Well Mannered Frivolity

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Wendy 

I'm thinking about changing to another blogging platform.  Blogspirit drives me crazy sometimes!  And since they are a French company, their support is not very clear.  I've narrowed my choices down to two--Wordpress or Typepad.  I would appreciate if anyone with either of these platforms could tell me the pros and cons. Keep in mind I am somewhat techno-illiterate.

TIA

Wendy 

 I saw Ted Danson on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and it occurred to me-------

Is it just me, or is there a rather uncanny resemblance? All Ted needs is a unibrow.

Wendy 

Sadly, I just learned today that Peter Boyle passed away. Am I the only one here to be surprised that none other than John Lennon was best man at Peter Boyle's wedding? Or that he was once a monk.  Here's to a long(ish) and interesting life.

Holy crap,

Wendy 

Christmas meme

1. Hot Chocolate or Apple Cider?  Well, duh, hot chocolate (or cold chocolate or melty chocolate-That's right, I said melty)

2. Turkey or Ham?  Turkey.  Ham is kinda grody.

3. Real or fake tree?  Fake!  We even went prelit this year.  We are an allergic and asthmatic people.  A real tree in the house would turn Christmas into The Season for the Wheezin and Sneezin'

4.  Decorations outside  your house?  Need you ask, gentle reader?

5.   Snowball fights or sledding? Ha!  I suppose the kids could throw wads of cut grass at each other as I mow with my mulching mower.  Do grass ball fights count?

6.  Do you enjoy going down town Christmas shopping?  I'm not a shopper.  If I can't order it online or make it (with materials ordered online) you ain't getting it.

7.  Favorite Christmas Song?   I also partial to Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC.  Nothing  quite says yule cheer like old school rap.

8.  How Do You Feel About Christmas Movies?  I love, love , love them.  We watched Ralphie not shoot his eye out just tonight.  I also watch Christmas Vacation, Little Women, Love Actually, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol....I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

9. When is it to early to listen to Christmas music?  Before Thanksgiving.

10.  Stockings before or after presents?  We do it all at once.

11.   Do you enjoy carolers?  I love carolers and caroling.  Not many people are crazy about my caroling, however.

12.  Do you go to someone else's house or do they come to you?  We go to my parent's house.  They live across the street.

13.  Do you read the Christmas story? If so, when?  Bill always reads Luke 2 to the children on Christmas Eve.

14.  What do you do after presents and dinner?  Nap, if we are lucky. The children are not so keen on napping, though.

15.   What's your favorite holiday smell?  My mama's kitchen.

16.  Ice skating or walking around the mall?  Neither.  The former could lead to broke bones, the latter to broken Christmas spirit,

17.  Favorite Christmas Memory.  Being hugely pregnant and being 8 days late with my oldest, Katherine.  (Come to think of it that was the last Christmas I was able to nap).  She was born on the 28th and is my greatest Christmas present ever!

18.  Open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas day?  Both

19.  Favorite part about winter.  What is this thing you call winter?  Here, in the South Carolina Lowcountry,  our seasons are as follows: Summer, Still Summer, Christmas, Summer

20.  Every been kissed under the mistletoe?  Not to my recollection.

If you're feeling up to it just tag yourself!

Ho Ho Ho, (or as Larry The Cable Guy would say, "Lady of the night, lady of the night, lady of the night.")

Wendy 

I was totally bummed that the models won.  Katherine and I were really pulling for Bama.  Actually I wanted the Cho brothers to win.  I had a hard time garnering any excitement after the they were eliminated.  We both agreed we would rather lose because we were too nice (like Erwin and Godwin Cho) than win the million dollars by being jerks.  Our spirits rallied somewhat after the Barbies left.  Were they self-centered, or what!?!

Katherine was pulling for Bama because they were single moms and she thought they could use the money the most.

Now we have to wait until February for the Amazing Race Allstars.  We are really hoping the Hippies are part of it.  They are our favorite team ever.

BTW-When Bill found out he will have to wait until January 22 to see Heroes again he reacted as though someone had told him we were canceling Christmas this year.  He's still not quite over the shock.

Wendy 

the giant Swedish fire-proof Christmas  goat.  "Not even napalm can set fire to the goat now." ::snort:: You just can't make this stuff up!

Be on the alert for Santa and the Gingerbread Man.  The pair are said to be armed with flaming arrows.  Local police stated that, "They ran, ran as fast as they could, but still could not catch the Gingerbread man."

Wendy

PS Maybe Swedish authorities should take a cue from the Three Little Pigs and build their goat out of brick.

ACLU Nativity

Dontcha just love Texas?

HT Spunky 

Wendy 

This meme has been floating around the blogosphere for a while.  I thought I'd pluck it out for my blog.  Memes are so handy when writer's block has set in. 

One Book That Changed My Life  A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning  by Karen Andreola.  This was one of the first home schooling books I read.  It really puts into words why and how we home educate.

One Book That I Reread  The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher I like to read this book at least once every year or so.  It's just such a wonderful story.  I would love to sit Penelope Keeling's great scrubbed table, warmed by the aga.  Or maybe in the conservatory watching Danus garden. Or in Cornwall with Sophie and Richard.  Or....maybe I'll reread it again now.

One Book I Would Have with me on a Desert Island Primative Wilderness Living & Survival Skills.  Either that or the scripts from Lost.  Hey, sometimes survival is more important than reading!

One Book that Made Me Cry Close Range: Wyoming Stories by E. Annie Proulx.  Yes, this is the Brokeback Mountain book.  Some of these stories made me so sad I would actually say they haunted me.  It took me weeks to get over this book. 

One Book I Wished I Wrote  The Mitford Series by Jan Karon.  Heck, I want to live in Mitford. 

On Book I Wish Had Never Been Written  The Satanic Bible by Anton LeVay.  I'm not linking to this.  You'll just have to find it yourself if you feel inclined.   I have never actually read this book.  The title is a little off putting, don't you think? Bill and I watched a documentary about Hell  on the Discovery Channel (hey, you can't say we're not a romantic couple).  That's where I heard of this book--lest you think I have been dabbling in the dark arts.

One Book I Am Reading Now Jane Erye by Charlotte Bronte  I just finished The Thirteenth Tale.  Jane Erye was mentioned several times, so that made me want to read it. Actually, I never have less than three books going, but Jane is my main book. 

One Book I Am Planning to Read You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manuel for Waist Management by Dr Oz.  I have had this book for at least a month.  It just keeps making it's way to the bottom of the pile. ::Sigh::

Wendy