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On the 9th day of Christmas…

21 Dec

I’m pretty sure it’s no secret that I like the Twilight series.  I know there are people pointing and laughing now…that’s OK, get it out of your system. Done?  Good…let’s move on.

So I love Twilight.  The woman isn’t a very good writer, but she can tell a heck of a story.  I loved the first book and was very meh on the second (I just kept reading and wondering when Edward would be back.  I enjoyed it a lot more the 2nd time I read it.) so I didn’t expect to love the movie but it was amazing.  Way better than the first one.  The addition of a shirtless Jacob didn’t hurt.  And the music was great.  One of the things that really makes a movie for me is the soundtrack.  I would LOVE to have the soundtrack to New Moon.  And while we’re at it, I want the soundtrack to Twilight.  Good music is essential for running and cleaning and studying and everything else in life.  These soundtracks would keep me going.

 
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On the 8th day of Christmas…

20 Dec

Snow.  Just on Christmas day.  Lots of it.  But gone before it becomes a pain.  I missed this year’s big snow storm…I was in the hospital having a baby and though that was a lot better, I still wish I’d had the chance to play in the snow with my kids.  That was the first “big” snow they’d seen and I completely missed it.  And I don’t want any of that Snow My Yard stuff.  I want real snow.  Guess I better start praying, huh?

 
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On the 7th day of Christmas…

19 Dec

Glee.  I’ve apparently been missing something HUGE with this show and I want in on it!  I’ve tried to find episodes online but all that’s available is the last 5 episodes.  I’m a little obsessive compulsive about this kind of thing and absolutely hate picking up on it after it’s started.  So even though the 1st season doesn’t come out on DVD until December 29th, I want it.  And in the meantime, I’ll take the DVD of the pilot episode to tide me over.  I suspect I’m also going to need the soundtrack.  When I love something I *really* love it.  I think Glee would most likely be true love for me!

Seriously, what is not to love here?

 
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On the 6th day of Christmas…

18 Dec

Let’s have something a little less frivolous today, shall we?  Not to be a total cliche, but I’d love to see peace on earth and goodwill to men.  All of mankind, all loving and treating each other the way we’d like to be treated ourselves.  That one thing, this small thing that should be our automatic inclination no matter who we are, is the one thing that would make me happiest.  I am the eternal optimist.  I have all kinds of hope in my heart.  And it destroys me sometimes to see the hate in this world.  Hate towards people who are, at their very core, the same as you and I.  Oh, they may be a different race or religion.  They may come from a different country or have had different opportunities than us.  But if you proclaim to be a Christian then you know that God put every single man, woman, and child on this earth for a reason.  To challenge us, to love us, to teach us, to support us…to provide something that nobody else can provide in exactly the same way.  So let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

 
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On the 5th day of Christmas…

17 Dec

People who know me well can look at my hands and get a general idea of my stress levels.  When I’m worried or anxious I pick at the skin around my fingernails.  When things get really bad, they start to resemble bloody stumps as I gnaw at the fingernails and pick at the skin until it bleeds and scabs over.  And then I pick at the scabs.  (I’m sorry, that’s really disgusting isn’t it?  Raw honesty here!)  They pretty much look like bloody stumps right now, and have for about a year and a half.  It’s completely unconscious and the people who love me and aren’t afraid to criticize me a little bit because of it (i.e., my husband and my mom) will point it out if they catch me doing it.  I’m embarrassed by it, but I can’t stop.  I could probably take a really good anti-anxiety drug but so far nothing I’ve tried stops it completely…except for getting acrylic tips and keeping them maintained.  I know that acrylic turns a lot of people off, but I like to think I keep them short and tasteful.  The thin layer of acrylic just keeps them strong so I can’t break them.  No airbrush designs or any bling…just the hands I’d have if my anxiety levels weren’t constantly through the roof.

Obviously regular manicures are out of the question.  It’s just not in the budget.  But what I wouldn’t give to have a one year pass to a salon, to get anything I wanted done to my nails whenever I wanted it.  After many years of feeling fat and dumpy I’m starting to feel pretty again…if not for those pesky bloody stumps I have for fingers.

 
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