Super Sunny Saturday

Ah...it is Saturday and it feels like Sunday...thanks to that wonderful snow day we had yesterday!! I love being a teacher!! This time Afton closed too so I couldn't aggravate my girls as they left for school and I didn't. So we all stayed hunkered down at the ponderosa and did absolutely nothing...well except me, I did lots of holiday prep work!! Can't decorate a messy home...well at least I can't.

So as I enjoy my second cup of coffee and find the energy to get up into the attic to bring down all that stuff...I wonder....why does this whole holiday thing make me feel the same way that going to the dentist does??? It seems like I have been putting off decorating and getting a tree since the official holiday season started...I mean I even blew off the Black Friday ritual this year...so unlike me *giggles*

Can it be that all this "drama" going on in the world is getting even the most flamboyant holiday junkie down?? I love Christmas...even at my tender age *cough, cough* I FEEL the magic of the season....but I can't seem to sense it yet...am I getting Scrooge-like in my old age??

What do you think??

culture shock?? NAH not at S-E

...it is so cool to see you guys going bilingual and liking it...the first step for me was back in college....sure I took Spanish since 7th grade and finished Afton's program in my sophomore year...then took French for the rest of my years in High School...but I believe I turned bilingual in college...my best friend Monica was dating a Chilean guy and we hung out in Spanish...all the time....the language began seeping into every facet of me...from how I ate...what I listened to....and who I hung out with!!

My hope is that you guys begin to allow other cultures in...test drive 'em a bit...and feel it for yourself before you pass judgement...because no matter where you go in life...you will have to be open to other points of view....my goal is to help in that shift of perspective...just because it isn't how you do it...doesn't make it wrong...just makes it different....and different is not a bad thing!!

...Get 'Er Done...

http://www.doitdoitdone.com/index.html

I heard about this website on the WAAL this morning on my way in to school and figured I would pass it on.

As a lover of time management and lists...I think this is a cool way to not only to keep up with an exponentially growing "honey do" list...but also to really be able to see how one uses the time they have at their disposal.