All I want.....

Christmas is the time when there's a big emphasis on what people want. They sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." or "All I want for Christmas is you." But is the holiday all about the things we're going to get?? Or the things we buy for others this time of year?

With each passing year, I find it harder and harder to get into the Christmas spirit. When we're young, of course, its time spent with parents and traditions. We marry and have young ones of our own and we try to carry on some of the old traditions along with making new ones. Of course, there's always the buying of gifts, but it seems the things we do together are the more important things that are remembered later in life.

This year, I'm 52 years young, and alone. My job means I work so many hours during the holidays that finding time for the real things gets harder as I get older, and all I wish is for the holidays to be over. It becomes very difficult to get in the holiday spirit when all you want for Christmas is to have the time, and to spend that time with family and loved ones.

But if I could have just one wish........
it would be a real live hug.

Enjoy your holidays, everyone! Don't get caught up in the frenzy; make time for the people who are important to you.... including yourself!

HUGS to everyone!

Time (And Elvis!)

Time: Our most precious commodity in this crazy busy thing we call life. Welcome to my "hell-i-day" season. This is the first two days in a row I've had off since the start of October. And it was my hope, my plan, to get caught up on the things that get pushed out of the way when life is so busy. I'm sure you can relate .. you come home from tired from work, and rather than spending the hour or two it takes to get something done completely, you do the bare minimums to keep the household running until you have more time. Take vacuuming for instance. Sure, zip the vacuum around on the places where everyone walks, but you don't take the time to move the chairs, vacuum the baseboards, that sort of thing. Everything gets a quick wipe down and you're ready to fall into bed, relax with a book, catching up with friends, or (say it isn't so!) zoning in front of the TV. 

 Even the best intentions, the best plans, can get side tracked with one little phone call. My daughter was taken ill and went to the ER on Friday, so of course I had to drive down and make sure for myself that she was ok. The drive down was uneventful, and I got a few really good pix of the sunrise. I left early enough that I could also catch my granddaughter's soccer game (Smurfettes lost, 1-3), but its so much fun to watch!! The drive back was a little rough -- it rained hard, the wind blew hard, and visibility in some places was down to half mile or so. I really hate driving behind trucks, all that water spitting up off their tires and onto my windshield! But it did me good to check on my daughter for myself. Now I'm just crossing my fingers for her doctor appointment on Monday that all goes well..... :) 

 Last Sunday when I worked, my BigBox store was having a Santa for pictures with the kids. And I didn't know it, but they were taking my Elvis for the position! This thought had me laughing my ass off, try and picture it with me: Jolly Old Santa in his typical red suit, white beard, black boots, wide black belt. We all know that picture. But Elvis needs his glasses, of course. Large white angular ultra modern frames, with transition lenses that always look as if he's wearing sunglasses .... (even in the deep dark recesses of the claims cage!) and sporting his tennis shoes with the neon blue soles. If I hadn't had to hang around for another two hours after my shift ended to see it, I would have gotten a picture... because a picture paints a thousand words! Suffice it to say .... "Whoa!" hahahaha 

 A slice of the craziness in my so called life. I'm wishing all of you a wonderful Holiday season, whatever that is for you. Use your time wisely -- you will never have this moment back!

HUGS to everyone!!