Christmas! Dancing! Kittons! cookies!

I took my first ODC class today, with Mary Carbonara; it was super fun and nice, and I did a good job on my first day there (second day of combo). Sonya made a good recommendation by suggesting I take from her. hoo-rah. And... WTF? pregnant! hmm... something about dance teachers being preggo these days; I best be careful!
kitties are plenty!

In other news: my friend Kati saw her little jelly-bean with arms and legs' heartbeat yesterday. Wow! I get to be an aunty!!! I hope hope hope I get to be there for the birth.... I know it's hard to plan these things, but I totally wanna see it, and hold her hand and give her hugs, and scream for her. heee

So... christmas plans for you? We got tree #2 last night; it needed to be re-drilled, otherwise it was about 40 degrees from straight. hee hee. it smells lovely. I wanna bake cookies!

Christmas Photos!! Kansas Pics!

At long last, some pictures for me to show you!
This gallery starts with Kansas; Vegas pictures start on page 6!

Steev & Amber's Kansas Christmas

Christmas, Rory is Steev's adorable niece who became our siamese twin while we were there.

Vegas, beginning with our ginormous bathroom!
"Unicorns in space!"

"Q-BERT!"

Christmas gleeeeeeeeee!!

I have a problem. I have a problem with Glitter. I try to deny that it is a problem. But I just can't help myself. I find myself having glitter every day.
I have an inordinately strong reaction of joy to the prospect of buying glitter.

Once I've been set loose in the store of glittery things, I tend to go a little overboard.

Bless my sweet, sweet man for understanding and submitting his living room to my glitter-terrorism.

End of the year already???

Crazy. This year ... well; the end of this year, in any case, has gone by like a crackhead on a grocery cart on a San Francisco hillside!
*Sssssssssshhhhhhhwoooooom!*
hee
Steev and I took a lovely road trip down to San Diego last weekend to shoot the new video for Soul in the Machine, which was loads of fun to do. We stayed in fancypantsville (aka the Hilton), with a king-size, multi-pillowed bed of clouds, ate STEAK, met his super fantastic Dad and his Dad's Lady, Carla, whom I am totally impressed by. She's an ambitious, spunky, sassy, straight shooter, she's been a nurse for years, and before that she was a go-go dancer and race car driver (she'd supe up the cars, herself, too!)

We're going to Kansas to visit his brother and fam for Christmas, and I am totally stoked because there is SNOOOOOOOW!!! OMG SNOW. YAY. And on the way home, we're spending two nights in fancypants, Vegas, at the Venetian!!
So, all is super fantastical. I am so happy just hanging out with him, and we get to go on adventures on top of it!
I start grad schoolio in January, and I just finished applying/organizing my loans, and know what my class schedule is, and am figuring out carpools and have friends there to show me around. I'm totally looking forward to it, and I'm proud that I'm getting all of the hampering details out of the way in a smooth fashion.
AND: I totally have the Christmas spirit. Like CRAZY. LOCO. Insanity.
GLITTER AND SNOWFLAKES!! YAY!!
Here's the snow I will be rolling around in on the 23rd!