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Monday, December 22, 2003

my birthday party, and a resolution

recent googles: "altering driver's license" (!!); "Muleshoe Twiggy" (??); about eighty hits in the past week on "80's Music Quiz"

I haven't updated much lately; sorry about that. We had a busy and fun weekend; today was my birthday party (day itself is Thursday). I got some fun and thoughtful presents (darling cards from the kids too), and what's even better, we spent a nice day together as a family. We had a nice lunch/party and then drove to the city and walked down Christmas Tree Lane with my parents and my brother's family.


We're gearing up for Christmas. Still haven't wrapped a THING for the kids or T; all the presents are hidden around the house. That's going to be a project for the next few nights, needless to say.

I am also going to attempt to turn over a new leaf and really get on the ball (ack, I always mix my metaphors when I'm exhausted, sorry) about housework. Everyone in the house is happier when it's clean; shouldn't that be enough motivation to keep it that way, even if it means actually working at it, whether I feel like it or not? T in particular has been a bit on-edge lately, with a lot going on in several areas of his life, and I know (because he has told me in so many words) that everything feels so much lighter when he can come home to a clean house and move around in a clean house and go to bed in a clean house. So. The kids and I will work up a schedule and JUST DO IT. (and no computer for me till everything's checked off for the day! ack! Did I just say that?)

Before I go, here's my irritation du jour (this one's been festering a long time): Seeing cartoons, movies, pictures, cards, etc. wherein people are holding HOLLY over their heads pretending it's mistletoe. ARE YOU DOLTS? Holly: bright green; shiny; spiny leaves; red (poisonous) berries; grows in bush form. Mistletoe: subdued green color; very matte; round leaves; tiny, almost invisible white berries; actually a relatively ugly fungus-related parasite which proliferates on trees, to their detriment. It is nobody's best friend, and not very picturesque. But even so, please. PLEASE. Artists, filmmakers, etc., if you're gonna depict someone standing "under the mistletoe," for freak's sake get or draw some actual mistletoe! OK, I'm done. Back to your regularly scheduled holiday cheer.

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