Three days after Christmas…did you go to any after Christmas sales? I got a few things that I need to return, but I’m not going anywhere near the stores until MAYBE this weekend. I don’t want to deal with the crowds and the long lines. I’ll wait until it’s a little more peaceful. Did you all get what you wanted from Santa? I’d love to hear some of your Christmas stories. Tell me what you got…what you did…what you liked…what you wish you hadn’t gotten.
I’m going to set up a topic in the forum just for this…please fill it up. I’ll get it started.
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I know it’s a busy time of year, and the weather around the country has been a mess lately, at best. Please be safe as you’re out shopping and traveling to visit friends and family. It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just next week. I will be spending the holidays back east with all my family. I’m really looking forward to a nice, country family Christmas. Believe it or not, I’ve actually been baking cookies and putting together baskets for the neighbors and some elderly folks that live close to me.
For those of you that don’t know, I recently purchased a new home. It’s a wonderful country home with enough acreage for privacy. I have a real tree this year and lots of home-made ornaments. It’s my home to remind me to get back to the basics. I do a lot of traveling and enjoy some “unconventional” and crazy things, but this is my home to unwind in and remember where I came from.
I love the idea of Christmas. The reason I say it that way is that too many people are stressed out shopping, traveling, and worrying. Let’s just try to keep it simple and remember what Christmas is all about. It’s not about the gifts or bouncing from one house to the next trying to cram seeing our entire families in two days. Keep it simple and enjoy your time.
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Have you all finished your Christmas shopping yet? I braved the weather yesterday and pretty much got mine knocked out in one day. The malls were crazy, the lines were long and people were impatient to say the least. This happens every year when I wait until the last minute to do my gift purchases. Without strong will and determination, the most Christmas spirit-filled person would turn into a Grinch. It was difficult to keep that Christmas smile on my face by the time I returned to my car with my packages and getting soaked by the torrential rain storms we had yesterday.
I was so worried about being a Grinch that when I got home I popped my favorite childhood Christmas videos in to bring back that warm feeling. Please don’t tell me that I’m the only one who still enjoys “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer”, “The Year Without a Santa Claus” and “Frosty the Snowman”. I know they’re child-like, but that’s why I enjoy them so much. They bring back wonderful memories of a time when Christmas was simple and filled with joy and expectation…not of a hustling, bustling, perfectionistic holiday shopper. I think we should take time to enjoy the simple things, and not be so worried about the perfect gift and wrestling it away from the woman who has the last one.
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I had a fantastic evening tonight. I had been traveling through some pretty bad weather since early this morning and finally arrived at my hotel. I came to Chicago to do some webshoots and to visit a few friends; and tonight was the visit with my friends. They are a great couple and I love spending time with them. They made my trip! I had so much fun and I think they did too. It had been awhile since we’ve gotten together, but tonight they reminded me that it had been far too long. I hope we don’t have to wait that long again. I feel completely rejuvenated and am still laughing at the conversations we had. It was the perfect ending to a crazy, not so perfect day.
I’m getting ready for bed, and am looking forward to some nice snuggly covers. It’s very cold here with ice everywhere…but my insides are definitely warm with new good memories.
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I hate to mention something so horrible, but after I received a call from my friend Terri I just had to comment on yesterday’s mall shooting. She lives just outside of Omaha and knows several people who were in the mall when that guy came in with his shot gun. None of her friends were injured, but were extremely frightened.
It seems to be the typical case of someone who was depressed, lived a hard life, was probably neglected or even abused, and thought the only way he would be known to anyone was to make the news in such a huge way. I had a very close friend in high school that committed suicide. She had a lot of problems and just fell into a horrible place of no return. She didn’t leave a note, nor did she feel that other people needed to die just because she couldn’t find another way. I still miss her everyday.
If you’re in so much pain or distress that you feel that suicide is your only option, why cause so many other people so much pain. These individuals that were killed didn’t know the shooter, never caused him any problems and yet these were the people that he targeted. I just don’t get it! The world is a scary, scary place.
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