I'm boarding a plane in a few hours and flying off to Nevada (Lake Tahoe) to ring in 2012. I'm brining my tablet and Kindle Fire with me, but in case I do not get the chance to post while there, I just want to send hugs to all of you and wish you a Happy New Year. Happy 2012!

To all of you who are celebrating Christmas this weekend, I wish you all love, peace, joy, and warm wishes. Merry Christmas ( Read more... )

OMG, forget the giant hamster wheel I was talking about the past two holiday seasons. The moment the calendar hit December, my whole state of mind shifted to "walking zombie" status. I feel like I've been in a perpetual state of no sleep, frenzied holiday activities, and occasionally RRRAAAWWWWRRRR temperament ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving to all you who are celebrating today. I hosted the celebration at my house this year, and I am now finally finished with putting everything away. Earlier today, the kitchen was in complete chaos as I rushed to put the finishing touches on the meal. It felt like a whole day of constant feasting, and I am so exhausted right now ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween to those of you who are celebrating it today! The trick-or-treaters have been coming to the door in droves seemingly every five minutes or so and I am rapidly going through my ginormous stockpile of candy. I'm sitting by the door typing this on my tablet while listening for my Halloween motion detector. The bag lights flicker when ( Read more... )

*exhausted sigh* Today was just so busy and filled with scream-worthy vexing moments. It just feels so good to sit here out on my front porch, enjoying the cool night air. Simple pleasures. Random musings about today ( Read more... )

This past weekend was a great mix of productivity and relaxation. I managed clean all of the windows in my house (inside and out), launder and store the autumn/winter linens, and clean out my closet. Got rid of seven boxes of stuff! The youth group that I help lead will be holding a rummage sale next month and I dropped the boxes off at the storage ( Read more... )

Here is the Q&A list from today's thefridayfive.

1. What is your favorite condiment? ( Answer )

*goggles at the previous post* Wow, I should carefully read my entries before posting them to my LJ when I'm sick. My fingers are itching to fix the ridiculous typos ("thing" instead of "think" is particularly egregious), but I think I will leave them to serve as a reminder to be more careful ( Read more... )