I will update the post until whenever.
I am trying kittens. Yesterday I was out of commission because of my C-3PO impersonation. My neck is still stiff so I might (Who am I kidding with that might?) have to seek aid from big pharma. That should make things interesting later. HA! Since me and friends are calling this Christmas a variety of names: Hobo Christmas, Pioneer Christmas, or "We do stuff throughout the year for each other why should we single out one day" Christmas, we will exchange hand crafted items or just share a bottle of something together. I stopped giving and receiving with one set of friends at Christmas years ago and now we exchange, "I saw this and knew you would love it" gifts throughout the year.
In past years I have made everything from Ye Olde Petulant Soap, witch's boot stockings, quilts, various baked goods, etc... I was going to make the witch's boots again this year, but time got away from me. I did make a big batch of my sea salt and buttermilk powder bath salts scented with tea tree and bergamot oil today. Whether those make it as gifts or I use exclusively is yet to be determined. HA!
Bette Davis photo by Cecil Beaton snatched from Planet Fabulon.
War in Defense of Christmas: Day One, Day Two, Day Three, Day Four, Day Five.
Shaker Tricia, who is holding down the Pagan Solstice Division at the front lines, sent me a lovely photo of her mantel. Shakers who are fighting the war, please send me your photos. I will compile a Shaker Holiday post.
Speaking of Pagan celebrations, here is a NSFW special photo via Lurid Digs. DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK IF PENISES OFFEND. It is extremely NOT SAFE FOR WORK. Do not gripe to me in comments if you "accidentally" clicked out of curiosity. I will warn ya one more time, DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK if you do not want to see "
So, it is late in the afternoon and all I have managed today is making soup and trying to shape and light the white tree for the Jesus Tree Topper. OH! And a long soak in the Petulant Bath Salts. Maybe I should do another with big pharma aids? Hmmm... Must concentrate or this WAR will never end. What an American way of waging war! HA!
Wish me luck kittens.
5:30 PM: I haven't done a damn thing but contemplate decoratin' and rummage. I did find the spiderweb ornaments. YAY! They aren't as glittery as they once were. Last year I put them on the skeleton tree. I could put them on the Jesus Tree Topper Tree, but did Jesus like spiders? Hmmm... decisions. Big Pharma kicks in and my neck feels much better. HA!
5:56 PM: TRAGEDY! Yet more of the glass snowflake ornaments are broken. Last year, I lost four. Add two more for burial. Now, I only have six. DAMMIT! They are so delicate. I keep all the crystal and glass smaller ornaments in a cheese wheel box. I wrap them individually in bubble wrap, but I keep losing snowflakes. The ornament gods are against me.
6:45 PM: The beaded garland gods are against me. A dear friend would be appalled because I do not have a perfect cascade of beads in between branches. He does a perfect drape. Oh well... My Christmas spirit wanes...
7:15 PM: GLUTTONY! After two jumbo shrimp, an hour later Dagny wants more. With his pitiful, neurotic meow, I can't so no and give him just one more. I also perked up because I played with the red sequined garland. SHINY, SHINY! Do I dare put red sequined garland on the red tinsel tree? Do I dare? Decisions... Decisions... Embrace teh gay and say yes.
7:57 PM: AHHHHHHHHHHH... Find ornament when I was a youngin'. It is too Little House on the Prairie for my decor, but adorable. Wait until I pull out the stocking that is old as I am and my mama used to put me in as an infant. Mental Note: See if there are any pics of me as infant in stocking. I bet there is one in the 35mm slides I was scanning for my mama. Hooray for modern scanners!
One more stop to Ghostville! Woo woo! What was I thinking with that shirt and Donald Trump hair?!
8:44 PM: OH NO! Flip to Billo and miss most of Dennis Miller's rant about the atheist signs. After the commercial is a seductive blond beauty (Bill shows pic of her posing with candy cane.) to edumacate Bill about the meaning of Christmas and the "Holiday Lexicon." I will post this and return after the commercial break. I might need to visit Big Pharma first.
8:50 PM: Bill talks to a Russian beauty named Marina who lives in Los Angeles. She defines "holiday terms" for him. Christmas started in the "Olde English." There is another expression called: "Xmas." Bill: "People are lazy and it sounds like the X-Men." According to Marina it comes from the Greek. I am bored. Marina is HOT FOR WORDS. I am disgusted by our society as depicted on Fox News and wait for Big Pharma to kick in to numb me.
9:23 PM: Get distracted watching Carrie Fisher on the Today Show after covering the Jesus Tree with gold crosses. He needs gilded, bejeweled crosses to accessorize his poly robes. This tree is so tacky and worse than last year. Oh well... 'Tis the season.
I had seen the first part of the Fisher interview with Matt Lauer this morning, but not the second part with Roker. I need to order her new book. STAT!
9:57 PM:WARNING: Regardless of how much better my neck feels, decoratin' under the influence of BIG PHARMA is a mistake. HA! I will maybe fix this tomorrow. Double HA!
Friends who visit and stay in this room should be very afraid. HA! I bid adieu and move to the Top Chef Thread for a few. AND MY CAMERA SUCKS!
