Holiday Disasters

Friday night I finally talked myself into putting up my Christmas tree. I found the tree and my Christmas box and dumped out the ornaments. I realized I should stand the tree up and realized that the two plastic pieces making up the tree stand were not in the tree box nor were they in my Christmas box. I also realized that I don’t have a stocking hanger to hang my stocking up on the fireplace mantle. Crap. So much for being festive. I was able to set out my mini tree which is about 10 inches tall but that is all I have up.
I went to Trader Joe’s and discovered their “Oreos” that have peppermint bits inside the center. They smell and taste delicious and I absolutely love them. I love any type of food products that have peppermint in them.
I also attempted to make star shaped sugar cookies but apparently I cut them out too thick because they turned out to be deformed pentagons (but still tasty). I also made another loaf of cranberry-orange bread.
I mailed off some Christmas presents to my Mom today. They are for my cousins and if my aunt doesn’t get called back to work she is coming out here for a week. If she gets called back to work, then my Mom is going to send a big box out to them. I also sent a magazine to Sunshine (long story- but I have better access to reading material then he does). I am personally in love with the automated postage machine that they have at the big post office in town. There is hardly ever a line for it and basically if you have small packages or padded envelopes, this is the way to go.
I went to the library today and checked out four books. Apparently the Coffeehouse Mystery books that I am hooked on are very popular too because I was only able to find one of them that was checked in and didn’t have any hold requests. Here’s what I checked out:
1. Decaffeinated Corpse – Cleo Coyle (from the Coffeehouse Mystery series, you will learn a lot of useful information about coffee by reading this series – I am a wiser coffee drinker now).
2. Here If You Need Me – Kate Braestrup – I ended up reading this memoir today and I really enjoyed it, so I am not sure why it took me so long to get around to reading this book. She’s not your typical widow nor your typical chaplain.
3. Alfred & Emily – Doris Lessing (07 Nobel Prize Lit Winner)
4. Poppy Done to Death – Charlaine Harris – This is one of the books in the Aurora Teagarden series. Anything written by Ms. Harris is hard to get at the library and a lot of the Aurora Teagarden books were out of print and are in the process of being re-released.

I did finish reading Alice finally. It’s the biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Teddy’s oldest daughter and quite a character). I also read The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling and The Duggars: 20 and Counting! By Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar. Honestly, I will read practically anything, as evidenced by my double-stacked bookshelves.
Sunday is knitting group at the big mall. I am planning on getting there early so that I can score a parking spot in the garage and not get attacked by shitty drivers. The only bad part about our meetings that fall on Sunday is no Chick-Fil-A. I have no clue at all what project I am going to take because I finished the big brown veteran’s scarf the other night and I am over halfway done with my holiday scarf which I am crocheting using the sparkly white Wool-Ease. It reminds me of freshly fallen snow glistening in the winter sun. I don’t do holiday knitting or crocheting, so I can pretty much make whatever I want to.
On my ipod:
1. Uh Huh Her – especially like Dreamer and Not a Love Song from their latest cd Common Reaction, the whole cd truly rocks.
2. The Killers – Human
3. Shontelle – T-shirt (this song has a really catchy hook)
4. You Found Me – The Fray
5. Kanye West – Love Lockdown and Heartless, I am really loving his new album but all of his cds are really good
6. Gavin and Stacey - I love this show from the BBC. Why does the BBC put out all the cool shows?