Earlier Today
After 14 hours of snowfall 
and snacking
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
A White Wednesday
There's something magical about the first snowfall. This plain old world becomes fresh and new, cleaner somehow. Maybe it's only magical here in the desert and maybe only if you don't have anyplace you must be. Whatever it is, I love it and have spent most of the morning staring out of my window, mesmerized by the sheer beauty of it.
I've lived in snow country and I know that there is a point when snow becomes filthy slush, a nuisance piled high along the roadside. But even there the first snow is special. A new start that wipes away the previous days troubles like God wipes clean our hearts when we let Him in.
So, I will enjoy this rare beauty, wrapped up in my cozy quilt and feeling as serene as each snowflake. I'll be fine. I have heat and about 15 pounds of freshly made toffee, some fudge and all the ingredients to make more. I'll keep watching and eating until the newness wears off. Or, I weigh 300 pounds. Expect a "large craft warning" when I do leave the house.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Deck the Halls
While I enjoy all the Christmas music and displays, I wonder if we can still sing the line "Don we now our gay apparel."?
Does that violate some politically-correct law?
"Don we now our sexual identity, transgender and/or personal choice apparel" just seems a bit awkward, doesn't it?
Does that violate some politically-correct law?
"Don we now our sexual identity, transgender and/or personal choice apparel" just seems a bit awkward, doesn't it?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Big 3 Goes to Congress
I heard a guy on the radio give a suggested scenario of the Big 3 asking Congress for a bailout:
CEOs are seated at a small desk off to the side of the room, alone.
An aide appears and asks, "How much to you want to borrow and what do you want your monthly payments to be?"
Regardless of the answer the aide says, "Well, I don't know. Let me check with my manager."
Aide disappears around the corner.
Thirty minutes later a different aide appears and rechecks the figures and makes a counter-offer much less beneficial to the Big 3 before he leaves to check with his manager.
This should go on for at least 1 1/2 hours.
Finally, Dick Cheney walks out and they start from the beginning.
(It should happen!)
CEOs are seated at a small desk off to the side of the room, alone.
An aide appears and asks, "How much to you want to borrow and what do you want your monthly payments to be?"
Regardless of the answer the aide says, "Well, I don't know. Let me check with my manager."
Aide disappears around the corner.
Thirty minutes later a different aide appears and rechecks the figures and makes a counter-offer much less beneficial to the Big 3 before he leaves to check with his manager.
This should go on for at least 1 1/2 hours.
Finally, Dick Cheney walks out and they start from the beginning.
(It should happen!)
Monday, December 1, 2008
Bloody Friday
As I've aged I have become wiser: I no longer participate in the after Thanksgiving shop-a-thon. These are my top five reasons:
#5: It is too cold at 4:00 AM.
#4: I am cranky when I'm tired, cold and hungry, regardless of the time of day.
#3: I don't want anything that badly.
#2: I don't own body armor or a hard hat.
and the top reason is:
#1: I don't carry a weapon.
Appropriate dress used to be a fanny pack for your money and comfortable shoes. When did guns become de rigueur at Toys R Us?
#5: It is too cold at 4:00 AM.
#4: I am cranky when I'm tired, cold and hungry, regardless of the time of day.
#3: I don't want anything that badly.
#2: I don't own body armor or a hard hat.
and the top reason is:
#1: I don't carry a weapon.
Appropriate dress used to be a fanny pack for your money and comfortable shoes. When did guns become de rigueur at Toys R Us?
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