Magic of Christmas

The Christmas season is nearly over and I was thinking today staring at the nativity scene at church.... whatever happen to the magic of Christmas? When in our lives did Christmas become a HOLIDAY instead of a SEASON.

I try not to start my early shopping usually because I'm not finacially ready but another reason is I want to "feel" the season. You know where the music is playing "you better not cry ,,,you better not pout" . The store fronts have the Goodwill bell ringers ...jinging away. People have list in thier hands and phones making phone calls-- " They don't have any blue dressed ones...just green ...is she going to like the green" . Baking goodies and Christmas lights. Now thats Christmas!!

When I hear a lady with phone in tow, basket full of turkey, ham, and all the Christmas dinner fixings hollering into her cell phone " you have only given me one thing you want ..and I can't find it..and you are not helping me by not giving me another idea!" . I thought to myself...gee whats happened. Whats happened to all of us.

Now adays you have kids giving thier parents a list. We wrote letters to Santa ...hoping he might be lucky enough to have one or two of those items up in the NORTH POLE. When we were old enough not to be writing the letters we usually requested things ---wait .. I don't EVEN THINK that requested was what we did . We would say something to the effect ... I saw something that was really nice at "Penneys- etc" . Same thing with us adults...what happen to the element of surprise when someone handed you a gift and you shook it and imagined what they got you or the thought they put into it. Now you catch us saying " is this the dress-game-coat, I told you I wanted?" . Don't get me wrong..its not good with your'e stuck with a useless gift and have to take it back....but what happen to the surprise part. It just seems so commercialized when we put it in those terms.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think of Christmas as a season where we put our trees up , enjoy the hustle and bustle , family, food, church, and a time for reflection of our lives in the past year. The Three Kings showed up with 3 gifts.... I don't remember seeing where Mary and Joseph told them what they wanted. Nor was the season over - snap... just like that. It lingered on for several weeks. Wished we could all be that way.
Told you I was gonna be thinking today..and I bet you wish I could adjust to 'change' ! Oh and for the record... Gary did ask me to tell him a few things I was wanting...and sure enough he got me one . Oh well ...looks like I need to work on myself not telling him . HaHa!

1-1-11 New Years Day

This Diva is thinking:.... huh...??? Diva..what am I thinking ? A blog.. for what reason ?? Do I not have plenty to do besides sit here and flap my fingers on this keyboard. What about the name : Diva??? What's up with that? Do I even know the meaning of the word " Diva" . Actually I do ..I had my salon after that word at one time . Look it up ! Still doesn't really answer the question does it ?



I have plenty to do in this house ...before I started writing this I was in the middle of still trying to make a guest room out of Ropers room. He ONLY moved out a year ago in Sept. 2010. He came and moved out the rest of his furniture about 2 weeks ago. The room still looks like a tornado. I'll get to that later ...after this blog post. Back in the 70;s I don't think they had a name for ADD..in the public school system or I would have been classified. Never been a housecleaning Diva for sure. This is so much more fun.

It January 1st...time for resolutions. I sat all morning thinking ..."okay , girl..whatya going to do with yourself this year?" Do I go out the door with my new running shoes and start running . Hey maybe I should start exercising in front of the tv. Wait..yes ,,yes ..got it --- Stay off FB ..yeah thats it ..start reading more. Oh , wait ...wait...wait...the blog I've been thinking about writing . Yep- Bingo. I have been thinking of this BLOG thing for a while now. I always have the urge to write about things I'm thinking about and I often trouble myself with the thought... am I the only weird person thinking like this ...about this ...Why doesn't anyone speak up or why doesn't anyone say " thats plum crazy " . Or better yet ... " I'm plain crazy for even thinking about that " .

So here I go with my first blog post. I have lots of subjects I have scribbled to myself about wanting to write about . Some may interest you some may not. Some you may agree with and some you may not. Some I probably should not talk about while I am still in the public service mode. Oh well - freedom of speech. Okay okay just because you can doesn't mean you should !

So here's what the Diva WAS thinking today . I can guarantee she'll be thinking tomorrow!