These Northerners are nuts with the Christmas Cookies. I have never seen so many cookies in my life. People in Florida bake cookies but not like this. This is insane. My mother has never been the type to be in the kitchen baking cookies so perhaps that is why it seems so odd to me. Between Amanda, Nicole and Molly we have a million cookies in our house right now. It's like the Cookie Monster broke in and threw up cookies everywhere.

Normally I wouldn't mind the extra cookie consumption because I'd be out playing tennis or beach volleyball but being that it's so cold out, I don't have my usual activities to counteract the cookie calories. No wonder Americans gain so much weight at Christmas time! I asked Nicole if she worried about eating too many cookies and she just shrugged. She doesn't have to worry because she's always dancing, and I mean always dancing. The girl dances around the house all the time. Oh, and it's so weird - we'll be listening to a song and I'll hear her counting out the dance beats - "quick, quick, slow...quick, quick, slow..." (Love ya, Nic, but it's weird!) I gave her grief about it on the way to the mall today so she already knows I think she's a freak.

We are having a holiday bash this Friday night. We have a bunch of friends coming over from school. I've been wanting to throw a party at the house and it's the perfect time. This semester was tough and I need to kick back now and just have some fun. Besides, when I get back to Florida I'm going to be busy working off all the Christmas cookies!