Dreamy Blue Moon NYE
[Warning: Long, link-heavy, rambling, end-of-the-year post ahead.]
But hey, I haven't posted anything in 24 days, so gimme a break, k?
North & South America, Europe, and Africa will be in for a treat tonight.
A blue moon!!!
No, unfortunately, it won't be blue in color, but it's the second full moon this month. We haven't had a blue moon on New Year's Eve since 1990 and we won't have one again until 2028.
(Interested about it? Read more here.)
Somehow, it seems fitting that 2009 is ending on a rare blue note.
For many, it's been a rough year... and I am no exception.
To recap:
~ 2009 began with taking Mom in for radiation treatments, upon the return of her breast cancer for round 2.
~ Some people fell out of my Good Graces.
~ Like everyone else, the economy hit home hard and made some things tough. Making a budget is easy to do. Getting hubby to FOLLOW said budget? Not always so easy...
But since my old laptop finally bit the dust (dying a slow, possessed death), that meant *I* broke the budget, too, by getting a new one.
~ Speaking of possessed, in the midst of obsessing about my own downfalls, I became infatuated with Sin and human frailty, dedicating way too much time to self-imposed theses about the 7 Deadly Sins. But in the end, I only got around to kinda covering two of them.
Will I ever finish the historical part of Sloth and cover the other 5?
Nobody knows.
~ Three of my sisters came down for a visit -- and it turned into an ugly, screaming, catfight-nightmare.
~ I learned that hubby's 'puter can open porn on its own.
~ Moving trucks taunted me to no end.
~ Hubby was in a car wreck.
~ My RL friends hate me cuz I won't join freakin' F*ckbook.
~ Lame, non-reciprocal HNTers pissed me off.
~ An anonymous "OZ" asshole commenter pissed me off even more.
~ I sprained my ankle pretty bad (and it's STILL not 100% yet).
~ I went through a serious breast cancer scare myself (and I'm still not convinced it isn't something to worry about), along with a lot of other medical crap that I bored everybody to death talking about.
~ It was the year of TEETH, as far as hubby & I were concerned.
We have a nice dentist, but I stilllll don't like to go. lol
~ My home and property were both damaged in the great Southern Fall Flood of the Century. (BIG $ to repair - and not finished yet)
~ My weight topped out at 140! OMG!!!
~ I quit smoking cigarettes. For +/- 2 wks. And then I started back.
~ A girlfriend died from cancer right before Thanksgiving.
~ I worked on Christmas Day... and I have to work tomorrow, too, on New Year's Day. Hubby is away, in Vegas again.
~ The year always ends & the new one always begins in WINTER!
And finally...
~ I kept track of how much sex hubby & I had on my dayplanner.
2009's GRAND TOTAL=29... that's about once every 2 weeks.
So yeah, I'm just a wee bit sexually frustrated.
BUT!
Having whined about all of that, I have a new game plan for 2010.
I am hellbent-for-damn-leather-determined to make this year a better one for myself. Argue with me about 2010 not technically being the dawn of a new decade if you like, but I'm choosing to look at it as such (instead of 2011), and it's going to be a better decade for me than the first one of this millenium! It *IS*, dammit!
And I'm not talking baby steps, like I did last year. This time, I'm talking about 5-year mega-goals with 10 major headings & upteen bulletpoints beneath each heading (still in the "listing stage") that can then be broken down into yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals. I brought this idea to the table briefly, before hubby flew out to Vegas. He sounds like he's onboard and plans to work on HIS part of the list while he's away. We have much more to discuss and finalize when he returns, but with a real game plan in hand, we both will have something to reference as a reminder when either one of us finds ourselves in one of those "what's the point?" moods.
I might talk more about those major headings under lock 'n key in the days ahead, but knowing my padlocked history, I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. lol
Setting myself up for failure with too-lofty visions? Possibly.
Trying to defibrillate all areas of my life back INTO life? Most def.
Meanwhile, I want to briefly touch on 2 things that someone online felt compelled to point out to me about myself. Both were mentioned in a negative light, like unappealing flaws in my character of which I am unaware. But I have pretty astute self-awareness.
Besides, when have I *ever* claimed to be perfect?
1) I'm "just a dreamer" & 2) I live in circles & never GET anywhere.
Quickly addressing the second one first... True, and I'll also concede that it's true in a lot of ways (that I'm not going to expound on now). So thanks, I'll work on that one. Hence, new game plan for this year.
As far as the first one is concerned - YES, also true. I am indeed a dreamer. And although it may get me into trouble sometimes, I'm not going to work on this one because I refuse to believe being a dreamer is inherently a bad thing. Besides, it's part of my DNA and I will NOT stop being one. For ANYbody.
If you think people who are dreamers are flawed because of their very nature to be idealistic, then you might just be a pragmatic Debbie-Downer with an undeveloped, untapped, vacant, and nonexistent imagination. Just maybe at least a little bit.
Ok, enough spinning my wheels and going NOwhere.
If you stopped by to see my Fave HNT of the Year (this week's theme), just scroll down a little bit and voila, there it is... Mega Haunting H'ween collage that only a fanciful dreamer could concoct.
But, been there/done that, and not too long ago.
So, I want to end this post (finally!) on a diff up-note.
With an i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y AWESOME song & video.
It's getting a lot of buzz lately, so you may have already seen it.
If you haven't, treat yourself and watch it. It's only 3 & 1/2 mins.
Just click the little 'x' to close out any Google ad that may pop up so you get the full visual effect of the filmmaker's vision.
Ohhhhhhh, the places our dreams can take us. . .
Sun been down for days
A pretty flower in a vase
A slipper by the fireplace
A cello lying in its case
Soon she's down the stairs
Her morning elegance she wears
The sound of water makes her dream
Awoken by a cloud of steam
She pours a daydream in a cup
A spoon of sugar sweetens up
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes...
Nobody knows
Sun been down for days
A winter melody she plays
The thunder makes her contemplate
She hears a noise behind the gate
Perhaps a letter with a dove
Perhaps a stranger she could love
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes...
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
Where people are pleasantly strange
And counting the change
And She goes...
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Note to regulars ~ Yeah, again, I'm waaay behind on everything bloggy.
But I haven't forgotten about anyone. I promise.
I hope to catch up with everything (and everyone) in the next few days ahead.
To be perfectly honest, I battle between returning to my cybercastle and saying good-bye to the matrix entirely.....
But for now, I wish everyone a fun and safe New Year's!
I won't be partying tonight (early to work in the morning), but later, I *will* be dreaming under a blue moon.
I sense such possibility in the stars that I know if I only reach... just. a. little. bit. further... in 2010, I'll touch one.
... and all will be right in the world.
I wish you all sweet dreams at night & days full of peace.
/flip of mermaid tail, into the deep blue moon sheet-ocean of my mind's galaxy
But hey, I haven't posted anything in 24 days, so gimme a break, k?
North & South America, Europe, and Africa will be in for a treat tonight.A blue moon!!!
No, unfortunately, it won't be blue in color, but it's the second full moon this month. We haven't had a blue moon on New Year's Eve since 1990 and we won't have one again until 2028.
(Interested about it? Read more here.)
Somehow, it seems fitting that 2009 is ending on a rare blue note.
For many, it's been a rough year... and I am no exception.
To recap:
~ 2009 began with taking Mom in for radiation treatments, upon the return of her breast cancer for round 2.
~ Some people fell out of my Good Graces.
~ Like everyone else, the economy hit home hard and made some things tough. Making a budget is easy to do. Getting hubby to FOLLOW said budget? Not always so easy...
But since my old laptop finally bit the dust (dying a slow, possessed death), that meant *I* broke the budget, too, by getting a new one.
~ Speaking of possessed, in the midst of obsessing about my own downfalls, I became infatuated with Sin and human frailty, dedicating way too much time to self-imposed theses about the 7 Deadly Sins. But in the end, I only got around to kinda covering two of them.
Will I ever finish the historical part of Sloth and cover the other 5?
Nobody knows.
~ Three of my sisters came down for a visit -- and it turned into an ugly, screaming, catfight-nightmare.
~ I learned that hubby's 'puter can open porn on its own.
~ Moving trucks taunted me to no end.
~ Hubby was in a car wreck.
~ My RL friends hate me cuz I won't join freakin' F*ckbook.
~ Lame, non-reciprocal HNTers pissed me off.
~ An anonymous "OZ" asshole commenter pissed me off even more.
~ I sprained my ankle pretty bad (and it's STILL not 100% yet).
~ I went through a serious breast cancer scare myself (and I'm still not convinced it isn't something to worry about), along with a lot of other medical crap that I bored everybody to death talking about.
~ It was the year of TEETH, as far as hubby & I were concerned.
We have a nice dentist, but I stilllll don't like to go. lol
~ My home and property were both damaged in the great Southern Fall Flood of the Century. (BIG $ to repair - and not finished yet)
~ My weight topped out at 140! OMG!!!
~ I quit smoking cigarettes. For +/- 2 wks. And then I started back.
~ A girlfriend died from cancer right before Thanksgiving.
~ I worked on Christmas Day... and I have to work tomorrow, too, on New Year's Day. Hubby is away, in Vegas again.
~ The year always ends & the new one always begins in WINTER!
And finally...
~ I kept track of how much sex hubby & I had on my dayplanner.
2009's GRAND TOTAL=29... that's about once every 2 weeks.
So yeah, I'm just a wee bit sexually frustrated.
BUT!
Having whined about all of that, I have a new game plan for 2010.
I am hellbent-for-damn-leather-determined to make this year a better one for myself. Argue with me about 2010 not technically being the dawn of a new decade if you like, but I'm choosing to look at it as such (instead of 2011), and it's going to be a better decade for me than the first one of this millenium! It *IS*, dammit!
And I'm not talking baby steps, like I did last year. This time, I'm talking about 5-year mega-goals with 10 major headings & upteen bulletpoints beneath each heading (still in the "listing stage") that can then be broken down into yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals. I brought this idea to the table briefly, before hubby flew out to Vegas. He sounds like he's onboard and plans to work on HIS part of the list while he's away. We have much more to discuss and finalize when he returns, but with a real game plan in hand, we both will have something to reference as a reminder when either one of us finds ourselves in one of those "what's the point?" moods.
I might talk more about those major headings under lock 'n key in the days ahead, but knowing my padlocked history, I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. lol
Setting myself up for failure with too-lofty visions? Possibly.
Trying to defibrillate all areas of my life back INTO life? Most def.
Meanwhile, I want to briefly touch on 2 things that someone online felt compelled to point out to me about myself. Both were mentioned in a negative light, like unappealing flaws in my character of which I am unaware. But I have pretty astute self-awareness.
Besides, when have I *ever* claimed to be perfect?
1) I'm "just a dreamer" & 2) I live in circles & never GET anywhere.
Quickly addressing the second one first... True, and I'll also concede that it's true in a lot of ways (that I'm not going to expound on now). So thanks, I'll work on that one. Hence, new game plan for this year.
As far as the first one is concerned - YES, also true. I am indeed a dreamer. And although it may get me into trouble sometimes, I'm not going to work on this one because I refuse to believe being a dreamer is inherently a bad thing. Besides, it's part of my DNA and I will NOT stop being one. For ANYbody.
If you think people who are dreamers are flawed because of their very nature to be idealistic, then you might just be a pragmatic Debbie-Downer with an undeveloped, untapped, vacant, and nonexistent imagination. Just maybe at least a little bit.
Ok, enough spinning my wheels and going NOwhere.
If you stopped by to see my Fave HNT of the Year (this week's theme), just scroll down a little bit and voila, there it is... Mega Haunting H'ween collage that only a fanciful dreamer could concoct.
But, been there/done that, and not too long ago.
So, I want to end this post (finally!) on a diff up-note.
With an i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y AWESOME song & video.
It's getting a lot of buzz lately, so you may have already seen it.
If you haven't, treat yourself and watch it. It's only 3 & 1/2 mins.
Just click the little 'x' to close out any Google ad that may pop up so you get the full visual effect of the filmmaker's vision.
Ohhhhhhh, the places our dreams can take us. . .
Sun been down for days
A pretty flower in a vase
A slipper by the fireplace
A cello lying in its case
Soon she's down the stairs
Her morning elegance she wears
The sound of water makes her dream
Awoken by a cloud of steam
She pours a daydream in a cup
A spoon of sugar sweetens up
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes...
Nobody knows
Sun been down for days
A winter melody she plays
The thunder makes her contemplate
She hears a noise behind the gate
Perhaps a letter with a dove
Perhaps a stranger she could love
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes...
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
Where people are pleasantly strange
And counting the change
And She goes...
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Note to regulars ~ Yeah, again, I'm waaay behind on everything bloggy.
But I haven't forgotten about anyone. I promise.
I hope to catch up with everything (and everyone) in the next few days ahead.
To be perfectly honest, I battle between returning to my cybercastle and saying good-bye to the matrix entirely.....
But for now, I wish everyone a fun and safe New Year's!
I won't be partying tonight (early to work in the morning), but later, I *will* be dreaming under a blue moon.
I sense such possibility in the stars that I know if I only reach... just. a. little. bit. further... in 2010, I'll touch one.
... and all will be right in the world.
I wish you all sweet dreams at night & days full of peace.
/flip of mermaid tail, into the deep blue moon sheet-ocean of my mind's galaxy
Art by Snowbyte
posted by Lil Bit at 7:12 PM
15 Comments:
Your letter to OZ is probably one of my favorite posts in all of Bloggy Land. HILARIOUS! This is why I love you, LB.......Wishing you all good things for 2010, my friend. Miss you around these parts.
Hey sexy. I hope your 2010 is your best year ever.
Happy New Year!
I figured I'd get to hear from you before the end of the year, but you cut it close!
Remember, Nashville is just a hop, skip and a jump away! If you're feeling like YOU should get away too....
I hope for you the very best year ever! Be good to yourself, OK? Happy New Year!
No matter what, LB.........you remain one of my favorite people. Dreamers rock. I hope you dream more. Can you even imagine what this life would be like without dreams? :::willies:::: The blue moon was something to behold -- just like your smiling face. Have the best year ever and write when you can.
Hope you decide to stay. Would be awfull without you.
Okay first it's 6:20 AM on NYD and no I didn't make it to midnight. I'm sitting in a Holiday Inn at TI waiting for the coffee to finish. Second my Captcha is "Pible" which has got to mean something but my pre-caffeinated brain won't work it out. Third my precaffienated brain couldn't digest all of this, but I'd have danced like the dwarf at Stonhenge for 29 encounters in 2009. Hell even 2.9 encounters. I was a whopping 0-for-09. But I'm not bitter. Really.
If you shut down the castle or not, hope you'll not shut down all yer peeps.
Miss ya girl. Happy 2010.
Here's to a much Happier New Year! Keep in touch!
xxoo
~C-Marie
Hey Lb,
Here's to the end (FINALLY) of a freakin' crappy decade.
Welcome to 2010. May it bring you happiness, health and lots of sex (I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I also see these aspirations come to fruition in my own life ;D)
You're one of my favorite folks and I always come away from your blog feeling something new. That is a rare gift and I thank you.
Be well,
dg
I say let this year die! and with it all the things that should. I also say, I love ya..your writing, your openess, your acceptance of others no matter what their "thing" is. You give of yourself in the way you support people and how much the things you say and share mean to them and for that, I admire you...and I envy you RL friends. I am not a "regular" anymore and I hate that, but when I see an email alerting me that you've written, I get as excited as receiving mail from an old friend! Here's to a new, wonderful, fulfilling year and more!! :raises bottle of diet mountain dew:
2009 was a pain in the ass for a lot of people (especially me). I'm still having good and bad days (I'm having a bad one tonight) but I'm trying to be optimistic and I hope you will too. I hope you reach your goals and will be happy. You take care!
Happy New Year and NEVER stop dreaming!
Keep dreaming darling girl, nothing at all wrong with dreaming- My opinion, the world could use more of us!
I hope 2010 is the most fantastic year *ever* for you, and that you continue sharing as much (or little, lol) as you can- because I have learned a lot from you, and hope to learn more.
Hugs!
it seems to me that 2009 will be a good year to leave in the past for you.
i am quite involved with the Canadian Cancer Society and participate in the Relay for Life every June. i will be thinking of you and yours this year. i'm sorry for the loss of you friend, and for the issues with your mother. i wish you all the best and will pray that all goes well for you.
i'm such a crappy commenter sometimes! i really try to get around, but sometimes it's all i can do to compose and i've run into my sleep time if i want to read much. i'm going to work on managing my time a bit more effectively this year. ;)
lil bit, this decade will be better. i just know it! cool about the blue moon.
happy new year!!
Well I know 2010 can't be as bad as 2009. So let's both of a hellova better year. Happy New Year and I'll drink to that.
So how is the new year progressing?
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