When I first sat down with my calendar
and started planning out this school year,
I marked off tomorrow for myself.
Friday will be (brace yourselves)
50 days until Christmas.
This is the day that myself and a dear friend of mine
go shopping each year---my first venture
into Christmas shopping for that year.
Since she and I both have our home schooling
co-op on Friday, we can't go when it is
officially 50 days until Christmas.
So we are going tomorrow,
when it is 51 days until Christmas.
Can you believe it?
Fifty days is not that long.
Not at my age anyway.
I say this to my kids and they think I am crazy.
But I don't think Christmas
seems as distant to kids nowadays
as it did when I was a kid. They can go to Walmart and
see the Christmas stuff being put out right after they
take down the back-to-school displays.
When I was little, Christmas decor didn't appear in the
stores until after Thanksgiving.
I know you remember this.
I know some of you are older than me
(and probably love the Bee Gees, you freaks).
You remember when they weren't cramming
the next holiday down our throats before we
could enjoy the current one.
Okay...today I listened to this little speech by this guy
who is, to some degree, a minimalist. I think I have
listened to it three times so far. I am going to listen
to it again after I get done talking to you.
I have just really thought a lot about what he has to say.
We are talking so much about "down-sizing" our life.
That's the term we use.
"Down-sizing."
Maybe what I am secretly longing to do in my life is
take steps in the same direction this guy has. Towards less.
I don't like the term "minimalist." I always think of that
as plastic chairs from Sweden and cold, white, stark rooms.
I don't like that. I like warmth and happiness.
So maybe I could be like the hippie form of a minimalist.
Anyway, if you'd like to hear
what I've been listening to, go here.
By the way,
if you are keeping score at home,
I get bonus points for staying awake
all day long today.
Let's not subtract points for amount of time
spent in pajamas. Let's just add them up for me
and my super powers when it comes to fighting against
the chemically induced sleep.
Me and my faithful side kick, Caffeine.
And I am NOT taking another one of those pills tonight.
I can't shop in my sleep.
and started planning out this school year,
I marked off tomorrow for myself.
Friday will be (brace yourselves)
50 days until Christmas.
This is the day that myself and a dear friend of mine
go shopping each year---my first venture
into Christmas shopping for that year.
Since she and I both have our home schooling
co-op on Friday, we can't go when it is
officially 50 days until Christmas.
So we are going tomorrow,
when it is 51 days until Christmas.
Can you believe it?
Fifty days is not that long.
Not at my age anyway.
I say this to my kids and they think I am crazy.
But I don't think Christmas
seems as distant to kids nowadays
as it did when I was a kid. They can go to Walmart and
see the Christmas stuff being put out right after they
take down the back-to-school displays.
When I was little, Christmas decor didn't appear in the
stores until after Thanksgiving.
I know you remember this.
I know some of you are older than me
(and probably love the Bee Gees, you freaks).
You remember when they weren't cramming
the next holiday down our throats before we
could enjoy the current one.
Okay...today I listened to this little speech by this guy
who is, to some degree, a minimalist. I think I have
listened to it three times so far. I am going to listen
to it again after I get done talking to you.
I have just really thought a lot about what he has to say.
We are talking so much about "down-sizing" our life.
That's the term we use.
"Down-sizing."
Maybe what I am secretly longing to do in my life is
take steps in the same direction this guy has. Towards less.
I don't like the term "minimalist." I always think of that
as plastic chairs from Sweden and cold, white, stark rooms.
I don't like that. I like warmth and happiness.
So maybe I could be like the hippie form of a minimalist.
Anyway, if you'd like to hear
what I've been listening to, go here.
By the way,
if you are keeping score at home,
I get bonus points for staying awake
all day long today.
Let's not subtract points for amount of time
spent in pajamas. Let's just add them up for me
and my super powers when it comes to fighting against
the chemically induced sleep.
Me and my faithful side kick, Caffeine.
And I am NOT taking another one of those pills tonight.
I can't shop in my sleep.
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2 comments:
I LOVE the new look! (maybe it's been there a week or so ~ I usually read through Google Reader)Good for you on talking about downsizing! I'll be your cheerleader. I'm working through this myself. It is challenging sometimes; but, so freeing. I read quite a bit about it. That keeps me pumped!
Thank you for the Christmas music! I listened to this repeatedly until my nickle ran out. I guess it is programmed to only let one hear it X number of times. How was your Christmas shopping?
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