Month: November 2004

At my house, we just can’t fight the season any more. Last night, a dusting of snow was declared a victory in the Mom vs. Junior discussion about why it was too early in the year for snow. So what DVD did he choose to watch after dinner? How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

This actually makes me happy, I have to tell you. I am the Christmas person in my family. I am the one who wants to start watching the holiday specials during Thanksgiving breakfast. Junior is carrying the torch for me, and as such, we now outnumber Mr. Dump.

It might be time to throw in my “it feels like a Christmas movie to me, even if it technically isn’t”, Little Women (the new version, not the old one, even though the old ones are good. I just love the new one with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder. Yup, I think I’ll put that one on top of the DVD player today.

p.s. Nano Novel is at 8249. Not where I should be, but not too bad.

I had to search out the hats and mittens for this morning. Man oh man, what a difference from yesterday! I also realized that I need to get Junior his annual pair of winter boots. I know he won’t fit in the old ones, which I thought I bought big enough. I’m a fool, really.

Well, looking at the forecast for the rest of the week, I guess I can only say “at least it isn’t snowing.”

I bought egg nog today.

I also got my DVD copy of the Muppet Christmas Carol in the mail from Amazon (to replace my worn out VHS version) and am on pins and needles waiting for the Elf DVD to be released on the 1th. My cd player is poised to spin the Elf soundtrack I bought last year…

I won’t watch the movies just yet, but the egg nog’s days are numbered.

p.s. Behind on the Nanonovel, I’m at about 5300 words, I should have twice that. *sigh*

If you live in Massachusetts and you are reading this on Sunday afternoon, back away from the computer and go outside. Thank you.

Okay, two Nano Novel snippets. I warned you!

“I want people. I would be happy with just a person. Well, one person if that person was a real go-getter. I don’t want a slacker lackey for my person. I would have to trade up for a new person. And that would also mean it was my responsibility to let the bad person go. I’m no good at firing people. Would I have to give slacker lackey a written warning first? “Become a go-getter or you’re out.” What if the warning made him start to screw up the stuff he was doing because he knew that there was no way he could transform himself into the person I needed him to be. Can you see how ugly all of this is getting, and it is not even reality? My God, I’m just better off being a loner nobody. It’s just easier.”

and

“…and I told her that I wasn’t feeling well but she made me come in anyway. And I told her that I might have some kind of eye infection but she didn’t want to hear it and she said as long as I washed my hands a lot and used some of the Purell antibacterial stuff, I would be able to work and not infect anyone else. So it’s on her head if the whole department breaks out in some freaky eye infection.”