Have you ever noticed that when you have days upon days of nothing much to do, you don’t get much done?
Me too.
Don’t get me wrong, we’ve been busy, but I basically drove 500 miles to make an imprint of my ass in my mom’s couch instead of mine.
We spent a week in Oklahoma. It was freezing cold, so we didn’t go outside much. We sat in front of a beautiful fire, and our days revolved around football, the Food Network, HGTV, and a frequent feeding, napping, and vodka drinking schedule.
That lined up nicely with my only goal for the last three weeks of every year–see how fat I can get.
We had a great Christmas, and my yearly resolution to eat better and shape shift out of muffin mode is on track for a January 1 start. So I’ll spend the next two days eating every meal like it’s my last, and making plans for a more disciplined new year.
I had plans for end of the year blog posts: best of posts, recaps, and goal setting, but after the shootings, every time I sat down to write, I found I didn’t have much to say.
It’s easy to get out of the habit of writing and posting.
It’s easy to say, “I need a break,” and to take one. And then the break becomes a week, and the week turns into three, and what was once a fleeting thought of, “I have nothing relevant or interesting to say,” becomes a daily reality, a blinking cursor and a mocking blank page.
The longer I wait, the harder it has become to post anything at all–I’m pretty sure this is how blogs die.
Before mine suffers that fate, I’m putting up the silence breaker.
We need to pack up Christmas today, but my daughter is still singing Christmas songs, and I hate to take the tree down. Her favorites are Santa Clause is Coming to Town and Jingle Bells, and last night I taught her how to hold the last note of Jingle Bells and do jazz hands, so she is performing that now with a big grin, screaming “Jezz Hans, Mommy!”
Also, my step-dad tried to teach her to sing the Boomer Sooner song, and her dad retaliated by teaching her to loudly chant, “OU Sucks!” She’s walking around saying that this morning too, while I hide my laughter in my shirt, and randomly smack him for teaching her those words.
Fact! credit: memegenerator.com
This post is nothing special, but I’ve missed everyone, and I’m doing my best to shake this Christmas hangover.
Life is good today, and OU does kind of suck.
glad you are back
Thanks!
Ditto. Add moving to the mix, and it’s the perfect excuse not to write. Soon I’ll be headed for another eight and a half year beak…
Moving is a perfect excuse not to write. I would be very sad if you took an eight and half year break again though! Cheers to a happy new year!
I didn’t need an excuse. In fact, I have less to do during the holidays than in “ordinary time.” I was just being lazy.
Glad we’re all back.
Well, it is a time for relaxing, and honestly I didn’t need much of an excuse either. Laziness runs in my genes, especially when it gets cold
Glad we’re all back too!
Everyone needs a break–that’s how we rejuvenate ourselves. And if we can’t do it over the holidays, when can we? Besides, you taught your daughter ‘Jazz Hands.’ Nothing’s more important than that!
Exactly! She is hilarious with her jazz hands, so I think it was time well wasted. Happy New Year to you, and a special thanks for being my number one commenter last year. Have I mentioned how awesome you are recently?
Blushing big time over here, but thank you!
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Good to see what you’ve been doing. I wanna hear more about the great last meals youre eating!
Thanks, Christie! Let’s see, it’s been mostly Tex Mex, heavy breakfasts and Cinnabons, and today we’ll probably close it out with doughnuts and beer/wings smothered in ranch dressing, and other deep fried things. Cheers to a happy new year!
It’s good to take a break. It’s good to catch up with yourself, and your mom’s couch, and all the holiday meals you’ve missed since last year. That’s what the holidays are for.
Very true! It was a nice break. Thanks for commenting, and I hope you have a great last day of the year!
so funny – my daughter came downstairs today and said I bet people all over the world are eating everything they can today..ha ha
Your daughter sounds smart! The last binge of the year…I think it’s universal!
Ditto to everything you said, from not accomplishing anything when you have time off to not being able to write after the shootings to your sentiment about how blogs die. Thank you for breaking the cycle of silence and writing, and inspiring me to do the same. Maybe….
Sometimes you just have to hit publish to get over the silence! Thanks for commenting!
The time was not wasted—it gave you blog fodder! The year’s end is time for indulgences of many kinds which prepare us for making a clean start in the New Year. Or something like that.
Anyway, here’s to a New Year that is better than the last!
Very true. Wishing you the same, and a very happy and successful New Year!
Since every year we put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving, we have decided to keep them up until Feburary. Let her sing for another month!
I think that is a very good plan.
One should never feel guilty for taking time for themselves and teaching their children silly things. The jazz hands will be a memory that you can share with your daughter as you teach her many other songs. I have lived on cookies and milk, choclolate, cold cereal and whetever else I have decided to stuff into my face. It has been great, but now I’m starting to crave real food. This year, pass the the Favao and good-bye to another 20 inches.
I agree, we shouldn’t feel guilty about taking time for life and our children. Good luck with the Favao
I’ll just agree with you and say OU does kinda suck
Hahaha, they do.
Oh my… “catch up” reading is fun – I forgot about New Year’s resolutions, “best of posts” and the like – and how hard it must be to write on a regular schedule when you don’t have a specific focus. ( like recipes for example)
but you make it look easy!
I wish I had the cooking skills to be a food blogger! Thank you!