If anyone wants to do the math, that is the exact amount of time (give or take the few seconds it takes for the this post to be published) between now and...yep, you guessed it, Christmas! Just for fun, here are a few other random figures about Christmas:

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Seconds until Christmas:535,918 seconds
Minutes:8,931 minutes
Hours:148 hours

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pretty exciting is all ive got to say! anyway, one of the biggest surprises is that I actually haven't finished my christmas shopping! but not to worry, i will have it finished on time and under the christmas tree (whoops....for all kids under the age of 8, i meant that Santa will have those presents under the tree by Christmas day. I'd like to digress for a moment, and explore a different aspect of Christmas. now, giving is the true spirit of christmas, and i personally think that giving (when you really spend alot of time trying to find that perfect gift for each person on your list) is more fun. however, id like to know what is the one present that you (anyone who reads this blog) wish you could have, if there were no restrictions of any kind. for example, on my Christmas dream list, i would love to have a new car, specifically a certain Saleen S7 i mentioned in an earlier paper. Xbox 360. is another one of my dream christmas wished. I've always enjoyed gaming, and the xbox 360 is an entire step above current generation consoles. (it actually has more raw processing power than any commercial PC ive seen recently...for the number cruncher out there...it has one teraflop Floating Point performance (FLOP).) Thats ALOT! anyway, down to the final item on my dream christmas wish list, a laptop. college is coming up pretty soon, and a laptop is quickly becoming a college essential. My dream laptop would be this. Of course, i would include a few extra things not shown here, but this is the basic idea :). So anyway, there is my dream christmas wishlist, nothing left out! Anybody who wants to give me their dream christmas wishlist, that would be aweosme! Merry Christmas Everybody! ps, ill see most of the people that read my blog in a few days anyway!
6 days, 4 hours, 51 minutes, 58 seconds...see, some time has passed already!

Happy holidays everybody! It's been a pretty aweosme week! one of the best things is that this semester is finally winding down! all my classes are coming to a close, and i have one final English project before i finish my second to last semester of high school. another cool piece of news is that i got a checking account...yes, i have entered the high powered world of power stock brokers, million dollar transactions, and businesses in the palm of my hand...hahahahaha! oh wait....i got a little power hungry. ok...so its just a small checking account, but still, ive got to admit, it was really cool writing my very first check! haha....i dont think ive ever been so excited about spending money :) anyway, before i head out to bed, i wanted to tell about a really good essay i wrote for english. we had to write a paper for english and use every name of every person in my english class. i started the paper...and before i could lift my fingers from the keyboard, a five page paper had appeared on the screen......whoops. anyway, if anyway wants to read the entire paper...the entire text can be found here. well, i must retire for the night, so everyone enjoy the holidays...(ps...less than 2 weeks to CHRISTMAS!) and have a very Merry Christmas.

Yeah, Christmas is pretty much here! This post will be relatively short, but i just wanted to explain the pictures below. all of them are from the building of the dog house and the decroating of the Christmas tree. yes, there i am, in all of my goofiness... :) in other news...i just wanted to post that...i got accepted to BYU! (provo for those in doubt). i was pretty stoked! i was also pretty surprised that i got the letter back so quickly, since i just finished submitting my college application about a week ago. at least i didnt have to wait until this summer to find out!! and finally...this means that i will be thick into scholarship applications for the next several weeks...eventhough the deadlines arent until Feb., i prefer not to get behind! so everyone, enjoy yourselves while i go enjoy the snow thats falling right now!

awwww 

Ummm....who is THAT? 

Putting up the Lights 

I like Christmas Trees! 

Me and Logan in the doghouse 

Me on the doghouse 

Me in Doghouse 

Ninja style with completed doghouse 

Building the doghouse 

My $0.50 ornament 

Yep, its that time of year again. wrapping paper and tinsel, lights and carolers, building doghouses in the sleet for our dogs (especially our golden retriever). yeah, that pretty much sums up what ive done today, that is, minus the wrapping, tinsel, lights, and carolers. :) it was surprisingly fun at first, my brother and dad and me all working together with power tools...i mean...does it get any better than that? it was all fun and games until it started sleeting. before that logan and i developed a system of nailing in the stud walls. he helped steady the wall and keep it in place while i hammered like a mad man. dad cut out sutds and and rafters while we worked. about the time we started putting on sheet metal on the walls, the sky opened up and down came the sleet. hey, its sleeting right, thats even better than working when its dry :) seriously though, it was pretty cool. we even put on a real roof with house shingles (yep, no water will get into this dog house). what made it really fun was spending time with "the guys" and building something for someone else (even if its just a dog...lol). anyway, im just ready for Christmas to be here!! oh yeah...happy birthday to kim today...officially hitting the big 1-8, congrats to her!