was it a happy holiday? all you had hoped? better?
i keep thinking today is monday. in one week school will be back in session. i've already moved on and into the new year in a lot of ways. how sad.
the sun is actually out and i've had a nice stroll over to the library already today. sean is on the computer or reading; we've plans to take down the lights and decorations, maybe tomorrow. natalya is on her new laptop working on an e-mail to her new pen-pal in italy (thanks kimberley for helping us out with that). we all slept in, but i'm thinking a nap would still be nice...better suggest a game after lunch so i don't fade away with the day.
i got really good gifts this year. i got the mad-libs!! i know you were worried for me... so you can breath easier now.
we like to play games in our family. we usually try to balance family tv evenings with game nights...which has been easy with us all on vacation, games during the day "planet earth" on the discovery channel (recorded) at night. have you seen the 'planet earth' series? lots of fun (and less gruesome than national geographic). anyway.. this years gifts of games? as a family: ziggity (by cranium) cards, not unlike uno, but not too like uno either (the age is 8+, but if your child can reasonably spell and add numbers to make 11). nate: clue jr.; difficult if you're used to [regular] clue, but perfect if you're a kid who love nancy drew...which i would like to point out that they published a nancy drew sleuth guide book that we are really enjoying on loan from the library. operation..a classic with a slight twist. a tin with three classic card games under a tinker bell decoration scheme; old maid, crazy eights, go fish...now we don't have to separate out our regular decks which usually has us saying, forget it, let's just play 'war'. what else, oh a small (daily) version of 'life'... ah, and 'the littlest pet shop game'; yes, it is cute and nate is enjoying it. i love getting games, and controlling the request list. nate wants twister (which has been sold out at target, yay!). she is entirely too enthusiastic over that game, which translates to non-stop play.
i was going.. .and may still... do a top however many list of my discoveries in 2007... i may still... it is that categories that i'm working on (games would be one)... if you don't see it by the end of the week, i probably won't bother (school starts next monday..ugh).
meanwhile...and really where all this babbling decided to head half way through this blogging session.... mad libs
Title: Description of the Lovely Group that I am in. (Mad Libs 40th Anniversary Edition, 2001)
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person in room:
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another person in room:
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you do know how to play, don't you?
31.12.07
24.12.07
seasonal snapshots (limited)
a few holiday favorites around the house...
wreath/art by nate (recently moved from fort door)
a precarious piling of presents.
sean on santa's lap (2003) at my parent's home in oklahoma (on stocking holder).
nate on santa's lap (2003) at my parent's home in oklahoma (on stocking holder).
me (my first christmas? guess that year.) (on stocking holder)
sean wrapped this big present in brown paper with huge bow made of trace paper.i can't wait to open it; which means i'll probably save it for last.
20.12.07
24 Questions
usually i do not respond to "tag-your-its", except on the playground (on the rare occasion someone could tag me). but i was over visiting the davis' blog and the tag was for everyone... and i thought i might attempt a more cheerful holiday blog... and yes, feel free to answer the questions yourself (i don't mind lengthy comments; as long as they are not criticisms or inane and nonsensical chatter).
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper, though i'm not a patient wrapper. i like pretty paper...so that could apply to gift bags too. i like the sound of paper tearing off a present.
2. Real tree or artificial? risking my life here, i'm not with the 'real tree' thing...i'm sure you could add to the propaganda thrown my way..but that is one expense i don't want to go with year after year; and then i hold no family memory or tradition that i can pare down to a 'lot' tree anyway... and really, anything not to wrestle the lights on a tree.
3. When do you put up the tree? growing up it was the day after thanksgiving time frame... now, when the schedule permits after nate gets home after thanksgiving tradition
4. When do you take down the tree? new years.
5. Do you like egg-nog? some, sean makes a really good egg nog (thick).
6. Favorite gift received as a child? can't get last year's from nate out of my mind.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? no. we never had one growing up, that i remember. weird, but it took me a while to figure out why people had them, especially if they were not catholic. decorating for any holiday is a struggle for me. but i tend to enjoy others' decorating habits.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Sean, only because of the expense of what i would like to purchase for him.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Nate, which is a problem because i could keep buying...
10. Worst gift you ever received? i'm coming up blank..that traumatic? or too many to choose from? not sure i appreciated my grandma's gifts enough then, i do now, considering 1-she sent us something, 2-her limited income in the face of so many grandchildren.
11. Favorite Christmas movie? we watch 'the nightmare before christmas' as a family. and sean and i watch 'love actually' for our own. a christmas story has its moments.
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? october/november.
13. Have you ever recycled a present? yeah...only when i think someone else would like or benefit from it more.
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? pie...(i think i said that cause there is a marionberry pie cooling on the counter...not sure i have a favorite).
15. Clear or colored lights on tree? i think clear showcases the ornaments better, but i'd love to see a color lit tree with all white ornaments.
16. Favorite Christmas song? carol of the bells, and done by a choir.
17. Travel or stay home? home...though one year i would like the headache of traveling.
18. Can you name all of the reindeer? no. strangely enough i keep forgetting vixen. but nate insists on singing rudolph the red-nosed reindeer with the opener of the reindeer names. i'm of no help. and don't ask me about the twelve days either.
19. What is on top of your tree? a red..i'm not sure what the name for it is, but sean could comment and inform us. we have a few toppers to choose from.
20. When do you open presents? one on christmas eve, the rest on christmas, though we've attempted the 12 days (a present a day). we count out all of nate's presents, hold back 12 and she still has some for the day (mostly because she has more than enough to spread along, and we can spend more time enjoying them). we tend to take much of the day opening presents.. playing as we go sort of thing. we don't have to rush off anywhere.
21. Most annoying thing this time of year? traffic.
22. Favorite ornament theme? ornaments with stories, memorabilia. i tend to favor red, silver, white lights. a pretty tree is a pretty tree and i like pretty; but i like looking at my tree and seeing a memory.
23. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? no real favorites... though we've done game hens and those are fun (and small)... i tend to associate feasts/food with thanksgiving.
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? a day worthy of the anticipation my husband and daughter holds for it.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper, though i'm not a patient wrapper. i like pretty paper...so that could apply to gift bags too. i like the sound of paper tearing off a present.
2. Real tree or artificial? risking my life here, i'm not with the 'real tree' thing...i'm sure you could add to the propaganda thrown my way..but that is one expense i don't want to go with year after year; and then i hold no family memory or tradition that i can pare down to a 'lot' tree anyway... and really, anything not to wrestle the lights on a tree.
3. When do you put up the tree? growing up it was the day after thanksgiving time frame... now, when the schedule permits after nate gets home after thanksgiving tradition
4. When do you take down the tree? new years.
5. Do you like egg-nog? some, sean makes a really good egg nog (thick).
6. Favorite gift received as a child? can't get last year's from nate out of my mind.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? no. we never had one growing up, that i remember. weird, but it took me a while to figure out why people had them, especially if they were not catholic. decorating for any holiday is a struggle for me. but i tend to enjoy others' decorating habits.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Sean, only because of the expense of what i would like to purchase for him.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Nate, which is a problem because i could keep buying...
10. Worst gift you ever received? i'm coming up blank..that traumatic? or too many to choose from? not sure i appreciated my grandma's gifts enough then, i do now, considering 1-she sent us something, 2-her limited income in the face of so many grandchildren.
11. Favorite Christmas movie? we watch 'the nightmare before christmas' as a family. and sean and i watch 'love actually' for our own. a christmas story has its moments.
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? october/november.
13. Have you ever recycled a present? yeah...only when i think someone else would like or benefit from it more.
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? pie...(i think i said that cause there is a marionberry pie cooling on the counter...not sure i have a favorite).
15. Clear or colored lights on tree? i think clear showcases the ornaments better, but i'd love to see a color lit tree with all white ornaments.
16. Favorite Christmas song? carol of the bells, and done by a choir.
17. Travel or stay home? home...though one year i would like the headache of traveling.
18. Can you name all of the reindeer? no. strangely enough i keep forgetting vixen. but nate insists on singing rudolph the red-nosed reindeer with the opener of the reindeer names. i'm of no help. and don't ask me about the twelve days either.
19. What is on top of your tree? a red..i'm not sure what the name for it is, but sean could comment and inform us. we have a few toppers to choose from.
20. When do you open presents? one on christmas eve, the rest on christmas, though we've attempted the 12 days (a present a day). we count out all of nate's presents, hold back 12 and she still has some for the day (mostly because she has more than enough to spread along, and we can spend more time enjoying them). we tend to take much of the day opening presents.. playing as we go sort of thing. we don't have to rush off anywhere.
21. Most annoying thing this time of year? traffic.
22. Favorite ornament theme? ornaments with stories, memorabilia. i tend to favor red, silver, white lights. a pretty tree is a pretty tree and i like pretty; but i like looking at my tree and seeing a memory.
23. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? no real favorites... though we've done game hens and those are fun (and small)... i tend to associate feasts/food with thanksgiving.
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? a day worthy of the anticipation my husband and daughter holds for it.
19.12.07
yuletide cheer
when does it start to feel like christmas for you? depending on the circumstances from year to year? is it the music, the weather, another person, the decorations about the neighborhood or in-home?
our tree is up (and the lights over the garage, most recently). we did the put on holiday music (from our limited stash that we have to dig up) and put up the tree. the best parts are the ornaments, the history... not to sound pitiful, but i have so few i try to see if i can recall the stories for sean's before he says it; and remind nate of hers after she tells it. (this is not a plea for ornaments, we have more than plenty)
contemplating christmas music (which, like country music, gives me a headache before ten a.m.) i thought i couldn't claim a favorite.... nate's this year is rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, over last years everything sung to the tune of jingle bells..... i've discovered the carol of the bells is a favorite, hauntingly so..my apologies to the family. glad to note that 'the nightmare before christmas' soundtrack filters through every family members mind in this house...very amusing to share those waves.
we're bad on the bake and frost cookies front... it tends to be last minute, so the feeling is rushed; and then, there are three of us, so that is a lot of cookies. i mean, the three of us want equal amounts to decorate, cause that is the fun part, but then we have to eat all that frosting. you could say we could bake for others, but until we plug into that charity, do we add to others' excess?
we did bake ornament cookies... the non-sugar, you can paint kind. that was fun, and experimental. this is by no means an invitation to shower us with christmas cookie cutters, but we realized (again) that we have only a lot of spring themed cutters...well, there is the star. i think last year we must have done round cookies and stars and moons for christmas cookies, or did we do my favorite (ah, i remember) we got the pre-cut and baked sugar cookies with the frosting and sprinkles kit. yes, i know, none of the smells, but you could turn up the heat and spritz bath & body works 'sugar cookie and vanilla' into the air and come close...
maybe if the house were more festive...no, not really, unless nate makes a convincing case.
christmas parties, brightly lit neighborhoods? holiday traffic mid-day on a tuesday? the shopping (on-line preferably)? finding that one perfect gift the other can truly appreciate?
strange, but i found myself singing, 'it's starting to feel a lot like christmas', (the same line over and over) while walking back from the library yesterday.
they'd called that a book was on hold. bless it all, it was a book i'd been waiting to be published for months and months and months. being 4 out of the near 200 requests made me happy when i knew it was out. i love new books. but i could have easily sung the song in july, couldn't i? or a summertime variation?
why did the pleasant surprise of a simple anticipation coming to fruition bring a christmas song to my mind? something i'd been anticipating that i finally received. maybe i would find the "feeling of christmas" in the anticipation of something wonderful.... maybe i should think about a dream to anticipate that i know won't let me down... or i could dream a surprise (like socks or madlibs)... but that is what traditions are for? satisfying daydreams we can accomplish and produces that euphoria of love and contentment?
maybe i'm just late this year in thinking about making the holiday jolly for those around me... i'm so not festive, i'm obnoxious, but i'm sure i could come up with something. holidays aren't about singular people finding individual happinesses. but the shared pleasure of relationships... i can give generously, to console my existence and others', but i can't give the warm comfort of familiarity and memory without the emotional determination in honest caring. that is not to say that i don't honestly care about the holiday outcome for husband/daughter/ and family, but i find myself thinking: let us have our merry little christmas and get on with it and past it already.
didn't mean for this to sound all depressing.. i have moments when everything feels plastic and tired, and my disingenuous attempts to placate and pretend at fine-ness frustrate my own need for authenticity...and then, my own whining annoys me more than it annoys you, and even that feels contrived.
maybe i need to be more patient ( a promising epitaph for me if i go before 95 years... 'she should have been more patient')... or more aware.... or both.
our tree is up (and the lights over the garage, most recently). we did the put on holiday music (from our limited stash that we have to dig up) and put up the tree. the best parts are the ornaments, the history... not to sound pitiful, but i have so few i try to see if i can recall the stories for sean's before he says it; and remind nate of hers after she tells it. (this is not a plea for ornaments, we have more than plenty)
contemplating christmas music (which, like country music, gives me a headache before ten a.m.) i thought i couldn't claim a favorite.... nate's this year is rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, over last years everything sung to the tune of jingle bells..... i've discovered the carol of the bells is a favorite, hauntingly so..my apologies to the family. glad to note that 'the nightmare before christmas' soundtrack filters through every family members mind in this house...very amusing to share those waves.
we're bad on the bake and frost cookies front... it tends to be last minute, so the feeling is rushed; and then, there are three of us, so that is a lot of cookies. i mean, the three of us want equal amounts to decorate, cause that is the fun part, but then we have to eat all that frosting. you could say we could bake for others, but until we plug into that charity, do we add to others' excess?
we did bake ornament cookies... the non-sugar, you can paint kind. that was fun, and experimental. this is by no means an invitation to shower us with christmas cookie cutters, but we realized (again) that we have only a lot of spring themed cutters...well, there is the star. i think last year we must have done round cookies and stars and moons for christmas cookies, or did we do my favorite (ah, i remember) we got the pre-cut and baked sugar cookies with the frosting and sprinkles kit. yes, i know, none of the smells, but you could turn up the heat and spritz bath & body works 'sugar cookie and vanilla' into the air and come close...
maybe if the house were more festive...no, not really, unless nate makes a convincing case.
christmas parties, brightly lit neighborhoods? holiday traffic mid-day on a tuesday? the shopping (on-line preferably)? finding that one perfect gift the other can truly appreciate?
strange, but i found myself singing, 'it's starting to feel a lot like christmas', (the same line over and over) while walking back from the library yesterday.
they'd called that a book was on hold. bless it all, it was a book i'd been waiting to be published for months and months and months. being 4 out of the near 200 requests made me happy when i knew it was out. i love new books. but i could have easily sung the song in july, couldn't i? or a summertime variation?
why did the pleasant surprise of a simple anticipation coming to fruition bring a christmas song to my mind? something i'd been anticipating that i finally received. maybe i would find the "feeling of christmas" in the anticipation of something wonderful.... maybe i should think about a dream to anticipate that i know won't let me down... or i could dream a surprise (like socks or madlibs)... but that is what traditions are for? satisfying daydreams we can accomplish and produces that euphoria of love and contentment?
maybe i'm just late this year in thinking about making the holiday jolly for those around me... i'm so not festive, i'm obnoxious, but i'm sure i could come up with something. holidays aren't about singular people finding individual happinesses. but the shared pleasure of relationships... i can give generously, to console my existence and others', but i can't give the warm comfort of familiarity and memory without the emotional determination in honest caring. that is not to say that i don't honestly care about the holiday outcome for husband/daughter/ and family, but i find myself thinking: let us have our merry little christmas and get on with it and past it already.
didn't mean for this to sound all depressing.. i have moments when everything feels plastic and tired, and my disingenuous attempts to placate and pretend at fine-ness frustrate my own need for authenticity...and then, my own whining annoys me more than it annoys you, and even that feels contrived.
maybe i need to be more patient ( a promising epitaph for me if i go before 95 years... 'she should have been more patient')... or more aware.... or both.
13.12.07
reading...future
i'm not entirely sure when the age to stop reading the sort of material your children are reading, or will read is...maybe when they're reading textbooks for their medical degree...or sooner, with calculus... i like children's stories and children's literature...even into the young adults, except when they become nauseatingly dramatic (and make you relive high school--who wants to do that?)
natalya (7) is well into chapter books... she loves to read. she likes the Junie b. series (they are pretty funny). we've exhausted those and The Dragon Slayer's Academy (which i also recommend) and the Judy Moody books; her brother, Stink Moody has books that are amusing for girls and boys. we're exhausting Nancy Drew and the clue crew (nancy in 3rd grade) right now. but the books i tend to read ahead on are the thicker books for bedtime...chapters a night sort of deal.. though i did read judy moody first.
we've done at least the first two harry potter books (sean is excellent at reading those aloud and i would say, know your child first on age appropriateness); "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" (highest recommendation on this one); Because of Winn Dixie (fun reading and watching); Charlotte's Web (a classic); we just finished "Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand"; and are now working on Elise Broach's "Shakespeare's Secret".
sean has read all the harry potter books so he judged those. the others i've trusted. which is weird now that i think about it, because i really do like to know what we're getting into. i read ahead, for two reasons. one, so i know what is doable for her reading and ours together. and two, so many of the children (non-cg) films are based on literature.
"Fly by Night" (Frances Hardinge) looked interesting, a strong female character on a cleverly devised adventure. the vocabulary would be an amazing enough adventure for the two of us, but there is a discussion of church and atheism that we're not quite ready for. i recommend the read for mature readers.
i just picked up another interesting looking book (again the strong female character) Patrick Carman's "The Dark Hills Divide: The Land of Elyon Book 1". i went ahead and picked up book 2 of the series "Beyond the Valley of Thorns". i may review this book elsewhere. but i've decided the first would be a good read. i'm still trying to figure out the violence/gore factor on fantasy adventure books, which the second has me wondering.
most of what i've read recently (before and around term) is to anticipate films that are coming out and marketing lower than is probably appropriate. [i've found commonsensemedia.org to be an informative site.] an exception is: we saw The Bridge to Terabithia before i read the book, wondering at the maturity level of the book. the film is safer than the book, because the themes are complicatedly wrought in the book.
i saw The Spiderwick Chronicles trailer. i think i blogged on this, but the books may be a bit indelicate for my girl's sensibilities at present (though she loves magical creatures). read "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman (a really, really good read) but i just don't see them toning down things i felt were violent in action; the religious discussion i feel would not be so threatening to natalya (not that she would get the 'dust' discussion, or the science of a 'theory of other worlds' either). i would love to see both movies, but without nate. Nim's Island (coming out next year) was a good choice and nate and i read it right after i did.
we are arriving at an age/maturity of which i am less certain of readiness. i don't want to underestimate her. i also don't want to leap too quickly. because she is an avid reader, we try to keep her fed; and more, challenged to expand her vocabulary, and ideas, and dreaming. and because i like to read, i love the idea that we could read the same things and talk about them, which leads to another difficultly: patience : getting excited for her to read a new find i've found and her not being ready (heaven forbid her not being interested in the story itself).
if you've come across a good and interesting read for 7+ let me know, please don't discriminate based on my daughter being, well, a girl.
i think we're anticipating the chronicles of narnia books and some madeleine l'engle, and once i decide on the blood-letting aspect J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan".
natalya (7) is well into chapter books... she loves to read. she likes the Junie b. series (they are pretty funny). we've exhausted those and The Dragon Slayer's Academy (which i also recommend) and the Judy Moody books; her brother, Stink Moody has books that are amusing for girls and boys. we're exhausting Nancy Drew and the clue crew (nancy in 3rd grade) right now. but the books i tend to read ahead on are the thicker books for bedtime...chapters a night sort of deal.. though i did read judy moody first.
we've done at least the first two harry potter books (sean is excellent at reading those aloud and i would say, know your child first on age appropriateness); "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" (highest recommendation on this one); Because of Winn Dixie (fun reading and watching); Charlotte's Web (a classic); we just finished "Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand"; and are now working on Elise Broach's "Shakespeare's Secret".
sean has read all the harry potter books so he judged those. the others i've trusted. which is weird now that i think about it, because i really do like to know what we're getting into. i read ahead, for two reasons. one, so i know what is doable for her reading and ours together. and two, so many of the children (non-cg) films are based on literature.
"Fly by Night" (Frances Hardinge) looked interesting, a strong female character on a cleverly devised adventure. the vocabulary would be an amazing enough adventure for the two of us, but there is a discussion of church and atheism that we're not quite ready for. i recommend the read for mature readers.
i just picked up another interesting looking book (again the strong female character) Patrick Carman's "The Dark Hills Divide: The Land of Elyon Book 1". i went ahead and picked up book 2 of the series "Beyond the Valley of Thorns". i may review this book elsewhere. but i've decided the first would be a good read. i'm still trying to figure out the violence/gore factor on fantasy adventure books, which the second has me wondering.
most of what i've read recently (before and around term) is to anticipate films that are coming out and marketing lower than is probably appropriate. [i've found commonsensemedia.org to be an informative site.] an exception is: we saw The Bridge to Terabithia before i read the book, wondering at the maturity level of the book. the film is safer than the book, because the themes are complicatedly wrought in the book.
i saw The Spiderwick Chronicles trailer. i think i blogged on this, but the books may be a bit indelicate for my girl's sensibilities at present (though she loves magical creatures). read "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman (a really, really good read) but i just don't see them toning down things i felt were violent in action; the religious discussion i feel would not be so threatening to natalya (not that she would get the 'dust' discussion, or the science of a 'theory of other worlds' either). i would love to see both movies, but without nate. Nim's Island (coming out next year) was a good choice and nate and i read it right after i did.
we are arriving at an age/maturity of which i am less certain of readiness. i don't want to underestimate her. i also don't want to leap too quickly. because she is an avid reader, we try to keep her fed; and more, challenged to expand her vocabulary, and ideas, and dreaming. and because i like to read, i love the idea that we could read the same things and talk about them, which leads to another difficultly: patience : getting excited for her to read a new find i've found and her not being ready (heaven forbid her not being interested in the story itself).
if you've come across a good and interesting read for 7+ let me know, please don't discriminate based on my daughter being, well, a girl.
i think we're anticipating the chronicles of narnia books and some madeleine l'engle, and once i decide on the blood-letting aspect J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan".
12.12.07
3 A's
only because you've been wanting to know!
i made all A's this term.
in all three classes.
yes.
one was an -A but that counts (especially in that class).
i'm breathing good and those mini-corndogs i ate for lunch are feeling better.
ah... and an extra dose of baileys in chai on a chilly celebratory day...(okay, after i pick nate up from school)
thank you God, you know this first term back has been a giant stress-ball.
thank you, all those who have been helpful/supportive/prayerful... we'll regroup and start again in january... or if you prefer, we should probably start early. but for today, pat yourself on the back (if you can get your hands out of the air).
i made all A's this term.
in all three classes.
yes.
one was an -A but that counts (especially in that class).
i'm breathing good and those mini-corndogs i ate for lunch are feeling better.
ah... and an extra dose of baileys in chai on a chilly celebratory day...(okay, after i pick nate up from school)
thank you God, you know this first term back has been a giant stress-ball.
thank you, all those who have been helpful/supportive/prayerful... we'll regroup and start again in january... or if you prefer, we should probably start early. but for today, pat yourself on the back (if you can get your hands out of the air).
10.12.07
this/that
a few blogs i've come across of late,
as i've had a little time to peruse lately
(you know, while on break from school)
okay, two:
Haute*Nature
Papiers Colles
oldies, but goodies
Three Beautiful Things
...all the Good blog names are taken...
NieNie
Frecklewonder
of course, not to forget:
themeltedcrayon
thelostboy
as i've had a little time to peruse lately
(you know, while on break from school)
okay, two:
Haute*Nature
Papiers Colles
oldies, but goodies
Three Beautiful Things
...all the Good blog names are taken...
NieNie
Frecklewonder
of course, not to forget:
themeltedcrayon
thelostboy
5.12.07
holiday flavor
one of the regular blogs i read was listing his favorite 'christmas holiday' movies and the songs/albums that he favors... i was going to comment, but leaving "watching the nightmare before christmas is our christmas eve tradition" made me feel weird in that crowd... so i put my comment here. i would put the soundtrack down too, although the song lock/shock/barrel sing about offing 'sandy claws' is a little demented... sean and i also like watching love actually, but some of the content puts people off (another shame)...
as for albums/songs... i really don't care for christmas music that much..(yes, and even many of the carols..) yes, i'm sure there is something wrong with me...
we have a few albums... nate has an elvis christmas cd, and a strawberry shortcake one (that i actually like pretty well).. there is the john denver/muppets christmas... and i think alvin and the chipmunks... and a country music cd that is a collection of different singers/songs (i like the sara evans singing 'go tell it on the mountain', in doses)
favorite oddball films you feel you must watch seasonally?? you like christmas music--and have those favorites (or absolutely nots)??
as for albums/songs... i really don't care for christmas music that much..(yes, and even many of the carols..) yes, i'm sure there is something wrong with me...
we have a few albums... nate has an elvis christmas cd, and a strawberry shortcake one (that i actually like pretty well).. there is the john denver/muppets christmas... and i think alvin and the chipmunks... and a country music cd that is a collection of different singers/songs (i like the sara evans singing 'go tell it on the mountain', in doses)
favorite oddball films you feel you must watch seasonally?? you like christmas music--and have those favorites (or absolutely nots)??
4.12.07
one term down
finals are over!
back to reading and writing for pleasure.
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so does anyone have any opinions about christmas/end-of-year letters?
sean and i talked about sending out questionnaires (maybe with a sase), you know, our sending out info on our lives (usually not-requested) is supposed to spur others to return contact and information. this has worked on a couple people.
do you compose/send a letter? do you like getting these letters? would you fill out a questionnaire? typed or handwritten?
back to reading and writing for pleasure.
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so does anyone have any opinions about christmas/end-of-year letters?
sean and i talked about sending out questionnaires (maybe with a sase), you know, our sending out info on our lives (usually not-requested) is supposed to spur others to return contact and information. this has worked on a couple people.
do you compose/send a letter? do you like getting these letters? would you fill out a questionnaire? typed or handwritten?
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