My mind has been breaking off into different directions this week and I couldn’t settle down into one specific subject to post. So this will be a mashup of thoughts and links.
Tag Archives: Holiday
Looking Back and Forward (and trying not to get dizzy)
I hate making resolutions and blame it on my grade school teachers. After returning from Christmas vacation, they always assigned a theme (remember those?) in which we described our New Year’s Resolution.
“My New Year’s Resolution is to be nicer to my brother and sister.” Yeah, right. That one didn’t last the day.
“This year, I’m going to work hard and get better grades.” That might have lasted a month or two.
As a kid, I think I also confused resolutions with my Catholic friends’ ideas of what they would give up for Lent.
“You’re giving up chocolate? For the whole year?!”
Despite this long-standing childhood trauma, and because the new year is an obvious point of change, I do spend a moment or two reflecting on the past year and thinking about the year to come.
My Shopping Philosophy (sort of)
Right after Thanksgiving it seems the world explodes. At least for me. The rush is on towards Christmas and all the craziness that goes with it.
I’ve written heartfelt posts at Christmas before, so this year I’m wallowing in the crude, commercial side…
This Season of Snow and Light
flickr - katmere
The first few appearances of snow and the myriad forms of light that mark this time of year effect me deeply. I suspect it’s partly because of childhood memories and partly the need to “step away” and find moments of sanity during the craziness of this holiday season…
Calling All Creatures, Part Deux
Last night, Halloween, was cold, cold, cold – we even had snow! However, the show must go on and so did our Yard Haunt 2010.
Calling All Creatures of the Night
After a month of planning, decorating, and stashing of unsightly, everyday stuff, I bring you, as promised, photos of:
The Carmel Haunted Halloween Soiree
Life’s Roller Coaster, BBQ, & Niagara Falls
Oy! It was a lousy few weeks for relatively minor health problems that kept cropping up and eating into my living and writing. Strangely enough, it only hit my husband and myself. Personally, I think the kids had a hand in it somewhere - even if they were only carriers. Of course, I can’t blame my root canal on them. That was alllllll me. So, I felt like a worm-riddled corpse alternating roasting over the fires of hell and drowning in a vat of mucus. (How do you like THAT mental image?) Luckily, hell on earth didn’t last forever.
Paas Tableaux
Egg coloring kit + 9-year old drama queen = Barbie never saw it comin’… Continue reading
