Another Christmas accomplished

Made it through yet another Christmas and I am extremely proud of the efforts I made. Seems that they continue to get more difficult every damn year. Read a post from 2007 Christmas time and seems that I've been feeling this way for a long time. The whole thing gets harder and harder to pull off with every passing year. There's the uninvolved husband who does nothing but bitch about the money spent and the "extra" stuff required of him. By extra stuff, I mean a trip to the local nursery to pick up a tree. Then there's the aged mother who requires more and more help and attention every month, then there are the two adult children who do NOT A F---KING thing but open gifts and make a mess.

The rest of Christmas is my job. If I were to quit my job I suspect there would be an uproar. There would be all kinds of sadness and remorse and "Whats wrong with "Hagis"? (not my real name, Imean really, who would call their daughter Hagis?)

Anyway, I think that next year, apart from time spent with my older brother, I refuse Christmas. I will, instead, go somewhere hot. I will rest. I will read. I will meet the locals.

Merry F--king Christmas.

Serves me right

One should never show off! Thats what my mummy always told me and I should have remembered those little pearls of wisdom.

I wore my lovely new necklace to that wedding I mentioned earlier and was flaunting it to anyone who would look, when I reach up to my neck to feel it and discovered that HALF OF IT (the important half), was gone!!! It had fallen off in the grass somewhere.

So you see, NEVER EVER show off! Its just not worth it as you end up looking foolish in a half amde necklace.

Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes

I did create a new necklace and will wear it to a wedding of a dear sweet friend this Saturday. It is cool and when my BB tells me again how to download my photos, I will post it. Very cool , it is.

Ah...it's such a lovely day, isn't it. Sun is shining, garden is weeded, laundry is done (well maybe not the dogs bed, but then he threw up on it right after I finished the last load so now he is sleeping on a blanket - putrid creature).

I have intentions of doing something wonderful this afternoon. I will not drink any wine until 9pm at the earliest as that will end all my ambition. I think I might start a new card or design a new necklace. I am so excited I could burst.

Son is sleeping, daughter and husband gone off to work, dog lying at my feet. Even the house is reasonably tidy.

Who could ask for anything more?

Out of the ashes

It may seem a wee bit mellow dramatic, but this is my rebirth. I am to acquire a new computer tomorrow that will me all mine. I won't have to share and I won't have to take turns and I won't have to hear about how I may have been the one to mess up other peoples information (all lies, by the way).

I set up my space today, have all my creative tools surrounding me and I will be spending alot of time doing what I do best....creating things.

I am thrilled, excited and chomping at the bit. I have even asked a very lovable man to restring my guitar for me so that when I need to give my head a rest, I can practice playing my guitar.

I look forward to reporting my progress