Human Interaction Is Hard, Okay

My family and I went out for the day to go Christmas shopping to eat a nice lunch together. (Yes, we do our shopping approximately 4 days before Christmas. Everyone does, right? Haha ahem anyway....)

We went to this awesome restaurant that serves some of the greatest quesadillas and salads on this planet. I was really excited to eat the meal, which must have led my brain to my first mental fumble of the day, which went something like this:

Waitress: Soup or salad?

Me: *hearing "super salad" and thinking, "yep, I definitely want a super salad hur hur hur"* Yes please.

Waitress: .....So which do you want?

Me: *stares blankly until my mum and sister tell me what she actually said and I start breaking down with laughter* *chokes out the word "Salad."*

We ordered desserts (as seen above) and, well...

Waitress: You guys enjoy your desserts!

Me: *automatically* Thanks! You too!

She was sweet about it though, and laughed along with everyone else as they laughed at me as I laughed at myself.

Stay warm! Eat super salads! Only four more days til Christmas!

//Your friendly neighborhood Embers//

Twinkly Lights and Hard Crunchy Bites

#this is the face of pure happiness #NOT

Merry Christmas! I hope you all are feeling the lovely Christmas spirit and enjoying the smells of cinnamon and gingerbread cookies baking. I sure am, mhuahaha... *cackles as I nom another gingerbread cookie*

Okay, speaking of which, I BURNT THE COOKIES BY ACCIDENT. *cries* Note to self: when your family gets a new oven installed, do NOT bake cookies from a recipe that you have only tried once before in your life. You are still not sure a) how hot the oven gets or b) how long or short of a time the cookies actually need to bake in the oven. Ahem. (It's all good, we covered them in frosting, so you can barely even tell anyway. ;)

Anyway, make snowmen, deck the halls, bake cookies but be careful and have an awesome holiday with your friends/family/loved ones! Merry Christmas once again!

//Your friendly neighborhood Embers//

In Memoriam...Of A Stereo

We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of a mighty fallen soldier.

My beautiful, lovely stereo system, who has officially given up the ghost.

...Yeah. My stereo system died. I received this handsome thing for Christmas a couple years ago, and I have loved it every second it was still working. I used it almost every day whenever I was crafting, drawing, or just being in my room. It had two large, lovely speakers and very useful Bluetooth capabilities.

It basically worked perfectly up until a month ago, when it just wouldn't turn on. This little guy was just done. #reallywhatcanyoudo #technicaltantrum

Yesterday my dad opened it up and checked inside to make sure the problem wasn't fixable before we threw it out. (Sadly, he called it. This Insignia radio was declared officially dead.) I will say, the 'tech surgery' was scary and everything, but it was awesome seeing all of its 'guts'. Seriously, just look at this beautiful chaos. XD

We've been through a lot, this little stereo and I. It's so hard to see him go.

I'll never forget you, little buddy. *presses hand to heart* So long, so long, and thanks for all the music. X)

//Your friendly neighborhood Embers//