Christmas is coming...right now!

I've been feeling really low for the last couple of weeks.  I guess it was probably a mix of everything--bad cold; projects looming over me; culture shock; and of course; missing Wil.  Anyway, I'm finally feeling some better, in health and in spirit (greatly due to a wonderful talk with a dear friend on her birthday; she really helped me).

I finally finished a lot of projects last week.  I completed my final projects for the two graduate courses this semester in the Library Media Endorsement program I'm pursuing.  Yay!!!  (and two As, yay again!)  Then, I finished the development of an online course that I have been wheedling away at for several months.  Now, I will have some money to live on for the next couple of months!

Last Friday, Allison joined my good friend LeighAnn (visiting from AK), and me for an outing to Missoula.  We did a little shopping and then saw an early movie, The Tourist with...

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Angelina Jolie and...

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Johnny Depp.  

The movie was good, but the visions were amazingly beautiful.  The setting was...

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Venice, Italy for much of the film; a backdrop that looks good from nearly every angle.  And, Angelina is truly one of the most beautiful, and in this film, elegant, actresses working today.  I really found myself mesmerized by how stunning she was in the movie.  Her hair shone like jewels, truly!  LeighAnn kept saying, "she's a Disney Princess, she's a Disney Princess."  And she was! (we decided she was Belle)  It was lovely!  For all of us who are huge Johnny fans, he was good too, but definitely more a 'common man' look in this film.

It's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas inside our house.  We did some decorating and some baking, so I'm feeling more in the spirit.  I'm looking forward to spending time Dawn, Romie, Caroline, Scarlett, and Hunter for Christmas!