Shoot me!

OK, next time I want to buy more clothes someone better shoot me. In an effort to get organized amd simplify my life before the next semester I had a small to do list:

 

arrange books on the wonderful bookshelves my husband built me

go through clothes and organize/roganized drawers

clean out my closet

go through and organize and purge papers

organize Christmas decor

 

I got the first one done, although it was quite the task.  I love books! I am stuck on the second and third ones because I have way too many clothes of various sizes and not enough places to put them all. UGH, I frustrate myself! I hesitate to throw anything away because I might wear the stuff again- I plan on wearing them again. Plus I must admit I am a hoarder at heart. I never knew I had so many damn clothes. So I have clothes all over the house and piles of laundry and it is News Year Eve, haha.

The time has come...

So, the time has come to say goodbye... LOL not really but I do have to make a decision about what I want to do with this blog. I know I want to keep blogging but I am just not sure where yet. I have to decide by tomorrow because I cannot add anymore new stuff after then.

 

 I have been playing around with Wordpress and I can't say I like it. It seems too complicated and I don't really like the backgrounds/layouts. I worked with Blogger for my English class blog last semester and I like that one a little better but still not as much as MSN Spaces. Plus I have no idea how to transfer this blog over to there. I know I can do it on Wordpress. I will have to make my final decision and move tomorrow. Good thing I have low key New Years Eve planned, ha. My husband always thinks about going out but then declares it amatuer night and says it is not safe to be out. I don't really care either way. Most years, this one included, I am content to stay home with just my hubby, or with family and friends.

Holiday Nights

My husband and I went to Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village down in Dearborn, Michigan. It is one of my favorite places ever. I haven't been in a couple of years so I was so happy to go Monday night even if it was after Christmas. It was a lovely evening. I feel ill equipped to do it justice. All I can say is that it will transport you back in time, and gives a taste of the old customs, which is fabulous; the sights, sounds and smells - it is a romantic and sentimental excursion. I really need to make  a resolution to go to both Greenfield Village and Crossroads Village (another historical village closer to wear I live) before Christmas every year. I enjoy it tremendously and makes me realize the true spirit of Christmas.

 

 

Cooking was going on in most of the houses....

Sugar cookies:

 

 

Winter Wedding:

 

Making chocolate for hot chocolate, the only way you could get your chocolate in the old days:

 

Roasting mutton:

 

Roasting chicken in a fancy 'new' contraption:

Happy Holidays

I had a very Merry Christmas, too merry in fact. Now I am wore out. School kicked my ass then hurrying to get ready for Christmas really did me in. I didn't even get to put up my Christmas decorations. I did get my tree decorated... on Christmas Eve. Yikes! That was cutting it close. Thank goodness my husband wrapped all the presents, besides his of course.

 

My Christmas celebrations started the week before Christmas with my husband's work Christmas party. It was just dinner and awards at White Horse Tavern in the big, bad city of Flint.  We had fun but unfortunately we couldn't go out and party it up with his co-workers because I still had studying to do.  The next day my husband, stepson and I (as well as my parents, sister in law and nephews) went down to my old hometown of Romulus (near Detroit) for my family Christmas. All my Dad's siblings and their families get together and have a good time. I love my family; I don't get to see them that often. I love talking with them and I think one of my New Year's Resolutions will be to make an effort to see my extended family more often. On the way back home I drove two of my nephews through the big airport. They were excited to see all the planes.

 

Christmas eve my husband and I had my parents over for dinner. It was nice to cook dinner for my mom for a change. I made roast - it turned out OK, a little over cooked (that is how I like it, ha) but I didn't hear any complaints. My husband really liked it, but he is easier to please than my parents. After dinner we played Wii bowling and had lots of fun. It was a nice evening.

 

Christmas Day was jam packed with activity. We struggled to wake up so we could open gifts before we had to take my stepson back to his mom's. We didn't get up too early though - it is not like when my stepson was a little kid and would wake us up at 6 or 7am. In a way I miss those days but in a way not so much. I was up too damn late the night before; I always am. Plus we gave my stepson one of his gifts early (a video game he really wanted) so he could enjoy it, not just unwrap it and forget about it 'til next time he is with us. So it took the edge off his excitement.

 

We went to my parent's house to open gifts and have brunch. My brother, sister-in-law and their 3 boys live there so it was a madhouse. We arrived just as my nephews came out (or were let out of) their room to see all their presents under the tree.  I love watching those stinkerbutts open their gifts but it is exhausting - you don't know which way to look because there is so much going on. So cute though, especially when my littlest nephew, who is 3, alternates between giving you gifts to open (he even tried to give away one of his presents!) and demanding more for himself to open. Once they tear off all the wrapping paper they need help getting all the stuff out of the packaging and put together. Fighting over toys breaks out soon after.

 

We had a late brunch at my mom's - yummy biscuits and gravy. I just wanted to eat that all day but we had to hurry home to get ready for my husband's family party. We were having a Mexican Christmas - all Mexican food (well it was more Mexican-American or the American version of) because everyone was sick of traditional Christmas fare. I had to whip up some enchiladas, beans and rice for the party. I wasn't too sure about the whole Mexican food thing but it turned out well, and there was a lot of food. My enchiladas, rice and beans went fast! We also had tacos and fajitas plus a whole lot of appetizers and desserts. Everyone was busting a gut and couldn't move after dinner. Feliz Navidad!

 

All in all it was a weird Christmas - everyone seemed low key for Christmas this year (except for my littlest nephews and perhaps my youngest niece). It seemed like all the adults were wore out. Too busy I guess. I know I am ready for some quiet time, some time just to chill out and be lazy. Maybe I'll get that on my short break between semesters. I hope.

 

My Christmas fun isn't over yet though. My husband got me (our family) a membership to Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (Dearborn, Michigan) and luckily their "Holiday Nights" celebration is going on for a few more days after Christmas, so we are going tomorrow. I love it!  I want to make that a Christmas tradition every year but I seldom have the time to go before the holiday. I would also like to check out Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad Christmas Celebration (Flint, Michigan), another place I love, but I feel I am almost celebrated out!

Celebrating a marriage ...

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Celebrating a marriage created from infidelity? Right or wrong? I would have to agree with the people that say it is wrong. I love what the psychologists have to say about marriage and people's attitudes. Very interesting story and discussion.

Much Love for Blogging

Here is a classmate's blog:

 

Worries of one college student

 

http://shnason.blogspot.com/

 

I love what she says about blogging:

 

 

"I think it's nice to just have it to put your thoughts out there, even if you don't have a lot of people reading it. It keeps you writing, which is important for writers."

 

"But it's a good resource for anyone who likes to write or would like to share ideas with other people. It's a little piece of someone, and I like to see personalities and passions come out of people that you wouldn't necessarily know by just looking at them. People have truly magnificent ideas in their heads but a lot of times they're too timid to share them. Blogging is an opportunity for people to say something that they would normally keep inside of them."

 

"I don't like to see all of my thoughts disappear, even if they don't mean anything to anyone else, so I like that I can keep them safe on here, that they won't disappear in my head."

 

http://shnason.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-is-it-well-for-class.html

 

I couldn't agree more.

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Well that blows!

 
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Makes me so mad...

Wealth gap becomes chasm at Christmas

Luxury retailers see strong demand as lower-income shoppers hunker down

 

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40593905/ns/business-stocks_and_economy

 

So what is all this fuss about the wealthy not getting tax cuts? It is obvious they have the money to pay more taxes. Nobody wants to pay more but if you got it why be so damn greedy? Just reminds me of the old adage, “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.”

 

I don't believe tax cuts stimulate the economy or create jobs overall as this article is a small testament to. Makes me so mad!! Damn Republicans want to help their rich buddies along and screw the rest of the country.

 

Ice House

 
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