Posted in Twins on December 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My sister Dotty, my joie de vivre is leaving for home in Sacramento this morning after two really good weeks’ visit. I shall miss her greatly, but hopefully have plans to see her in a few months. Yay!
Posted in God, Music on December 23, 2007 | 13 Comments »
My dear friend Jen sent this to me last week and I didn’t have time to watch it until today. Now I’m sitting here in complete awe and wonder. It’s so true. That’s all I’m saying.
OK and I’m crying, too.
Love you all.
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Friends, God, Prayers on December 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I work out at a local gym for ladies only. You know the one. It’s 2 miles from here and I drive by it on my way to and from work. The former owners have a large family, and their middle child had some sort of brain injury on the day of his High School [...]
Posted in Family Making, Holidays, Twins, Work on December 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Three days on. One day off. One day on. One day off.
Start over again.
The second day off is Christmas.
I can’t begin to say how wonderfully lovely the atmosphere has been lately at work. I mean that with my whole heart; no sarcasm here. It’s been stressful because of the photolab not working, and stressful because [...]
Posted in Amusing, poetry on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One more from my book at Dailylit.com . I get three posts per week and I’m just loving it. The rhythym of this one captivated me.
THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.
“The Owl and the Pussy-Cat,” by Edward Lear (1812-88), is placed here
because I once found that a timid child was much strengthened and
developed by learning it. [...]
Posted in Holidays, Music on December 16, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I decided back in September that I’d sing and play a song for Christmas at Church. Apparently I posted O Come O Come Emmanuel a year ago in anticipation of Christmas. And I’m reposting this year, with the decided difference that it’s ME playing and singing.
It’s rough, and I was in my Pajamas, so please [...]
Posted in Amusing, God, poetry on December 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve recently begun a new book at DailyLit. It’s called Poems Every Child Should Know, by various authors. I’ve selected two to share tonight:
THE BABY.
I found “The Baby” in Stedman’s “Anthology.” It is placed in this
volume by permission of the poet, Jeremiah Eames Rankin, of Cleveland
(1828-), because it captured the heart of a ten-year-old boy [...]
Posted in Amusing, Holidays, Work on December 13, 2007 | 7 Comments »
At Best Buy, apparently they only hire 14-year-olds anymore. Or maybe it’s that I’ll be 35 next month and all the college kids working at Best Buy are looking awfully young to me.
I was supposed to have yesterday off for Vacation, to get my cards and shopping finished. But the Photo Lab malfunctioned and I [...]
Posted in Amusing, Family, Health, Soapbox on December 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Jack the Quack
When I was a kid, we’d go to a Chiropractor whose first name was Jack. My dad always called him “Jack the Quack,” even though we all went to him for treatments and agreed that he was an adequate chiropractor.
See, our family isn’t of the idea that Chiropractic will cure every ill, but that [...]
Posted in Amusing, Family, Food, Holidays on December 7, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’m up and awake. It’s nearly midnight and I am on a mission.
My mom is retiring at the end of this month and I, LIKE A SILLY GOOSE, am throwing her a party the day before she would have had to go back to work, were she not retiring. That means January 5 is the [...]
Posted in Holidays on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s the last call for Christmas Cards.
If you would like to receive a Christmas Card from me, click the TALK TO ME link in the sidebar to send me your name and address.
Even if you have received a card from me in previous years, you still need to give me your address again.
Merry Christmastime!
Love,
Jayleigh
Posted in Brain Dump, Family on December 4, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I only wish that the ramp-up to Holidays with my family was a Psychotic Break.
The facts are quite simple:
My brother is a class-A Jerk.
My sister isn’t willing to help with making plans because she’s “in school and has a final coming up.”
I, on the other hand, need to “buck up! You just have a job. You should quit [...]
Posted in Food, Marriage on December 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Rob purchased some sausages from the store last week. The front of the package read, “Classic British-style Bangers.” Of course this made us both laugh, and then, of couse, Rob’s mind went straight to the gutter. (OK mine went to the gutter too!)
Anyhoo… I have read quite enough British-themed novels that I know about Bangers and [...]
