Monday Morning Musings

Well actually it's Monday evening musings by now. Just finished dinner and checking in on some of my favorite sites, (you know who you are!) and now if I can keep my eyes open I will try to jot down a few lines. I was awake reading this morning at 4 so I am kind of like a baby with their days and nights mixed up.



Speaking of reading I am still working on Jan Karon's new book. I can't honestly say I like it any better but I am determined to finish it. I just LOVED her other books and they all left me with such an uplifted feeling and this book is totally different to me. I am curious to hear what any of you others have to say. Has anyone out there read it yet? Someone new left a comment a while back that they were going to read it and I tried to link back to them but couldn't so if you are reading this and you have read it let me know. Did that sentence make sense???

Went Christmas shopping this morning armed with my list of things to get. It was very quiet at the mall so I got a lot done. I just can't imagine going on Black Friday, there wasn't a parking spot to be had in the whole place! Someone asked what Black Friday means and it is when businesses start getting into the black and out of the red as sales pick up so much the day after Thanksgiving. Today was Black Monday for Internet sales.

I picked up a take out salad at Ruby Tues*day's and headed over to my church to work on decorating for the holidays. There are six of us on the committee and we are just decorating junkies. We change the decorations around for every season and holiday and if there isn't one we change stuff any way. I will get some pictures when it is all finished.

I need to get some decorating done here at home. I have one tree up on the sun porch but the poor thing still doesn't have any decorations on it just the pre-lit lights. How sad. T and K are coming Wednesday after school so maybe I will get them to help me get started on it. I am going to clean out there tomorrow as I finally found some furniture for it and it's going to be delivered on Wednesday.

Have you all been watching the Christmas programs? I just love the Hall*mark channel this time of year. Well actually any time of year but especially during the holidays. They have so many wonderful, if somewhat predictable, Christmas stories. I like the ones with a gentle snow falling and a horse pulling a sleigh and people falling in love, you know, sappy stuff like that, but soooooo heart warming and easy to watch. I also love all the decorating shows on HG*TV, the Mar*tha Ste*wart type where you can make a miniature sleigh out of a turkey carcass or something like that.

Can I rant a few minutes? I planned on getting my granddaughter the Princess Gis*elle dress for Christmas. I was in the Dis*ney store on the weekend and they were all gone. My SIL who lives near Boston said she would check the FOUR Dis*ney stores near her home for me and they are all out. You know why??? People are buying them to sell on E*bay. Now I am all for free enterprise but it irks me that I may have to go on E*bay and pay more to get the dress. But I probably will if I have to and they know it. Sigh...... I say this is taking advantage of grandmothers! There now that I have ranted a bit I feel better!