My assignment

...and look I am yet again breathing =)
Ok, at least for half a day, then the delayed Christmas preparations will have to get started (hmm, have managed a few things in between... luckily!)

Not even a quote for this blog... Just a breath of fresh interactive air (ignore the contradiction!!)


....and it is of course the thing about reading through, and..............

I try...

...who doesn't!? Or, at least, what parent doesn't for their child =)
Christmas is around the corner, I'm getting the last details done on my assignment, Christmas cards and presents almost done... home made, like the "advents lysestake" (some candel thing I have no idea what is called in English!) AND.....
I have no Christmas spirit!!! Maybe I will get the feeling when I see my Emily as Lucia (Norwegian/Nordic(?)) and we go to see The Nutcracker like we did last year, both on the 13th =)
But if I shall remain in the spirit i might have to stop reading news... three weeks, it should be possible?! Thou, not right closing your eyes... But how is it possible to eat and feast, celebrate a birthday (or just have a time of joy) while reading about massacres and starvaition, hatred, sex and materalistic goods dressed in Christmas, singing "dreaming of a white Christmas"!
I will probably, like many in the lucky "rich" part of the world, and up enjoying this season in the end (at least take part in Emilys' joy)! I will appreciate quality time with my family and friends....
Still, right now.... I feel the spirit is far away =(

Now, somehow I found this quote, and it feels good and right =) What should Christmas be if not a time for peace!

Agnes M. Pharo:
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.

Forget romance!

This must be my number one thing I will look for in any new partner: good grocery shopping abilities!
Why? I HATE IT.... On the urge of making a great day go sour. I do not know why shopping for food is so terrible, but it must be said, I'm not a big fan of any type of shopping!
So, good looks, romance, tall, charming.... naaah, the dream guy must first and foremost be someone that can take charge of picking up the groceries. For that I can probably exchange the rest of the housework (hmm...maybe I will swallow my words there someday!)

Hihi, just blowing out some shopping frustration.. and in need of a break from my assignment!

"The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one."

-- Erma Bombeck