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Well…… just a few more days and MGS hangs the CLOSED sign and our hats up!! It’s definitely been a wild ride these last couple of weeks. Some of the fastest that’s for sure… I haven’t done one dish, haven’t folded one towel, haven’t really even cooked one meal….. well…. maybe a couple…. but it was lame,, like taco night…. and baked fish…. We broke some records this month. I certainly wasn’t expecting it, but so very happy about it. Lots of love has gone into many a project. Christmas gifts for people, yes, but also a lot of orders for people who have recently been diagnosed with cancer, disks for mom’s who have lost their babies to sids or suicide….. Just some random things that I’ve had to bump their orders to the front of the Christmas order line. And I’ve done so happily. But I won’t happily admit how many times I’ve showered this last two weeks………. scraggle rock is all I’ve gotta say. ewwwwww Who has time to shower?? I’ve grown a huge love for Pandora too. I take my laptop down to my workshop, plug it into my nifty new speakers, compliments of www.pdx.fm, and I just rock it. Sometimes I jam to the likes of the Sufjan Stephens holiday channel,,,,, and then other times I’m jammin’ to the Police, AC/DC, RUSH, Foreigner, Eddie Vedder, the Shins, COLDPLAY, Wilco, Jose Gonzalez, Modest Mouse, Beastie Boys …. I listen to it ALL. No country tho’….. or rap… no no no. It all depends on what sort of mood I’m in when I sit down to stamp as to which type of music I want to hear. Because if I’m in a bitchy mood, and I turn on AC/DC, I pity the person who calls with a dumb question….. I’ve been listening to a slew of podcasts too. You can find a ton of good ones out there. You kind of have to search tho’… which can be time consuming and somewhat disappointing,, but if you head to www.pdx.fm, you’ll find a great variety… from online recovery support, to parenting unplugged, to some celtic broadcast, they do the local news, weather and traffic reports too… WHen you have hours upon hours sitting there on your ass and trying to keep your brain engaged, you’ve gotta find something good to listen to. There is a method to the madness, and I was perusing through the photos I’d taken of our Christmas tree on my camera, and found this video that my hubby took the other day (I had no idea he was recording me) I definitely get into a speed mode when I stamp. Sometimes I feel like a machine… you know…. how when you’re running a really long distance, and you reach that point when you say to yourself, “I can’t go another stride…. but I’ll keep on going..” and you do. You just keep on going, and you don’t stop, even when you really want to. Or you set small goals… like… okay,, when I get to the end of this trail, I will stop, and then when you get to that spot, you just keep on going and you forgot you had told yourself you were going to stop. That’s how stamping this time of year is for me, for us. The zone. I have to be well caffeinated, kids have to be placated and full tummied, emails need to be answered, no phone interruptions (hence my lame voicemail message at the moment), and a window of time that will allow a substantial amount of disks.
At any rate… back to my original thought….. it’s almost time to say goodbye to Christmas Rush 2009……. makes me a little sad… we’ve really kicked the ass of silver this year. Just wish we could buy it a little cheaper!!! Anyways,,, here is the video,,, it’s pretty long,, like 3 minutes… but it really shows how I get into the mode… Not a HUGE fan of Ozzy Osborne, but again, I was in the zone. ;c) I’m gonna go to sleep now….. I can barely keep the lids up…