Day Twenty-four
Today I ate a sandwich that was filled with cornbread-and-bacon stuffing, which is only part of what makes America great this time of year. Stuffing sandwiches and going to the grocery store and simply marveling at the sheer abundance of the modern American supermarket. I walked up and down every aisle of the Montecito Vons on Wednesday morning feeling so pleased about it all. I've never felt that way about grocery shopping before in my life. And I probably wouldn't want to eat half the stuff in there anyway, but it's nice to imagine that in case of blackout, famine, and the inevitable hording/looting cycle, I could just lock myself in there before the other half-crazed refugees remembered that you can't eat a TV, and me and the other people who like to think ahead (Capricorns, event planners) would prosper for at least a couple of weeks before succumbing beneath the creamed corn after the fatal can opener quarrel of ought-nine.
On a separate note, in case you would like to keep on posting every day of December, there's a group that's doing that, too. Me, I'll be trying to finish knitting that Christmas sweater for Jackson that he's probably already grown out of.
On a separate note, in case you would like to keep on posting every day of December, there's a group that's doing that, too. Me, I'll be trying to finish knitting that Christmas sweater for Jackson that he's probably already grown out of.
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Thanks for the kick in the pants about November, but I think I won't sign up for a December daily. Argh. I have enough deadlines in December.
post everyday in december too?
hell no. i'm taking a sabatical.
Yum, dressing sandwich, with a schmeer of cranberry sauce. I'm doing the December thing,that should be interesting to see if it can be accomplished.How may bloggers do you think stopped blogging this week-end? What % is still going? Enjoy the rest of the week-end
No freaking way, dude. Especially since I'm spending Christmas at the family farm. They have DIAL UP.
oh, the pressure! Now I feel as if I have been challenged, and I am wondering, can I back down from a challenge?? sob
must.take.solace.in.left.overs ......
Capricorns baby, best people to be in case of blackout, looting or low liquor Christmas Eve! We should unite.
No frickin way, dude. November is enough for me.
And I think it is imperative that you give me that stuffing recipe. Right now.
what are you crazy woman?? :D
As much fun as I've had with NaBloPoMo, I'll have to pass on the December thing as well. It doesn't mean I won't post almost every damn day, it just means if I miss a day, I won't panic. I hate to panic. Panic makes me eat. A lot.
Funny...I love a stuffing sandwich but my stuffing is bread stuffing. So I'm eating bread on bread. That's so wrong!
Posting every day in December? As if!
Post everyday in December? Are you trying to kill me? Also, mmm, stuffing.
december? fuck no.
Holidaillies sure has a lot of rules and requirements.. and I am way too lazy to go through it all.
Well, heck, and here I thought I was being all defiantly rebellious and independent by switching my NaBloPoMo month to December. Turns out I'm still a lemming. Well, Holidailies here I come!
You knit too?
Is there anything you can't do?
hmmm.... I was just thinking its on the downhill now for NaBloPoMo postings.... I am thinking the Holidailies might be pressing my type-A luck.
Three letters. One um, word?
NFW.
I haven't felt like posting every day in November was a big deal, but I think that a second month might make me a bit bitter.
We're not even American but we did Thanksgiving today (granted, at our American friend's place). I made the glaze for the ham, made real gravy for the turkey (why are people so impressed by real gravy?), a pecan pie and a custard tart. We ate at around 4 this afternoon, it's now 10.15 and I still feel stuffed.
My American friend Jen said, as she took a mouthful of pecan pie, "you can take all the rest away, this is what Thanksgiving is all about."
I am not crazy enough to do NaBloPoMo in december as well. Actually, I might be that crazy -- I signed up for it to begin with -- but I am not that masochistic . Another project, though... knitting, or writing a book ... Now that sounds like a good, sane idea.
I checked it out--not that I'm interested in actually committing to anything. Interesting--102 participants. What is that, about 5% of the NaBloPoMo people? Congratulations on your instant success with this!
While living in Texas, I had so little amusement that I would wander the aisles of the local grocery store gazing at the bright packaging in wonder.
Strangely, I never had enough items to make a meal. Also, you can't buy wine before noon. Texas isn't that great.
well, i did miss out for november, so maybe i'll go for it...
Blogger ATE my blog so I had to change the name slightly to get it all back. Thank goodness I had saved it. It wouldn't let me use the original name. What a PAIN in the *SS!
I am now:
http://writewizely.blogspot.com
the "ly" is new.
I am not giving up on Nano yet even though I am horribly sick.
I keep posting!! (grin)
Kay
I'll pass on December...loving November...but the end is in sight and I need a break!
I MUST be crazy, because I immediately signed myself up for Holidailies...it seemed like a good idea at the time...
Really large shopping malls and supermarkets and the image of getting locked in same always makes me think of George Romero zombie movies. Mind you, my mother is a Capricorn and a big Wal Mart fan, so if (at the height of the blackout/famine) you find yourself under savage tin-opener attack from a blonde woman from Florida, say I said hi and I promise to call soon.
Last week, I caught a bit of an episode of Modern Marvels on the History Channel about...supermarkets! Very interesting, you should keep an eye out for it. I love supermarkets too - there's a cool, fairly famous one near me (Stew Leonard's), and I've always wanted to go to a Wegmans. So bizarre.
ain't no frickin way i could commit to posting every day in december! hell i ought to declare it 'catch up on my blogroll december' since i haven't read anyone the past month!!!!!
A month of December posting sounds like a painful way to procrastinate my way out Christmas.
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