TheBanyanTree: Sunday

[Jeri Xiques]

Wonderful, Neeky.  I'm so happy you have your house and  your person and
your dog.  It's a good life, and we love hearing you talk about them!

Jeri

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I slept in yesterday, because I could, and because my husband and dog kept
> sleeping. It's too much fun to lay there reading while they both sleep.
>
> Then we went for breakfast, except for Ash, because he's not allowed in
> most places due to his insolence. After breakfast we went shopping for
> Christmas lights, since all of ours had to be tossed last year. Then we
> came back for the other car and went to find a tree. An hour later, we had
> a tree and a new tree stand, because I couldn't resist the stand when I saw
> it. Instead of the super annoying screws that have to be tightened, meaning
> two people have to be involved while the screws are tightened on the tree
> with a lot of looking back up at the tree to see if it's straight or
> leaning at a 45 degree angle (not recommended) there is just a spike poking
> up from the water container. Hammer the spike into the tree trunk before
> bringing it in the house, and bring it in and stand it up. Done. It's good
> this has turned into a one person job because by that time the too familiar
> exhaustion had come over and I was immobilized for a bit.
>
> Just exhaustion is one thing, but then came the absurdly painful part,
> which I had hoped to skip altogether, but it's coming at a faster rate than
> it once did, and while I lay on the couch rubbing my too large and annoyed
> gut my husband took down the old garland up on our staircase and put up new
> garland, so now it smells like Christmas, bought the tree in, then vacuumed
> all the areas that had been involved, including all the stairs. The man is
> a treasure.
>
> Too out of it to do anything other than watch TV (which is the excuse du
> jour) I watched some of those house shows, the ones where people have their
> house renovated while looking for a new house, and then they have to choose
> to keep their house or buy a new one. Man, are these people whiny. I
> suppose it's a requirement of going on a reality show -- there's got to be
> some entertainment value after all, and there's no telling what parts they
> cut and what parts they kept. "I want a house like my old house, except
> 10,000% better, and I want it in the neighborhood I'm in, and I want it at
> a reasonable price. Every single one of them was under the impression that
> getting what you want is no more complicated than listing it and expecting
> the designer and real estate agent would hop to and get it done. If only.
>
> If only like were like a reality show. But I like to see the houses, and
> every one I see makes me glad to have my house, which is a joy, a treasure,
> a wonderland of comfort and serenity, an escape from the world. It's also
> my office, my work space, and the place where I keep all my stuff.
>
> Later I participated in an energetic and insult filled discussion about the
> true meaning of Christmas, though I was never insulting nor insulted, but
> some people don't know how to chill. All I did was point out that not all
> of us are Christian, thank you very much, and we all celebrate different
> things. Call it my service to mankind. Then I wished everyone a Happy
> Hanukkah.
>
> Which reminds me, I need to wish my cousin and my high school best friend
> Happy Hanukkah. In this diverse bastion of mine they're the only two Jewish
> people I know.
>
> Eventually the pain subsided, helped along by only one pain pill. By then I
> was too exhausted to do much more than watch Doc Martin and send my husband
> off to see the Hunger Games. He said part of it is really boring. Ah well.
>
> Later that night as I climbed the stairs to bed I thought of how wonderful
> my house is, how I'm so glad I live in this house with the person and dog
> that I live with. It's beautiful, like my life.
>
>
>
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>
> Monique Colver
> Colver Business Solutions
> www.colverbusinesssolutions.com
> monique.colver at gmail.com
> (425) 772-6218
>