Connections in Life

Interesting how people come into your life and you instantly are drawn to them by listening to the stories... you learn a lifetime about them in just a few minutes...some people you can know all your life and not know anything much about them...what they think, why they have become who they are, what they aspire to, what they dream, what their life has been like.
I met a lady like that today...she was fascinating and I only talked with her for a few minutes...the conversation never lulled and we found each other sharing things that we would not have imagined sharing one half hour before. I am fascinated by people and their stories.

Straighten Up and Sit Right

Well, well, well...in the midst of trying to find new homes for or stow away all these 'treasures' as my friend Norma calls this clutter (the gal that keeps her table tops as dance floors for me) I went to Marshall's New Year's day and saw two leopard chairs I just couldn't live with out...So I told KennyRogersLookAlikeBeforeThePlasticSurgeryWentWrong..that even though, we have 2 chairs we just bought about a year and a half ago...I think I would like to have these. We have such a tiny house and I thought they would fit better. He said if I wanted them he would get them for me...go put them on hold and he would pick them up after work....Whoa...really? I skedaddled right over there and put a hold on them, for sure. He picked them up and brought them home...they weren't exactly what he would have picked...says he'll have to sit up straight in them but oh well..and his face was not that happy...I later learned that it was because he was missing some of the football game that was on and they were neck and neck. After, he said 'they were fine...that I'd been looking for a long time for something I really thought would work'...Does that mean he likes them??? My son came over...said "Mom, people will have to sit up straight in here now." Well, Well...does that mean he doesn't like them...Well......but I like them...I think...just don't take the tags off yet...

Happy New Year 2011,
Interesting couple of days ending the year 2010! 19degrees, then an earthquake..more like a sonic hum than a rattle, next day 52degrees, snow melted all away~looks too brown and muddy now~ and then thunderstorms at the transition of the Old year and the New year...I also think I heard the tornado warning yesterday at about 11:30am...unless someone was asleep at the horn and set the 11am Friday siren off a little late. Well, what more could you want...about 3 seasons in 3 days!
I don't know if you are into New Year's resolutions~I never can challenge myself with something I HAVE to do...so we'll let that slide. KennyRogersLookAlikeBeforethePlasticSurgeryWentWrong and I celebrated quietly eating pizza, sitting in the sun room listening to Sinatra Style Jazz on Windows Media Radio Tuner, savoring too many pieces of boxed Christmas chocolates and enjoying the lightening and thunder. Perfect evening, we think!

Happy New Year's Eve and I'm Cleaning and Trying to Clear the Tables ...not doing very well at it though

Tryin' real hard to clear stuff...am cleaning so that is clearing the dust but not doing very well at this clearing bit...Where else do I put this stuff?
Photos later.....
Happy New Year's Eve
We had 19 degrees fahrenheit two days ago, then yesterday we had an earthquake at 7:55am Eastern Standard time and it turned 52 degrees. Today we had a tornado warning siren at 11:30am...went outside without a coat....What a way to end the year!

Can She Do It?

Time to think about the New Year's resolutions? Nah.I don't have any resolutions...I never keep them or else I make them too outrageous and unreachable. How about trying to be calm and happy and clutter controlled...I mean control my clutter. Yeah right..."In my mind"..as I always have said and have been kidded about saying that phrase..I want to put everything away and have table tops that you can 'lay'on. When I go to one particular friend's house...her table and dresser tops are clear as an icy reflective pond...I run up to them and lay my torso across the spans between a vase and a lamp. Such freedom I feel doing that. I tried it at home. Took me a half an hour just to remove the stuff so I could see the spans! Maybe the magic will work after January 1. Yeah, that might do it..... Is there a rule about keeping up the New Year's resolution through out the year? This might be one of those unreachable goals...I'll try it and let you know.

We Still Believe

My sister and I were talking about Santa yesterday. We believed wholeheartedly till we were 12 years old. No matter what any of the kids said I would not listen to them and believed with my heart. When she heard the other kids talk about no Santa she would walk away. My sister asked our mom when she was 12 to tell her the truth "Mother, is there really a Santa Claus?" My mother paused and replied..."If you stop believing there is no magic."
We still believe....do you?

Eve Before the Eve

Well, it is the eve before the eve of the most anticipated day of the year...everyone is out and about..the drugstore was filled with people tonight...picking up last minute gifts I suppose...one mother with her pre-teenager was picking out gifts for Buster and Molly...I am assuming these giftees are their furry friends since they were in the pet aisle! But you never know! The drugstore is the best place to find Christmasy boxed candy and a good Christmasy decorating magazine...I guess since the day is almost here, I'll need to put those decor ideas to work next year.
Went to a local department store yesterday...found a couple things for me..isn't that always the way...we have to "Merry Christmas to Me" sometimes..we all do it. I have often thought that we should all, one Christmas, go shopping together..all the relatives and friends and pick out just what we want and every one will stand around and admire you with your choice and then you each take turns buying what you chose and say..."I would have picked that for you..I'm so glad you like it!" That way everyone gets what they want and then have a big party after..no pressure...just bring on the food and festivity!