Happy Card-mas! Today is the day that I offer to send you a card if you send me your address. Although many of you are already getting a card anyway, because I am taking your sharing of your address last year as permission to send it this year.
Continue readingRemember back earlier this month when I was talking about sewing and sewing and sewing, but I couldn’t tell you what I was making because I didn’t want to spoil the surprise for relatives who might be reading the blog. But now I can reveal to you the beauty and majesty of my presents!!!!
Continue readingOh boy, a thinky post! I’ve been deep binging cult documentaries because I find them soothing. You’ve got soothing word salad from the original recordings, crossed with that sense of “wow, my life is hard some times, but at least I’m not cleaning toilets for a madman 20 hours a day because I bought into some word salad!” And naturally, this all made me think about Jesus.
Continue readingLove Actually! I am strongly in the “love” camp. While, “love but also fastforward some of the storylines” camp.
Continue readingI expect INPUT here! We need to vote and decide once and for all if the ultimate American Christmas song is a white man singing about snow and homesickness, or a hippy woman singing about longing and guilt and regrets.
Continue readingI just watched Coolie No. 1 on youtube, without subtitles, and at triple speed. So I pretty much know everything, I think. I’ll just have to rely on you to fill in the little things like “who is that second hero?”
Continue readingYes! I’m doing it! Even if it is only me and Kirre, totally worth it!!!! I need something fun and relaxing to look forward to after Christmas.
Continue readingThe grand finale of all my Christmas songs posts! What is your favorite Christmas song? Can be a recording, or can be a song you sing yourself.
Continue readingYou don’t have to celebrate Christmas to answer this. If you are a non-Christmas celebrator but really love that one kind of cookie the bakeries have at this time of year, still answer. I mean, I could answer “favorite Eid food” and “favorite Passover food” too. Or if you are an adult/in-laws celebrator, tell me that too.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday!!! And happy two days to CHRISTMAS!!!!! I had a brief thought of “gee, am I being overly Christian by being all Christmas?” and then I thought “nah, I’m just being me” and stopped worrying about it.
Continue readingWhat a festive discussion topic! In this time of 24 hour Christmas music everywhere, I know there are songs you have gotten absolutely sick of.
Continue readingYes, it is the battle of the hateful songs! The ones where when they pop up on your Pandora Christmas channel, you are willing to listen to an ad to be able to skip them. Or maybe everyone else loves this songs and it is just me?
Continue readingFirst, don’t feel too bad for him. I just bought him a bunch of Christmas presents to make up.
Continue readingChristmas is FRIDAY!!!! I am SO EXCITED! We will open presents and sit around the TV fireplace and go for a nice walk through the neighborhood. And dress the dog in a variety of adorable and uncomfortable outfits. But, in all those plans, there is no slot for a Friday WatchAlong. What To Do?
Continue readingMy parents and I watched this last weekend, and I want EVERYONE to see it. It’s a local Chicago theater company, they do these shadow puppet shows with live narration, it’s really hard to explain, but it’s super good.
Continue readingDesserts, so complicated! I don’t want to mess up, so I am turning for help to the DCIB community who might have experience here.
Continue readingPOPKA! I have another challenge that I think you can best help us with! Which very strange 1980s Christmas video is the most strangest 1980s Christmas video?
Continue readingYaaaaay, Sid M! Whatevs, Salman! Booooooo, Ayush Sharma! Yes, it is an emotional rollar coaster this morning in terms of video content.
Continue readingIt’s CHRISTMAS!!!! ALMOST!!!!! I am just SO EXCITED!!!! You know what I am most excited about this year? Sitting in my apartment with my parents on Christmas Eve and watching Arthur’s Christmas by the light of the Christmas lights. Also, I told my sister I want a photo of my nephew holding a stocking, so that too. Oh, and giving Albie Dog his Christmas Cookie.
Continue readingAnother fun discussion post! Santa Claus! Do you know him? How do you know him? Have you raised your kids to know him?
Continue readingWeek 6!!! Only 3 more weeks left! Or 2? I’m confused. Anyway, don’t panic, as y’all know I offer to send cards to anyone who wants them after the contest is over. Although then you just get the general card, not a specific one. But sometimes the general card is nicer than the specific ones (and it is very nice this year).
Continue readingYou realize all those Sesame Street Classic guest children are now, like, grandparents? That’s weird, right? But through the magic of youtube clips, they can be forever young.
Continue readingThese are two great songs to put together! Because they are both about American history in different ways, and they both are about blasting out your hope and faith in the midst of bad times.
Continue readingHappy Saturday! I am right on schedule, time to do the final apartment clean and wrap presents, then go back to my parents and make a gingerbread house. I don’t know if we actually want to make a gingerbread house, but it is on the list of Christmas Activities I wrote up back in November, so we have to.
Continue readingYou ready for a baaaaaaaaaaaaaad movie? It’s just bad. And dumb. And weird. But pretty! And Tabu is Full Camp.
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