You are welcome, Dana & Msbelle. I love those elephants...I have one on my own tree right now, AIFG. I always *mean* to do something nice for Msbelle for hosting, but I think about it after the fact, and then I usually don't have the money anymore...it's always good when timing and manners align. ETA: we love that soup mix and also that the company itself gives jobs to women from tough situations.They also have mixes for other things that I buy sometimes. Year in review? maybe I'll wait a bit.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2016: We know the world didn't end, because, check it out!
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering.
Go away, 2016.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2016 11:02:25 am PST #53 of 269
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
erikaj - Dec 12, 2016 1:14:22 pm PST #54 of 269
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Well, okay, why not. This has been a decent year for me personally, if it did piss me off on the macro level a lot.Doing lots of stuff with PDA...hopefully a few things that will make me feel a little less like the 6,000 year-old intern, although they are nice people and I don't mind doing interny things for them. Made a little money, did a little dating(nothing serious, but we still like each other) and found out new kitty is part ragdoll and part Sacred Cat of Burma, which means she is cute, blue-eyed and soft-spoken and will never yowl like a siamese. Still chasing my writing goals. Maybe I could be happy if I could get rid of the thought that this was the life I wanted at, like, nineteen, mangled in shipment.(Which also intensifies the "I'm sixteen and I don't want to die," geopolitical feels...I want the next part, however settled contents may be. Also, Arpaio's gone soon.)
Amy - Dec 12, 2016 5:05:43 pm PST #55 of 269
Because books.
I got an awesome card from Suzi, and also a sweet card from msbelle! AND a fantastically wonderful gift from my Secret Santa! (Who is not so secret anymore, but that's totally okay.)
I got the most gorgeous knitted eternity scarf in green with all kinds of accent color flecks, a beautiful basket of French truffles, and the Best Socks Ever (TM), which read "I had fucks to give ... once." Thank you, Secret Santa!
amych - Dec 12, 2016 5:12:23 pm PST #56 of 269
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Cards! msbelle, Suzi, Toni I LOVE YOU NICE PEOPLES!
Amy - Dec 12, 2016 5:22:30 pm PST #57 of 269
Because books.
Oh god, the truffles. This could be dangerous.
aurelia - Dec 12, 2016 6:08:22 pm PST #58 of 269
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I got a card from Suzi, too!
amyth - Dec 12, 2016 11:44:32 pm PST #59 of 269
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I got a card from Suzi, too! And msbelle! Thank you!
Amy, I'm glad you liked your gifts!
Beverly - Dec 13, 2016 12:26:40 am PST #60 of 269
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I got a card from Suzi, as well. Merry Happy, peoples!
Calli - Dec 13, 2016 1:38:57 am PST #61 of 269
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I got a card from msbelle--the nicest!
Anne W. - Dec 13, 2016 2:45:16 am PST #62 of 269
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I also got a msbelle card! What a delightful thing to find in my mailbox on an otherwise crappy day.