Christmas lights...

So i took a little drive around the burbs this evening after work, trying to get ideas for how to put up my Christmas lights next year, since i'm a rookie at this... so i did some drive-by shootings so you'd get the picture of what i meant. There are many differing styles of decorating ... there's the cozy classic... i'm a fan of this minimalism...

There's the ever-impressive "let's decorate every possible inch of our property with a zillion lights so that there's a glow over the east mountain." I do believe that Horizon loves these people - i love their enthusiasm!

Their neighbours apparently took up the challenge and are well on their way to being Horizon's second best customer for December...
Then there's the "we don't have much time to decorate so we'll sling our lights up whereever they fall!
And then there's Take 1 on my little abode... i think it turned out okay, though occasionally i fear that it appears that my porch is about to eat up any who dare to venture on to it!

hmmm...

Hi there...
Just thought i'd set a little blurbie (barbie's cousin??) on here... just to say how happy i am to be able to spend some time with my beloved family this weekend... I am SO looking forward to it... this will be my Christmas celebration time... with dinner and games and just spending time together in coziness and family love. I am so blessed with my family - my dear parents who love me unconditionally... my sisters with whom i share so many memories and i am so glad that our bond is strong and keeps growing more so over the years. And the boys - who could forget them? They have opened up our mostly female family's eyes to a completely different world and way of thinking and working. It has been a real pleasure to get to know and appreciate both of them! And my darling nephew - i can't wait to give him a little squeeze and see what he's been up to - growing so quickly - but i guess that happens to little kids eh? And see how far little VanderDeen is progressing in vitro - see if we can feel any movement yet - and make a connection with this little one whom i love dearly already! Aaah... yes, I do count my blessings each day and thank God for their love, support and friendship. Here's to the Mussches!!!

oh dear...

Today, i went shopping... with my zit. I wasn't lonely.
Thats zit.

Oh deer...

As i was wandering the aisles at a certain local hardware store, i came suddenly into an aisle to which i had never in my whole life paid any attention to or even probably had ever had occasion to be in. As i was wandering - in a state of dazedness due to all the Christmas paraphenalia everywhere - i saw something that i had no idea existed - and to tell the truth, i have to think why would anyone ever want to use such a product... it was a nicely packaged bottle of "scent of deer in heat". I'll leave it at that. So now you know what to get that person on your list whom you have no clue what to get... heehee... don't "stag"ger too much when you see how dear the bottle is... oh boy, i better stop...

Have you ever... totally pirated from a friend...

Have you...? I was recently perusing a friend's blog and this little (or rather big) list appeared... it intrigued me so i thought to myself, hey, let's do that and see how far i get... i loved to read hers and learn little bits about her that i didn't know... so maybe you can do the same... perfect for a lazily snowing morning..
Copy and paste this to your own blog and bold the things you have done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars - several times, in Haiti, at Grundy...
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney
8. Climbed a mountain - accidentally... in Scotland... we didn't mean to...
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped - no, and never will...
12. Visited Paris - twice... lucky me
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - twice
20. Slept on an overnight train - twice
21. Had a pillow fight - old feather pillows were the best thumpers..
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping - no comment
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - too expensive... a water taxi was cheaper
29. Seen a total eclipse - you're not supposed to look at that are you?
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - most memorably in Australia after a mad dash through the drivethrough to get to the coast on time to watch the sunset over a lighthouse over the ocean.
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise -to Kleine Curacao...
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - how big do the rocks have to be???
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - so just on time... we pulled up in the parking lot and thar she blew!!!
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance - with a patient...
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - twice!!!!
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud - just last week, i think!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie - home movies count right??
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - Brownies...
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - from what... i don't throw anything out...
70. Seen the Lincoln Memorial in person
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London - a very long time to stand and wait for not that much...
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. visited the White House - the outside thereof
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - disgusting... i couldn't even kill a wee little baby bird in the middle of the woods who had fallen out of its nest and would probably die anyways...
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life - i've done cpr, and have probably had a hand in helping save lives at work??
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92.Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone - no, but i probably should get one since it is useful when it's cold out and your car can't steer... pay phones are becoming obsolete, i've discovered.
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own