Thank you!

Thank you AAA locksmith guy.

Thank you for showing up earlier than the AAA rep said you would.

Thank you for jimmying open my car door.

Thank you for pointing out that, once in the car, I could pull the back seat down to get into the trunk where my purse and car keys were.

And most of all...

Thank you for doing all this without making me feel like an idiot for locking my keys in my trunk.

You are awesome. =]


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Because I have nothing interesting to write about

You get a meme!

Whose hoodie did you wear last?
Mine

Would you like to be in a relationship right now?
Ehh...I'm ok with being single at the moment.

Why did you last go to the beach?
I don't even remember when I last went to the beach, let alone why.

Are you crushing on someone?
Mmmhmmm

Do you sleep on your stomach?
No, my side

Who was the last person that made you cry?
I watched Brokeback Mountain last night for the first time in a while, and it always makes me cry. So technically, the answer is Heath Ledger.

Are you ticklish?​
Very

What do you think of the last person you talked to on the phone?
I love her to death, but she needs to stop blaming other people for her problems.

Will you kiss someone within the next week or two?
Hmm...doubtful. But it'd be nice.

How are you feeling at this very moment?
Pretty good, actually,

What are you excited about?
Metallica show in a few weeks

Do you know a few people who smoke weed?
Shyeah!

Do you know what you'll name your kids?
IF I'd had any...I always liked Ian Alexander for a boy. I never really settled on a girl's name.

What was the last thing you drank?
I am drinking a Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash

Is there anyone you won't ever forget?
I have a few of those

Would you rather go forward a week or back a week?
Forward

Do you know anyone who would drop everything just to come see you?
Not really =[

What are you listening to at the moment?​
Nothing, oddly enough

What were you doing at midnight last night?
Watching aforementioned movie

Has a boy/girl ever called you babe/baby?
Yup

Is there a guy who knows everything or mostly everything about you?
Pretty much

What were you doing 2 hours ago?
Laundry

Did you see someone you don't like today?
Nope

Who are all the texts in your inbox from?
Twitter, Jade, Chele, Josh

Do you miss anyone?
Yeah...

Where is the person you want to kiss right now?
I plead the 5th

How do you feel about your relationship status?
I'm fine with it for now

Have you ever seen someone blow up a condom?
Lolol yes

Do any of your friends have children?
Yes, and I have 2 friends who are currently expecting =]

Is it cute when a guy/girl calls you babe?
Yes. I'm a sucker for shit like that.

Are you going to talk to anyone on the phone tonight?
If Jade calls me back I will.

Did you have an exciting last weekend?
Meh...I worked.

Is there a secret you've never told your parents?
God yes...

A splendid time is guaranteed for all

Have you ever played a CD that you hadn't listened to in years, only to realize that you still knew every single word of that album, start to finish, by heart?

There's this record...it was released 42 years ago this coming June, which makes it older than I am. I was completely obsessed with it in my late teens. I had it on cassette then.

I finally bought it on CD about 10 years ago, obsessed on it again for a while, then put it away.

Today, for some reason, I felt like listening to it.

I put it in my CD player in my car and listened to the first half of it on the way to work. I listened to the last half of it on my way home.

I still know every. Single. Word.



What an amazing album! What a great band!

It's someone's birthday!

And since he didn't seem to think this was completely retarded, I'll share what I made for him.


Happy birthday Jay!

Merry Christmas Blogland!

So far I have gotten:

$25 Starbucks card

Chocolates

Mini bottles of lotion from Bath & Body Works in Japanese Cherry Blossom, Warm Vanilla Sugar, and Velvet Tuberose.

2009 Witch's Calender

Make-up

Skin care products

I'll be getting at least one other thing later when my mom's friend Sherry comes over for dinner.


My contribution to dinner tonight is dessert.

Coffee Fluff

Recipe:

2-1/4 cups cold milk
1 tbs. instant coffee
1 pkg. (6 serving size) Jello Instant vanilla pudding
1 pkg. Dream Whip whipped topping mix
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Cool Whip Extra Creamy whipped topping

Dissolve coffee in milk in a medium sized mixing bowl. Add dry pudding mix, dry whipped topping mix and cinnamon. Mix with electric mixer, starting on low, gradually increasing speed until mixture forms soft peaks (3-5 minutes).

Let set in refrigerator 1 hour (or overnight) to set.

The original recipe (found in the Jello Cookbook) calls to serve it in dessert glasses as-is.

The way I do it is: spoon 2 tbs. of mixture in dessert glass. Layer 2 tbs. of Cool Whip on top of that, then 2 more tbs. of the mixture, topped with another dollop of Cool Whip.

Enjoy!

This is what I do when I'm bored

Happy Holidays blog friends!

Yule (Winter Solstice)

Yule, (pronounced EWE-elle) is when the dark half of the year relinquishes to the light half. Starting the next morning at sunrise, the sun climbs just a little higher and stays a little longer in the sky each day. Known as Solstice Night, or the longest night of the year, much celebration was to be had as the ancestors awaited the rebirth of the Oak King, the Sun King, the Giver of Life that warmed the frozen Earth and made her to bear forth from seeds protected through the fall and winter in her womb. Bonfires were lit in the fields, and crops and trees were "wassailed" with toasts of spiced cider.

Children were escorted from house to house with gifts of clove spiked apples and oranges which were laid in baskets of evergreen boughs and wheat stalks dusted with flour. The apples and oranges represented the sun, the boughs were symbolic of immortality, the wheat stalks portrayed the harvest, and the flour was accomplishment of triumph, light, and life. Holly, mistletoe, and ivy not only decorated the outside, but also the inside of homes. It was to extend invitation to Nature Sprites to come and join the celebration. A sprig of Holly was kept near the door all year long as a constant invitation for good fortune to pay visit to the residents.

The ceremonial Yule log was the highlight of the festival. In accordance to tradition, the log must either have been harvested from the householder's land, or given as a gift... it must never have been bought. Once dragged into the house and placed in the fireplace it was decorated in seasonal greenery, doused with cider or ale, and dusted with flour before set ablaze be a piece of last years log, (held onto for just this purpose). The log would burn throughout the night, then smolder for 12 days after before being ceremonially put out. Ash is the traditional wood of the Yule log. It is the sacred world tree of the Teutons, known as Yggdrasil. An herb of the Sun, Ash brings light into the hearth at the Solstice.

A different type of Yule log, and perhaps one more suitable for modern practitioners would be the type that is used as a base to hold three candles. Find a smaller branch of oak or pine, and flatten one side so it sets upright. Drill three holes in the top side to hold red, green, and white (season), green, gold, and black (the Sun God), or white, red, and black (the Great Goddess). Continue to decorate with greenery, red and gold bows, rosebuds, cloves, and dust with flour.

Deities of Yule are all Newborn Gods, Sun Gods, Mother Goddesses, and Triple Goddesses. The best known would be the Dagda, and Brighid, the daughter of the Dagda. Brighid taught the smiths the arts of fire tending and the secrets of metal work. Brighid's flame, like the flame of the new light, pierces the darkness of the spirit and mind, while the Dagda's cauldron assures that Nature will always provide for all the children.

Symbolism of Yule:
Rebirth of the Sun, The longest night of the year, The Winter Solstice, Introspect, Planning for the Future.

Symbols of Yule:
Yule log, or small Yule log with 3 candles, evergreen boughs or wreaths, holly, mistletoe hung in doorways, gold pillar candles, baskets of clove studded fruit, a simmering pot of wassail, poinsettias, christmas cactus.

Herbs of Yule:
Bayberry, blessed thistle, evergreen, frankincense holly, laurel, mistletoe, oak, pine, sage, yellow cedar.

Foods of Yule:
Cookies and caraway cakes soaked in cider, fruits, nuts, pork dishes, turkey, eggnog, ginger tea, spiced cider, wassail, or lamb's wool (ale, sugar, nutmeg, roasted apples).

Incense of Yule:
Pine, cedar, bayberry, cinnamon.

Colors of Yule:
Red, green, gold, white, silver, yellow, orange.

Stones of Yule:
Rubies, bloodstones, garnets, emeralds, diamonds.

Activities of Yule:
Caroling, wassailing the trees, burning the Yule log, decorating the Yule tree, exchanging of presents, kissing under the mistletoe, honoring Kriss Kringle the Germanic Pagan God of Yule

Spellworkings of Yule:
Peace, harmony, love, and increased happiness.

Deities of Yule:
Goddesses-Brighid, Isis, Demeter, Gaea, Diana, The Great Mother. Gods-Apollo, Ra, Odin, Lugh, The Oak King, The Horned One, The Green Man, The Divine Child, Mabon.

Blessed Be!