Merry Christmas from Moi Aussi !!!

This is my Merry Christmas post. Christmas came at us in an odd way this year, it came to soon after thanksgiving and it never really blossomed. Ironically, it's probably one of the first white christmases we've had in a decade. Yet, despite the snow, it simply does not feel like a holiday. I write this as i sit at home. mom and i decided to see each other next week since there is a family gathering then and i really didn't want to drive out twice. it's sort of like today is just another day, and that's weird b/c nothing has changed in me since last chrsitmas. i'm not depressed, nor has my faith failed me, i simply just don't have that holiday spirit. even at school the kids were subdued in their whole snata excitement routine. hardly any cards were exchanged, there wasn't any decor (not that at a middle school there ever is).

i don't want ppl to call me a scrooge or a party pooper, it's just different somehow. what i am looking forward to is the idea of the new year and the rebirth of time. The days will be growing longer with light. it's a time to start again.

so light the bayberry candles, wish in the new, make resolutions, plan for the new year!

Joyous Winter Solstice! Merry Christmas! Peaceful and Hopeful New Year! Blessed Epiphany!

This card from my mother was very beautiful and touched with sparkles!

The Official Blue Bloods trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1r-Tr0EG2Q

I just finished reading Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz. It is book three in the Blue Bloods series, and yes, it is about Vampires. The difference is that these vampires not only live among us, but they are the leaders of society. One was Miles Standish! Revelations is a bit more than Schyler the lead character learning more about her fellow vampires, it's also the opening to the apocolypse. Why is the apocolypse so fashionable in fiction these days? Or do I just subconsciously seek out fiction that follows this path? It does work for this novel because the vampires are described as fallen angels, so if you're thinking which vampire is the biggest baddy of all the fallen, you guessed right? Lucifer doesn't make a full appearacnce in book 3, but he'll be a player in book 4 (due out next year). And I get the feeling he'll be using one of the good guys as a vessel.

So can Schyler, the mysreious wild card half human, save the world?

There's plenty of mystery in these books, definately some romance, magical vampire powers, all tied in with angels who aren't warm and fuzzy. It's more sophisticated than Twilight. I honestly like this series more, but Twilight was the series that let me come out of the fangirl closet, so it will always hold a dear palce in my heart.

Randomness

So...what have I been up to? You know, I hate idle conversation and can be really poor at it, but then there are times when I just let loose and talk so much I never listen. You know, I'd love to find a balance someday. I bring up conversation because isn't that question typical to ask when meeting with someone?

So the truth?

I waste a lot of time relaxing. How? Mostly on the computer checking e-mails, favorite blogs and forums and having the occasional IM moment with Arina in Arizona. I can't say it's anymore a waste of time than TV, and do people feel guilty about that?

Anyway, I think my point is I'm in winter sloth mode which is bad....very very bad! Sure I've been into books and actually finished my 2 year long story (slow writer...yeh, I'm guilty). I've been attempting to hone my blog writing skills b/c I've learned there actually is an art to writing truly thought provoking and meaningful blogs. [No, duh! This is not an example!] I'd love to tell you cleaning my house is a new passion, but unless my mother wins the lottery, thus allowing me the remodel of my dreams, my perfectionism is never gonna let me grab full control over keeping this place clean enough to eat from the floors. Please, with 3 cats! Who you kidding?

At the moment....Anthony Kiedis is singing "Hump de Bump" that naughty boy still incites me to carnal thoughts! Yum! [thoroughly unnecessary for me to say?!?!?! :)]

My kissing ball either a) blew off in the wind or b) was stolen
This morning it was not in front of my step. I couldn't look for it because it was dark at 7 AM, and when I returned home at 5:30 PM, it was dark. I think she's long gone! And she was so pretty, my favorite decoration of the season.

And yeh! I'm not sending Christmas cards nor placing a Christmas tree. Cause I don't want to. That's why!

Winter approaches...December is feeling half over..a New Year looms ahead. I feel good about these things. Peaceful.

Peace to you!