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Christmas was a blast this year even though a lot of stuff went wrong before hand. Oh let's list them for the fun of it! The washing machine is broke, my mixer broke, the car broke, the water pipes all froze up, hmm...what else was there? Hey, I think that was it! The bad thing of it all is that it all hit in about a week. Sweet!

Christmas was fun though and baking still went on. I still made cupcakes although I am majorly slacking on the pictures for these baked goods. It's messed up but I was too lazy to grab the camera. However, for Christmas I got my Kitchenaid mixer! WOOHOO! I still have to buy a cover for it but I know just the one I want. I also got a ring from Jamie, a very pretty locket from my mom, some awesome cookbooks that I can't wait to try stuff out of. A cute shirt, personalized snowman blanket that is soooo soft! I got a lot of stuff. At least there were no tire chains!

The best thing I gave was to my husband. It was so exciting. I got him a PlayStation 3 this year. He was so surprised about that. We got my my mom a aquarium for her frog which she seemed excited for. It was a good year.

There are a lot of things that they come up with today that you would have never thought about. The Kid-Tough Waterproof Digital Camera is one of those things for me. What is so cool about these though is that they are tough, allow the child to be creative, and also lets them learn how to take good pictures. My little brother would love to have one of these. He is only nine years old but he likes taking pictures of different things. Unfortunately, all of our cameras are too expensive for him to just play around with. If you pick one of these Kid-Tough digital cameras on a sale then it would make a fantastic gift for a kid to have! They would love it. I am sure you would find a lot of pictures on the camera that you had wished that they did not take though. Imagine the memories they would capture. The accomplishment they would feel would be awesome as well. I really want to get this for him. I am going to keep this in the back of my mind for his birthday!

I know he would really love to have something like this. It would make him feel like a big boy as well!

I have been in the mood to read lately. I have a book somewhere that I really want to start reading again but I sure can not find it anywhere. That figures. It is a series of books actually, I think four. All on the women and wives of Henry the Eighth. I watch the movie The Boelyn Sisters and got intrigued to finish reading this series. Since I can't seem to find these books though I have been on the look out for other books that look really good.

I was thinking of getting the new Stephen King book Just After Sunset: Stories. It seems like a really good book and usually everything that Stephen King writes turns out to be awesome. I can get it on sale and have really been thinking about getting it. It has been a long time since I have bought a book brand new. I think the last time that I bought one brand new I was in elementary school. How crazy is that? I love new book smells too. Anyone else have a book recommendation for me? I could use all the ones you can give me! I really want a book to read!