first of all, i would like to say merry -belated- christmas to everyone, and i am sorry i didnt get a chance to update on saturday. secondly, to natalie, i am so glad that you liked your book. isn't sarah dessen amazing? i strongly suggest the rest of her books, That Summer. Dreamland, Someone Like You, and The Truth About Forever. The Truth About Forever is probably my second favorite, and then the rest are kind of tied, because it's been a while since i've read them. the movie How To Deal (with Mandy Moore) is a mix of That Summer and Someone Like You. But i'm so glad you liked it! now i have to steal it so i can read it again! ;) and i finished the notebook on thursday, and wow that was great. theres just something about nicholas sparks books that makes me bawl...they're wonderful. ahh behold the power of [good] books! and thirdly (wow its like im writing an essay or something) christmas was great. it didnt entirely feel like christmas until yesterday (when we celebrated it with my mom's side of the family) but it was good nonetheless. and i received soo many nice things. my uncle, who's kind of starting a framing/matting business, took a picture of my great-grandmother(who died a few months ago)from when she was seventeen, and framed/matted it for me. its so beautiful. i almost cried when i got it. it's amazing. and to those of you who know of my obsession with aladdin, i finally got the two-disc dvd special edition, and spent two hours the morning of the 24th watchign all the extra stuff. haha. thats just how big of a loser i am. =) oh well, thats why you guys love me, right? oh and i went to target to pick up some things for my mom and get liz's birthday present (natalie and lindsay- u guys are going tomorrow, right?) and guess who i ran into? none other than mrs. batenhorst. only at target could i run into mrs b. haha i almost plowed her over with my cart. she can barely see over the top of the basket. oops. lol. and fourteen people have made blogs? that is crazy. i would just like to remind everyone that it started HERE first!!! thats right- HERE! lol. we're so cool. lol. ok anyway. thats about it...ive gotta go start on making liz's present. *~SaraH~* ps...are we doing anything for new year's?