What's that you say? Holidays? Christmas? Hanukah? Faugh.
All I know is, it seems to be the end of December and I will be damned if I know what happened to most of 2011, and I am invited to a Neighborhood Brunch tomorrow and I just made a batch of my trusty Brownies and, for some mysterious reason, they failed miserably......didn't rise a smidgeon....only fit for the garbage.......OMG, OMG...... ..so I am falling back on a batch of Hummous and am hoping it will be edible....gasp. Now I only have to toast up some of my seasoned Pitas chips and I will be ready, almost. I hope I will be able to force myself into garments of some acceptable type so I can attend......thank heaven it is being held in the daytime before my bedtime at 5 pm, and am muttering words of gratitude because it is only across the street so I can walk and do not have to endanger the Western World (and my own precious bod) with my driving..............if you think I sound a bit hysterical, well.....you would be right.........anything which involves my being surrounded by more than 3 people and further involves my donning clothing and leaving my front door causes an instant attack of hysteria these days. Any one of those things is quite enough to cause an attack. Sigh. Being a hermit does have a few disadvantages......
Before I become comatose with anxiety, I just want to wish all of you darlings a happy holiday season and reiterate my favorite words of caution:
DON'T FALL DOWN!"
And I will try to do the same.
Bless you all
The New Yorker covers: September 26, 2011
8 hours ago
Hope you have a wonderful, upright evening!!!
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Lo! Sweats are acceptable if properly accessorized, don't you agree? Earrings and slippers, maybe?
ReplyDeleteShoot, Lo, falling down is all part of the fun. You're doing better than I would. As a fellow hermit, I can come up with some of the most original excuses to stay in my comfortable home.
ReplyDeleteI will travel to the southland next week to help my daughter celebrate a belated Christmas. Unfortunately, she must work tomorrow. Even further misfortune is the fact that I will have to leave my comfortable home and drive to the land of Disney.
Have a wonderful time at your party.
I hope your outing was fun,!!! I was so happy to see you decided to go. As for falling, I am the queen here! The only thing I ever broke was my wrist though...luckily ,,Now I walk so carefully I probably look a little idiotic,,You be careful too!! Bless You and a happy holiday season to you also.
ReplyDeleteHi Lo
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about the cooking mishaps, I have them all the time now, used to cook up huge batches of cakes with no problem but I seem to have lost my touch.
As for clothing, as soon as I get in its off with everything and into a kaftan, no restricting underwear, Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
We're still here and posting so there's still life in us, right?
Have a restful Christmas and New Year and I look forward to you amusing posts in 2012, OMG did I just write 2012, that can't be right can it. lol
Briony
x
Bless you, Lo. Enjoy the company.
ReplyDeleteI hope you found some fun in the evening, Lo. Fear of falling is the number 1 cause of falling, did you know that? (OK, I just made that up. But it SOUNDS good.) Thanks for being here.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a good time with friends Lo, and the food offering sounds delicious...anyway, it's pot luck so...
ReplyDeleteI'm off to share with friends today and wish everyone a very merry the holiday you celebrate.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, LO! Hope you continue to heal and keep that wonderful mind of yours = and have a healthy and prosperous new year! The Blog world just wouldn't be "right" without you. Big hugs from - AngelMay!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very happy New Year Lo and looking forward to your blog next year. x
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful evening, despite the anxiety. Happy holidays to you.
ReplyDeleteWeird. I wrote a story once about an old woman whose lifetime advice to all was "don't fall down." And my novel is about a woman who doesn't fall down. I don't think I got any of this from you, so we'll just put it down to the Great Minds thing, okay?
ReplyDeleteYour anxieties sound entirely suited to the season, Lo. I hope you managed to enjoy your Christmas and look forward to more of your blogs next year.
ReplyDeleteJust as well you were not here for soggy shepherd's pie here last night...and even better that nobody fell in it.
ReplyDeleteCould be worse. At least nobody asked you to go bowling.
ReplyDeleteIf you watch, you'll notice that at this age you can be forgiven practically anything, including "I forgot my dish!" and bunny slippers at the neighborhood bash. So cute!