstairs in the family room. On Christmas morning we wake up really early and watch cartoons until six-ish. We are then allowed to wake up our parents. We march upstairs, yelling and singing, to wake them up. My father always goes through an act. He says he needs to shave and shower. The kids all get upset and some even cry. After that we all go into the front room and open presents. This Christmas tradition is what makes Christmas fun. It brings my family together. Traditions are important because they bring families together.

Fighting the need to fight

Why is it so easy to argue/fight? Arguing/fighting takes more energy than letting things go. Arguing/fighting ends with bad feelings. Arguing/fighting helps no one. Why then do people tend to argue/fight instead of being mature and letting it go? It could be that they like arguing/fighting. It could be that they enjoy conflict, or being contrary. Or it could be that pride, the universal sin, is the reason. Pride makes a person refuse to be wrong. Pride creates the need to always be right. If pride were to be removed, arguing and fighting would no longer be an issue. Everyone would be content, even if they were wrong. Pride is the author of contention, and boy has it written a lot.

No Initiative... I mean I didn't even color this one!

Procrastination, my best friend. Some people just do not understand it tough. My mom, for instance, thinks it is too stressful to put things off. And my dad says you can’t fully relax when you have something hanging over your head. Personally, I do not know what they are talking about. I think procrastination does not bother me because I just do not think about the things I need too do until the last possible second. Then I get what ever it is over with… Then forget about it again. It works for me, why not everyone else? Then again, I guess everyone has different abilities. Mine are ignoring, cramming, pulling all nighters… Your basic procrastination things. Someday, when I actually have initiative, I will get better about procrastination. As for now though, I will just leave things until the last possible moment.