Friday's Feast #2

Appetizer

What was the last game you purchased?

Guitar Hero - for my son, to replace the one his step-sister scratched.

Soup

Name something in which you don’t believe.

Magic - the kind that is performed onstage. I love to watch it, but I know that it's all an illusion. It's fascinating although I can rarely figure out how they do their tricks.

Salad

If you could choose a celebrity to be your boss, who would you pick?

I know it WOULDN'T be Brittney Spears! I would choose Oprah Winfrey because she seems fair, genuine, altruistic, and generous!

Main Course

What was a lesson you had to learn the hard way?

LOTS! One of them is a lesson my daughter learned the hard way tonight, that it's not as easy or as glamorous as you think it is to shave your legs.

Dessert

Describe your idea of the perfect relaxation room.

Dimly lit, pleasantly fragranced, maybe with lavender, lots of candles casting soft shadows on the walls, perhaps some fresh flowers in a crystal vase on the nightstand, a cozy bed to curl up on with a fluffy comforter, and a gripping novel to read. If it were really perfect, it would also include a massage therapist.

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Thirteen of my All-Time Favorite Christmas Songs

My Ninth Edition

13. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
12. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Mannheim Steamroller Version)
11. Carol of the Bells
10. I’ll be Home for Christmas
9. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
8. Mary Did You Know
7. Jingle Bell Rock
6. The Christmas Song
5. Deck the Halls (Mannheim Steamroller version AND my daughter’s piano performance)
4. White Christmas
3. Oh, Holy Night.
2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Bruce Springsteen version)
1. Sleigh Ride Instrumental

Here's a video with pretty pictures and animation to the tunes

of Sleigh Ride and Home for the Holidays

Sleigh ride with pretty animations (and home for the holidays)

Wordless Wednesday

I wanted to try my hand at black-and-white photography and cropping. I have a ways to go. This is a waterfall near the hill country in Texas where my husband and I went last summer. I'd love to go back.

Paper, Paper, Everywhere!

This is my third tackle-it Tuesday, and what I'm tackling might not seem like much, but I am drowning in paperwork!

First, I have the stack of papers to grade, of which only half are pictured here. I have all the paperwork to complete from last week when my son was absent - my paperwork, not his. Catching up on forms to fill out at school/work (I teach), technology updates, staff development registrations, parent meetings, essay contest forms, and so forth. I also have to type several lessons and activities and make copies ( more paper!) and create a powerpoint presentation on Charles Dickens. Then, there is the paperwork at home. I have to keep up with both checkbooks. Nothing has been entered in over a week, and the debit cards are used like crazy. Thank goodness for online banking. Next, there is the pile of unopened mail that's been sitting almost a week. I also have to make lists of what we do and don't already have for Christmas. And who mentioned Christmas cards? That's going to have to wait till another Tackle! Wish me luck!