I did it! Finally, all the Christmas volunteer cards are out! The scary part... I know I missed someone. If that someone is reading this, I am so sorry. There were well over 200 and (obviously without thinking) I mailed them in three sets, so I never did a complete head count.
Christmas...
It's almost over. Usually, I'm a little more bummed about this fact, but for some reason it doesn't feel like we ever got started! Don't get me wrong, we've been doing the holiday thing. We went to the Trail of Lights at Zilker, bought a Gingerbread House kit (it's not together yet, but it's there), attended Christmas parties and decorated the inside and outside of the house. OK, OK, the outside only has two net lights over the bushes and one on the big tree that doesn't work yet, but again... it's there! It's totally the thought that counts, right?
Strangely enough there is one more thing that makes me sad about this Christmas... there were no toys on the boys' Christmas Lists this year. Gone are the days of Hot Wheels and Ninja Turtles. Have you any idea the difference in price between those little cars and a Pocket PC? Several hundred dollars, now multiply that by three... can you feel my pain?
Seriously, I have to say that they aren't greedy kids, it's just a reality of life.
Now the big test. I'm getting ready to sign out and post this. I have no idea if the spacebar is working yet. It looks fine on here, but then again, so did the other one and most of the wordsreadlikethis,howannoying.
Hope you are all having an amazing Christmas.
BTW That's Christmas, not holiday or just season.
No worries, you won't find me protesting in front of WalMart, I just think it's stupid to change it.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
December 10th... Already?
Well... so far I'm not off to such an awesome start.
I'm not feeling especially creative today, so if your looking for something a little wittier like the last post, you may want to try again later in the week.
I really just wanted to post something so that I would keep going.
I'm still trying to figure out what these things are for exactly. From my understanding it's supposed to be kind of like a diary... I only had one diary when I was a little girl and it had a lock and key. This venue hardly has the luxury of a dime store lock.
Come to think of it, even the lock on my diary was broken off by my little brother - Good thing he couldn't read.
OK, where to start...
Today is the tenth... After Thanksgiving I gave myself a goal for this day: To have completed and mailed out all 200+ Christmas cards - doesn't look like that's gonna happen. My new goal: Monday the 12th. Yes, I realize that's the day after tomorrow. If nothing else, coming up with a new goal will make me get out here again.
My youngest son did do something very nice for us all today. He made some money and decided to use it for Christmas presents for all of us. He took us to see Narnia. Great film... We were really ready to be disappointed. You give Hollywood a great movie (especially with a spiritual element) and you know they're gonna mess it up. Not so with this one. It strayed from the book here and there, but there are also timing issues, I guess. All in all this is one I'd like to own. Unlike my son, I'm not a big movie person. Once I've seen it, been there/done that, what's the point in owning it? Titanic doesn't count - so y'all can just hush.
There is one thing for sure that I'm feeling right now, a massive stomach ache. This movie theater leaves the butter in the lobby so you can put it on yourself. Ben was in charge of adding the butter. Not just to the top- no, no, no! To make it right, first, you have them fill the popcorn bag halfway so that you can butter it up in the middle. Next, return it to the clerk to finish filling up the bag and then you can top it off with even more butter! Ben knows his job and does it well, except the bag slipped and was now covered inside and out in this slippery artificial dairy product... Needless to say illness is imminent from the moment we walk through those doors. I can feel my arteries clogging as I type this. I think I'll visit the medicine cabnet, find the Maalox, and call it a night.
In Him,
Tammy
BTW For some reason, this site wants to take out spaces where they should be. I've tried to fix it twice now and if it doesn't work this time... I'm giving up. Think of it as a bonus, like in school when you were given those "busy work" worksheets where you had to decode the secret messages. Have fun!
I'm not feeling especially creative today, so if your looking for something a little wittier like the last post, you may want to try again later in the week.
I really just wanted to post something so that I would keep going.
I'm still trying to figure out what these things are for exactly. From my understanding it's supposed to be kind of like a diary... I only had one diary when I was a little girl and it had a lock and key. This venue hardly has the luxury of a dime store lock.
Come to think of it, even the lock on my diary was broken off by my little brother - Good thing he couldn't read.
OK, where to start...
Today is the tenth... After Thanksgiving I gave myself a goal for this day: To have completed and mailed out all 200+ Christmas cards - doesn't look like that's gonna happen. My new goal: Monday the 12th. Yes, I realize that's the day after tomorrow. If nothing else, coming up with a new goal will make me get out here again.
My youngest son did do something very nice for us all today. He made some money and decided to use it for Christmas presents for all of us. He took us to see Narnia. Great film... We were really ready to be disappointed. You give Hollywood a great movie (especially with a spiritual element) and you know they're gonna mess it up. Not so with this one. It strayed from the book here and there, but there are also timing issues, I guess. All in all this is one I'd like to own. Unlike my son, I'm not a big movie person. Once I've seen it, been there/done that, what's the point in owning it? Titanic doesn't count - so y'all can just hush.
There is one thing for sure that I'm feeling right now, a massive stomach ache. This movie theater leaves the butter in the lobby so you can put it on yourself. Ben was in charge of adding the butter. Not just to the top- no, no, no! To make it right, first, you have them fill the popcorn bag halfway so that you can butter it up in the middle. Next, return it to the clerk to finish filling up the bag and then you can top it off with even more butter! Ben knows his job and does it well, except the bag slipped and was now covered inside and out in this slippery artificial dairy product... Needless to say illness is imminent from the moment we walk through those doors. I can feel my arteries clogging as I type this. I think I'll visit the medicine cabnet, find the Maalox, and call it a night.
In Him,
Tammy
BTW For some reason, this site wants to take out spaces where they should be. I've tried to fix it twice now and if it doesn't work this time... I'm giving up. Think of it as a bonus, like in school when you were given those "busy work" worksheets where you had to decode the secret messages. Have fun!
Monday, November 28, 2005
Blog! Me? When?
I can't believe it. I have a blog account... Will I actually use it?
I guess that remains to be seen.
First Decision in this new adventure... What to name it... ?
Let's face it, there are way to many choices and yet none that seem to work for me. So I did what any other person who's feeling void of any creative vibs at 12:00 on a Sunday night would do... I ran a search on "blog names" - Oh yeah! That should really help... not. Oh, don't get me wrong there were lots of ideas... Lots of freakishly odd, out there ideas-but as easy as it might be to tag myself as the Neon Blazzer, none of these seemed to fit.
So, how does someone who hasn't touched a musical instrument since graduation in 1986 end up with the word "unplugged" in it?
Simple... OK, not totally simple, but try to follow along.
I started thinking about what I would want my blog to be.
It would have to be a place that I can disconnect from life and just process thoughts. *Which brings me to an entirely different question... do I really want to make this public? I'll tackle that another time. For now, I'll stick with the "private/draft" feature.*
Where was I? Oh yeah, disconnect from my life, yadda, yadda, yadda-process thoughts, etc. Got it.
The next step was to figure out what my life feels like and what it might be like to take a step back for a few minutes. That's pretty easy. Most of the time I feel like my mind is going 190 mph. So fast, I can hardly keep up. While I'm working on one thing, I have at least two other thoughts on my mind, something else I'm trying to remember, but getting distracted by something I don't want to forget. (I guess that explains the Ritilan in the cabinet.)
To wrap it all up, I feel like my thoughts/mind need to be unplugged every now and then. I just need to be able to ramble. <- Now if that doesn't leave you screaming for more, I don't know what will.
Seriously, I was inspired by another good friend of ours that we totally respect. He began his first blog session. His is much more spiritual and deeply insightful than mine, but I'm hoping to get there one day. Thanks for the inspiration Hector!
That's enough for now. It's nearing one and I still have to figure out how to save this so I don't have to start over. Well, that and I want to figure out what this "mood selector" does. So if you read this and it sounds "impressed, geeky, or grateful" then I still don't know what I'm doing.
In Him,
Tammy
I guess that remains to be seen.
First Decision in this new adventure... What to name it... ?
Let's face it, there are way to many choices and yet none that seem to work for me. So I did what any other person who's feeling void of any creative vibs at 12:00 on a Sunday night would do... I ran a search on "blog names" - Oh yeah! That should really help... not. Oh, don't get me wrong there were lots of ideas... Lots of freakishly odd, out there ideas-but as easy as it might be to tag myself as the Neon Blazzer, none of these seemed to fit.
So, how does someone who hasn't touched a musical instrument since graduation in 1986 end up with the word "unplugged" in it?
Simple... OK, not totally simple, but try to follow along.
I started thinking about what I would want my blog to be.
It would have to be a place that I can disconnect from life and just process thoughts. *Which brings me to an entirely different question... do I really want to make this public? I'll tackle that another time. For now, I'll stick with the "private/draft" feature.*
Where was I? Oh yeah, disconnect from my life, yadda, yadda, yadda-process thoughts, etc. Got it.
The next step was to figure out what my life feels like and what it might be like to take a step back for a few minutes. That's pretty easy. Most of the time I feel like my mind is going 190 mph. So fast, I can hardly keep up. While I'm working on one thing, I have at least two other thoughts on my mind, something else I'm trying to remember, but getting distracted by something I don't want to forget. (I guess that explains the Ritilan in the cabinet.)
To wrap it all up, I feel like my thoughts/mind need to be unplugged every now and then. I just need to be able to ramble. <- Now if that doesn't leave you screaming for more, I don't know what will.
Seriously, I was inspired by another good friend of ours that we totally respect. He began his first blog session. His is much more spiritual and deeply insightful than mine, but I'm hoping to get there one day. Thanks for the inspiration Hector!
That's enough for now. It's nearing one and I still have to figure out how to save this so I don't have to start over. Well, that and I want to figure out what this "mood selector" does. So if you read this and it sounds "impressed, geeky, or grateful" then I still don't know what I'm doing.
In Him,
Tammy
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