I am retired and so Mondays have a new feeling for me. I tend to stay home on weekends to avoid weekend crowding.It's a tich past 0330 and I have finally caught up! That will teach me to skip a day, or two! I wish you all a marvelous Monday.️
I'm off to bed to sleep for about 20 minutes before the crew gets here.
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I’m torn about this. My mother grew up very poor, so attempted to make the holidays very special. I love her for that. My wife grew up in a divided household (Catholic vs Jehovah’s Witness…the JW a former Catholic) so she remembers the holidays as nothing but conflict. Our house is her trying to skip the holidays and myself trying to emulate my mother’s example.
. Your MZ…
Yeah, there’s something so nice about running and being outside.
I coulda called him a panhead.I mean sure @Wat_Tyler is challenging sometimes...ok ok alot of times. But that's no reason to call him a flathead... I mean well maybe
This year yes.
I actually love thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday, but now that my mom is so old and frail, i don’t know how it’s gonna work.
Christmas is normally my jam. We didn’t have much of Christmas either when I was a kids
But I probably overcompensate for it by getting extra into it. We have crazy traditions: the Christmas Mastadon, the Godzilla tree topper, punk rock ornaments, the Christmas morning Torino ride w Santa hats, dancing around the juke box, pumpkin smooshing, our special Christmas cookie family recipe and luminaries in the driveway.
But I ain’t feeling it this year. We’ve had a significant change in family dynamics the last two years which has really changed a lot.
. We do things like this! We had the whole cast of the Rudolph animated show as tree ornaments. The Abominable being my favorite. Some hand made yarn spun goats from Mexico and traditional German wooden ornaments from when we lived there. And my personal favorite…Yoda! My oldest son had a small figurine he put in the tree when he was maybe 5. It was carelessly put away with the decorations and we thought he’d been lost. Found him the next year, and now he’s had a starring role in the tree for the last 20 + yrs!.
These are great! Endless amusement for small minds like mine!
I thought it was from staying in a Holiday Inn express that one time….
Great ideas, H!I’m torn about this. My mother grew up very poor, so attempted to make the holidays very special. I love her for that. My wife grew up in a divided household (Catholic vs Jehovah’s Witness…the JW a former Catholic) so she remembers the holidays as nothing but conflict. Our house is her trying to skip the holidays and myself trying to emulate my mother’s example.
What I have done to make it less stressful is to just enjoy the moment. Take everything slow. Cook things that only get made this time of year. Watch movies that have sort of become family traditions…even if they’re not holiday oriented (Like Water for Chocolate being one), write my Christmas cards, and gift giving is something I make or something that someone needs. Lastly, just try to bring a smile to peoples face.
That’s the Hump’s keys to the holidays. You’re welcome!
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Love those fun and funky traditions!!
As the saying goes, "small minds think alike"
The year I studied in Scotland, this came to an absolute shock to the other students and their parents.We took a trip to Scotland during Thanksgiving once and it made the holiday better as they only celebrated black Friday! We had a turkey sandwich for dinner
You will not, therefore, be astonished to learn that many Americans in France are staggered that life goes on as normal on July 4th.The year I studied in Scotland, this came to an absolute shock to the other students and their parents.
Still baffles me why they someone would ever think a country in the UK would celebrate an American holiday. But there you go.
Very nice... Very very... I'll be right over..lolI love avocados, too! Tonight I made an asparagus risotto with shrimp for dinner. I now have enough for two more days...
I have friend in GB who has a very different view of the 4th of July that we do. Usually a post something about "Happy Tyranny Day!"You will not, therefore, be astonished to learn that many Americans in France are staggered that life goes on as normal on July 4th.
No more running for me... walking it is
Did 99% of Americans skip the line for Situational Awareness when gifts were being handed out??You will not, therefore, be astonished to learn that many Americans in France are staggered that life goes on as normal on July 4th.
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Saturday was nice, Sunday sucked stagnant pond water. I won’t bore you with the details, but it wasn’t a great day.Hope your weekend was relaxing!
Hope today is a better day for you, BSK
