'Tis the season for the common cold and I am getting mine for Christmas. After two days of "resting" and 2 nights coughing, I have lost a bit of my Christmas spirit. I keep thinking that Christmas is far away and then I wake up and it's Christmas Eve Eve. You see, I am a fan of the anticipation of it all. Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Eve are the best part of the season. I should be gitty with excitement, making cookies, singing songs. But today and tomorrow I will only be able to croak Santa Claus is coming to town and Jingle Bells for Bella and Tori and hopefully I won't scar their memories of Christmas for life. Bella is such a spit-fire and so gleeful about the season and I want to be that with her, but I'm not. Instead I have body aches, headaches, sore throat and a hacking cough. I only pray that the rest of the family doesn't get this nastiness again. Yes, I said again. I am sure I got it from them and as I am learning we just keep passing the crap around.
Bah!
I need some eggnog and gingerbread cookies to kick me out of this funk!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The stars are stacked...
Ellen Whitehurst is a Feng Shui advisor who has a spot on a popular morning radio show I listen to. She always gives interesting advise that includes astrology info plus Feng Shui methods of maximizing one's Shui.
I'm a Virgo.
Not only do I expect everything to go smoothly but if it doesn't I will fixate on it until the original problem can never occur again...most of the time. I'm on the cusp.
Anyway, I like Ellen Whitehurst because I think there is functionality to her advise. I even bought her book Make this your lucky day.
Here is the link for the advise for Virgos this month:
http://www.ellen-whitehurst.com/b2/blog2.php/Virgo/
It's incredibly specific.
The negative day so far was right on, but the advice is nearly impossible to follow.
"Try all best to remain calm cool and collected...especially when you feel like your back is against the wall and every button you have has been repeatedly pushed."
The reason why one should act this way in these trying times and always really comes later in the astrological reading she describes the month end will be so positive that that choirs of angels will be jealous of the beautiful music your life is making.
How could this be?
Aren't I supposed to fight when my back is up against the wall or do I just take my lickings from the universe?
I'm a Virgo.
Not only do I expect everything to go smoothly but if it doesn't I will fixate on it until the original problem can never occur again...most of the time. I'm on the cusp.
Anyway, I like Ellen Whitehurst because I think there is functionality to her advise. I even bought her book Make this your lucky day.
Here is the link for the advise for Virgos this month:
http://www.ellen-whitehurst.com/b2/blog2.php/Virgo/
It's incredibly specific.
The negative day so far was right on, but the advice is nearly impossible to follow.
"Try all best to remain calm cool and collected...especially when you feel like your back is against the wall and every button you have has been repeatedly pushed."
The reason why one should act this way in these trying times and always really comes later in the astrological reading she describes the month end will be so positive that that choirs of angels will be jealous of the beautiful music your life is making.
How could this be?
Aren't I supposed to fight when my back is up against the wall or do I just take my lickings from the universe?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Nutcracking Christmas
This Christmas is going to be interesting to say the least. We are in a position we've never been in before. We're really taking a beating, it's going to be a real nutcracker.
Tommy is very educated, I also have a college degree. Yet the floor may be falling out from under us as every day passes. We've never been afraid of work, Tommy's been working since he can remember, but now since the economy has gone to pot, the penny pinchery begins.
Before this year you would have called us frugal at times. We shy away from extravagance for sensible reasons, we just don't take many chances. This year though, nobody can.
I seem to have a string of bad luck that follows me around. I'm not sure why.
I bought an SUV the day after hurricane Katrina. $$$
The business Tommy and his family began flipped a house and put it on the market the week of the financial crash, it's still for sale.$$$
Our checkbook hemorrhages the season we enroll Bella in a tuition paid preschool, which she loves.$$
We have a baby and the price of formula is RIDICULOUS.$
Tommy had a small car accident.$$
I am on a "whenever you can" work schedule because of Tommy's commitments and my mother goes back and forth with illness.$$
And the biggest one of all, Christmas is coming.$$$$
That last one is a stretch since the bills are still due during Christmas, I should change it to $$. Either way, it's a lot, it's stressful and I've said this before, I'm no rock.
I just can't seem to find my Christmas spirit. I can't even get motivated to get rid of my pumpkins.
Tommy is very educated, I also have a college degree. Yet the floor may be falling out from under us as every day passes. We've never been afraid of work, Tommy's been working since he can remember, but now since the economy has gone to pot, the penny pinchery begins.
Before this year you would have called us frugal at times. We shy away from extravagance for sensible reasons, we just don't take many chances. This year though, nobody can.
I seem to have a string of bad luck that follows me around. I'm not sure why.
I bought an SUV the day after hurricane Katrina. $$$
The business Tommy and his family began flipped a house and put it on the market the week of the financial crash, it's still for sale.$$$
Our checkbook hemorrhages the season we enroll Bella in a tuition paid preschool, which she loves.$$
We have a baby and the price of formula is RIDICULOUS.$
Tommy had a small car accident.$$
I am on a "whenever you can" work schedule because of Tommy's commitments and my mother goes back and forth with illness.$$
And the biggest one of all, Christmas is coming.$$$$
That last one is a stretch since the bills are still due during Christmas, I should change it to $$. Either way, it's a lot, it's stressful and I've said this before, I'm no rock.
I just can't seem to find my Christmas spirit. I can't even get motivated to get rid of my pumpkins.
Monday, December 1, 2008
And she's off
Tori can do a lot more these days. She eats from a spoon, sleeps all night and I think she's even teething.
Bella's being such a great sister lately. She loves to involve Tori in her games and Tori enjoys it so much that she looks past some of the toy whippings from Bella.
I'm learning how sisters "love" one another.
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