tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post8479312113933130083..comments2024-03-14T15:52:06.924-07:00Comments on Chicken Blog: Resisting The Urge To Word Play With FlockedNatalie, the Chickenbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-77140964888808698092014-12-20T02:55:29.423-08:002014-12-20T02:55:29.423-08:00There's so much that I love about this post, e...There's so much that I love about this post, especially the truthiness of your basic truths. I alluded to #1 in my Pinterest post. Yeah, I got out all the snowmen, and we got the tree decorated, but I didn't attempt any elaborate new decorations ala Pinterest. I love it, but it's mostly a fantasy world. I have found some wonderful recipes on there, but they've mostly been from bloggers that I already knew about. The house is in dire need of cleaning, and I actually had the vacuum cleaner sitting in the dining room for over a week, meaning to get the main floor done, but it sat there so long I decided to just wait until right before Christmas Eve, when we do our big thing. Thank goodness for the stick vac to use on the kitchen floor, because, otherwise, yuck, just yuck. Did I say that I think cleaning house is kind of a waste of time, especially with four kids living here, one of them being a toddler?<br /><br />I got my Christmas cards out fairly early, for me, because of the new address. People still sent to the old one though. I even made sure I put "New Address" on the envelope, but they still missed it. The kid picture didn't get done this year. I didn't have the energy for it. I imagine the old folks probably missed seeing them, and I'll try to get some taken all together when they're all here, but I don't have much hope of it happening. It's always such chaos. I always send Santa Claus and snowmen cards, or pretty snowy farmhouse scenes. I really like ones with cardinals in snow, too. <br /><br />I know what you mean about the hand cramping from writing. My handwriting has become atrocious from disuse. I rarely even write checks anymore. It's all debit card purchases. I pay all my bills online. I used to have beautiful handwriting. I think it started going downhill when I changed my signature to something unintelligible so it couldn't be forged as easily. My daughter told me mine was really easy to forge, and she would know this from her own personal high school experience many years ago. Ha!<br /><br />I have to be an early riser these days. I need a couple of hours of peaceful quiet time before the young'uns get up and start the day. If I didn't, I would go insane. :) <br /><br />xoxo<br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-36007978904171882602014-12-19T09:32:12.987-08:002014-12-19T09:32:12.987-08:00Kathy B., thank you. I just now realized that I d...Kathy B., thank you. I just now realized that I did not send a card to my MIL!! How? How could I forget? Or did? I'm afraid my brain is not helping me on this point. At least it's not too late to fix this, but goodness... <br /><br />I am so glad you, and Jennifer, commented on this post. It's reassuring to know there are kindred spirits out there!Natalie, the Chickenbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-21986414613189986862014-12-19T09:29:22.445-08:002014-12-19T09:29:22.445-08:00Oh, Jennifer! Thank you. Nothing helps more than...Oh, Jennifer! Thank you. Nothing helps more than sharing a chuckle. My flip flops are on, and I am still looking for that pause button!Natalie, the Chickenbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-47370080453428498252014-12-18T19:23:04.498-08:002014-12-18T19:23:04.498-08:00This post is brilliant ! I actually got all my Chr...This post is brilliant ! I actually got all my Christmas cards out into the mail on time this year. My husband & I noticed though that many of the cards we're receiving do not reflect Christmas. Really, we got a photo card from family members showing them all sweaty at the finish line of another race the family runs in.( saw the picture on facebook last summer ) I am thankful they think of us, but there it is, picture of a sweaty family in the summer attached to our Christmas card banner along with CHRISTMAS cards.<br /><br />This year I deliberately chose beautiful glittery snow scenes, and happy old fashioned Santa scenes. I did not include a newsletter because most of the people on the list are my facebook friends and should they really be interested in my family, they only have to click onto my name. For those distant friends & relatives not on facebook I hand wrote a short note of greeting in the cards and gave them my blog name , telling them kindly if they were interested in what we got up to around here they could google the blog name and find out. For our very old relatives I wrote a short letter. I think that anyone who knows you will find your blog way more enlightening & entertaining than the usual Christmas newsletter. <br /><br />Love your Basic Truths, especially the one about Pinterest ! <br />KathyB.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13076933273610590290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-59030581201371110352014-12-18T18:46:12.616-08:002014-12-18T18:46:12.616-08:00amen sister! to all of it, from a fellow san dieg...amen sister! to all of it, from a fellow san diego girl who was laughing at myself this morning.... wearing a knit hat on my head and teva flip flops on my feet. hey, at least i see the irony in it right? oh, and have you found the pause button yet? because i would be mighty thankful to be shown where it is... just a bit of a pause is all i need. honest.jenniferhttp://moonrisesandmorningtea.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com