Finish, sum up, conclude.

Wow, so like....

It's 2015.

It just hit me.... last night.... around 12pm.... that it's 2015. What? Why? What the freak happened to that fabulous thing called Time?

Anyway, so, I kind of have a tradition where I do this tag at the end of every year. I just think it's a good way to sum up the last twelve months, and it's nice to have something that I do every year, you know?

So here we go!

1.) What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?
     Got employed. BORING RIGHT?

2.) Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make one this year?
     Phffft. Resolutions.

I'm afraid of commitment.

3.) Did anyone close to you give birth?
     My sisters did. I'm am an aunt x13. (I don't remember their birthdays. I'm a terrible aunt.)

4.) Did anyone close to you die?
     Not that I know of. I mean... unless I'm like horrifically out of the loop. (And then, in that case, ignorance is bliss, right?)
  
5.) What countries/states did you visit?
     #Broke #coward #Idontleavehome

6.) What would you like to have in 2015 that you lacked in 2014?
      A boyfriend. HAAAAAAA! Let's be realistic here. I want a unicorn.
    
7.) What date from 2015 will remain etched upon your memory?   
      March Freaking fourteenth, Jack changed from Blog Friend to Best Friend.

8.) Did you move anywhere?
     Not out of the state.

9.) What was your biggest achievement of the year?
      I did done got a job.

10.) What was your biggest failure?
       Me. I suck.

    
11.) Did you suffer illness or injury?
       I got an extremely painful sore throat. It was bad. (I think that's as bad as I got. I'm an extremely healthy person. *knock on wood*)

12.) What was the best thing you bought?
       I bought a new laptop after my old one exploded in a blaze of fire and smoke.

       Also, this shirt.

13.) Whose behavior merited celebration?
       *squints at acquaintances*

14.) Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
       Oh, a person. Let's say said person is someone I love a lot, but I like the idea of punching Said Person's face.

15.) Where did most of your money go?
        Rent and Christmas.
        WHAT CAN I SAY, I BUY FABULOUS PRESENTS.

16.) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
        Amy opening her fabulous present. (My priorities, right?), Jack's visit. Other stuff.

17.) What was the best concert you’ve been to this year?
        I don't think I went to any this year.
      
18.) What song/album will always remind you of 2014?
        I got both of Christina Perri's albums for my birthday, so those are always going to remind of this year.

But I think the song that's going to make me always think 2014!!!! is probably Hey, Brother.

19.) Compared to this time last year, are you:
       Older, duh! I don't know. I feel sadder.


 20.) What do you wish you’d done more of?
        Drawing. I think this year I might actually have a resolution!! Shocker! 

 Shhhhh, we're not talking about it yet, it's still an idea that's festering.




21.) What do you wish you’d done less of?
        Being angry. I was angry a lot last year.

22.) What was your greatest musical discovery?
        Christina Perri! Oh my gosh, that girl can write pretty music!

23.) How did you spend Christmas?
       Loudly, with lots of laughter and food. We're like the Whos down in Whoville.

24.) How are you spending New Year’s?
       With lots of laughter and food. (We stayed up until midnight watching Flashpoint, because that's the way WE party.)

25.) Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?
        *waves at Gina*

26.) What was the best book you read?
        THE RAVEN BOYS AND SCORPIO RACES AND 100 CUPBOARDS. (which you'd know if you've been following me blog for any length of time.

26.) Did you fall in love in 2013?
       Matt the Staples Guy had me in flutters for a while, but other than that, nah. I'm still a single little potato.

IT'S A SOURCE OF GREAT SADNESS TO ME.

27.) What was your favorite TV show?
        Favorite? SINGULAR? YOU NUTS OR SOMETHING? I don't choose. I am not a chooser.

So list:

Not in order

Prison Break

Flashpoint

Grimm

Supernatural

Doctor Who

 

    
 28.) Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
        Hate's a strong word. I vacillate between loving The Aforementioned Person and viciously wanting to kick The Aforementioned Person.

29.) What did you want and get?
       A cellphone, some Supernatural, books, clothes, a job....

30.) What did you want and not get?
        There is a lack of a male potato. I feel like I'm ready to make small fries now. *wink*

31.) What were your favorite films of this year?    
        Lists are my favorite.

Maze Runner

The Winter Soldier

THAT'S TWO. WHAT THE FREAK. I KNOW I WATCHED MORE.

32.) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
        I worked all day, and then I opened presents, and then I went swimming, and then I watched a movie, but I forget which movie. I was younger than twenty, but older than eighteen.
      
33.) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2014?
       I don't know.

34.) What kept you sane?
        I prayed a lot, immersed myself in fandoms and drew. The real world sucks, guys.

35.) Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
        So not over it.

36.) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
        Not being stressed out all the time.

37.) What political issue stirred you the most?
        I don't do politics. I find them to be deadly dull and depressing

38.) Who did you miss?
       *eyeballs Jack.*
       *waves at Angela*
       *squints at Gina and Laura and families*

39.) Who was the best new person you met?
        Hannah.Face. We bonded over Spike.

40.) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2014.
       

41.) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

        "You're gonna catch a cold, from the ice inside your soul.

 Don't come back for me. Don't come back at all."

42.) Five personally significant events of 2014:
       1.) FREAKING LICENSE
       2.) FREAKING JOB
       3.) Moved out. (it sucks, don't do it.)
       4.) Started using color in my drawings. (I know, such an achievement.)
       5.) Got Cait to fangirl and cackled maliciously as she spiraled down to insanity.

43.) Five things I want to do in 2015:
        1.) Get my life together.
        2.) Get serious about selling my drawings.
        3.) Visit my sisters. 
        4.) Record music.
        5.) Go to Frontsight.

44.) Five people I’d like to know better in 2014:
       People. HA.
       All of you guys.

Aaaaand that's it!
I DARE YOU TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS.
It's a dare.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it.....

Cheers and God bless, and HAPPY NEW YEAR. *shoves 2014 into the garbage*

No, I'm not dead.

The gaps between my posts keep getting longer!

I don't mean for that to happen.

And this time, I have an excuse other than no WiFi:

It was the week before Christmas, and we were so busy.

Incidentally, MERRY CHRISTMAS, you epic, faithful followers you!


So I thought I'd do a sum up of what's been happening lately.


It was a really great Christmas build up, guys.


Let's see, we painted our freaking windows, because THAT'S what DeLallos DO.

But we put it off until like the week before Christmas, because everyone worked. And then we found out that we were going to have Midnight Mass at our house (since we're a mission parish, and we don't have an actual church, so we rent a building, and.... understandably, they wouldn't let us rent at midnight.)  so we pretty much went, "The windows need to be painted before that." and we hustled off to buy window paint.

No one sells window paint anymore!!

Window markers are a big thing now. What even...?

So we got poster paint instead. Which was three dollars a pop, which I found to be a little excessive.

Anyway, Kat and I got this idea to do lyrics to a Christmas song that we'd recently discovered, and it turned out fabulously. (I mean, I think so. But I could be like... biased, or something.)

So day one, we did the base.

And day two we did the colors. 

Candlelight, Angel light, fire light, and star glow

Angels are singing

We always pick the really cold days to get down and dirty with the windows.....


Because we're weird, we like to procrastinate with baking and cooking, until the last minute. And we hadn't really decorated this year at all.

SO CHRISTMAS EVE ROLLED AROUND.

And Kat and I went into overdrive. We came over to the main house, and we got bizay. (kudos if you get that reference.)

I started by taking fabulous pictures, and instagraming them, because.... social media. 

Blasting Christmas music, and singing lustily, we crammed in all the Christmas baking. All. Of. It. 

"See what I DID!?"

I MADE LITTLE CAR SUGAR COOKIES FOR OUR MECHANIC.
We didn't have car cookie cutters.
I did it, by hand.
I'm awesome that way. You may applaud.

We promptly turned our attention to cleaning the whole house to welcome Baby Jesus. (Also because we were having Midnight Mass, and we wanted the house clean.)

We then finished all the extra decorating, rolled out the homemade gnocchi, and rehearsed the sung Mass we were supposed to be practicing.

I drew a thing.

I read aloud The Christmas Miracle of Jonothan Toomey. (that. BOOK. You must read it, it makes me cry.)

Midnight Mass was really pretty, even if there were some complications. Let's just say, I was expecting to go to bed by around two, and we didn't get to bed until three. Which is okay, I guess... we were up by six.

We just love Christmas morning so much!!

You want to talk organized chaos? We excel at organized chaos.

I got a SuperWhoLock shirt!! *flails* (I would show you a picture, but I didn't take one, because I was too busy being awesome with friends who came up to visit on the 26th.)

I also got Taylor Swift's 1989.

And a frikken '67 impala.

Which went along with SUPERNATURAL, SEASON EIGHT.

And this really cool quote from CS Lewis printed on a thing.

AND THE WHOLE RAVEN BOYS SERIES!!!!

Not to mention the small stuff, which is fun, but takes too long to talk about.

Anna sent Bella and me a package full of fun stuff like Supernatural season one. *screams*

And I got the coolest package from mein great friend Hannah Joy the Awesome. (the awesome is obligatory.)

It was stuffed full of the sweetest thoughtful pressies, sent from all the Knights of Camelot. NO SERIOUSLY, IT WAS, HANDS DOWN, PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PRESSIE THIS YEAR. LOOKIT.

If you had asked me when I started this blog, if I thought online friends were real friends, I would have scoffed and said something like, "People on the internet are creepy, so... no."

But now, I'm all in for the ONLINE FRIENDS ARE REAL FRIENDS TOO!

In the words of Syndrome, "I'm still geeking out about it!" *le sigh*

That jar in the bottom right hand corner of the above picture, was full of these quotes for if I get discouraged. I cried, and it was fabulous.

It was seriously one of the best Christmases.

I love Christmas.

I got Amy this rubber head that you can use for boxing. It's an epic rubber head, that you can kick and punch, and it's the best.

It's Amy's new best friend.

I'm going to try to post more, because I miss blogging on a regular basis.

How was your Christmas, people!? TELL ME!!!

God bless, and goodbye!