Video I Love: Happily Ever After

I was looking for movie endings and stumbled across these.

He Is We is new to me. I know, I’ve probably been under a rock. I love this acoustic version of the song.

This is an old favorite, I’d forgotten how much I like this man’s voice.

Which one is your favorite?

Can you help me add to my Happily Ever After playlist?

Remembering Gumby

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Do you remember Gumby, and Pokey?

The wee beasties are on Spring Break this week. As always seems to come up on these holidays, we started comparing their childhood to mine.

It feels like one of those songs or commercials, “when I was young we had to get up to change the TV channels” or “we drank from the garden hose.” And a radio show…not even in the stratosphere of their understanding. Of course, those were before my time, too, LOL.

Last night, Gumby.

The wee beasties and I stayed up much later than planned catching up on Gumby and Pokey’s adventures

There is something magical about introducing the boys to things I loved from my childhood. Having them enjoy it, too…well, that’s priceless.

“So, it’s like the 60′s version of SpongeBob,” oldest informed me.

Sure. I guess there are worse things he could have compared Gumby to.

What was the last “I remember when” moment you had with someone from a different generation?

Video I Love: The Hero’s Journey (Tarot Major Arcana)

Thanksgiving Traditions

Hope y’all had a fabulous Thanksgiving.

Not having local family members to visit or cook for on Thanksgiving means we often have a quiet day. This year the topic of traditions came up.

That Man and I, thankfully, grew up with very similar traditions which made the merging of our lives fairly painless. Of course, we’ve also developed some of our own.

Thanksgiving isn’t Thanksgiving for That Man until he’s watched –

and it has become a tradition for us the night before Thanksgiving. And, in my male dominated house, football is a must on the day.

For me, as long as Christmas isn’t encroaching on Thanksgiving I’m good

However, the minute that dinner is over, the food put away, I’m ready to settle in with my dessert and watch –

(And it has to be the black and white version!) Then Christmas may start.

What must you watch or do on Thanksgiving to make it complete?

Video I Love: Earth Tones

I’ll be interviewing Angela Wallace next week and to tantalize you here is the book trailer to the third book of her Elemental Magic series.

Video I Love: Tarot Reader Basics

Sunday Summary

It’s been a busy week of learning new things!

I made it for D&E Morning Pages three of the last seven. No new writing or, more importantly at this point, revisions and re-writes. With the new job, and scheduled hours all over the map, there isn’t a guarantee of Dark & Early writing time. Just as there isn’t a guarantee of Late & Dark writing time. So fitting writing time, as least consistent writing time, is a challenge I have yet to master.

And there were days I didn’t even turn on the computer to check emails! I’m afraid to open Google Reader and Triberr, LOL. There just hasn’t been the time to read, much less respond, to blogs. I feel bad about that, even as I know y’all understand the crazy that is life. I’ve driven by Facebook and Twitter a couple times

Thus, I’m still on the fence about ROW80. On one hand, I’m positive it would help me get back in the swing of things. On the other hand, I don’t feel I have the energy.

My goal for this coming week is simply to write for 30 minutes every single day.

On the up side, I think Beastie Girl will be a princess (though I’m not sure about that hat!) for Halloween Work is having a contest for best pet costume. I’ll have to come up with something for myself…can’t remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween, LOL.

Do you dress up for Halloween? What will you be wearing this year?

I Spy with My Little Eye, the Letter C

Marcia Richards had a fun post in which she shared her top 10 favorite things starting with the letter L. She had an awesome list. Marcia offered to assign a letter to anyone who wanted to play along.

She gave me “C”

Without further ado, and in no particular order, here are my top 10 favorite things beginning with “C”

Christmas
(Yep, Christmas morning at our house after the boys attacked the presents.)

Celts
(You knew this had to be here somewhere, right?)

Cross Stitch

Children
(The Wee Beasties)

Cinnamon Rolls

Coming Home
(Is there anything better than coming home and sleeping in your own bed?)

Chocolate

Candles
(Especially around the bath tub, right Natalie?)

Claus
(As in Santa Claus. Yeah, I know it’s a bit of a cheat.)

Check out some of the other people playing along:

Myndi Shafer: B
Natalie Hartford: J
Kathy Owen: R

Aren’t you impressed it wasn’t all chocolate? If you’d like to play along, let me know in the comments and I’ll assign you a letter.

To Dennis With Love

I wasn’t going to post today…it has been one of those weekends.

A few weeks ago I received the email I had both been expecting and dreading. Hospice had been called in for my second father, Daddy Dennis.

Dennis has always been a man of quiet strength, his faith as intricate to him as breathing, and someone people would describe as a non-fighter. He often stood as the peacemaker when our families shared a home.

He’s the man who had an entire dinner party laughing to the point of tears over a simple family meal that will forever be known as “Giggle Charlie” — I have no idea what we called the dish prior to that night. For dessert, he served us tissue to wipe our eyes.

He’s the man who taught me to drive a stick shift.

He’s the man I could go to no matter what and trust he’d listen without fixing.

He very literary took me from crayons to perfume…

Friday, Hospice informed the family Dennis likely wouldn’t make it through the night.

This Lulu song has been playing in my head ever since.

How do you say good-bye?

For me, I was unable to. Dennis wasn’t able to take phone calls. Yet he surprised everyone and made it through the night.

This morning, I woke to the news he passed last night.

Rest in Peace Dennis. I love you and you will be missed.

Video I Love: The Fool’s Journey

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