just in from the hot tub, feeling warm and relaxed, quiet and good. all of which are most definitely not how i usually feel. it's a beautiful cold night, clear skies full of stars, satellites, planes, etc. lots of twinkling lights up there, as well as everywhere in the neighborhood. whole herds of lighted reindeer in yards all around us, you could read a newspaper at midnight on most of the front lawns on the street. nice, but making the stars that much harder to see. light pollution, big time. that's the curmudgeon speaking, really i love holiday lights. but i love more to go to the beach and look at the skies without the surrounding clutter.
yesterday afternoon i mailed off four packages to family children, and there's still a couple to go. G and i had a delightful afternoon of shopping (yes, on the busiest shopping day of the year, so tonight's news informed me. it was the Big Story on every channel, imagine that. in this world today, THAT's the lead story, in baltimore, washington, philadelphia and salisbury.) for some of the kids, there's a few items that are proving impossible to find at this late moment. chinese buffet shored up our resolve, and we actually had a good time. it's so fine to be able to spend some time together just kicking back, to be on vacation together, light candles, buy cute little outfits for grandchildren, cook real meals, starwatch in the hot tub, stay up much too late reading novels. so, that's my story for now, the journals are very quiet today. everyone is.........shopping? decorating? baking? sleeping after working massive overtime? unable to save an entry? are they ever going to fix that? i'm using the coming in to my journal thru netscape process, which so far is working.
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oooooo.... sounds so romantic.
I spent my weekend recovering from the flu thanks to your advice. It helped. Thank You!
~M
is it possible, duane, that you and i (and the friend who sent it to me) are the only ones who found this picture a howl? i laughed immoderately when i opened an email attachment and found this, in its entirety. i had to crop it to fit it in this space, it was huge.
where would i be without you, fdtate?
the comment below is, of course, supposed to go with the picture above: Saddam gets a makeover! somehow, what with how f'd-up these journals currently are for things like editing, entering, saving, i got it in the wrong place. oh well.
Well, I just got out from under my holiday shopping and cooking, so it's all about resting and having a good time from now 'til tomorrow. Glad you're having the same, you deserve it!
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