Movies: Christmas in Connecticut. The Shop Around the Corner. A Christmas Story. The Bishop’s Wife. The Santa Clause. Bad Santa.

TV: A Charlie Brown Christmas. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town. Donny & Marie Osmond. Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Spectacular. (It actually reminded me of the cheesy variety shows from the 70’s - in a good way)

Music: Raul Malo - Marshmallow World. Kenny Loggins - Celebrate Me Home. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles. Nat King Cole. Dig the Brian Setzer Orchestra. More Brian Setzer Orchestra. Christmas is Coming - Manhattan Transfer.

Sweets: Fantasy fudge. Hot chocolate. Reese’s Christmas trees. Lifesavers. Divinity.

The most wonderful time of the year (til you go to Walmart to buy this stuff).

Sorry for those last couple of posts…just a situation that irritated me. So I’ll drop it for now. After all, it’s the holidays, right?

We have been busting our behinds, finishing up shopping for food at this point, and a few last minute gifts. Cleaning house. Wrapping the last of the presents. Laundry. And also working on wedding plans at the same time. Spending a lot of time together and really enjoying it and each other. It’s been really nice.

He had to work today and the kids came home, so it’s back to his place for the night. I miss him already.

This year has sucked, but I think 2008 is going to be the best yet.

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Now playing: Michael W. Smith - Gloria
via FoxyTunes

I downloaded a free theme courtesy of Design Disease that I have altered very little for usage here. I have it as the default theme for now; I will be changing between it and Groovy Christmas probably every couple of days. They are both so pretty.

BUT you can click the link under “wrapping paper” and change to whichever theme you like - even the very un-Christmas like Hemingway. Maybe next year I can Christmas-up Hemingway.

So it’s Christmas time and the site is all spruced up. Like it? If I have time this weekend, there was a free wordpress Christmas theme I was thinking of adding - the key here being “time.”

My ‘myspace’ page is also decorated but, because there are some extremely stupid people in this world, my page isn’t public anymore. It makes me sad because I think I’m pretty good and myspace page design. But it will be public again in a few more weeks.

Which is why I haven’t posted much lately. Just really busy and stressed. The wedding plans are going well - location taken care of, dress/clothes taken care of (except for the girl), invitations out, honeymoon location secured…just a few small odds and ends and we will be ready. View the rest of this entry…

well, it is officially New Year’s Eve here, so I’ve got a few songs for you for the occasion (get them while you can):

Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne.  This gets played a lot at Christmas but I remember (vaguely) when this song came out, which was not at Christmas.  At any rate, this is a good “story song.”

Seasons of Love from “Rent.”  This is the movie version.  Some might think me awful out there, but I think this song should be the new auld lang syne for our generation.  The lyrics speak of things that happen in 525,600 minutes.  I love this song.

Brian Setzer Orchestra - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve.  On the newest Christmas CD (Dig That Crazy Christmas).  Do you honestly think I wouldn’t get one BSO song in?  Of course not!  He sings this as a duet with his wife, Julie.

Have a safe and most of all HAPPY New Year!  Here’s to the next 525,600 minutes.