Seriously. They're all good. Every song is good. This Youtube playlist is 75 songs long. If you don't want to listen to four hours of Pentatonix (why wouldn't you, what's wrong with you?) I heartily recommend their version of "When You Believe" which I have been listening to heavily all year. My favorite songs on their new Christmas album are "We Need a Little Christmas" and" Jingle Bell Pop" which is a bouncy, happy mix of a bunch of jingle bell songs, and a version of "Amazing Grace ...
Murphy, December 2020
Murphy has BIG FEELINGS, whether it's barkingly upset or barkingly happy or whiningly sad or growlingly irritated. As we headed into our first Christmas with Murphy back in 2017, we were worried that he'd destroy all of the holiday decorations. We were wrong. Because Murphy LOVES Christmas. He doesn't knock into the trees. He is respectful of the Christmas village. He tosses the regular sofa pillows on the floor but leaves the Christmas throw pillows alone. He never barks at the fire ...
Christmas Movie Roundup
I unapologetically watch Hallmark Christmas movies between Thanksgiving until New Year's. I love all of their cheesiness and I'm all for thin plots and happy endings. Here are few that I've seen lately...all movies are on Hallmark unless indicated otherwise. One Royal HolidayTHIS IS MY FAVORITE EVER. The stodgy Crown Prince of Gallick, his mother the Queen of Gallick, and their hunky bodyguard are traveling to the airport after visiting the Boston Hospital where the late King had a heart ...
What I’m listening to: Holly Dolly Christmas
It's a fun Christmas Album by country and vaccine queen Dolly Parton! Here's the entire album! The whole album is fantastic. My favorites are "Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas" which is a duet with Michael Buble, and "Christmas on the Square" which is a slappy little hoedown song. I skip "All I Want for Christmas is You" because I can't stand Jimmy Fallon. ...
Lazy Sunday
I had such grand plans for today. All I ended up really doing was grocery shopping, replacing the lights on our pre-lit palm tree Christmas tree downstairs, and addressing the Christmas cards. I was GOING to freeze up some cookie dough for December. I was GOING to drag out the upstairs Christmas tree. NOPE. There's always next weekend, I suppose. :) ...
Overdressed Wednesday
It was a strange Wednesday at work, not for anything involving me, but there are Things Going On at the Upper Levels of Management and those vibes always travel downward. We were asked to dress "business professional" today and tomorrow and I did as was asked. I dusted off the shift dress and the blazer and the pearls and was WAYYY overdressed. TNP (short for TNP, but at almost 8 years there it's not so new anymore) usually dresses casually, so I probably should have stepped up to business ...
Cozy Sunday
Today after dropping Molly the Jeep off at the shop (check engine light, probably a million dollars to fix) we went out to breakfast, hit up JoAnn fabric for quilt batting for Christmas Village snow, and then Walmart for groceries. I used to grocery shop at Target, but my local store is having all sorts of issues keeping groceries in stock. Acme is expensive, Wegmans is too crowded, and ShopRite depresses me for reasons I can't pinpoint (too 80s-beige? aging clientele?) so Walmart it is for ...
Christmas Roundup!
December was a sugar-coated whirlwind of activities that didn't let up until the 26th, which begins WM and I lovingly call ... Sloth Week. Schools are closed and TNP is closed until January 2. That leaves us here in the House on Literary Lane with NO OBLIGATIONS! (other than dog care, housekeeping, hygiene, the usual.) The family was great to me as usual. I got both a drone and a guitar, making me 100% more annoying than usual. This year I baked fewer cookies than ever and it still ...
Christmas 2017
I kinda whiffed on Christmas this year. While I started planning in October as usual, this year I: > Didn't bake a lot of cookies at all, and the ones I did make weren't all that great. > Bought my last gift the day before Christmas Eve which is VERY late for me. > Forgot to write out the family cards altogether. I have them! They're still in the Hallmark bag. > Didn't get the regular cards in the mail until Christmas Eve. > Didn't even bother putting out the Christmas village. But you ...
Currently, slacking edition
SLACKING on this blog. Seriously, Kim, get over your post-vacation funk and get it together. Painting my future craft room. Finally. I went to Lowes with the sunbeam paint swatch in hand. Dumped painting supplies in the cart. Wheeled it over to the paint department, where I didn't see any Glidden paint. I went to the paint desk - "Do you not sell Glidden anymore?" ANNNND was told that paint chip came from Home Depot. Yay me! Rather than go to another home improvement store, I picked a color ...
Throwback Thursday: December 1973
Rabbit rabbit! I'm glad it's October because September well and truly sucked. Yuck. No date on the back of this one, but I'm positive it's Christmas 1973. This is an actual Polaroid picture. For the younger readers, this is what Instagram is trying to emulate. I'm 15 months old and barely standing. The story goes that I was held back from walking until the folks could get carpet installed. But I know me, so I'm going to chalk that up to laziness/clumsiness. Items of note: Bells tied to the ...
The favorite gift I gave this Christmas
Wherever you are, I hope it's warmer than here. It was 11 degrees when I woke up, and it's not rising out of the 20s until tomorrow morning. But the wind chill drops the temperature down to the negatives. I can't get warm. *** I read about CharityPups.com in the gift guide of one of the many magazines I collected around the holidays. The concept is simple: you pay some money, upload pics of your dog(s), and Aaron Kaufman will create a custom digital sketch of your pooch(es). I was looking for ...
