Freedom

Well, we're one step closer to being free. Today we will receive our new Sirius satellite radio receiver and remote control. After we install it and the first of the year rolls by, we are CUTTING OFF THE CABLE!!! I am so happy about this. We have not watched TV....I mean not turned on the TV at all in over a year. But somehow the umbilical cord of having it there has persisted. Some of it is because we were tied into a two year contract with AT&T, which we are now out of. So now we will be truly free of this horrific medium.
I wasn't quite prepared for how much more "outside" the mainstream it would put me to simply not watch TV. But people react mighty strangely to the notion that you don't watch television, if it comes up in conversation. And it does, because TV is such a mainstay of peoples' experience. "oh, did you see_________last night?" Or talk about ball games or reality shows. But I am very glad that I no longer spend time in that way.
Of course, if I ever get depressed again, I'll have to resubscribe so I can watch the Food Channel :-)

Well, I made it. Today is the last day of the Banquet Season. Not a moment too soon! I've missed coming here and I'm sure that I'm the only one who will for a while. Oh well...

Am I the only one who hates Christmas? I was in a small shop yesterday that had no decorations and was playing normal music. I felt like I was in an oasis. I relaxed for a minute and really enjoyed not being assaulted by the steady stream of what I "ought" to do (shop, be good, praise Jesus, etc.). And I've actually done everything that I'm supposed to do, sent gifts, written cards, baked cakes and cookies, got a tree, blah, blah, blah. Maybe there are people for whom this Holiday holds some real feeling. I wish them well. For me, I feel like I'm being taken hostage for the whole month and I can't wait for it to end...and I grew up loving Christmas! Oh well, it is what it is.

As of last night, I am nearly blond, so I'll have to get Mr. C.G. to take a new picture. Scared myself in the mirror this morning, but on the whole it's pretty cool.

I'll write more later...glad to be back and if you are having them, Happy Holidays to you!

Traffic School

I am in the middle of on-line traffic school, and it is no more fun and no less tedious-want-to-stick-your-eye-with-a-knitting-needle dull than the regular 8 hour course. In fact, in some way, the 8 hour version is better because it gets it over with all at once. In fact right now, I should be sitting here attending to traffic school, but it's more fun attending to my new blog. I'm not sure who thought up traffic school. You can take the same course every 18 months to avoid the same consequences. Do they really think that people cannot remember traffic rules every year and a half? Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for an insurance points loophole, since my insurance is high enough as it is, but the system itself makes very little sense to me.

That happens with a lot of instituted things and me.

I hope you all have a great day, or at least not a miserable one.

Things I have to say

They are not many. And I'm not sure I'll be too good at this, but MCG suggested I give it a try.
First off...the people over at, well in the "Liberal" Blogosphere are nasty and unpleasant and best left alone. That's my advice to those of you who keep going over there like rubberneckers at a trainwreck. Just stay away. They won't ever get reasonable, rational or pleasant, so no use hoping.
Second...I'm fat. And I am mighty displeased with my situation. I don't need anyone to "understand" me or "accept" me because I'm 40 pounds overweight. What I need is to do something about it, because I don't like it. And if someone can get a laugh off at my expense...more power to 'em!
Right now is the Holiday Season. My work is very wrapped around the Holiday Season. I am already sick of Christmas carols and its December 3. I have a 3 week race to endure until I get a break around December 23 or so. Wish me luck til then.

Oh, and it's nice to be here, too.