phyncke

This idea, this time around was started by keiliss. She is posting for the 5 days leading up until new year's and detailing what makes her grateful, thankful and things like that. She had planned something longer but shortened that. Now I am going to catch up here and calculate how many "gratitudes" I would have to post (5) and post them in some manner in the few days left until New Year's and see how I do. This is phyncke's-verse and this is how I want to do this. I love the idea of this and am enjoying reading the posting.

Day 1 (Today and the Gift of Time)

I am given the gift of time, for which I am grateful. I have time to get things done at my own pace and inclination. That in of itself is remarkable and I could stop there and thank someone for that but really, I would have to go thank the Governor of California for providing me with furlough days and I don't think I want to do that. For now, I am blissfully aware of having hours in the day with which I can do what I want.

And so I, cleaned and dusted my home, organized my life for the new year. I dusted, I gathered and arranged papers and felt more mastery over my place than I had before. It felt good to have gone through my piles of papers, clothing and books...etc and purged out what was no longer needed. I usually take what is re-usable to various places for resale or re-use and then donate the rest either in our neighborhood or to Good Will.

I like to face the New Year with minimal clutter and more breathing room. I am close to this goal and that makes me very grateful too. Thankful that I am able to work on this and back to the beginning, grateful to have time to spend on these projects at home. When I am working. none of this gets done.

Free time, not so free, but used well.

If it seems a rambly bit, and it probably is as I was heading off to bed when I thought to start this. I go to bed, pretty sure that no one will have any idea what I am talking about. I think I know...but I will have to read this again in the morning. :P

It was so terrific reading the posts and wishes today. It really made my birthday special. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Now I had a dog named Jake and he was a cutie. I am not posting him here. This is Dudesday, Mensday Australia/NZ. So...for the mens. I cannot remember if I have posted him before. I did not see him in the photo account so here he is.

( Oh the barechested wonder of it all...*clickety-click-click* )

Sorry for the two quick posts but gotta do them when I can.

*Nod*

#28: I am thankful for my workmate, the ever-wonderful Ms. R. She comes up with the most wicked ideas. She is devious, sneaky, underhanded and wicked clever. She's awesome.

I think that is all for today. I am sure you are all sick of me.

#25: I am thankful that we were able to get my car started. It died on the night before Thanksgiving and I was trying to figure out how to afford to fix it. It seems to be the battery and it seems to be holding the charge so fingers crossed that it keeps right on starting.

#26: I am thankful for this time to relax. I have needed to clear my head a bit and unwind. It is good to do that.

So this is the last bit of my holiday posting for icons. I made a Hanukkah icon and had made it a bit *wrong* and had to fix it. *cough*. These are the corrected ones. Let me know what you think. It is to symbolize the lighting of the Menorah for the eight nights of the holiday.





Thanks and hope you are all well!

#23: I am grateful for time spent with good friends today. Not much time to write but we had a lovely dinner by the Bay at Quinn's Lighthouse and have been watching movies. A really good time. I enjoy my friends.

I hope you all enjoyed your time today.

Monday morning. I feel well rested so it is not so bad. I just hate the idea of Monday. Starting work again. Blah.

#19: Thank goodness it is a short week and that we have a holiday. I have Thursday and Friday off this week. Amazing. I so need a break from it all. I have a friend in town from Vegas and we have stuff planned. Yahoo.

#20: Thank goodness for paid vacation. I am going to ask for half the day off on Wednesday. Because I have earned that time and because I want to. *nod* I think they will let us out early so I only need take a few hours. Yay!

I have Elvis Costello on the brain.

"Welcome to the working week..."

Movie Report
Happy Feet was a total winner. Very funny with a serious punch to it and a strong message. The music is phenomenal and it is so worth seeing.

I also saw A Good Year with Russell Crow and he is so good. It is about how a person finds his heart and soul again. Very wonderful.

I never see this many movies. It was great!

Almost done with the Santa fic. I will work on it today. It is breeding other stories. Aegnor stories...of the thinks you will think!

#13: I would like to thank my muses for visiting me today. Just in time. I have been able to make good progress on a story that needs to be done this week.

Whew.

Stormy here but not lightning. I just like that icon. Hoo.

The weekend is here. I woke up at 6:00 am and it was raining so I got my little heinie right back under the covers and went right back to sleep for a couple of hours. I love the Saturday thing. So delicious.

I made myself a latte and checked the bedhead in the mirror. That is frightening but I live alone so no one sees me but me. And I don't have to see me unless I look in the mirror. So heh.

I am getting my hair done today. Dyed, color...all the grey GONE GONE GONE. Woo hoo. How fun is that. I will look younger again. Someone at work told me recently that I looked just over 30. Well bless their little heart! I am 41 now. So that was nice. I owe it all to color in a bottle and Walgreen's moisturizer. Heh.

So on to my thanks. Two days worth since I was off yesterday.

#10: Here is to modern medicine. It allowed my dad to have hip replacement surgery and now he lives pain free and can walk like a regular person again. It really is a marvelous thing. I am so glad that he had it done and I am sure he is too. Here is too modern medicine.

#11: Here is to all that free, unstructured time I had yesterday. I slept, I ran errands, I messed around, I read, I cooked...I just did whatever the heck I wanted and it was really nice to have a day to do that.

There we go.

#7: And then there is the mens. Thanks for thems too. Else there would not be Dudesday or Mensday Australia/NZ and other parts of the world. *nod*

So this week's choice is a bit odd. So chosen for his luminescent eyes. They be beautiful. This is a black and white photo but I think you get a sense of them. He always plays whack jobs in the movies but hey, he is making a living. I think he is cute.

( Cillian Murphy... )

Have a good day and I am having pasta for lunch. I am hungreh. Case you were wondering.