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I Resolve...Do you?

In the same way that I don't really dig the whole obligatory round of relative visiting on the holidays, I don't know why I need to use New Year's as the day to make resolutions. What's better-visiting relatives periodically throughout the year because you want to or seeing them in a prescribed period of time because you have to? We actually made the rounds on Christmas Eve and I had the entire day scheduled out to allow time with each relative and I even took into account travel time. Tell me that doesn't make seem like chore.

We got through it and had a nice day Sunday complete with turkey breast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, rolls and gravy. Yes, I cooked and it was delish. For dessert we enjoyed sugar cream pie bars. Ahhh, so easy to make and so so so good to eat.

But back to the whole resolution thing. Yeah, I have some things I'd like to accomplish. I'd like to lose ten pounds. I'd really like to lose more than that, but I'm going to shoot for ten and then go from there. I'd like to save a little more money on a weekly basis. Then there would be more for a vacation and less scrambling for holiday shopping dough. Maybe we should just take a vacation next December. Oh yeah, maybe Vegas in December?

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12/31/2005 07:16:00 PM

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Baking Day

Just a few of the xmas trees and ornament cookies we made today. Yes, my halls are decked and my baking is now done. If I could just get my shopping started I would be in good shape.

Miss Boo and I also made these yummy and beautiful dipped and doodled pretzels today. Aren't we clever.

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12/17/2005 10:30:00 PM

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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da...

Christmas Time is Here Again. As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season approaches I find myself more and more loathe to participate. I even went so far as to ask Miss Boo if we really needed a tree this year. Her reply was that since I didn't "let" us have pumpkins for Halloween that I couldn't take away Christmas too. I guess I'll drag the tree out this weekend and spend Saturday decorating after all. Truth be told, I love the house decorated for the holidays but I'm just finding it hard to muster up the energy to do anything about it.

Yesterday. A day that will live in infamy. Pearl Harbor day, I must admit, really has little direct bearing on my life. Perhaps a big part of American history, but to me December seventh will always be my grandma's birthday. She passed away well over ten years ago and while I might not think of her every day, I do think of her quite a bit. More so on Pearl Harbor day. I remember asking her about that birthday, though I really don't remember what her answer was. I often envision her bending over a cake about to blow out candles as the radio in the background declares the news. I know my pretend-memory can't possibly be accurate, but it's imprinted in my mind.

Imagine. Twenty-five years ago today truly the day the music died. My uncle Jim was still a teenager when I was born and the first music I ever remember hearing was The Beatles. That's what music was to me. Quite a few years later when as a teen myself I started building my own Beatles collection. At sixteen years old I had posters of John, Paul, George and Ringo on my walls. I remember the night I made my little sister memorize each my sight. She was ten and there was no way I was letting her go to sleep until she got the names straight with the pictures. I wonder how many other ten year olds were privvy to that valuable life lesson. We both cried when we heard the news. I already owned the Double Fantasy album which immediately became sold out. I was pretty sure I sang just like Yoko. Like that is something to be proud of. Heh.

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12/08/2005 08:44:00 PM

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