I haven't always loved winter. I've always loved snow, but not always winter. I love it now because I see things differently. I see lights, pretty frost, reasons to sit inside and read and reasons to spend more time with my family. My family doesn't really do the whole Christmas thing. You know, the tree, the gifts and all that stuff. We do more of a simple version of it. But I love it all the same. I do get to see my mom's family on Christmas Eve, and for that I am thankful. I also like winter because of my love for photography. Just yesterday I went outside in my slippers to take a picture of the frost on the pasture fence, I know how weird that must sound. But the picture turned out great, okay?! lol. Anyway, those are just a few of my reasons for liking winter.

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Another reason would be tomorrow. My birthday. Now we don't really do that much on birthdays around here either, but we do get to choose what we want for supper and I usually get some nice gifts from some members of my family and a few good friends. So I like my birthday just the same. I'm going to be 15 this year, not a big number, but it's still a number. I don't feel all that different yet. I remember when I turned 13 my Aunt kept telling me I was going to be a zombie. I surprised her by not turning into a "zombie", or at least she says I'm not one.

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Okay, well that's all I have for now. This is the first time I've gotten to use the computer today (and it's 5:30pm) and I still have some stuff I need to do. Thanks to all of you awesome people that comment even though I'm a lousy blogger. You guys are great!

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~Nikki