Thanksgiving

Over Thanksgiving break i did a few things.  the day before thanksgiving i had to clean basically the entire house because people were coming to our house so we had to make sure it was nice and clean. i swept, steamed, and mopped the floors.  i had to clean the kitchen from top to bottom, cleaning the cabinets, the countertops, and the sinks.  i had to wipe down a lot of the wood things in our house with Murphy's Oil Soap which makes the wood "shine."  i dont think it works and its a waste of time.  i then had to clean the basement and then lasty clean all the toilets.  YESS.  on thanksgiving i went on a run in the morning with my girlfriend.  we went four miles and it was really cold.  i did not have fun.  , then my family came over and i ate a lot of food.  then i went to my girlfriends thanksgiving at her aunts house and i ate some more food there.  when we got home i basically passed out in a food coma on the couch.  im pretty sure i ate half a turkey and two platefuls of mashed potatos.  i love me some mashed potatoes.  after i woke up we put up the christmas tree as a family. what a gong show that was.  my dad was video taping it and nicholas was crying half the time and ryan dropped two ornaments, both of which broke. overall i would give the break a B.  it was great at times but also kind of a nightmare other times.

Winter Break

Winter Break.  I did a few things over my winter break.  i had a lot of fun but i certainly wish it was longer.  Winter Break started after school on the 21st.  that was a wednesday.  i had hockey practice after school which was fun because we just played games.  on thursday i hung out at home all day and did nothing.  i just played video games and watched tv.  on friday i went down to cincinnati to celebrate christmas with my grandparents and aunt and uncle from my dads side.  we had a great dinner and did presents and i got a mini fridge from my aunt and uncle for christmas and my birthday for college, and i got money from my grandparents for lacrosse stuff.  on christmas eve we came home and had dinner, homemade pizza that my dad makes, then we watched a christmas story in the new pajamas that we get every year on christmas eve.  then i went to bed and like every christmas eve no matter how old i get i still had trouble falling asleep.  i woke up at six along with my whole family and we went downstairs and opened presents.  i got a lot of cool stuff but my favorite was the lacrosse goal that santa brought.  on christmas i ate so much food and had a lot of fun with my family and grandpa from my moms side.  after christmas it was a lot of lazy days.  i hung out with my friends a few of the nights and a few nights i stayed home and just hung out with family.  i went down to my great grandparents house during break also.  that was a lot of fun. my great grandma makes the best cookies and i love going down there.  my great grandparents are so funny.  i also had three hockey games over break, we went 1-2.  not very good.  the worst part about break was that on NEW YEARS DAY, i had a hockey game in cincinnati, in a crappy rink, and we lost.  the only reason it got better was because i got to come home and devour sausage, sourkraut, and mashed potatoes.  its probably my favorite meal of all time.  then yesterday i got to watch the buckeyes suck and the big ten in general get destroyed.  it was upsetting.  but now Urban Meyer is in charge so hopefully the buckeyes will be better next year.  overall it was a pretty good break, but i really do not want to be in school right now...  yay.