We have rules for what a "resolution" is and how it's made... and although most of the rules get broken by somebody at least once every year, everyone, even those who looked terrified of it, wore the funny hat while telling us theirs.

I got a PRIZE (chocolate!!) for guessing a disney tune... but of course it's the only disney movie i know, Snow White, and it's from 1937, ten years after I was born.

i think i'm an adult now, because i WANT to clean my house.

Wrote and sent a grand total of 8 christmas cards ... sad and late, but true.

Going to a high school reunion tonight, even going to drive someone else, but turned back home because of the roads and decided instead to play an awful lot of bridge. (found out later there were only 4 people there :( )

When gas lamps glow on midnight snow,
and boots make crunching sounds below,
you'll find me frolicking around,
as gusts swirl o'r the frozen ground.

It is so easy for humans to forget that there are some things we simply can not control, and it is Nature's job to remind us of this fact by introducing beautiful and graceful storms that transform a dead street into a glistening white wonderland, which is appreciated even if it means that travel plans must be changed.

Let's go shopping in a "blizzard" and buy things that mean that we have to go shopping again (we'll wait till the VS semi-annual sale, though), because we don't have all the necessary parts.

Wouldn't you like to spend all of Christmas day (morning, noon, and night) in your pajamas with your joyful family whom you love to the moon and back?

The goose is cooked - literally.

My brother recently shared with me that, he now gets belly button lint.

When the last present is wrapped, and old ornaments are hung, little lights are shining in the windows, and the midnight service has ended, I will sit on the old couch in front of the fire with my family, and remember where I learned what love really is.

Christmas eve: traditions fill me with joy, but kids decorating the tree and keeping it secret from the adults makes me extra happy.

On this day, ninety years ago, my grandmother was born, and even though she is not physically here to celebrate with me now, I am thinking of her, remembering her, missing her, loving her, and thanking her for the incredible and unforgettable influence she had on my life.

spouses were not allowed at brian's holiday party, so i spent the time buying myself some presents instead.

i spent hours cutting little ribbons and knotting them to make hangers for chocolate to put on the christmas tree because we try to keep this traditional tree ornamentation which isnt american and therefore you cant get the necessary things here.

When snazzy vehicles, spandex, glow sticks, computers, Jeff Bridges, and Frisbees unite, you get TRON!

Sometimes I do things that I really shouldn't do, and I try not to regret them because I don't think we should dwell in regret, and maybe I don't regret them, but I still know that I should not have done them.

would you prefer to lose your memory or your mind?

1 comment: I think I would rather lose my memory. Not that I want to forget all the wonderful things that have happened to me, but I would want to be able to create new memories, and if my mind was missing, I feel like that would be tricky.

-a

ok, ive been tired the last week, because since i lost my wedding ring (though it may be unrelated completely) i have only slept an average of four hours a night even though nobody is keeping me awake, and i am tired enough to sleep, and have tried everything from pretending to myself that im asleep to dancing myself to oblivion.

Update and BONUS irma amanda sentence: If you pretend that cream is a letter, then ice-cream is a four letter word!

The first snow in Boston results in cars driving at -3 miles per hour but still managing to crash into one another.

last sunday of advent, and was too tired for pretty much anything except hanging out with some pregnant girls watching chick-flicks and eating cookies.

When family surprises take you on trips to Newark, New Jersey, you sometimes find yourself rocking out to Carol of the Bells performed by a fantastic gang of long-haired, head-banging men with lasers, flame throwers, and indoor fireworks! (Yay Trans Siberian Orchestra!!!)

stayed in with my small nuclear family today, and was sooo happy - especially reading the economist by the fire (yes, i know i'm nerdy)

A long train ride is often exactly what I need to remember the importance of just being.

My family is the best, and I spent all day with them, letting them rake my leaves, scrub my floors, play bridge with me and start writing a play script by the fireside.

Swing dancing with an very round, rather short, old man named Sam who smells like he actually IS a garlic clove is not exactly the most fun, but perhaps better than not dancing at all... and that is a BIG perhaps.

i told everyone at contra today that i was dancing with my married lover since brian had a ring and i dont.

Well at least this week I got the date for the company potluck right; it's just too bad I didn't get the time right, which means that I will be eating the berry walnut salad that I made for the second week in a row.

driving to the store for arugula today, brian was on auto-pilot to go somewhere else, but we still don't know where, since the wrong turns didn't seem to correspond to any particular logical place.

I have learned that love can evolve and change, but I can still be in love with the love I once felt even if I don't feel it any more.

I stayed in tonight with intentions of going to bed early for the first time in weeks, but something always happens to me and I just get so wrapped up in my own solitude that I forget to go to sleep.

So depressed about losing my wedding ring, though I know I'm still married, and that it is just a physical symbol of a unity that is still exists, but my sister made it, and I've had it for years...

when i have a gift card to spend at a store, i spend it on 1000 different items in my head, but have trouble getting any one of them when i get there.

I keep catching myself in these "moments" of sustained eye contact and connections with perfect strangers where I feel that both of us are thinking the exact same thing, but neither of us does anything about it and I turn away before anything more can come of it.

Perhaps there are times when we are so afraid that we might miss something "better," we fail to recognize that the best things might actually be right in front of us, and if we embrace those things, perhaps we will discover the ultimate happiness.

I had no energy, Brian had no energy to give, both not surprising since we were at Amanda's until 5am, but somehow, Amanda had energy to give, and for that I am thankful, and now, energetic!

When old friends, new friends, soup, and treats all exist at the same time in my living room, I know that my life is beautiful!

the definition of a soiree is now officially "party that one must not miss" and i am so glad i went and met lots of new people and that i got so pre-excited about soups.

What does it mean when all the cups in a Beirut tournament contain nothing but water... are we getting old... have we lost our cool... or are we just more responsible and know that beer all over the floor is a lot less fun to clean up than water?

At Goodwill with my dear sister, we saw two jackets next to each other one with the well-known ubiquitous label "London Fog" and the other with the less well-known "British Mist."

There are days when being a woman is just really painful!

my very-very-old next door neighbor told me in a not-very-hushed whisper that "somebody on our street buys a lot of stuff from UPS, because I see that truck almost every day."

Today a bird crawled down my shirt and fell asleep.

why yes, i have had 10 year old popcorn on the cob freshly popped with salt and nutritional yeast

Christmas card making (THANK YOU AMANDA!) is only the first small step of sending them out.

As it turns out, sponge cake has only 3 ingredients in it, none of which is a sponge.
1 comment: four ingredients counting the 700 calories of whipped cream that you need to serve it with.

As I was toweling off after my morning shower, my door bell began to ring... and ring, and ring, and ring, so with my robe securely fastened, my feet in slippers, and my hair dripping wet, I tiptoed down two flights to find my down-stairs neighbor hopefully peering through the front door in her pajamas and shoe-less feet, more thrilled than ever to see that I was, in fact, home.

the total time i spent with doctors was only 10-15 min but total time in doctors office was more than 2 hours and 20 minutes by the parking meter.

This week has been incredibly fantastic for a multitude of small, yet meaningful occurrances, one of which took place yesterday when my new neighbor (Maryfaith) invited me up to her condo where I entered into an intriguing and moving discussion pertaining to Maryfaith's monthly energy healings, shambhala, the power of thought, and love.

Ice-cream sundaes for breakfast on sunday is a plus, and guy who smells sitting behind me for 3 hours on a bus is a negative so i guess today's a wash.

Well, all I can say is, I apologize for my lack of sentences this month... I could make excuses but that would probably be boring and not really beneficial to anyone, but I am back now and I will try to be better.

we did a hallelujah encore to the messiah today, and people were asked to sing along, and did so, but if you don't know the piece, and just try to sing whatever you think the melody is in your chosen range, it sounds really really weird.

don't you wish that when youre minorly sick with a headache or a light sniffle that you could choose to look the part and have people feel truly sorry for you?

partially solo recital made me so nervous, but was so worth it, for the last comment from the presenter "it's been a long time since i've heard a viola played so beautifully"

my mother sent me an advent calendar from austria, and it arrived just in time for today!

i got so excited about a certain soup and dessert party, that i literally spent hours reading through cookbooks for soup recipes that all sounded so good to me, and i ended up making bacon (and split pea) soup which was delicious but it wasnt from a recipe.