"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"...Isn't that what "Frosty" said everytime that ratty 'ole, magical top-hat was place on his head, and he "came to life"? Well, the North Wind has apparently blown it's own spiffy little millinery creation atop my rockin' 80's video-chick "do", and put a wee bit 'O life back into me as well! :)
Yes, it HAS been a few months since I last posted. Things have been so hectic and crazy, that I have not known exactly WHERE to begin. However, I believe that it is fortuitous that it is the Christmas season, for I shall just take a page out of Frosty's book, and begin afresh...sooo..."HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"...er, ahem!...that is..."MERRY CHRISTMAS!"...It's a new frickin' day! ;)
I just LOVE the holidays! The holiday season begins with Halloween (MY BIRTHDAY! :) ...and then, right after Halloween, the Christmas season gets into full-swing. The preliminary hearaldings of this bright, shiny, and wonderful, holy season are the Christmas departments magically being erected overnight within the department stores. Whole sections of stores dedicated to trees, ornaments, ribbons, and wrapping paper!
Hand-in-hand with the "trappings" goes the Christmas music!...And, I have just got to say, "I love the Christmas music!" :) I listen to the Christmas station in my car, and at home on the satellite, 24/7...from Thanksgiving to New Years Day. Either that is a mark of insanity, or proof-positive of my festive spirit. I prefer to think of it more as: "I am insanely festive!" ;)...(Or is that "festively insane"???...Hmmm...just doesn't sound as good!)
This affliction carries over into my home as well...with all of the decorations up, it looks as if a "Snow Globe" (no pun intended!) has exploded in my house...a freaking veritable "Winter Wonderland" of: (what else?)...PINK!
I have collected hordes of decorations for EVERY holiday imaginable over the years...and they are all safely tucked-away in their holiday-coordinated matching "totes" in a special storage room in the basement...with "Christmas" definitely taking up the most space in that room. This room houses a veritable treasure-trove of holiday goodies...although my boyfriend refers to it all as "crap"; and he would be quite happy if I were to toss most of it out in the trash. (Yeah, THAT'S so NOT gonna happen.)
Think of my "Christmas Closet" (how my mom refers to HER decoration-storage room...hmmm...I am beginning to detect a pattern here. Well, at least I come by my insanity HONESTLY! ;)
ANYWAY...think of it as "Uncle Scrooge's 'MONEY BIN' ". Recall how Scrooge McDuck (sounds like a "McDonald's" sandwich, doesn't it?...The "Roasted 'McDuck Sandwich' "!... YIKES! ;) ...ANYWAY! (You DO recall that I warned you all about those "tangents", right? It may have been a few months since I have posted, but some things are just NOT going to change!)... As I was saying...Scrooge used to dive into his money bin and go "swimming" around in the gold coins. That is the mental image I have of ME, whenever I forage into the "Christmas Closet".
Every year I acquire WAY more ornaments and do-dads than the previous year...usually at the day-after-Christmas sales. However, THIS year I "won" a "truck-load" of new "crap" (boyfriend quoting, again!) off of eBay...(by-the-way, I have now quit my eBay addiction "COLD TURKEY"...I am proud to announce that I do not even log-in anymore! :)
Tonight I have been dragging all of the shiny trapping and wrappings up from the basement, and have decorated most of the house. (Why-o-why is it always so much more fun to decorate, than to "undecorate"?) At least when I have to put all of that stuff away, it is a much easier task to haul it all DOWNstairs, than it was to huff-and-puff my way UP the steps with hundreds of pounds of ornaments. I would ALSO like to know how in the hell ORNAMENTS, bubble wrap, tissue, and RIBBONS got to be so damn heavy!? *SHEESH!*
My dogs love to stretch-out by the fire, and watch their nutty momma as I turn-on "Sirius Satellite Christmas" music, crack-open a frosty bottle of "Blackberry Merlot--Arbor Mist" (HEE-HEE!), and merrily go about the business of tricking-out the house and the trees in my best "Snow Globe"-fashion!
(Whilst my passel of kitties get progressively more and more wound-up--diving in and out of the trees, and amongst the piles of ribbons and bows. The cats THRIVE! in this yearly experience of lights and sounds...their whiskers quivering, pupils fully dilated, fur standing on-end, as they dart and dash around the house like escapees from the kitty-insane-asylum!)
"TREES?!", you say?...Ohhh, YES!..."TREES!'...(PLURAL!) In the front dining room I set up my much beloved and coveted artificial PINK! tree, and in the living room we set up the monster REAL TREE...a "Frasier Fir"...the "Cadillac of 'Charlie Brown' "-Christmas trees!
The real tree is 10' of perfection, loading the air with the pungent aroma of pine--which, apparently to my cats, is tatamount to the best cat-nip on the planet! After hours of careful deliberation and decorating, it is artfully loaded-down with numerous strings of festive clear, fuschia, and pearl-hued lights; hundreds of ornaments--collected over the span of my lifetime; sugar-frosted"-artifical apple and cranberry garland; ribbons, bows, and strand-upon-SINGLY HUNG--strand of glittering silver tinsel! (Along with some of the homemade ornaments which my mommy saved from my childhood...nothing beats a "Shrinky Dink" for bringing back memories of the "good old days"! :)
My PINK! tree is an 8'-tall confection comprised entirely of everything PINK!, crystal, and silver...a study in delicate beauty and grace...and I freaking LOVE IT!!! ;) These ornaments have also mainly been acquired over the last few decades...and...YUP!, all PINK! ;)
I'm thinking: probably not a whole lot of people out there would be able to decorate a tree entirely in PINK! just from the "crap" (look, another "quote"! ;) they have lying around in the basement. (Hey, we all have our own little "proud moments" of eccentricity...let me have mine! ;)
Well, after I FINALLY had the real tree all set-up and decorated, I kinda pooped-out post-vacuum/pre-tinsel. (The whole "tinseling" thing really blows...but I still gotta hang it all STRAND-BY-FLIPPIN'-STRAND!...My mommy taught her daughter very well...on how to be a LUNATIC!)
I was contemplating on beginning my "FANTASY TREE OF PINK! CONFECTION" :) , however I lost my stride when I broke one of the CARDINAL RULES of "one-nighter/power decorating":
"DON'T STOP TO CRACK-OPEN AN ICE-COLD DIET COKE, AND SURVEY YOUR HANDIWORK... ESPECIALLY AT 4 IN THE MORNING!"
At THAT point I realized that I was hungry and tired...so, I foraged through the pantry, and came up with a jar of salsa and tortilla chips. Well, the salsa was terrible...not my usual "Casa Gallardo" brand of yumminess! However, it was the only kind I could find at "Wal Mart", when I popped-in there today to do my daily "cruise" through the Christmas aisles! (Mmmmmm..."Wal-Mart"!...24-hours of "impulse-buying bliss"! Ah, well, I gave-up eBay for my local home-town mecca of "Suburban-convenience"!)
So, after I tried to unsuccessfully "doctor-up" the "grody" salsa (WHOOPS!--Now, THERE'S a throw-back-quote of 80's-"Valley Girl" proportions!...Don't get me started! ;)... I gave-up with my little "after-midnight fiesta". (Hmmm...maybe it was "Jose' Feliciano's": "Feliz Navidad" blasting out of the sound system which put me in the mood!) Whichever the case, the crappy salsa led me here to YOU ALL! Quite fortuitous, 'eh?
Now that my little crystal tiara-version of "Frosty's hat" has "blown" back onto my head, I shall
be a much more consistent and gracious (although, never TYPICAL!;) hostess of your "SNOW DAYS"!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!...MERRY CHRISTMAS!... FELIZ-FREAKING-NAVIDAD!" :)
Yes, it HAS been a few months since I last posted. Things have been so hectic and crazy, that I have not known exactly WHERE to begin. However, I believe that it is fortuitous that it is the Christmas season, for I shall just take a page out of Frosty's book, and begin afresh...sooo..."HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"...er, ahem!...that is..."MERRY CHRISTMAS!"...It's a new frickin' day! ;)
I just LOVE the holidays! The holiday season begins with Halloween (MY BIRTHDAY! :) ...and then, right after Halloween, the Christmas season gets into full-swing. The preliminary hearaldings of this bright, shiny, and wonderful, holy season are the Christmas departments magically being erected overnight within the department stores. Whole sections of stores dedicated to trees, ornaments, ribbons, and wrapping paper!
Hand-in-hand with the "trappings" goes the Christmas music!...And, I have just got to say, "I love the Christmas music!" :) I listen to the Christmas station in my car, and at home on the satellite, 24/7...from Thanksgiving to New Years Day. Either that is a mark of insanity, or proof-positive of my festive spirit. I prefer to think of it more as: "I am insanely festive!" ;)...(Or is that "festively insane"???...Hmmm...just doesn't sound as good!)
This affliction carries over into my home as well...with all of the decorations up, it looks as if a "Snow Globe" (no pun intended!) has exploded in my house...a freaking veritable "Winter Wonderland" of: (what else?)...PINK!
I have collected hordes of decorations for EVERY holiday imaginable over the years...and they are all safely tucked-away in their holiday-coordinated matching "totes" in a special storage room in the basement...with "Christmas" definitely taking up the most space in that room. This room houses a veritable treasure-trove of holiday goodies...although my boyfriend refers to it all as "crap"; and he would be quite happy if I were to toss most of it out in the trash. (Yeah, THAT'S so NOT gonna happen.)
Think of my "Christmas Closet" (how my mom refers to HER decoration-storage room...hmmm...I am beginning to detect a pattern here. Well, at least I come by my insanity HONESTLY! ;)
ANYWAY...think of it as "Uncle Scrooge's 'MONEY BIN' ". Recall how Scrooge McDuck (sounds like a "McDonald's" sandwich, doesn't it?...The "Roasted 'McDuck Sandwich' "!... YIKES! ;) ...ANYWAY! (You DO recall that I warned you all about those "tangents", right? It may have been a few months since I have posted, but some things are just NOT going to change!)... As I was saying...Scrooge used to dive into his money bin and go "swimming" around in the gold coins. That is the mental image I have of ME, whenever I forage into the "Christmas Closet".
Every year I acquire WAY more ornaments and do-dads than the previous year...usually at the day-after-Christmas sales. However, THIS year I "won" a "truck-load" of new "crap" (boyfriend quoting, again!) off of eBay...(by-the-way, I have now quit my eBay addiction "COLD TURKEY"...I am proud to announce that I do not even log-in anymore! :)
Tonight I have been dragging all of the shiny trapping and wrappings up from the basement, and have decorated most of the house. (Why-o-why is it always so much more fun to decorate, than to "undecorate"?) At least when I have to put all of that stuff away, it is a much easier task to haul it all DOWNstairs, than it was to huff-and-puff my way UP the steps with hundreds of pounds of ornaments. I would ALSO like to know how in the hell ORNAMENTS, bubble wrap, tissue, and RIBBONS got to be so damn heavy!? *SHEESH!*
My dogs love to stretch-out by the fire, and watch their nutty momma as I turn-on "Sirius Satellite Christmas" music, crack-open a frosty bottle of "Blackberry Merlot--Arbor Mist" (HEE-HEE!), and merrily go about the business of tricking-out the house and the trees in my best "Snow Globe"-fashion!
(Whilst my passel of kitties get progressively more and more wound-up--diving in and out of the trees, and amongst the piles of ribbons and bows. The cats THRIVE! in this yearly experience of lights and sounds...their whiskers quivering, pupils fully dilated, fur standing on-end, as they dart and dash around the house like escapees from the kitty-insane-asylum!)
"TREES?!", you say?...Ohhh, YES!..."TREES!'...(PLURAL!) In the front dining room I set up my much beloved and coveted artificial PINK! tree, and in the living room we set up the monster REAL TREE...a "Frasier Fir"...the "Cadillac of 'Charlie Brown' "-Christmas trees!
The real tree is 10' of perfection, loading the air with the pungent aroma of pine--which, apparently to my cats, is tatamount to the best cat-nip on the planet! After hours of careful deliberation and decorating, it is artfully loaded-down with numerous strings of festive clear, fuschia, and pearl-hued lights; hundreds of ornaments--collected over the span of my lifetime; sugar-frosted"-artifical apple and cranberry garland; ribbons, bows, and strand-upon-SINGLY HUNG--strand of glittering silver tinsel! (Along with some of the homemade ornaments which my mommy saved from my childhood...nothing beats a "Shrinky Dink" for bringing back memories of the "good old days"! :)
My PINK! tree is an 8'-tall confection comprised entirely of everything PINK!, crystal, and silver...a study in delicate beauty and grace...and I freaking LOVE IT!!! ;) These ornaments have also mainly been acquired over the last few decades...and...YUP!, all PINK! ;)
I'm thinking: probably not a whole lot of people out there would be able to decorate a tree entirely in PINK! just from the "crap" (look, another "quote"! ;) they have lying around in the basement. (Hey, we all have our own little "proud moments" of eccentricity...let me have mine! ;)
Well, after I FINALLY had the real tree all set-up and decorated, I kinda pooped-out post-vacuum/pre-tinsel. (The whole "tinseling" thing really blows...but I still gotta hang it all STRAND-BY-FLIPPIN'-STRAND!...My mommy taught her daughter very well...on how to be a LUNATIC!)
I was contemplating on beginning my "FANTASY TREE OF PINK! CONFECTION" :) , however I lost my stride when I broke one of the CARDINAL RULES of "one-nighter/power decorating":
"DON'T STOP TO CRACK-OPEN AN ICE-COLD DIET COKE, AND SURVEY YOUR HANDIWORK... ESPECIALLY AT 4 IN THE MORNING!"
At THAT point I realized that I was hungry and tired...so, I foraged through the pantry, and came up with a jar of salsa and tortilla chips. Well, the salsa was terrible...not my usual "Casa Gallardo" brand of yumminess! However, it was the only kind I could find at "Wal Mart", when I popped-in there today to do my daily "cruise" through the Christmas aisles! (Mmmmmm..."Wal-Mart"!...24-hours of "impulse-buying bliss"! Ah, well, I gave-up eBay for my local home-town mecca of "Suburban-convenience"!)
So, after I tried to unsuccessfully "doctor-up" the "grody" salsa (WHOOPS!--Now, THERE'S a throw-back-quote of 80's-"Valley Girl" proportions!...Don't get me started! ;)... I gave-up with my little "after-midnight fiesta". (Hmmm...maybe it was "Jose' Feliciano's": "Feliz Navidad" blasting out of the sound system which put me in the mood!) Whichever the case, the crappy salsa led me here to YOU ALL! Quite fortuitous, 'eh?
Now that my little crystal tiara-version of "Frosty's hat" has "blown" back onto my head, I shall
be a much more consistent and gracious (although, never TYPICAL!;) hostess of your "SNOW DAYS"!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!...MERRY CHRISTMAS!... FELIZ-FREAKING-NAVIDAD!" :)
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You better be careful girl you'll get hooked here. :) I'm surprised we haven't heard more from you. But I put you in blogloines so I know when you do update. :)
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