Well, it's not going to kill you

Gratitude

We have so much to be grateful for yet everyday people complain, me included, about what they're lacking.

There are a string of websites I click on every day because someone out there is doing something good for someone besides themselves and all it takes in a simple click to help change the world.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2 of course.  I was so lucky, mean was found early or I'd be dead my now.

The site brings several other sites as well for which I am very grateful.

Hunger - while we throw perfectly good food away because of spots or the can is dented, people are starving.

Child health - our future caretakers are not being taken care of themselves for a number of reasons, they fall through the cracks of their states medical program, their parents can't afford insurance, they don't know about their states medical programs.

Literacy - a big one in my book (excuse the pun).  Literary opens to door to the world without books that portray the facts correctly, yes State of Virginia I'm looking directly at you, we remain ignorant, uninformed and without imagination

Rainforest - every year more acres of this beautiful living forest is being plowed under for crops or cut down for wood.  Do you know researchers are hoping to find cures for many illnesses hidden in theses tropical gems?

Animal Welfare - they ask so little of us and in return give us unconditional love.  Then there are people like Michael Vick, people that starve their animals, people that dump them figuring they'll be able to take care of themselves ( they won't).

So these are the some of the things I'm grateful for every day.  6 little clicks that help change the world.

Merry Christmas to all...

Christmas day has started nicely - I MADE FIRE!!!

Now just for Larry to wake up and make crab omelets.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and joy to the World.

Yep, I finally got the spirit.  It hit while I was waiting with the rest of the hordes of people standing at the crab counter patiently waiting for their Christmas Eve/ Christmas Day crab.  We were sharing ideas on how we use it, how we crack it, how we pick it.  It was just a jolly little crab fest.  That and a session with Dr. Sanity made my day.

Thought for the day

Take care of yourself — you never know when the world will need you.
Rabbi Hillel

Oh, the weather outside was frightful

But the party was so delightful, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.

We went to our one and only Christmas party last night.  It was also a memorial for the father of the host and hostess.  He died a few months ago and Christmas was his favorite holiday.  Thus we ate, drank and were very merry in Ray's honor.

It was a delight to see all our close friends plus new friends from the Neighborhood Watch group all mingling together having a wonderful time.  The usual "are you a Mill Creeker" was heard several times.  Yes a bunch of us were "Mill Creekers" and spent the evening stating how far up or down the road we lived from Jon & Janet's.

The party was so delightfulwe arrived at 5:30 figuring we'd just spend a couple of hours, we left at 11:30 only because I told Larry I was too tired to have an more fun.

Since Larry had inherited Ray's tuxedo I declared that he must wear it.  He did but with a few hitches.  Having never been around a non-rented tuxedo in either of our lives we didn't realize that the shirt required studs - Jon to the rescue, or how to tighten the Winnie the Pooh bow tie - safety pin to the rescue.  Other than those minor hitches Larry looked great, but then doesn't every man in a tux?

I wore the outfit I wore to Jan & Mason's wedding AND makeup.  I've never received so many compliments in my life.  It was great but a bit embarrassing to be the center of all that attention.

I'm trying to pretend it's a lot like Christmas

Which is a bit of a challenge around here.  We have one tenant who hasn't paid her rent because 1) she's been sick 2) her children are only allowed American made toys and they're expensive.  Um, Ok we'll just tell that to the mortgage company I'm sure they'll understand.  Geez tenants never cease to amaze me.  I see paperwork for a 3 day notice in my future.

We did put the tree up today.  It's a beautiful fake because I'm so allergic to the real thing I can't breathe by the end of the season.  I don't have the energy required to get all the ornaments down so we just have both the colored and white lights on at the same time...  twinkle, twinkle, Christmas tree.  It's actually very pretty and lifted my mood.

I have 3/4 of the pantry rearranged only the giant cabinet to go and in the ultimate fit of cleaning we cleaned out our upstairs freezer.  It looked as if another thing could not be squeezed in but it's amazing when you purge items from 2006! how much from you have.

Because I'm feeling better I have a LOT more energy so I decided to make a quilt for our friends little girl.  The only problem being I can find any of my quilting stuff.  So I ordered some from Overstock.com.  Cool, everything I needed was on sale and they shipped it promptly.  Then the USPS got a hold of it.  It made it from MI to KY and then sat in KY for 6, yes count them six days!  Then it went to Carson, CA (?) where it sat for 2 days.  Now no one knows where it is or when it will arrive.  Certainly cramps the creative juices and explains why the USPS is not making money.

RIP Elizabeth Edwards

Breast cancer claims another wonderful life.  This ugly disease felled a wonderful, strong, intelligent woman.  She will be missed.

Rest in Peace Elizabeth

A sorely needed lesson in patience

Just put something up for auction on ebay.

I have some really nice things hanging around the house that I don't use or have never used or don't intend to use.  Since Dr. Sanity and my meds do not come cheap I thought I put some of them up for sale.  Also I REALLY want a Kindle.

Like the beautiful Orrefors Prelude Pattern wine glasses that I don't use because I don't like the size of the opening, doesn't make for getting good "nose" from the wine.  They retail anywhere from $55 to $58 dollars so I listed them for $49, sounded good to me.  I got 1 bid for $26 a glass, sorry no.

So I sat through the 7 long days of the auction listing for nothing.  I just took a chance and relisted them at a lower price now I will sit through another 7 long days of waiting.  OMG it kills me, I am one of the most impatient people in the world.  When I had radiation I counted the seconds that I had to lay there without moving a muscle. 

Sheer agony, Dr. Sanity says it's good for me.