Oh. Wow!

Oh my-everlovin'-sweet-aunt-Fanny Wow! We just went to see Avatar. Are you old enough to remember going to see this little SciFi flick called Star Wars and how you felt when you walked out? How the scope and sweep and excitement took you out of yourself and how your mind was set on fire with what you saw? How the characters were realer than real life and the worlds they lived in had more depth, texture, color and detail than the place you lived? Well, buckle up buckaroos, 'cuz I think you're going there again! Yes, the plot was predictable. This is a bad thing? Either the good guys win or they loose to the bad guys, and who wants to see more of that? This would be a great date movie, because it's a love story (to appeal to the girls) with lots of explosions (to appeal to the guys)and alien semi-nudity (appealing to anyone with a pulse.)The planet Pandora is beautifully conceived and portrayed, with magnificent attention to detail. And the movie has magic! You will be transported. In these less than booming times, a little magical transportation is good.

Christmas eve we sat around quietly with a plate of cheese and crackers, a plate of fruit, and a plate of raw veggies, and nibbled our way through the evening. Quiet and quite delightful. We opened presents this morning. The cats got DH a hand-cranked cell phone charger. I got him four steel thermous bottles to take his beverages to work. And a new pair of jeans. And an ipod. Now he's having a great fight with the i-pod, figuring how to make it sit up and do his bidding! He got me candy and a digital photo frame and three shopping trips. This extends the holiday. We can hit the Lush after Christmas sale, then the inventory clearance sales at the mall, then I get to shop Deva for more crinkle cotton no-iron, long-enough pants. Squeeee! I am SO spoiled!

A few memories for my new photo frame. Sunshine on the day before Christmas - photo taken at noon.


Neighborhood Christmas decor. A yule sheep.


Fly cat helping us unwrap our presents. It's mandatory that someone stick a bow on the cat's head. This year, it was my job. He endures so much for his warm bed and canned chows.




And guess who I ran into at the movies? Ho ho ho!


Hope your Christmas is merry and bright. Joy!