Tis the Season...

Today is Nov. 29th, close enough to December for a "My Favorites" list. I was just catching up on last years list, interesting things i must mention:

* Jon and Kate are divorced-sending the joy they brought me to an all time low. From their series to their commercial to their song (and come ON! 8 kids!) couldn't they have tried harder to find it for each other? :(

* I lost the gloves that apparently made me giddy.

* Tale of Despereaux...too much sad mouse. Marley and Me...too much sad dog. Benjamin Buttons...too much sad old man/boy. Yes Man...too much yes.

* After I apparently had fallen in love with my house, i moved.

SO, this year...

1. Somethings I have discovered new since last year:: Obviously first being:: I will miss Michael Jackson's music. "Man in the Mirror" can i just say *genius* Second:: Confirmation is so important to me. Third:: Serve where God has you. End of story. Don't drag out questions. Keep it that simple.

2. "How Many Kings?" Downhere. Could it replace "Do they know it's Christmastime?" ...maybe

3. My friends are God's amazing gift to me. Merry Christmas to me. God bless them, everyone!

4. gLee. Every song- seriously, almost every song makes me so happy i want to jump up and cheer or cry or something ridiculously overly emotional. Topping my list this year...(surprise, iTunes $)

5. Contemporary routines from "so you think..." please let me learn how to dance -!- i will consider that i am too old and goofy and am *meant to be a fan...* but come on! Someday i will get the nerve to ask for dance lessons for Christmas.

6. 10? maybe i jumped the gun- i haven't really even broke out all the music and Sadie's goofy Christmas shirts yet...

7. Black Friday won this year. I couldn't do it, deals were officially less important than sleep. But I am sure to absorb some shopping spirit before the season ends. I love love love Hobby Lobby and thanks to them more "homemade Christmas" is sure to develop- feel the need to apologize.

8. Looking sooo forward to cooking this year. (I broke out in new directions of creativity this year from cooking to painting to kicking out a necklace or two) I really can't wait to have my kitchen covered in pans, flour, delicious smells and some loud music. Maybe some Rachel Ray channeling, or better...what chef has a French accent? oh yeah...

9. I must admit this to possibly have been the best year for decorating. Reason:: I did not put one tree limb into one metal pole, I did not match one letter to one faded off color. I did not vacuum the first spindle of pine off the carpet. My husband did so with my 2 strong sons. While i sang and cooked in the kitchen the house developed into Christmas central and I just showed up for the decorating. Presto, he got it right this year. This is our (ahem) 15th Christmas together.

10. Wrapping matters. The cuter the package the better the gift looks. I discovered this a few years back but i am officially embracing the disguise and taking wrapping to a whole new level. At least for me, I am a far cry from AC and I realize i may never reach her level of expertise, but one gift at a time. This will be the best wrapped holiday season yet.

Well, i guess that's a wrap.

See how that worked?- Now how cute am I?

Merry Christmas Blogger friends. All one of you. You know who you are Amy Browning. Should i just call you up for a girls night out instead of writing up all this?

Movies to catch this season in order of excitement:

The Blind Side- doesn't count as a Christmas movie but am pacing to see it...

1. Everybody's Fine

2. Invictus

3. Precious- not getting in Flotown :(

4. Up in the Air

5. The Fantastic Mr. Fox

After Christmas first on my list: Leap Year with Amy Adams. Enchanted flashback? Please let it be.

safe landings.

i live in a swirly kind of place. where i really never land on anything for long- then when i do- i do my thing then off swirling again. while the flighty style suits me so and is it's always nice for me to be in the wind- i really had grown weary of the "side effects" of my lack of channeling. for the past few days i have- possibly for the first time in my life- experienced what it might be like to stay on the station. i landed, channeled, focused, laughed, cried and felt like a better me.

yeah, i have help. don't think it wasn't prayed over intensely- but through this gift, as today i see it- i was blessed with one of the best conversations i have had in the past 5 years with my mom. my holds weren't barred and she was my parent and i relished it. she talked to me about who i was growing up. the kind of spirit i had and heart. i needed to hear that so badly. i didn't realize how i needed be her daughter.

i shared with her the bond sadie and i have and the relationship she already exhibits with God- and she said "now you know what i had"- man- after feeling like her little girl again, i knew more than ever you never stop missing your mom. then i held on to the next few things she said while the Spirit led her.

i talked to her about needing rest. she reminded me Jesus needed rest often during his ministry. God himself in the flesh. thru my tears she told me i was precious to her and i need rest. and we talked about what she saw in me as a teenager. she told me she just knew i would end up working with children with special needs. i was happy to tell her i was and that she was right- i do work with them and am more filled by that part of my life than most other things i sink in to. i felt like i was where i needed to be. for now- for sure.

we connected. i let her in and she was on my page. i feel so loved today. thankful for her. her life. her LIFE. her choices. her strength. her huge strength that gets shadowed by her very very tender heart. her convictions she instilled in me. i broke down a wall that i wasn't sure could be moved. God is so good. i have landed today.

i know i love wind too much to become a different person thru all this awakening but i am looking forward to a better me. i can see God healing parts of me i didn't think really mattered that much. and thru those, big healings have begun. so blessed...