Christmas day and 525,600 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJdMdpmMws&sns=fb


Just wanting to send a blessing to everyone.

Holidazed

This year, I decided to pull everything out of the attic and decorate. Last year was to grievous and somber to be holidaying. My friend, Robin, stood at the bottom of my attic ladder as I passed down Rubbermaid tubs of Christmas goodies. I decorated in the next few days, and later, I decided to hoist the tree onto a table; why not take advantage of the tall ceiling in my living room; and it was a struggle that ended in injury. The tree is cumbersome and was fully assembled (and already decorated). My bad. So it fell back at me in resistance to going up on the table and a limb poked me right in the eye. Pain all night, no work the next day and when vision was semi restored, I went to the Dr. Yep. Corneal abrasion. I have an antibiotic eye drop & the eye is fine now. As you can see in the pic above, I was successful in the lift. One of the other reasons I decorated, is I have been (off season) getting ornaments that have not ended in the attic and I felt like "Why go UP?" bring them down and decorate, you ninny!

These are a set; my: "Take your laptop to the beach - frogs in chaise lounges - sun bather ornaments". Happy-Ribbit-HoHoHo!" ornament.

These are my DIY Ornaments, 4 frog ornaments I have made using glossy paper and my computer printer. (In my family, frogs mean "Ribbit-I LOVE YOU.") Find digital images, (example: GOOGLE search: cartoon frog holiday images.) Save your image twice. Rotate one horizontally. Print on high gloss paper, the mirror image twin and the original. Carefully cut around the border of both and glue them together. (At this point you can make the edges perfect, because they are now front & back images.) Find a sturdy spot to poke your hole for a hanger or a ribbon.
Hang and enjoy.

The 10th, I held a party. It was an Open House, bring a donation of food for the Oregon Food Bank & hang out a while - kind of party. There was pretty good attendance and I took a whole trash can of food off for donation. December has still been an emotional month and I am trying to fill it with giving and with things that take my mind off some of the OTHER feelings that creep in during this season. It is an adult set of worries and life isn't like things were back in '58.

Hard to believe that the year is almost out. That some things are NOT changing and that some things never will. I am trying to do my part. I am New Year - resolutioning even before it comes and again, This weight loss saga / exercising and being healthy saga isa life-long in its challenge. Each accomplishment is worth celebrating with a little Charlie Brown kinda dance!