Posted in Just life on December 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Bam… there it is.
The last few years there has been so much talk leading up to Christmas about using the simple phrase, “Merry Christmas”. To be politically correct and sensitive to the celebration of every holiday, we are told to use the phrase ‘Happy Holidays’ instead. Politicians mutter the phrase through broad smiles and glowing [...]
Posted in Just life, TV, childhood on December 19, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I was chatting with a friend this morning who was talking about a co-worker making him mad. When I hear the word ’mad’, I am reminded of the Sesame Street skit with an angry goat, singing, “I get maaad, I get maaad, I get maaad”. When I mentioned this to him, he immediately found it on youtube [...]
Posted in Just life, snow, winter on December 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Snow days don’t happen very often anymore, now that I’m an adult and all. People expect more of you when transportation is up to you and not up to the school system.
It has been storming here since about 1 pm yesterday. There is snow and lots of it. The wind was so strong last night that it [...]
Posted in recipes on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
So …
I have decided to start a Recipes page on my blog. I thought about having a separate blog just for recipes but then I remembered a few things…
I’m not a chef. I don’t create my own recipes. And I’m only about 4 months old when it comes to cooking.
With all of that humble pie [...]
Posted in airports, things that make me gag on December 13, 2007 | No Comments »
You’re 64. You are returning from a trip that has you bringing home vodka as a souvenir.
What would possess you to chug that two pints of vodka? What possible explanation could there be for such behavior?
A gun to the head?
A tightening vice to the scrotum?
Being forced to watch a 12-hour Rosie O’Donnell marathon?
What about a [...]
Posted in Just life on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
A crowd, a crowd.
Shopping all the night.
With a fervor as crazy as a kite.
I think I’m truly scared for my life.
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December is most definitely the month to be reckoned with.
As of Sunday, all of my Christmas concerts, dinners, and parties were done. The end of three straight weeks of party planning, rehearsals, and just general holiday mayhem. “Free [...]
Posted in Just life, Music, Piano on December 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tis the season for concerts.
Last night my choir performed one of our two Christmas concerts in a church in Woodstock, NB. It was my first time in this church. It is big; the crowd was a normal size and would have filled our normal venues but it seemed small in this church. It is old; the [...]
Posted in quitting, smoking, winter on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Let it snow!
We had our first real winter snowstorm Monday and Tuesday. How wonderful! I love that first snow. I love the beauty of it sitting on the trees. It’s one of the perks of living in a tree house. I love the stillness that it brings to the landscape. I love watching my dogs [...]
