Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Fa la la la la la la la la

I'll let you in on a little secret. I'm pretty much over Christmas at this point.   I've overindulged on food & drink & family (Don't worry, I told them this already-I think I gave my brother's wife instructions not to call until after New Years anyway.)

And Christmas songs. I started listening to Christmas songs at Thanksgiving which was clearly a mistake.  By Christmas Eve day I needed to put on  my iPod to drown it all out. I listened to Fleetwood Mac and my family listened to Bing and Frank (Oh my, high on my list of irritations is 50's style rat pack banter...."a Little Toddy for The Body"...ugh,...)

My husband, who, I think, fashions himself a great jolly old elf at this time of year, is working in conjunction with my daughter and together they have informed me that Christmas Music stays on until New Years Day.....She's particularly taken with  Oh Christmas Tree, by Andrea Bocelli. I've now heard it about 100 times.

So it was with some trepidation that I approached the Planetarium's  Laser Light Show Holiday Songs and Skies with Mr. Jack Frost today.   I swear to you, as I was getting ready to go, strains of Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree were wafting through the house.  I had reached my limit. 

At least I thought I had. My real limit was reached when I got to the ticket booth and presented my membership card only to be told that the membership does not cover laser light shows and that this extravaganza was going to cost $25........Oh joy, $25 to listen to more Christmas music....

But then we went in. And the music started and so did the lights. And my daughter had a BLAST......She was way more excited that I would have imagined. I even enjoyed it. The music was beautiful (Except for that overplayed Mariah Carey song) as were the images and lasers. They also interspersed the show with  the current night sky and the constellations,stars & planets that you can see right now. Very neat. Completely worth the $25.

There was some stupid banter from the Jack Frost character but at least it was no Bing and Frank.....

I Want A Snuggie

On Thanksgiving I mentioned that I thought that wearing a Snuggie was, perhaps, giving up..

As in,you have officially reached middle age and have become a remote control wielding couch potato. I'm sure unconsciously, the Snuggie probably represents something deep inside me regarding my own fear of middle age....

Anyway, a Snuggie, I reasoned, was a bit of an embarrassing thing to have. From those inane commercials to the box with the "As seen on TV logos." I want nothing "As seen on TV" so please, don't get me one of those cheese graters for your feet.....They even have Snuggies now for dogs....Yes it's true. I saw it at Wegmans.

Needless to say I did not get a Snuggie for Christmas. (I did, however, get a Mason Bee House  and a Stoneware Compost Crock) Much more in line, with who I want to be.

Right?

My niece, however, did get a Snuggie. A LEOPARD PRINT Snuggie. (Have I mentioned my love of leopard print yet on this blog???)

Look how on the box it says, "Snuggie Wild Side" like anything about the Snuggie even remotely appeals to anyone's WILD SIDE......That woman on the box sure looks wild doesn't she???? Like maybe she'll kill you with her remote control if you try and take it from her. That kind of wild.

Anyway, I tried it on. It's made of kind of cheap fleece. Rather light actually. But warm. And actually...

Kind of cosy...

OH MY GOD. The realization dawns on me as I stand there with it on.... I want a Snuggie..... 

I'm a reader. And a Blogger. Both things I do curled up in a chair. I'm currently sitting next to the fire and I have a blanket on my lap. BUT it reaches only to my waist as I need my hands free.  Something that could be easily remedied by the Snuggie. (My goodness, I also wish I invented the Snuggie.)

I'm only telling you this dear readers because sometimes I'm Oh-So-Natural-And-Self-Actualized....

And really.

Deep inside.

I want a Cheap Looking Leopard Print As Seen On TV Snuggie.

December 27th- Winter at the Beach

 

 Today we went for a walk at the beach by our house. It's  nice with lake/beach on one side of the road and ponds on the other. It is all part of a park and the road goes right through the park. There is also a nice walking path through the woods.  The new blog header up top is of one of the ponds.  There are dirt paths all along the water which are really nice to walk on. We stayed on the beaten path today though.

 

I like the ice, it looks like frozen waves.

 

At the edge of the pond. I almost used this as the new header.

Walking path.

December 26th-One Child's Christmas Rubble

Reason #215 That I Only Have One Child

Christmas Rubble

Are you kidding me??

Complete with a Target bag full of used Christmas crackers from last night's dinner...

 

Merry Christmas

Here is hoping that you have a wonderful Holiday with family and friends.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night......

I'm A Sleepy Christmas Mouse

Is anyone else out there tired?

I'm beat.

My dining room looks like Santa's workshop (at least the wrapping department at the North Pole) and yet I am hosting Christmas Eve in it tomorrow. For 18 people.....

It seems that everyone who loves my daughter (which, as it turns out, is a lot of people) and that means from friends this weekend to people my husband works with to our neighbors to the speech therapist, have given her birthday gifts. I'm not complaining mind you, (well yes I am) but I don't begrudge any of it. I'm happy people like her and treat her well. But it  looks like the man with the bag has already been here. And while it's true that she doesn't get gifts like this at any other time of the year, I'm always afraid so many gifts all at one time is a little excessive for anyone. (I steal things from the pile to whip out at a later date) While you could imagine a large amount of gifts would be special to a child,  I fear that it brings more want instead and the specialness is diluted. 

I guess I should blame this on Santa as well.  That guy seems to give way more presents than Mommy would ever permit. (And trust me, compared to some people I think we do give a lot less.)

(Here I could wax philosophical about the true meaning of Christmas, but you've heard it all before....)

Today at pre-school I talked to a bunch of people and it felt like we were all in some kind of race, trudging tword the finish line with a glazed look in our eyes. More than one person said they couldn't wait until it was all over.

I didn't say that this year but I've been there before. I have. The past 2 Christmases I've been horribly sick (and I never get sick) Christmas week.  We are fine this year. I stress over spending large amounts of money (cash mind you) so much so that last year I also needed to put $1000 into my car the week after Christmas.( I swear I caused this, along with the sickness myself)  This week, I kid you not, I had to put $431 into it.... Apparently I am handling the money stress better, although, clearly, have not mastered it yet. ;-)

So yeah, I'm just really tired.....