12.29.2008

Attempt # 500124


The kitties are trying to defrost my stone-cold heart. Nice try.

12.15.2008

Dear Santa,



I ask that you defrost my bah humbug heart.

Love,

Gwen





Attempts to cultivate the Christmas spirit:

  • Went to a tree farm to cut down a tree with Greg and Winslow

  • Decorated the tree to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the movie

  • Christmas shopping: completed

  • Watched: Scrooged, Santa Clause 2
  • Baked Doris's famous Pistachio Cookies

  • Planned the office holiday party and participated in our Adopt-A-Family

  • Blared Christmas carols (currently and while baking)

  • Wrapped presents for the Christmas Destroyers to attack and open

I'm also running low on Christmas Card Karma according to Real Simple. Too many cards with imprinted signatures...

Any sure-fire ways to spark the Christmas spirit?

Next year, I'm thinking Festivus.



12.01.2008

Gratitude

Last month, I began a Gratitude Journal in hopes of regaining a part of myself that I recently felt as though it was slipping away from me. Each night - minus two rowdy evenings spent in the mountains- I wrote down three things that I felt grateful for experiencing. I decided to focus more on the day-to-day ideas that passed through my mind rather than the more obvious ones like good health, a wonderful husband and family, etc. I will always be grateful for such things.
I have to say, ending my day in this manner was truly refreshing. Instead of mulling over conversations from work or life worries, I was actively thinking of all (or at least three) things that I was happy to recall and jot down. Now that December is here, I've decided to continue this nightly ritual.
Please enjoy a few snippets.

Today, I'm grateful for....
...soft, clean sheets.
...alone time.
...leaves swirling in the wind.
...a good friend, a good beer and a sunny patio.
...making the most of a day.
...not rushing.
...crisp walks at night with the smell of a fire burning in the air.
...encouragement from those who know you and even those who don't.
...people who like to talk about books.
...a clean house.

 
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