So probably sometime this year, maybe late last year, while our dishwasher was running a plastic lid fell to the bottom of it and melted a hole in the bottom of the dishwasher.  At first it didn’t seem that it actually had done any damage and that it hadn’t melted all the way through.

Inside the dishwasher

Bottom of the dishwasher

Well on Christmas Eve we went downstairs and found out that it was leaking through to our basement.  At first we thought the leak was from the storms that came through the past couple of weeks.  So we had to order a new dishwasher and it was delivered today! Yeah, no more washing dishes by hand!

So last year was the first year we sent out a family picture with our Christmas newsletter thingie and it turned out pretty good.  We had found a Christmas card kit, which is a piece of Christmas themed paper that you write or type your letter on. Then when you fold it in half it becomes a card with a space on the front for a picture and your letter is on the inside. Pretty cool!  So anyway we decided to do it again this year, but first we needed a family picture.  That was an interesting and slightly stressful situation because we tried at first to included both our dog, Shadow, and our cat, Sabbath.  Well that didn’t work because Sabbath didn’t want to be held and he would not sit still long enough for the photo to be taken.  And for some reason when we take a photo of Shadow she looks like a demon dog and we have to edit that before we can print the photos.  So after several tries in two different rooms, we decided not to have the pets and to take it in the front living room because it had better lighting.  So after probably almost two hours of getting ready and actually taking the photos we came up with this:

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

So this morning when I woke, which was really around 11ish, I realized that my grades should be in.  I was nervous going to check them excepting to see a “D” or at best a “C” for my Psych class.  But instead when I logged in and viewed my grades they showed that I got three “A’s” and and “A-”!!!! I nearly screamed (which would have been bad because some members of my family were still sleeping)!  After I had taken my Psych final I had just about given up any hope that I would pass that class let alone get an “A”!  So I am happy and glad that my first semester of college is over!

Hallelujah finals are over!!  So December 10 was my first final (Sociology) and that day was very wet and rainy.  Then I was supposed to have my next and last three finals on Friday the 12th, but on Thursday night it was freezing rain and the college was closed so my finals were rescheduled to the next Friday. So at first I thought, “That is fine more study time,” but then my finals got canceled again because of a snow storm! So they were rescheduled again for Tuesday the 23.  So on Tuesday I finally got all my finals done and over with! Yeah!

But now I have to wait to see what my final grades will be for the semester. EEP!  I am really worried about failing Psychology because I really don’t think I learned much and I struggled remembering certain things on my Psych final.  I am not worried about my other courses as much but we will see when my grades come in on the 26th of December.

So Monday was my last day of classes for this semester.  Wow!  I can’t believe that the semester is just about done!  It feels so weird, especially since I’ve been homeschooled (I guess it is the same for those in school too), not having a full year of school.  I won’t be starting the Spring semester till around January 20 and my last final is on Friday.  That is about a month of vacation, time I didn’t have in high school.  But anyway this semester was pretty good, except for my stupid Psychology class.  I really enjoyed Sociology and Math, English was good too but I am not a fan of English and all the writing.  I would rather write when I feel inspired or something like that, not forced for some assignment.  So with my first semester of college out of the way it is now onto finals (eep!!!).  I am really worried about my Psych final because I really don’t know if I learned that much from the class.  Most of the class was spent on the teacher’s life and personal experiences, nothing having to do with Psychology.  So the next couple of days will be spent studying like crazy!!!