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Well I had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! I am back in Columbia now...I wish I was still at home. I miss home already! Just three more weeks and I will be home again for an entire month for Christmas! YAY! We spent the entire day on Wednesday putting up all of our Christmas decorations! That is always fun...but very time consuming. Thanksgiving dinner was beautiful. We had dinner at my Aunt Susan's house and she set up a lovely table that fit our whole family! After dinner we all played BINGO, like we do every year, for prizes! It was so much fun! The day after Thanksgiving we have a wonderful tradition! All the girls go antique shopping and all the men go shoot guns on some farm! Fun! Antique shopping was great. We went into this wool shop and I bought a yard of wool fabric to make a purse with! When we got back home for the evening Zack and Steven came over and we decorated our main Christmas tree! I love all of our traditions and parties during the holiday season. I am sad that I am going to miss two of the Christmas parties because I will still be here in Columbia studying for finals! I hope my finals go well! :( We shall see! These three weeks are going to be very stressful...I hope I make it through! Well I should probably do more homework before I go to sleep! Happy Holidays everyone!

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I am finally home for Thanksgiving break! I love being home! I don't want to go back to Columbia this Sunday! :( Wednesday we spent the entire day putting up all of our Christmas decorations. We go all out on the holidays, our house totally transforms. I love it! Last night my sister Laura's boyfriend, Zack came over along with my boyfriend Steven and we decorated our main Christmas tree! It was fun! This morning my family and I watched the Thanksgiving parade and the dog show like every year. We are getting ready to go to our family Thanksgiving feast at my aunt's house. Well I probably should start getting ready! I hope everyone has a FABULOUS Thanksgiving Day!!!

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AH I am stressed! I have been so busy with homework, studying for tests, and writing papers I haven't had any time to do what I want to do! I started the fourth book of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. I really haven't gotten very far, because I don't have any time...Maybe I should hold off on the book until I can relax...like during Christmas break! I can't wait to go home this Friday! I have a huge paper to write during my week long break at home, but I am excited to be home for a week just the same! Laura and I are seeing the Twilight movie on Friday...at least I have Friday to look forward to! That is what is pulling me through this week..I just keep thinking I will be heading home this Friday...man and it is only Monday! BLAH! I think I have a cold now...I haven't been feeling very good! Well I better get back on the books...I have a lot to do! I hope everyone has a lovely week...hopefully it will be way more relaxing than mine! CIAO!

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School is starting to get stressful! I can't wait until I get to go home for Thanksgiving break! The other day I went to the Artisan, it is a coffee house downtown, and I saw my Italian teacher there. She was up on stage with a folk band playing the fiddle. Now I know why she knows so much about music. She talks about it a lot in class. I had a pretty good weekend, but a lot of homework. I have so much to do before Thanksgiving break. Laura and I reserved tickets for the movie Twilight! It comes out in theaters on the day I come home for break! I am super excited to see it! I have been reading the third book, Eclipse, and I am more than halfway through. I really need to start on some projects that are due before I leave to go home for a whole week. I need to not procrastinate which is hard when I have a good book to read. I can do it!

" If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~ Thomas A. Edison

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I just love fall. It is really pretty on campus right now with all the leaves changing colors and falling from the trees. This weekend my friends and I are planning on playing in the leaves...nothing better than raking up a leaf pile and jumping in it! Today I came across a beautiful piano piece, it wasn't until after I listened to the whole thing that I realized that it was "Bella's Lullaby" from the Twilight sound track! I am so excited for the movie now. I am on the third book in the series, Eclipse! They are so addicting! I have been good about only reading when I am able and have actually been very productive. I finished most of my Social Problems journals that are due next Wednesday and have been working on and studying Italian like crazy! It is hard to keep myself from reading though! Anyways...it gets dark so early now. When I get out of my Italian lab at 5:20pm it is already mostly dark outside! It is hard to adjust, I keep thinking it is later than it actually is! Well I don't really have anymore to say. I posted "Bella's Lullaby" on my blog. Hope you enjoy! Ciao i miei amici!

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Halloween was fabulous! The Thursday before Halloween Steve and I went to our friend Sheldon's party. Sheldon dressed up like Edward Scissor Hands! Friday I was able to be home and see my family! I dressed up as a vampire...I was a little angry because I bought vampire teeth that were suppose to stick on and I couldn't get them to work. So instead I just put a bite mark on my neck and wore some obnoxious fake eyelashes! It was fun though. My sister Laura dressed up as a peacock! She made the costume all by herself. She is so artistic. My boyfriend, Steven dressed up as a greaser along with my brother and my sister's boyfriend. They did a great job...and looked really good! My next door neighbor Megan came and she was the Spartan queen from the movie 300! I love seeing my family! I had an AWESOME weekend!

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Halloween is tomorrow! I get to leave Columbia at about 10:15am! My dad is picking me up early since my afternoon classes are cancelled! YAY! Steven doesn't get out of class until 4pm..but he will be heading to my house for our Halloween party as soon as he possibly can! It is going to be so much fun! I love Halloween! School is going great...I am pretty sure I am making good grades so far. I finally signed up for my classes for next semester and finished making my schedule! I was able to get into the Normal Language Development class. I am really excited...this is a class I need in order to start the Masters program for Speech Pathology! Hopefully it will transfer to where ever I end up going to graduate school with out any problems! I am getting ready to go to my Italian LAB and later tonight Steven and I are going to our friends Halloween party for a little while! Should be a good time! :) Well I hope everyone has AWESOME plans for tomorrow night! Be safe and have a Happy Halloween! Ciao!