Confession Tuesday
True confession: I hate posting confessions in the afternoon. Sorry folks, the day got away from me.
Feel free to post a little something about yourself, and we'll come by to visit your blog. And, don't forget to check out the "sinners" in The Confessional.
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After a terrific Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, I'm in the holiday spirit! I mean, Christmas Eve is almost two weeks away! It also helps to put up your tree on November 30.
We spent most of the holiday weekend running the kids ragged with activities, so much so that they wore us out! By Sunday we needed something to do—hence the Christmas tree. This year, the kids thoroughly enjoyed decorating the house. They were just so excited that Christmas is almost here.
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Another true confession: In the picture, you'll notice a glass of white wine on the mantle. Tim and I had one of those "why the hell not" moments and had a glass of wine at 10:30 a.m. *smile* That was a good day.
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All of this holiday cheer has turned into action. I'm 60 percent done with my holiday shopping—under budget, I might add. I just can't stand last-minute impulse buying for a holiday that comes around the same time every year. Even wrapped up the kids' holiday photo for Christmas cards early.
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Sad news for me: I think my laptop is a goner. When I power up, the screen remains black. When it first happened, I was working on a new poem. Just the beginnings, but a kernel of what I know can be a really good poem if I stay with it.
I managed to save the poem to my flash drive, but I've had trouble working on it without my laptop. Have I just gotten so used to composing on screen that I can't write with pen and paper, or is the idea of buying a new computer getting to me? Tomorrow, I'll ask my coworker to take a look at my laptop for best recommendation. As for the poem, hope to post it tomorrow. I'll suck it up and finish it from my husband's PC.
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Also coming tomorrow, December poetry to-do list.
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I think holiday cheer should start early in the morning ;-)
http://stoneymoss.org/2008/12/02/is-it-tuesday-already/
3 yrs. I need a registry cleaner.
Confession: I take a carpet knife,
furl and 'feather' the open side
of every chapbook. Turns paging misery into joy.
Downstairs we have a large family computer - and upstairs I have my laptop, from which I'm typing now. Our "downstairs" computer's having problems with the keys on the keyboard. For some reason I have to type the same key over and over to finally get it to type once on the screen.
And today, I've so much to do, yet I skip it all, pass it over as if it's not there, and I decide to chill out. :) I shouldn't, I know, and I've not blogged in some time, either, so I'm all-around busy.
I'm thinking maybe tomorrow - or if I can do today - I'll get around to blogging. I have not too many confessions to make, seeing as my days are mostly poems, poems, poems, but I do have some interesting things happening with my writing. I'll blog about it sometime soon.
Looking forward to reading your confessions.
Hope today is much better than yesterday. Get some rest!
confessions: i ate too much during thanksgiving weekend that i had a stomache, my body is not used to eating too much food. i spent 22+ hours on the road driving to san Diego and back that at one point my cousin and i were ready to kill each other because we were both irritable and hungry. i was so sad to leave San Diego and its 75 degree weather that i *almost* decided to move there next year.
yay for you getting most of your shopping done! i haven't even bought anything on my list yet.
I prefer to write poems with pen and paper first though.
November 30 is too early for a Christmas tree here if it's a real one - it gets to be too much of a fire hazard drying out in the heat. Usually they hit the streets (sold by service groups like Rotary) a week or two before Christmas. But here's a confession - we use an artificial one these days.
Good luck!