Month: December 2010
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Home is Where you Hang your Amaryllis
Hubby and I locked up the house for Christmas. That’s right, I left the rotting Thanksgiving pumpkins on the porch, not a Christmas light or wreath was to be seen from the Schichtel household. We got the heck out of Dodge. Well, I had one Christmas decoration, a pink and white amaryllis. But it hadn’t…
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Well Hello Christmas
Hello Christmas, I have decided that I will embrace you. This decision did not come easy. Easy would be to grumble in my hole, easy would be a grandiose pity party. It is tempting. But the Christmas spirit, the sense of what is important has shone through, bright as that star we see Christmas night.…
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Did The Grinch Have it Right?
As a kid I would watch the holiday classics where Santa got sick and couldn’t fly the sleigh, or decided to cancel Christmas and the Heat Miser took over. Rudolph’s parents got deer-napped by the Adominable Snowman and I would be appalled, scared and outraged. How could they even consider the thought of cancelling Christmas!!!????…
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My Spanx Set Off the Security Scanner
Today I found myself in Tulsa catching a flight for Denver and yet again facing the body scanner.I thought I was a Pro by now. I stepped into my little pod, put my hands above my head and waited while they checked out anything and everything that could be on my person. “Step to the…
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Rusty, crusty, banana, fana, fo, fusty
One word accurately describes my current travel expertise. Rusty. My road-warriorness needs a little polishing. This week finds me in Ohio, driving to West Virginia. It is cold, frigid and icy with a lovely wind that freezes my nose hairs. It is so cold and icy that my manager and I upgrade to a four-wheel…
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