What I did this Week: It's New Year's Day

  Somehow, 2015 crept away and 2016 came to take its place. I've celebrated the coming of the New Year and traced my resolutions onto the pages of my journal. Because of the time I spent with my cousins, I did not take a picture everyday, but I did take a picture nearly every day. So here goes.

  Monday I finished reading Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien was nothing short of a genius. Farmer Giles of Ham shows just how rich and varied his talent was. In it, Tolkien tells a satirical fairy-tale in the same vein of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Farmer Giles' is not the only reluctant hero to whose story Tolkien told, but it is perhaps the funniest. He uses even the difficult vocabulary as a device for humor. In addition to being a humorous work by Tolkien, it is also a relatively quick read. All in all, it is a wonderfully enjoyable book.

 
  Tuesday, I got to hang out with my cousins before they set out for home. In addition to our scavenger hunt in the mall, we ate pizza, played heads-up, and attempted to the 7-second challenge.

 

  Wednesday, I started brining a turkey for New Year's Eve.

 



  Thursday, I forced our party guests to be prop-assistants as I attempted to take a very pinterest-esque picture. They were all great sports, even if the picture is fodder for a "nailed-it" picture series.

Okay, maybe it's not so bad.
 

  Friday, I made more stretchy pants.

 

  And today, some of my little brothers and I made cards. Because how else are you going to kill time with an eight-year-old, a six-year-old, and a four-year-old.

 

And so went my week!

 

Here I now leave you with a song I have been rocking out to since last year and waited until the beginning of this year to post on my blog.