I don't know if anyone who reads this blog or even knows me in general really realizes that I grew up in a cult. More specifically- a doomsday cult. We didn't celebrate birthdays, christmas, easter- and of course we didn't do halloween! We went to church on Saturdays and we followed all the old testament holy days and food laws. I started attending when I was 2 and I pretty much went until I was out of high school (I can't exactly remember when we quit going- I just know it was sometime between 2000-2002 ) I don't really want to get into that too much right now- I am just throwing it out there for a little background on why one time in my life, I want to have a super festive and amazing christmas! . I hope to cover more about the cult eventually. Maybe I will not only help myself by getting things out, but maybe I can help someone else right? So, I didn't mean to disappear for so long! I was doing so good there right? September and October were actually pretty OK months compared to … [Read more...]