Tree TrimmingYesterday's tree trimming party was a lot of fun. The rain evaporated from the needles, so I was able to string the lights on the trees before the guests arrived to help decorate. I'm in the living room looking at the bigger tree right now. It is so fragrant and it's great to see ornaments from my collection. I always feel bad when I ( Read more... )

Yesterday's Thanksgiving celebration went well. We started eating by 3pm and most of the guests stayed until midnight. It was great to spend time with people I haven't seen in ages. I'm thankful that the meal went off without a hitch; I'm not the best cook, but I tried my best ( Read more... )

Since I'm going to have so many visitors at my house later this afternoon, I thought I would post this now. Most of the work for the Thanksgiving feast is already done; it's now a matter of assembly and heating ( Read more... )

Whew! I really wasn't sure if I was going to be able to post a NaBloPoMo entry for today. I feel like I've been running around all day, but actually, I was sleeping ( Read more... )

It's that time of the year again! If you would like to exchange holiday cards with me, please comment with your name and snail mail address.

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If you don't feel comfortable commenting, please send me an email at the address in my profileIf we have exchanged cards in the past, ( Read more... )

• I'm so glad I forced myself to finish Breaking Dawn, the last book in the Twilight series before I went to see the film with friends on opening day. They couldn't help but want to talk about the entire saga and I was able to participate in the discussion because I completed it. That said, watching the film on opening day was just too distracting ( Read more... )

I did a Picture 14 post last week, and I liked it so much that I decided to write another entry with a different picture.

This is from Creative Writing Prompts.

Prompt #2
A picture is worth more than a blank page. Take out those dusty photo albums. Pick out photo #14. Count however way you like, but make sure you stop at #14. Look at the photo ( Read more... )

*exhausted sigh* Wow, what a busy day. I made a huge dent in my holiday To-Do list, so I have no complaints. I have finished most of the shopping for next week's Thanksgiving feast. The only things left to do (other than the monumental task of actually preparing the meal!) are to pick up the specialty ham and shop for fresh produce and flowers; ( Read more... )

This is from Creative Writing Prompts.

Prompt #2
A picture is worth more than a blank page. Take out those dusty photo albums. Pick out photo #14. Count however way you like, but make sure you stop at #14. Look at the photo for two-three minutes. Then for ten minutes write all the feelings that photograph made you feel. Don't censor yourself. Just ( Read more... )