On Our Way To Crazy

Are you watching Glee? I know people either love it or hate it. (Or don’t care about it either way.) (Which I guess is true about everything. So maybe not so interesting.) I love everything about it. I love the characters, I love the songs, I love Mr. Schuester. It makes me cry every week. EVERY WEEK. If Glee was a movie, it would be one of my all-time favorites.

We went to the flea market the day after Thanksgiving. The flea market is an amazing place. I got three vintage necklaces for $5, which was awesome, but our big find was actually a gift for our niece. This guys was selling old block letters from a printing press, do you know the kind I’m talking about? They are big wooden blocks with letters carved out of the tops, and the letters are backwards so you can print with them. Anyway, we spelled out her name (Olivia) with those letters and are going to glue them together to make a nameplate for her. Because her name is pretty symmetrical, only the L is backwards. I’m not gonna lie, it’s adorable.

I am pretty convinced that I could be an awesome furniture refinisher. A couple of weeks ago I made Aaron pull over on the side of the road so I could pick up an old desk that had a big FREE sign on it. I want to sand it down and paint it. We’ll see if it happens.

The problem is that I just want to buy a bunch of furniture. The flea market is a bad place for someone like me. If I had gone alone I would have come home with a trailer full of tables and lounge chairs and lamps that all just need ‘a bit of fixing up’. It’s a problem.

I love the prep days in advance of holidays. Making shopping lists, baking, planning parties, wrapping gifts. It’s almost a disappointment when the actual event rolls around.

Tonight we had care group. We got to go to a friend’s house, sit around with people we love, eat cookies and just hang out. And we didn’t have to do anything to make it happen. Letting go of being in charge of that group was the best decision we’ve made in a while.

The band makes a video every week to post on their website. They are really funny guys, so the videos tend to be pretty funny as well. But the one this week has a moment that made me SMOKER LAUGH. Like I was actually in pain after I saw it because it hurt my chest to laugh like I did. You can watch the video here, and pay particular attention right at the end. The guy who at around 2:40 says “I think I saw that” is the one who you see at 2:41. I realize that it might not be as funny if you don’t know them, but oh my gosh, I laughed so hard.

I am so glad there’s only one more day in November. I love writing, I really do. But I am tired of trying to put something together at midnight in order to keep it up. I am glad to be almost done. Thanks for reading.