two weeks (minus one day) and it's time to panic...
I must still be recovering from the cold because I went to bed at 10:30 p.m. on Friday night and didn't get up until 10:15 a.m. Saturday. Then, Saturday night I went to bed at 11pm and fell asleep right away. I almost never sleep that long but as it was, both mornings I still felt groggy - as if I'd been drugged - when I did finally drag my ass out of bed. I only slept until 7 a.m. though because I wanted to go to the flea market.
Friday night was a nice - if short - night because Cory indulged my love for all things childhood with the aforementioned cocoa (which of course was given the adult touch) and a viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas. I'd TiVoed it from the other night and we both really enjoyed the classic simplicity and the music and the overall sweetness of the show. And then, because my TiVo tries to be smart like that, it was followed by a showing of some modern Charlie Brown holiday special and to be honest we could only make it through about 30 seconds before I demanded that it be shut off. The animation was flat - without any spark of emotion or whimsy - and the voices were all wrong. It was awful actually, it sounded as if Lucy were about to say whatever and Schroeder was going to utter duuuude and if I heard that then my childhood TV memory would be forever tainted. Damn you 21st century and your so-called with-it sensibilities. Didn't you learn anything from the original?
Last night I only read. I did venture out during the day, however - hitting up both Sellout-Buyout and Fashion Fleamarket. Unfortunately the only thing I walked away with was a $5 scarf for myself. 'Tis the spirit of the season, right? Buying for yourself and all...Now, as it stands, I'm still really behind on my holiday shopping...every year it's the same old thing. At Thanksgiving I have nothing but the best of intentions. Come Dec. 11 and I'm starting to pull my hair out in a panic.....
Lovely....but no more shopping today - the flea market and grocery stores were enough. And what is up with the flea market? They had at least 25 percent fewer vendors than last month but the same old high prices (except for that one fabulous half-off holiday table).
OK, time to put on the holiday tunes and get down to some test-kitchen baking....
Friday night was a nice - if short - night because Cory indulged my love for all things childhood with the aforementioned cocoa (which of course was given the adult touch) and a viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas. I'd TiVoed it from the other night and we both really enjoyed the classic simplicity and the music and the overall sweetness of the show. And then, because my TiVo tries to be smart like that, it was followed by a showing of some modern Charlie Brown holiday special and to be honest we could only make it through about 30 seconds before I demanded that it be shut off. The animation was flat - without any spark of emotion or whimsy - and the voices were all wrong. It was awful actually, it sounded as if Lucy were about to say whatever and Schroeder was going to utter duuuude and if I heard that then my childhood TV memory would be forever tainted. Damn you 21st century and your so-called with-it sensibilities. Didn't you learn anything from the original?
Last night I only read. I did venture out during the day, however - hitting up both Sellout-Buyout and Fashion Fleamarket. Unfortunately the only thing I walked away with was a $5 scarf for myself. 'Tis the spirit of the season, right? Buying for yourself and all...Now, as it stands, I'm still really behind on my holiday shopping...every year it's the same old thing. At Thanksgiving I have nothing but the best of intentions. Come Dec. 11 and I'm starting to pull my hair out in a panic.....
Lovely....but no more shopping today - the flea market and grocery stores were enough. And what is up with the flea market? They had at least 25 percent fewer vendors than last month but the same old high prices (except for that one fabulous half-off holiday table).
OK, time to put on the holiday tunes and get down to some test-kitchen baking....
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