A new lease on life
Must start the new year with a fresh new blogpost! My plan is to post more often, but hey, I'm trying to have a life too! We had our new year's eve just the three of us at home watching movies, playing Sequence, eating far too much sugar.
We're supposed to go to some family party today--I'm not really looking forward to that. I think I'm just getting overloaded on family for the holidays. I'm used to seeing them every 3 months (both sides) and this multiple exposure over the month of December is a bit more than I can handle. But ya gotta love 'em, cause without 'em you'd be lost. I think some space and time helps smooth the relationship and keeps it easy. You're there for each other if you need it without too much togetherness making you crazy. How's that for a quote for your needlepoint?
This is the year, no?! The next big chapter in the story of your life! What and how you spend it can be an adventure, comedy, or drama. Me, I love an adventure liberally sprinkled with some comedy. I love to laugh. At myself, at others and especially you! My entire family are what I call "frustrated comedians" except for my little sister, who I once pronounced a few years ago, as the exception to the rule. She plaintively told me, "What?! I'm funny!" and has set out to prove it since. What can I say? They don't try too hard, they are actually funny. And so are many of you. Whether you mean to be or not.
One family story about a different sister goes...she was maybe 7 years old, playing jumprope with some neighborhood kids. It's her turn to jump while the others sing the rhyme. There she is, still in her school dress, jumping for all she's worth trying to get through the entire rhyme when all of a sudden she gets this look on her face of alarm. Down come her panties, right to her ankles. She was mortified and scrambled to pull them up while we all busted out in gales of laughter. The girls turning the rope about tripped her when they pulled the rope from falling on the ground in laughter. This is one of those favorite family legends that gets dusted off to share with new family friends or prospective boyfriends/husbands of the victim. Don't you just love family dynamics?
We're supposed to go to some family party today--I'm not really looking forward to that. I think I'm just getting overloaded on family for the holidays. I'm used to seeing them every 3 months (both sides) and this multiple exposure over the month of December is a bit more than I can handle. But ya gotta love 'em, cause without 'em you'd be lost. I think some space and time helps smooth the relationship and keeps it easy. You're there for each other if you need it without too much togetherness making you crazy. How's that for a quote for your needlepoint?
This is the year, no?! The next big chapter in the story of your life! What and how you spend it can be an adventure, comedy, or drama. Me, I love an adventure liberally sprinkled with some comedy. I love to laugh. At myself, at others and especially you! My entire family are what I call "frustrated comedians" except for my little sister, who I once pronounced a few years ago, as the exception to the rule. She plaintively told me, "What?! I'm funny!" and has set out to prove it since. What can I say? They don't try too hard, they are actually funny. And so are many of you. Whether you mean to be or not.
One family story about a different sister goes...she was maybe 7 years old, playing jumprope with some neighborhood kids. It's her turn to jump while the others sing the rhyme. There she is, still in her school dress, jumping for all she's worth trying to get through the entire rhyme when all of a sudden she gets this look on her face of alarm. Down come her panties, right to her ankles. She was mortified and scrambled to pull them up while we all busted out in gales of laughter. The girls turning the rope about tripped her when they pulled the rope from falling on the ground in laughter. This is one of those favorite family legends that gets dusted off to share with new family friends or prospective boyfriends/husbands of the victim. Don't you just love family dynamics?
Well, here's hoping you have a wonderful year and if you find yourself in times that are not so wonderful then I hope you can find something to laugh about. It will soothe your soul everytime.We put the fun in dysfunctional!
posted by Gato at 9:59 AM
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