Weekly Ramblings

Beasts & Ornamenting & Reporting {Life in Review: 7}

November 27, 2016

Thanksgiving was lovely as lways. Good food and good family and lots of laughs. And then we “played” Beanboozled. That is when things went a little south for awhile. And now I feel like detoxing my body until Christmas.

We saw Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. It was the first movie in the Harry Potter franchise that I’ve seen. Yeah, I know. I went into it knowing nothing about the story. Honestly, I know nothing about anything in the Harry Potter series. Anyway, I enjoyed it, though I spent a lot of the movie thinking Samantha Morton looks a lot like Justine Bateman.

We opted out of the craziness of Black Friday shopping for the calm and quiet of tree trimming. I’d rather deal with having to share ornamenting with children than deal with people in line. And now our home is cozily decked out. Though Mary has come up missing. {And I still do some nightly ornament rearranging.}

As usual for us, we ended this holiday weekend book reporting. Sometimes I feel like it never ends. This time a bio on Steven Spielberg. Mostly it was anyway someone could do a report on Jaws.

For the first time this season I’m ready to turn on the heat. If only everyone else felt the same way.

I’m still plugging away at reconnecting with my camera. I swear I don’t know what happened. Sure it’s like riding a bike. Riding a bike uphill, in a windstorm, in the rain.

I just got rid of a ton of books. Maybe not a ton, but Shane says 300 pounds of books. I have no idea why I held on to books that I either already read and had no intention of rereading or ones that I don’t want to read in the first place. I hope they all find lovely homes.

Moon & Camera & Cotton {Life In Review: 6}

November 19, 2016

We had a Super Moon. And as expected, it was super bright. Whenever it’s a full moon I remember when was about 10 or 11, and my dad and I were driving home from out in the Atherton area of Novato. We were on a country road talking about how bright the full moon was, and how people use it as guide. Since it was just us on the road he turned off his headlights to show me. I was awed and mesmerized by how bright the moon was shining down on us. It’s funny those odd little memories that stick.I literally forgot how to use my camera. I was looking at the controls I had customized and numbers on the dials like they were in a foreign language. Thank goodness it all came back to me. Lesson learned: Use my camera more than once a year.

Going to the gym on Friday night makes the weekend that much better. For real. Yeah I’m exciting like that.

I’ve been itching to put up the Christmas tree all week. I finally bought cinnamon pinecones so it’s starting to smell all Holiday-y.

I’m thinking about challenging myself to read only books I own. I think it’s silly to set self-imposed limits like this, but it’s also silly having as many un-read books as I do.

We think Monkey might be part cat. He leaps and jumps up on things like one. It’s amusing. Until he leaps on you as you’re going to sleep.

Cotton season snuck up on me this year. It’s my favorite season. I love all the fields and crops here, but especially cotton. They are building housing tracts and shopping centers right and left here. I wonder how many more years of fields we have.

I’m super excited for the short holiday week coming up. We could use more of them!

Babies & Crown & Stuff {Life In Review: 5}

November 13, 2016

My nephew and his fiancée are having a baby girl in the spring. I’m so excited! Also, that means I’m going to be a Great Auntie. And I’m still wrapping my head around the Great part!

So Thanksgiving next week, and Christmas in 40 days apparently. Still wrapping my head around that too.

We had an election. And that is all I have to say about that. But those Biden memes…

Thank goodness we don’t do daylight savings here. If only sunset before 5:30 also meant bedtime by 6.

I took Beau and his friend to see Trolls. They were dancing and singing and clapping in their seats. Literally dancing and singing and clapping, as Beau would say.

We’re still waiting for Fall to make an appearance in Arizona. It’s looking like shorts on Thanksgiving.

I did grocery shopping late Friday night rather than my usual weekend morning. Good thing, too. They were handing out free samples. Of Vanilla Crown Royal. It doesn’t get much better than that. Maybe that’s what we all need, more samples….