Carol of the Bells - Muppet Style..

I toyed with the idea of doing Christmas posts until Christmas.
I'm not quite certain I'll be able to accomplish that.
I can't even manage to put up a Christmas Tree. (Of course, I'm not trying very hard, with that one, either.)

BUT --

I did manage to find a Christmas funny.

It even made the professor laugh.

It's one of our most favoritest Carols.

Had to share.

Christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming!!!
But I bet you already knew that.

Every day, the question is asked, "How long until Christmas?"
To J-man I tell him "Soon". He still doesn't understand the concept of "days/nights".

The bigger kids will immediately go to the calendar and count the days.
Or, in Mini-Me's case, just do the math.

I'm glad that it's coming. Honest.
But I don't necessarily feel all the chaos that goes with it. So this blog post might actually start to sound like a Christmas confessional.

I don't have any desire to sing Christmas songs - aside from the occasional "rudolph" because the clock sings it.

We were crazy busy right up to Thanksgiving. Part of it was that I was writing for the entire month. We were sick for about a week before. I didn't feel the urge to decorate. I still don't.
Once I get it up it feels like it's got to come right back down.

I have had more fun buying Christmas gifts, though. That has been a surprise. It hasn't been too difficult to buy for the kids. Mini-E, or Bubbles, Tells me she wants a princess, a cat toy and a mumble mumble toy. She wants two of those.

Part of my lack of enthusiasm comes from the crazy way life is swirling around. Stress at the professor's work. LOTS Of it. Eeking it's way home.
We're on a Constant busy here. And we don't go many places! It nearly seems unfair.
The dog. Don't get me started on the dog.
Did I tell you I had to take the hamster to the vet??

THE HAMSTER. Sigh.

I have joy unmeasurable, but not in decorating for Christmas.

The presents are on top of the piano. Waiting for the great unwrapping. There are no lights up anywhere...well, other than the lights that came with the house. And I'm okay with that.

Maybe this year, with only 11 days to go until Christmas, we'll keep things simple.

There's always next year. (insert gales of laughter here) Maybe next year we'll decorate when the stores do. November 1.

What exactly should I say?

I must confess that I'm not exactly sure what to say lately.

Life is rather boring around the laundry pile.

The two big kids have found that if they work hard at their school work they can be done before lunch time. Which is great, but the constant questions of the morning school rush can be a bit much for me. Especially when the two littler kids want attention, too.

They're enjoying this race to beat the clock - and each other. So I guess we'll make it work for us.

The weather here is down right frigid. I love it.
Don't get me wrong. I'd rather be cold than hot any day.
But we're not used to such cold weather until the end of January. So it's been rather a trip to see frost and frozen tundra before Christmas.

I did manage to get all my shopping done.
The Professor did shop for me. I have "stuff". Which makes me happy.
I love getting gifts! So to know that it's 'stuff' from my hubby and not just a single gift, makes me giddy.


I'm rather looking forward to 2010.
The new adventures that we'll have. New things to begin.
It should be quite fun.

I finally understand why some bloggers have two or more blogs!
I mean, if that's what you wanted to do, as a blogger, more power to you.
But with all the story lines going on in my head, I decided I needed another blog for the other side of my brain. For story ideas or non-mommy things. I went with LiveJournal. I'd toyed with it several years ago. I wanted some place that my characters could say whatever they wanted to say without the mommy-blog getting in the way.

And I think that's one reason I have not much to say. Life is good and continuing on. God still sings over me constantly. But my writing has been focused on the novels and fiction in my head. It makes me laugh because I never thought I'd have so much to write about. Now to figure out how to pay attention to life -- so I have something to BLOG about.

What she said...

Huh. I've lost a follower.
I don't know if that makes me sad or amused.
Me + "followers" = surreal.
I mean, I walk into walls. or store mannequins.

But really what I wanted to tell you were two conversations ...about me.

Mini-Me saw me in an aqua colored t-shirt.
"Mom, you look great! Is that a new shirt?"

It is.
And now it's my favorite one.

Then last night, J-man was being funny. He tickles himself to no end, by the way.
He was pushing on me and laughing (it was part of the chase and tickle game).
I walked away for some reason -- He told me "you have a santa claus girl tummy"

He's rolling on the floor with gales of laughter, it was hard not to laugh, too.

Still makes me wonder why we wanted him to talk??

I am a reader

I don't keep up with my blogroll like I should.
People change addresses.
They change blogs.
Sometimes you just get tired of them not posting, or what they're posting...mostly because YOUR life changes. Or what you need to read changes. I could keep my blog roll to like 5 or 6 people that I read all the time. But then there are those that I visit and read and feel like I've never been away.

It's hard to choose how long to make the blog roll.

and then...THEN ...

there are the SILLY things I read that might not fit on the blog roll.
And that's what I'm sharing with you today.
The silly.
Maybe you'll find something that tickles you're funny bone, too.

CakeWrecks.
they rate themselves PG-13... but they're funny. And you'll never look at a cake the same way again.

Darths and Droids
How would StarWars universe look if it were played in an RPG game.
This comic shows you.
Warning: Gamer humor abounds.

My Friend introduced me to this thing called "SteamPunk"
Then she introduced me to Girl Genius.
I spent my spare time over a three day period catching up...it's just that much fun.
I love good characters, as you may well know.
This comic has some good ones.

What happens when a cartoonist gets bored?
He draws Ninjas.
Not just any ninjas. Ninja Jerks.

I haven't been just reading comics, honest.
But my time, between writing fast and furiously through the month of November, hasn't given me a lot of time to sit and read at the computer. So I haven't been. Which may be why I haven't visited your blog. Sorry 'bout that.

I'm still trolling for Flair on Facebook, too. :-)
AND

Blogthings.
I love this site.
And they have a blog now. Which makes me all sorts of happy. Because they're on Facebook.

Oh - On the easily amused front I just found out that I can get Twitter Feeds through my Google Reader. Ha! LOVE IT! Because I don't have to sign up for Twitter. It was confusing me just a bit...

I'm not sure I love the fact that our dog is currently gnawing my bubble wrap to pieces.

Guess my time here at the Laundry Pile computer is over now.