What says "Happy Holidays" to you?

So, as I guessed, I didn't keep up with my semi-daily blogging for long. But I sure tried. And unfortunately, this brief post has nothing to do with holiday cheer or gratitude.

Throughout the day yesterday I noticed a couple men putting up a long, white, runway-looking ramp in the gallery of the HFAC. "I wonder what this is for?" I thought to myself. "Maybe they're putting up a Christmas exhibit? Or a nativity? It must be something awesome--that's for sure."

This morning as I walked to my office, I glanced down and saw at the high end of the ramp a white, shapeless blob. "What is that?" I stopped to try and figure it out, and finally realized that there were two things coming out of one end of the white blob. They looked like legs--bird legs, actually. I then observed that the bulk of the whiteness looked like straw feathers. And then I realized there was a long skinny-ish portion on the other end that kind of looked like the shape of a bird's head, maybe a turkey's head? It was hard to tell for sure, because it was encased in some white substance.

And then I found out from one of the custodians that yes, not only is this artwork supposed to be a turkey, but it was in fact created from a real turkey.

A DEAD TURKEY! On a runway. In the HFAC. The week before Christmas. Joy.

Mattress sledding, and unrelated thoughts

This weekend we had snow that finally stuck. And it continues to snow. Which meant that my communte took 1 hour and 40 minutes, versus the usual hour. Which means that I am hating the snow and struggling to be positive about it. So in an attempt to continue to be grateful, let us reflect on the one thing that snow is good for: Mattress Sledding!

(Insert picture of mattress sledding here. Please. Anybody!)

I don't have a picture of us mattress sledding on the computer I'm using, and despite looking through old blog posts (mine and friends'), I cannot find a picture. But it is really fun. You should try it. All you need is a mattress you don't care about, a tarp, bungee cords, and a snowy hill.

In the process of looking for pictures, I started reading through some posts on Royce's and my old blogs. And you know what I disovered? We were way funnier when we were single. Remember all those fake posts Royce put on my blog about my violin breaking and the fake diamond ring. I think part of it has to do with working full-time, and being more tired. So here's a challenge to Royce and myself to become funny again (although, granted, we have many inside jokes that we think are hilarious and can cause me to shake with laughter--they're just not going to be funny to anybody but ourselves and therefore not blog-worthy).

O Holy NIght

I'm grateful for Christmas music. I could do without the rest of Christmas quite frankly (though I love Christmas lights too)--the music is definitely the best part. Especially this rendition of O Holy Night. I know it's not the best quality from You Tube, but take 6-7 minutes and listen to the whole thing. (Warning, it may bring tears to your eyes--it's that beautiful!)

Good clean fun

Today let's focus on another thing that makes me really happy.


I just love The Cosby Show. For my last birthday, Royce got me Season 1. Even though I had seen every episode before, I still found it delightful and refreshingly funny. There have been many seasons in my life where, for months at a time, I would find the channel that plays Cosby reruns and I would grab a bowl of cereal and watch 2 or more episodes in a row before going to bed. Good times!

(And just so you know, hon, I finished Season 1 last week . . . )

Sweet Tooth

If you know me at all, you know I love candy. Particularly the non-chocolate kind (which I think Royce has a hard time comprehending). Towards the tip-top of my list is . . .





I'm not such a fan of the jokes, though one in a hundred is half-way funny. But I just really like the taste, in all its imitation flavor glory. However, I lament the old-school Laffy Taffy I grew up with. Remember when they came in squares, and you could buy them Starburst-wrapped like, with 10 different flavors? Now I'm hard-pressed to find 5 flavors in one store. But at least I can always find banana! Yummm.

Happy and grateful

Happy December 1st! Can you believe it is already December? Growing up, I would always be so excited at this time of the year. Anymore, though, I mostly just complain about the cold weather. In an attempt to be more positive and appreciate the little things in life, I'm going to dedicate my December to being happy and grateful (I know, I'm a holiday behind here). So each day I'm hoping to post about something I'm grateful for or something that makes me smile. If I manage to post twice I'll still beat my record for the past many months.

Today, it's my cute hubby. I won't go on and on about how great he is--been there, done that in other posts. But he sure makes me smile and laugh and I'm missing him this week because he's in Florida.

(This picture was taken at his sister's wedding. Don't you love my corsage? I was feeling left out without flowers, so I made my own from flowers from the tree--I wish I could take credit, but his uncle did it first.)