 Oh, the lighting is so crazy. Yeah, that's better. Okay, welcome to vlogmas de dos. I am speaking in espanol because I am at... can you see? Yeah, I am at Acapoco Mexican restaurante and I know what you guys are probably thinking, like, Emily, you're gonna need a bathroom after that and you know what, I might, but really, really do enjoy Mexican food. I just can't handle spicy food and Acapoco is a chain, but it's like a sit-down chain, so it's not like Taco Bell, but my system can't handle Taco Bell, but not every day, you know what I mean? Even though I would love to eat it every day, it's just not good for anybody. So I am here waiting for Jodi, I'm like 10 minutes early, but I have all of her things to give her, so this is like special delivery and I should show you guys. If you didn't watch my other video, this is what I'm delivering. It's got like a little hole in the back. I think it's like for a tea light or something. They're in the dollar section at Target. I think they're three bucks and her... she couldn't find them anywhere, but I found five of them for her, so I don't know what she's doing with them, but maybe I'll ask her. But this morning, just to give a little recap, I played with my above the cabinet decor. I'll show you when I get home. I put my things up that I said I was going to. I didn't really move too many things around. I just kind of shifted a couple of things and then I edited my vlogmas day one and then I started editing another video that has a giveaway in it, but I only am like two minutes into the edit, so whatever. And then I've done three, yeah, three loads of laundry already today and yeah, and it's like 12.22, so it's been pretty productive. And I didn't get up until like 7.30, so I don't know. It was a lot later than usual, but that's good because I went to bed at like after midnight. But anyway, I am gonna go in and get a table and I will see you guys in just a moment. Look what Jodi's doing. Somebody doesn't like cilantro. Oopsies. Either you like it or you don't. I've heard some people say it tastes like soap. Are you that person? I am that person. I don't know, it doesn't taste like anything to me, but here is my lunch. I got two chicken tacos with rice and an adult beverage. Jodi, what'd you get? I got a chicken and gelata with some rice. And we got cheese sauce. So good. We just had a delicious, delicious lunch and it was really boozy. I had one drink. I couldn't even finish it. It was like so much alcohol. It was like a really small cup, so I think that was part of it. Yeah. Yeah, I maybe had like a fourth of it, not even, I don't even know. I was like, I can't drink this. Sangria. That's what it was. It was Sangria. Oh, I don't know. But I am off to probably go somewhere that I'll show you in a minute. What are you gonna do? I'm gonna go actually go visit one of my friends and there's a little guy. And you got your basket, your bag of stuff. My bag of goods. Yeah. She's gonna show me what she's doing with it later. So you got to follow her on Instagram. Maybe she'll Instagram it. I will. Yes. All right. Well, we're gonna go. I'll see you soon. Bye. Okay, so I made an executive decision. I am going to at home in Blaine. I was already like super close to Blaine anyways. So yeah, I know it's a Saturday and it's like 2.40, but the parking lot doesn't look too crazy for a Saturday. And then other saving grace to the store is that it actually has like really generous aisles. So hopefully, hopefully people won't be too stupid with their cards. So I'm hoping that I'm able to vlog a little bit in there. If I buy anything, which let's be honest, I probably will. I'll show you anyways. But yeah, hopefully I can vlog a little bit in there. But yeah, let's go in and check out the damage situation. Okay, so I'm at at home and I'm in a sparse aisle. So I can do this. But let me show you what I'm getting. This is what I'm gonna be for my dining table for the holidays. So like, yeah, that's what it's gonna be for. But I could really use it anytime minus the trees. So I'm getting these like lanterns. You can kind of see through them. And then I'm getting these like flameless battery operated things like that. And then I'm getting these two of these glitter tree things that are going to go like this kind of. I got two ornaments because they're cute. And then I couldn't find anything to put underneath the trees. So I actually went to the coaster section because they didn't have any really good candle like flat candle holders. So I'm getting these. And I kind of measured and I think they're gonna be okay. So this is what I'm getting. Okay, I made it out of at home. Can you guys see? Probably not. And it's like pretty much dark outside. Oh my gosh. I did add a couple of little things to the kind of table scapey look. I actually posted a picture of Instagram. A picture of Instagram? No, I posted a picture on Instagram of kind of like my idea. And if you guys want to see that, my links are always below for you guys. But I am gonna get headed home. I need to get some gas on the way. I'm gonna call my grandma and see if she wants to get together possibly tonight or sometime tomorrow. And then I'm gonna keep going on laundry. And if she wants to meet up tonight, I just want to go home, walk the dog real quick and then switch out the laundry. And then I can head over there. But if tomorrow is better for her, then I'll just be home and do the same thing. So anyway, all right. The adventures of FDE are over for today, at least out in the like world world. And then I'll be home in a few. So I'll check in in just a moment. Hello, I am back from at home. I got all my purchases in the corner. You would think I would like know how to do the videos by now. I still don't. Um, but just took Doyle and Awak, hence the hood situation. Switched out the laundry and talked to the grandmother update. She is still not feeling good, but no one ever does when they have shingles. But I'm gonna go see her sometime tomorrow. So sounds like probably about lunch time. There you go. But I am gonna give her a call around noon, see how she's feeling. She's planning to go to church tomorrow. And she said she's just like really, really tired. Because the pain pills that she's on make her super tired. So I'm like, you know what, maybe the best thing is sleep and just to like chill out. But she's gonna try to go to church. But to be honest, that might kind of wipe her out. So we'll see. We'll see. I mean, I'm gonna go and see her at some point tomorrow. I just don't know if it's gonna be in the morning or not the morning, but the afternoon or the evening. So yeah, I'm plugging in the tree y'all. The tree is plugged in. All right. So, it's happening Doyle. Yep, he needed to get on his sofa. But I'm gonna take my hood thing off and had my dishes air drying. I don't like, this dishwasher kind of drives me nuts. I'm kind of hoping it breaks at some point like soon. But I have it on like the dry function so it'll like dry the dishes. But if I don't do the dry function, like they're like sopping wet when I pull them out. So I have to like open it up and like let it sit and air dry for at least two to three hours before. I mean, I know I could like grab a kitchen towel and just dry them off, which would be totally fine. But I was leaving for at least a couple of hours. So I figured just open it up and let her air dry. So that's what I did. So yeah. Also, one of my orders. I move my at home purchases because you guys already saw all of my purchases. So I don't need to show again. One of my purchases from Black Friday Cyber Monday. I'm not sure came in. Let me show you. I got all these mugs. And I got them all from Anthropology. I will link them down below for you guys. So I got a mug for every single person in my family. So we've got Jackson, Phil, Heidi, Rollin, that's my dad, Gene, my mom, Gavin, Isabel, and E is for Emily. Yes. So this year for Christmas, my mom and dad are not coming. But oh, I could turn this light off. But I figured since I was already buying them and they were at a pretty good discount, I can't remember how much I paid for them to be honest, but I know they're back up to a full price now. But anyway, I figured I would toil just everyday toil. But I figured I would get one for everybody because I wanted to offer everybody some like hot cocoa or whatever, like after dinner because we're gonna do like a dinner thing. So yeah, that is what is going to happen. And I'm really excited about it. So hence the, if you saw Vlogs Giving the day that I went to William Sonoma, that's why I got that hot chocolate. So yeah, high doil. You obviously want to be on camera. And don't worry, all that colorful stuff over there is leaving. That's all like present stuff that needs to get wrapped. But I haven't done it yet because I'm super slacking. But yeah, at home was good. It was very loud with music in there, which is odd. But there was a lot of people there when I first got there. And then when I left, my car was like, just off in Siberia by itself. So you could tell I had been in there for a long time. I don't wear like one of those like step meter things. But man, if I did, I think I walked down every aisle at least twice. And then I got like ideas of things. And I was trying to make like my tablescape. I originally went in there, like this is what happens when I sit down here. I originally went in there because I wanted to find these plates, right? Well, I haven't found the plates, obviously. And then I saw those gold lanterns or lanterns, but they were just, you know, like a big candle holder that was kind of that like mercury glass, like really reflective, but you could still kind of like see through it. So it would look really pretty with a candle, but I'm not, I like candles, but I never actually use them. So I'm always inclined to buy them, but then like some of the scents give me a headache too. So I'm like, no, thanks. But I got the flameless, like battery operated ones, which I think will be really, really nice. So I got that. And then I was kind of trying to figure out what I wanted to do, or if I just wanted just those three lanterns, like the tall one and then like the two little ones. And then I came across those trees that had like the white kind of glittered tips. And I thought, oh, that would look really nice. So I got, I picked up those. And then, yeah, so I was just trying to like figure it out. And I was just kind of like walking through and, you know, making sure I didn't like forget anything. And I just wanted to like see all my options. But that's kind of the start of my tablescape thing. I made Doyle. You need to stop. He's under the tree. He's just smelling the boxes. That's all he's doing. So anyway, that's kind of the start of my tablescape for the Christmas celebration. And I am having people over on the 23rd. So the day before Christmas Eve, Heidi and her family are going to come over. So Heidi's three kids, Heidi, my brother will be in town and then me. So it's going to be six people total. And oh, like I was saying, my parents aren't coming this year. But maybe at some point they'll come here for Christmas or we'll all go back there. I mean, I have no idea what's going to happen. But, but yeah, so we'll, we'll see the newspaper. You want me to read it to you? Hold on, let me read it. Let me read it. Can't excuse you. Um, sir, for all the people that think that Doyle just sits around all day, he does. But then he does this for a little while. And he plays by himself. And his favorite toy ever is that dang newspaper. And the newspaper, by the way, is like the worst because it gets filthy. And I got it at Bed Bath and Beyond like several years ago. And I think this is his third or fourth one because all the other ones have gotten so gross that I had to get him new ones. So that's where the newspaper's from. My brother actually even asked me where the newspaper was from when he was here for Thanksgiving. So I don't know if he needed one for himself, but we'll see. But anyway, I am spent. I am tired. I walked for way too long and I ate a lot. Well, I don't know. I feel like when you eat Mexican food, maybe it's kind of like the way I feel about like Chinese food, like you feel like I can like eat and eat and eat. And I'm like, not super hungry in the moment. But then like afterwards I'm like, oh, I'm full. So, but it was good. It was really, really good. It was really fun catching up with Jodi. You guys got to see her for a moment. Inside it was like pretty people in there. So I didn't want to vlog like our faces because people probably think I was a little, a little too weird. And yeah, it started to get kind of busy after we sat down. When we sat down there was like nobody there. But then as soon as we got like the chips and the dips and all that just started kind of filling up because it was right around lunchtime. And yes, he cleans himself like a cat. Yeah, the doylisms. What's going on? Doyle. People want to know what you're thinking. He's probably thinking about food. But yeah, so what I think I'm going to do is I'm thinking about food because I need to have some dinner here. I think I'm just going to like hang out. I need to finish at least, well, the load of laundry that's in the washer than the wash, I need to have that dried. And I have one, maybe two more loads, but those aren't like, I need to have those done to like go to bed because I wash all my bedding. So that includes like the sheets obviously, but then I do like all my blankets too. So the blankets are what take forever. But the one blanket I actually need is in the wash right now, but it'll go in the dryer in probably about an hour or so because I just started it. So yeah, but that's what's going on here at the FDE house. Can I assist you with something, sir? Really? He's standing on my leg by the way. Can I help you? You're such a nice dog. You're such a nice dog. I hear you like to be pat not pet. No pets for the dog. Pats for the dog. Little small pets. Little small pets. Whoa. Oh my goodness. I am like getting delirious. All right. I will check in in a little bit, but that is what is happening here. I have a dog that looks like a little bit of a people right now or like a meerkat. I don't know. He's just kind of like sitting at attention. He's ready. He's ready to go. He is staring at the tree, enjoying the magicalness. Oh, maybe if I get motivated enough today, I will do some gift wrapping. We'll see. I need to film that video too, by the way, like the gift wrapping video. I think I might do that tomorrow because I want like good lighting for that because it's, it's totally dark outside. So yeah, hi Doyle. See how it feels? Yep. I'm really going to go now. I will check in. Bye. Well, hello. It looks like I didn't move because I'm still on the sofa, but I promise I did. I really, really did. Um, I had a little bit of dinner and it's just kind of finishing, well not finishing, but finishing up my last bottle of water for the evening. Got these blankets all washed up. So I brought them downstairs. The dog is silently judging. Hi Doyle. And my dryer just went off. So that means you guys are dirty. Okay. You're back. Hi. Um, so yeah, I am going to cover the dog and the blankies. P.S. Doyle does not like to be covered in blankets unless they are like fresh out of the dryer. Hi boo. I know, I know I'm telling everybody about the things you like and the things you don't. It's so exciting. I'm going to put my little slips on. My slippers. Urrs. Can't talk and walk at the same time. Good thing I was never a model, but I guess they don't really have to talk and walk, right? I mean maybe they do sometimes. I guess it depends on the job, but I am going to get my last bit of laundry. I only got like one cycle of laundry done since we last spoke. So my actual blanket that I need to go to bed, well I guess I don't need it. I mean, let's really talk about necessities guys, but that is all done and in the dryer. I'm actually going to start this so it's like all nice and roasty toasty, and I do have one more blanket that needs to get done, but I can do that tomorrow. But here I'll turn my crickets. Turn my crickets off. Hold on. I know you guys don't like my crickets, but I love my crickets. Here's my bed. The black thing is a phone. It's not poop. I promise. It's not poop. Um, so yeah, I just need to put my fitted sheet on and then I've got all my other things down there. Don't worry. Those are just pajama pants. And yes, they're colorful. Kind of. They're like, I don't know, to me they look like like ER scrubs or something. I don't know. They run clearance at Target. I don't really care. As long as they're not like a crazy pattern. I'm good with that. So I'm gonna put the fitted sheet on. Get the flat sheet. Get the blanket. It'll be good to go. Let's see if I can like prop you guys up somewhere and like make this footage actually look halfway interesting. It probably isn't interesting to any of you guys. But I like to watch weird stuff on the internet and maybe you do too. Uh, yeah, you're not gonna, you're not gonna be able to see any of this because I just, I don't have anything that's about like at this angle. That's not my arm. You know what I'm saying? Everything's too round and weird here. So yeah, sorry guys. I'm gonna make the bed as well as I want to make it. My jeans are drying right there on the rack and we're gonna go. So I'm not gonna show you the finished result because it really doesn't matter. But um, yeah, Doyle's been actually spending a lot of time in here today because you know, that actually has betting on it. So he likes to cuddle, cuddle up. He likes to cuddle and get on whatever blankets he can get his little paws on. So I'm gonna say good night for now and I will see you guys tomorrow. I'm gonna go see my grandma tomorrow and yeah, that's it's kind of what's uh, what's happening. Oh hey, by the way, that's my little Christmasy village. Don't judge all the things behind it. Like my container store bag and random lamp. I need to take care of that. I just, I haven't done it yet, okay? So it's like reality guys. But um, yeah, that's my little like Christmasy village thing. Really cute, right? I actually found these, this one, and then there's one over on that side too. Um, in my like Christmas bins that I haven't actually looked at for what, what did I say it was? Like five years, six years, something like that. And then I have these little blocks that say joy. So I found those two, which I thought were like super cute, right? And I'm gonna get a bunch of questions. The house is the uh, heart and hand from the target from the, it's from the target. And then um, these, I don't know where I got, probably like home goods or marshals like several years ago. The white trees, these white trees, and then these like glitter ones I got at at home. This, I have no idea where I got. It was a long time ago. Oh, and the little car, the little classic car I got at Hobby Lobby. So over on this side, on the left side of the house, it's like the same thing, but they're a little bit of different heights, if that makes sense. So yeah, that's what I see when I walk up the stairs. It's super cute. I'm actually gonna decorate the house soon-ish. When I mean soon-ish, I mean like this week, next week, somewhere in there. I don't know. And then I have my stocking holders that I got from Pottery Barn. Again, like five, six years ago. Super hard to see, but it has like etched in here. It says all I want for Christmas. Oh, there it goes. You can kind of see it now. But I've got my stocking and I got these stockings from Land's End. I think it was Land's End. Yeah, like several years ago on a clearance. Mine has like a little embroidered E in the tree. And then here is Doyle's stocking. I'm like standing right in front of it. I have tons of toys in there. No treats, but toys. And of course, they're all like, neutrally colored. And then his has a little embroidered D on it. They have these cute little pom-pom balls. And then you can, you know, take this off. There's like a little button. It just kind of like sits over. So yeah, I think I have two extras that I purchased. Because of course I wanted everything to match. And they're like this really pretty like grayish color, which I really, really like. So yeah, I didn't put anything in my stocking yet. So yeah, it does kind of bother me that these are like colorful, but oh well, at least it's not a red tree with like a cream embroidery. It's just like the red is just embroidered. So okay. Okay, I can get over that. All right. So Doyle. Doyle, big question. You want to go outside? You want to go outside? I think that's a yes. And I need to swap out these pillows for like, I don't know, have like fall pillows still on. And then like over here, I've got a pillow up here. Yep, it's a fall pillow. I need to, you swap those out. Maybe tomorrow, right Doyle? Maybe tomorrow. All right, well I'm going to finish drinking my water. Doyle and I are going to go on our last walk of the evening. And I will see you guys tomorrow for another episode of the Vlogmas. Hope you guys are enjoying. If you are, make sure to give the video a thumbs up and to all the people that give it a thumbs down. I still appreciate you weirdos too. 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