. . . or Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or . . . if you don't celebrate anything at all . . . just have a happy, safe and warm season!
This is just a quick post to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season!
I am not going to be able to spend time with family this year . . . (I'll get to finish painting the inside of my house, though . . . long, long overdue . . . yayyy!) . . . but I will be talking to them on the phone and sharing a bit of the day with them that way, so it won't be all bad!
Every year I toy with the idea of braving the masses and masses of people at the Rose Parade to view the floats after the parade . . . not sure if I'll make it this year or not. I do want to go. But, it will depend on how I feel the day before! :) If I do make it, I'll be sure to share the pics!
The last time I went was probably 15 (oh, my gosh, could it have been 20? ? ? ) years ago! I still remember the air filled to bursting with the heady scent of all the flowers. The colors were just spectacular! It was just lovely and I want more!
. . . but I also remember the traffic to get there . . . the nightmare of trying to find a place to park that wasn't a mile or two or ten away and then the immense throngs of wall to wall people all trying to get close to the ropes to see the floats unimpeded by the backs of the heads of other people all while trying to keep from getting trampled on by all the others behind them. hmmmmm . . .
We'll see.
My friend Mavis said it had always been one of her dreams to work on the floats, so before she moved away, that is just what she did. She signed on to be a petal pusher (one of the volunteers). Perhaps that is the way to go to get my fix! ;)
Anyway, whatever you are doing this holiday season . . . I hope it fills you with joy! And, may this next year be a much better one for all of us! Merry Christmas! :)
