13: Checking it Twice
1. Naughty or nice?
2. We were greeted on Christmas Eve by our grand elves with nerf guns that were traded for lightsabers. Luckily, the force was with us and Santa and Christmas prevailed. – More from When Santa Was Taken as a Human Hostage HERE.
3. Our grandsons and Joe and I figured out this formula after seeing “The Last Jedi”movie and discussing the role of the Dark Side’s Kylo Ren: Sad=mad=bad.
4. My grandson Liam recently told me I was 8 years old in height, in other words, I’m short.
5. Christmas Eve Sighting: A sleigh of moon / filling with light / delivering stars / all in one night
6. These are not my legs.
7. See What I mean.
8. Check out my blogger friend Ron’s take on holiday song titles, which includes Arrest These Hairy Gentlemen, Do You Fear What I Fear? Lettuce Snow, Lettuce Snow, Lettuce Snow and more HERE.
9. A past Christmas answering machine message: Leave your Kris Kringle after the Jingle.
10. “ I have always thought that poetry is autistic: it revels in patterned sound. For me, poetry is more natural than spoken language, maybe because I spent so many years hearing it without comprehension. I would simply attend to its intonations and rhythms. Even now, when I can decode spoken language easily, I notice things such as alliteration, assonance and consonance. A poem is like a person wearing earrings: it shimmers in the light. I of course use poetry to talk about my life, but a poem is only satisfying if it proceeds from an awareness of sensuous patterns.” – Deej – Listen to a fantastic poem by this non-verbal man with autism HERE.
11. THIS is the way we spread Christmas Cheer in our neighborhood.
12. And My Five Guys at Five Guys, the Mall Santa and Popped Christmas Cracker Surprises are HERE.
13. The Christmas Album Cover.
____________Thirteen Thursday
December 28th, 2017 2:40 am
It looks like you had a great one, CR, as did My Beloved Sandra and I, albeit considerably scaled back (at her request) this year for one year only, she says. ALSO: Thanks for the nod/link to the carols. 2018 can only be better, I think. I hope. I pray.
December 28th, 2017 7:27 am
4=kids, the jeggings are terrific
December 28th, 2017 2:03 pm
The leggings = cool.
Yep, it was a gallbladder removal in 2013 that left me messed up. I’d had multiple abdominal surgeries 20 years prior and that created a lot of scar tissue which stupid surgeon simply cut straight through without removal, causing lots of nerve damage to pathways that then caused constant cramping (and no strength) in my abs. You can hardly do anything when your stomach muscles stop working. It’s taken loads of therapy to try to get me back to where I can sort of function. So if you can keep your gallbladder, do it. I wish I had.
December 28th, 2017 6:24 pm
Loved #9 especially, but all your pictures and post parts were so much especially your take on Poetry in #10. I’ve been a singer all my life so I hear poetry in that way… And even in prose it jumps out at me…. Happy New Year to one of the loveliest families on the planet!
December 28th, 2017 10:06 pm
Hahah funny legs!
Deej. How close to Ceej, the name I sometimes call my son who has PDD-NOS. I went to the link. Thanks a lot.
December 30th, 2017 6:13 am
Seems that you had a cheerful Christmas ! It’s nice when the whole family is together unless it’s an occasion to fight, which happens unfortunately often, lol !