I know but...

but retail therapy is fun 

and easier to schedule

than therapist therapy

peace

xokg

deep breath

where do I get that shower curtain?

cuz certainly my house needs more stuff right now

there aren't enough boxes and toys

and leftovers

and boots and hats and skates

and backpacks and art projects and Christmas cards and 

chopsticks and lotions and clementines and perler beads and 

pomegranates and mail 

  

dog bones and board games and 

pine needles  and

that is just what I see with a quick glance up 

from my laptop

peace

xokg

Have Peace

I love this song even when he sings it.  Try the Vibraphonic version too.  Google it.  They don't have a video and neither does Stevie Wonder.

Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free


Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth


Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime


Someday at Christmas we'll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care


Someday at Christmas there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shining moment, one prayer away
From our world today


Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime


Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart


Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime

peace

xoxokg

word

this is your Christmas card

Grandma and Papa

Aunt Steph and Uncle Ben

Karen the babysitter

Christine, Diane, and Tina the neighbors

Sherry our Chinese daughter

Yan lao shi and Alanen lao shi, their teachers

members of the BSM volleyball, hockey and football teams

and my BSM co-workers

all of you have shown love for my kids

while I was at work

and I love you for it

and they love you for it

and will be resilient and well adjusted kids because of your love and support

thank you

I like him

"REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT BE BOTH YOUNG AND WISE. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PRETEND TO BE WISE TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD ARE MOSTLY JUST CYNICS. CYNICISM MASQUERADES AS WISDOM, BUT IT IS THE FARTHEST THING FROM IT. BECAUSE CYNICS DON’T LEARN ANYTHING. BECAUSE CYNICISM IS A SELF-IMPOSED BLINDNESS, A REJECTION OF THE WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID IT WILL HURT US OR DISAPPOINT US. CYNICS ALWAYS SAY NO. BUT SAYING “YES” BEGINS THINGS. SAYING “YES” IS HOW THINGS GROW. SAYING “YES” LEADS TO KNOWLEDGE. “YES” IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO, SAY YES."

— Stephen Colbert

peace

xokg

If I were

entertaining this year

I would put a honey comb on my cheese plate

but I'm not

just sayin

peace

xokg

It's a beautiful snowy lazy Sunday morning

In case you got busy and didn't put up a tree

peace

xokg

and coffee

peace

xokg

Powerful

never underestimate 

the power of a good sandwich

peace

xokg

A+ in anatomy

Him:  "Mom, did you know people don't really have butt cracks?"

Me: "oh?"

Him: "yeah, it's a butthole.  I reached in there and felt it"

All my love

source

source

source

source

source

source

peace

xokg

on my mind and on my feet

on my mind

this floor

that I need to go back here

I want some homemade please

I heard some great guitar last night

chocolate is never far from my mind


and on my feet today

my new boots

thanks mom!

peace
xokg

Shivers

a slight break in my schedule

has me home for dinner 

for the next 2 weeks

the change in the weather

has me craving warm comfort foods

 my son couldn't remember the name 

when requesting "that stuff that grandma makes that's warm but sounds cold"

he came up with Shivers

it stuck

whatever I make tonight is going to involve

some red meat

and some melted cheese

just sayin

maybe a cheese burger pie

if I can decipher the recipe

does that say dill pickle juice?

I'm in

peace

xokg

I'm feeling it

wide planks

celadon and terra cotta

white and rustic

and serene

etching?

or pen and ink?

nachos

miscellany on Monday

I'm a little unfocused

as per usual

peace

xokg

let's make a Kristi sandwich

click here 

for ingredients

peace

xokg

what I like today

white

from anthropologie

boots

from Piperlime

sweater

from Urban Outfitters

room

from Rue

peace

xokg

ps if you are local check me 

and my soccer teams on Channel 45

Knight time baby!

Lick it Up

peace

xokg