Plenty to read, turn the TV off!

I noticed I had blogged twice about how much I loved my presents. I guess that makes them rank right up there with my Chatty Cathy and my Candy Fashion. But, I need to blather about something different so I will. Right now I'm turning away from an Activia yogurt commercial and wondering why Jamie Lee Curtis, once an A list actress and considered to have the most perfect body in Hollywood, is so excited to talk about her digestive system. Jamie and I are about the same age I think, and I pray this never happens to me. LBC members, if I ever whisper a word about my digestive system I want you to take me by the shoulders, shake me real hard and slap me straight! Another thing, Tiger Woods. Why? You even had me watching golf, the most boring thing on television. But the thing I don't understand and am tired of hearing is "His wife Elin is a beautiful ex model." Would he be more justified in being a big fat lying cheater if she was only average looking? And another thing, thank you to the Hennes for putting Fort Collins on the map and being the number one stupid people in the news story for 2009, the poor little balloon boy has to live with you for a lifetime and thankfully we will forget you one day. I think I'll go back to my books, they're less offensive. I have "Olive" finished, "Edgar Sawtelle" is in the works, "Push" is a done deal but I'll want to read it again before February, "The Help" is inked in for February as well. Oh, "The Meadow" - I haven't started yet, better get busy on that, it's due January 23rd, "Devil in the White City", and I already have a May selection from someone, thank you! Entertainment Tonight is about to start and that will take me over the edge, where's the remote?

Not supposed to have favorites but..,

I had a great Christmas! The family! Kids, grandchildren, the tree, a fire in the fireplace, the food, but THE PRESENTS! I got the best presents this year for some reason! I guess either I have been especially good or they felt guilty for what they gave me last year. I was showered with beautiful things that I love. But the mother lode, my favorite, I have to admit is MY NEW KINDLE! It is such a cool little toy. I hope eventually it will become an important tool in my reading. Right now I just want to buy books. It is very cool and I want to stroke it like a mink coat (I oppose fur) but it feels so smooth to the touch and it is as thin as a - thinner than the pencil they compare it to in the advertising and, well I'll have to pass it around at the next meeting. What a fun toy, I mean tool, yes, tool for me and all the reading I have to do. I love books and their covers and the feel of them and all of the arguments you hear regarding ebooks but the fact that I have a dozen of books on this right now and I can carry it in my purse is amazing. AND it syncs with the kindle on my iPhone and I didn't even know it would do that - it just happened! I give it a thumbs up! My other favorite gift? My LBC bookmarks - you'll see those soon too! I am still playing with all my toys. I must have been a good girl or I just got lucky, probably the later, either way - Thanks family and friends!

Take down the lights, it's over for another year....

Another Christmas has come and gone. All that's left is the after Christmas sales, the remaining company, the holiday for some that had to be delayed and for me the gift I can't seem to find for my daughter than was exceptionally special. Where is it? I've done the whole retracing my steps routine but.., yesterday after all the opening of presents, I asked her, well? and she replied, yes? I said, you didn't get it? and she said , no... and I said, I did! Where is it! Worse has happened on Christmas Day I'm sure and it will turn up... since this is turning in to a material girls post I may as well say, I got the best presents! And you will see them soon. I LOVE them, they are high gloss and have our logo and byline and everyone will want one - if only they had my picture on it....how cute would they be then? AND...The best part, thank you everyone for rooting for me...I got my Kindle! It is a very fun gadget right now and I hope to make it a very useful tool soon! But seriously the thing on my mind is getting life back to normal. That is usually what I like to do after Christmas. I love it and everything, but I like order and routine and I want to see things back the way I'm used to them, and Book Club is one Big thing that I like having in apple pie order and it has been a fruitcake mess since the beginning of December. Now I enjoyed the Open House- don't get me wrong, but it did shuffle us up a bit and now I'm trying to get us back on an even keel and you all as well. Rumors are flying about Panera Bread being a preferred venue and I like the heart and soul of Borders Books and we will need to deal with that I suppose. So the holidays ruffled feathers in many ways that are best left alone. But we deal with it. Because we can, being so bright and beautiful and all, kind of like Christmas. See you all soon!

Hail Mary full of grace, help me find a parking place..."

Oy, what an airport run it was! The weather was snowy, single digit temperatures, worry about flight delays or even cancellations. The Passenger had to be picked up in Estes Park first as if things weren't bad enough. So a phone call to the cabin where the guest, we'll call her "Princess", was staying to inform an earlier pick-up time due to the weather, was the first order of business. Things were off to a bad start on the Longmont end, arguments with the Bob about should the Princesses Host, my son John, ride along requiring another trip back to Estes Park, and in his opinion risking harm to more individuals than necessary in inclement weather. Pish Posh I said, he is a hardy mountain boy I would want along if I was in trouble! Oh what a morning! But this was the least of it. Arriving at the cabin - no one was there? No one was packed for a trip home either. A phone call found Princess to be downtown buying Christmas ornaments. What the ? There's a blizzard raging and we need to leave, we even called ahead to say we were leaving an hour earlier. That hour would even give you time to clean up this mess you made of the place one would think. Moving along.... Returning to cabin, packed, we're on the road and even in Boulder County when Princess in the sweetest way possible asks "can we go to Downtown Denver to Chubbies and get Mexican food to take to my Mom?". Smiling and withholding laughter as best as I can, I say,"You want to take Mexican food to your Mom?". "Yes, I always do." On the airplane?" I respond. "Yes, it's our favorite, you can't get good Mexican food in Houston , well there's this one place, like, it's ya know, Tex-Mex, not really authentic....blah blah blah.."

Well, suffice it to say, my now very accommodating and sweet husband, took the Princess to "Chubbies" - getting off the toll road, through bad weather and closed roads we arrived at DIA with, the Princess , $64 in Mexican food, and our good manners in tact for a 4:55 flight at 4:25. She even got to kiss my son goodbye. I averted my eyes. Sometimes I've just had enough of a good time.

"That's the Spirit!"

The Longmont Book Club(s) had a lovely Holiday Open House. I'll say that even though it was at my house. I can say that because the people that came made it so lovely and special. The group of people belonging to that book club are really top notch! I can't imagine if I was to go out and pluck 40 people off the street they would be as entertaining and as intelligent and creative thinking, and fun! But they must be! This is a random group to some extent, right? Or is the LBC like a people magnet drawing only the best, the brightest and the beautiful as I always say? You know I think you guys think I say these things to be funny but I'm on to something... To the Best the brightest and the beautiful! Cheers!