A Special Day, A Special Friend

My friend and I spent an afternoon together the other day. We went to lunch and saw a show at the Sight and Sound Milenium in Lancaster about The Christmas Story. It was a wonderful show about the birth of Christ, there were 'live' animals lead down the aisles and the stage was wrapped around us on 3 sides. As I sat there watching with amazement 'angels' floated down from the ceiling and were suspended in mid air, live doves were released to fly of in the distance, I was in awe for I've never seen anything quite so beautiful. Of course in dealing with live animals you can't always follow script, which caused a chuckle from the audience and also caused the actors playing Mary and Joseph to loose momentum for a bit when the donkey releaved himself on stage as Mary and Joseph lay down for the night awaiting the birth of Jesus. All in all it was a wonderful story and the actors were superb!

Autumn

Here it is, one of the most beautiful times of the year. How quickly summer faded away.  It'll soon be time to change the clocks to standard time again.  Hard to believe!  I love this time of year when there's a chill in the air and leaves start turning beautiful burnt colors and fall to the ground.  I enjoy the fragrance of dried leaves, they bring back good memories of when I was a teenager and had to rake them.  Also when my sons were small and I would rake leaves in big piles so they could jump in and play.  Oh what wonderful times we had.  Reminds me that Thanksgiving isn't far away. Of pumpkin pie and all the wonderful aromas of cinnamon and spices. This time of year also reminds me of how very blessed I am and how thankful that I live in a place where the seasons change so beautifully!

Winter Time

At this time of year when Winter is in it's all time glory and the Holidays are over, I tend to become depressed as it seems Winter is the longest of all seasons. In reality, it's 3 months long just like the other seasons. I supposed finding enjoyable things to do is the trick here so I do the things I like to do INDOORS, for instance; listening to music is an all time favorite past time for me. I love country music but I enjoy soft rock and some opera. I love to listen to Tim McGraw, Toby Keith or Alan Jackson but at the same time, I like to relax to Il Divo or Andrea Bocelli.  Also I enjoy some tv programs. With all the junk that's on tv today.......there are still a few shows I hate to miss.  I got hooked on Daytime's "Days Of Our Lives" , "Grey's Anatomy", "Private Practice" and "The Dog Whisperer"  Now there's a show I'll tape if I think I'm going to miss it.  There's noone like Cesar Milan, in my opinion, who can help you become a 'pack leader' with your dog or dogs in my case.  I listen to him, intently, and try some of his techniques, you know....they work as long as I can be patient and consistent.  Which are two things in my life that I'm working on very hard!

Some of my projects are scrapbooking, cross-stitching, crocheting and reading.  My biggest problem is trying to finish these projects. I started so many and never really finish anything.  This Winter I'm going to make a pact with myself to finish, at least, two of those projects before Winter is over.  Right now I'm reading "Saffron Skies" by Lesley Lokko.  It's a very interesting saga. It's about 600 pages and 106 chapters.  I think I'm on page 400 and something as I type this.  As far as scrapbooking, I've started a small album of my Yorkshire Terriers, now I'm thinking......maybe less is better with scrapbooking.  I tend to put too much on a page.  I'm learning.....
I promised myself a few years back that I'd learn how to quilt and bought some beginner books on the subject but didn't start that project YET!

The next holiday is Valentine's Day!  Ahhhhh the time of year for lovers, cupid and all that.  I love to hurry Winter time a bit by thinking ahead! As for now, I'll stay content in my warm and cozy little house with my two adorable yorkies, Lacy and Spike!