I am adamant that this year should be pronounced "twenty-ten" and not "two thousand and ten". Yeah, we did the whole "two thousand" thing over the last 10 years because, I suppose, it was easier or clearer then saying "Twenty-Oh-seven" for 2007 or something but now I am over it ( Read more... )

Rich and I started the evening by arguing, yeah the last argument of 2009. I had been taking a nap because I pretty much got zero sleep the night before and had to take a road trip to pick up antibiotics for Sandy (my MiL) who is suffering from pneumonia yet again. We were supposed to be at a friends house between 8:00 and 8:30 pm and I got up in ( Read more... )

I will speak more about my New Years evening celebration tomorrow, it was mostly a good one, but I wanted to share the omen I took after I got home.

I made some offerings but did not do a full rite and asked the Kindreds to tell me what blessings they had to offer:

From the Ancestors I received:


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2000 : This was a big year for me, I began dating Rich (officially) in March and then later in the month began working at Owens Corning. I also officially joined the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron ( Read more... )

Well, I only received three Grievances for Festivus, I think the rest of you are just being nice. The first one was from Drjon, who also asked me to unscreen it ( Read more... )

My family doesn't do really elaborate presents for Christmas. My parents and aunt and uncle have had some financial issues over the years so what we normally do is all of us buy gifts for the girls (my nieces) and then the adults do a gift exchange. I am a huge fan of gift cards myself so we bought a bunch of those this year. I do always try to get ( Read more... )

Shoot! I missed it. Festivus actually takes place of December 23rd ... oh well, we are going to cheat bit ( Read more... )

I shared this on my FaceBook and I try not to cross-post over much but I have to share this one. I love this song and it is so rare to hear it anymore, around these parts anyways.

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Many people have found value in holding vigil though the night around the winter solstice. Some people prefer to greet the rising sun on the actual solstice day but for myself I have for the past several years preferred to stay up on the longest night, the night of the Winter Solstice, and greet the sun on the next day when the light begins to ( Read more... )

Just a short write-up of the Silver Falls Grove, ADF Yule Rite while it is fresh in my mind ( Read more... )