Friday fill-in

1. Snow once trapped me in downtown Seattle for two days. Seattle has so many hills and its drivers are so underprepared for the white stuff that it takes about 10 minutes of snowfall for most of our major roadways to be blocked by stalled-out, sideways cars. The first night, I slept on the carpet-over-concrete floor at my workplace. Brr! The second night, I got a room at the Westin. And I sure got a lot of Christmas shopping done!

2. I'm looking forward to an entire list of activities, events, and trips. I'm also looking forward to having a new president. But you probably knew that.

3. Unschooling is the best change I instigated in my family ever!

4. One of my favorite old tv shows is — and you probably knew this,
too — Firefly!

5. I'm done with something. I'm sure of it! It's just hard to see it past the crowd of things I'm not done with.

6. The most enjoyable thing around the holidays is festive decorations all over the place. And rocking my kids' world.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to downtown Seattle (risky, I know) with my girls to enjoy the festive decorations all over the place and the energy of the crowd, tomorrow my plans include a whole lot of wrapping, and Sunday, I want to relax and watch the Seahawks ruffle some Raven feathers while imagining my buddy Lori at the game in the new lime-green scarf I made for her! Go Hawks!!