Author: triciawil

Ho Ho holy cow

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There is so much yet to be done!  I tried to do some things last night that I simply haven’t had a moment for but there is still much more to be done.  And now I am coming down with something.  I am worn out and have a terrible sore throat…possibly a fever starting.  And my answer to all that is, “NO!  I CANNOT WILL NOT BE SICK.”
 
So there.
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Well, today seems to be a somewhat better day.  I must have gotten the majority of my crankies out last night.  Now I am sitting here eating salt & vinegar almonds (sounds gross, I know, but they are yummy and highly addictive!)  Tonight our Bible study group is having a party & ornament exchange, which should be fun.  Michelle & I are debating on the time – I hope I told them all the same time as usual, because I have to go home first!  Then tomorrow night is the youth group party and I am glad to have planned ahead & make the lasagna for then already!  Tonight I can come home and relax (and watch the Biggest Loser finale!)

Cranky

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I am in a bad mood. The day went well but I went to a holiday thing in the township that my pastor was speaking at and didn’t get home until almost 8. Then I had to make my dinner and make dinner for the youth group Christmas party this week. Then I was cleaning up after Ramona, who appears to be sick and I can’t figure out what is wrong with her. Then I tried to hook up my old pc to look for some pictures we need for a New Year’s eve thing we are doing but the mouse wouldn’t work no matter what I did. Then I got on my laptop to check on a blog and now the internet keeps cutting in and out. And one of my accounts is still not showing a payment I made for over $500 – they say they never got the check, though it cleared on December 5th and they act like I am lying when I tell them that. I am trying to get a copy of the canceled check but it is more difficult than you’d expect.

For the love of Pete!

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindy

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You would not believe the wind tonight.  It literally sounds like my house is about to blow right off its foundation.  And there are lots of creepy creaking and scraping noises.  The cats are thrilled (not) and I just want to huddle in my bed with the pillow over my head.  I really hope my power doesn’t go out.  I only have electric heat and no generator or kerosene heater…and it is mighty cold in here already!
 
Nothing terribly interesting to report here.  I am trying to get ready for Christmas.  I think I am finished shopping – I am very low on cash this year, so I am making a lot of gifts and trying to keep to a very strict budget. At least the shopping is done, even in the creating isn’t!  I did about 1/2 my cards – I always say I won’t but then I do them at the last minute anyway.  I guess it is a guilt factor?  I made little thank you gifts for all the children’s & nursery workers at church today – I got little ornaments with their names on them and fastened them to candy canes with a little label with a thank you message on them.  They seemed to be a hit – I hope so.  Much more personal than last year’s gift cards and these were really just from me (last year the church paid for them and I coordinated with other ministry leaders in doing it) so that was nice too. 

Yes, Virginia, there really IS a Tricia!

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I am indeed alive.  Thanksgiving was a whirlwind – had dinner with the folks, laid low on Black Friday and then did a service project with some folks from church on Saturday…I don’t remember Sunday but I do remember that it was back to work Monday and I’ve been plugging away ever since with that plus church plus regular life.  If you could see my mountain of laundry yet to be done, you would be amazed! 
 
I plan to get back into the regular habit of blogging. I’d really like to do it daily but am hesitant to lock myself into that.  We shall see.  But for now, I really DO exist and I am back in action!

Break

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Apparently, I am on a bloggity break. I didn’t realize it myself until today. I need to decide what the point of this is…I think I know but I have strayed for various reasons. So, have a very happy Thanksgiving and I’ll catch up with y’all after the holiday.

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“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all; because once you are real you can’t ever be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” ~ From The Velveteen Rabbit

Lightening

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After my news of the morning, followed by the school where one of my kids in youth group goes getting locked down (and we weren’t able to reach her because they could not use their phones – which I truly do understand but it is upsetting…) I need a little lightness. And so, Friday Feast:

Appetizer
Which snack do you like to get when you go to the movies?

Popcorn, of course. I also like Milk Duds!

Soup
What year did you start using the internet?

Gosh…1992/1993? Mostly bulletin boards…not sure what else was available then.

Salad
What is your first name in Pig Latin?

Riciatay.

Main Course
Name something you are picky about.

How about I tell you something I am NOT picky about. That might be easier!

Dessert
Fill in the blanks: I ____ ____ yesterday and I ____ ____ today

I started my new eating plan yesterday and I kept at it today.

Sad News

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My friend Sarah called me this morning and asked if I had seen the news…which is never a good sign.  A guy we worked with had been had been shot & killed in the city Wednesday night while delivering home heating oil.  I was so shocked and saddened to hear this this morning. I had heard the report of the shooting Wednesday and thanked God that it was not the husband of another friend who’s husband does the same thing part-time but at the time they had not released his name.  While I don’t know all the details, I do know that he had left behind a wife and two girls who must be inconsolable. 
 
I could go on and on about the state of our world today, the senseless killing, the lack of morals and lack of remorse that seems to now be ingrained in the human psyche.  I turn away from the news now most nights just to shield myself from it.  I know it is reality…I do truly know…but I don’t want to have to accept this world for what it is or what it is becoming.  I’m left to hold fast to one thing…hope.
 
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Jeremiah 29:11