2nd Star to the Right :: Neverland. I think I want to live there.

I'll catch y'all in 2006. I hope the holidays bring peace, love and happiness to you and your loved ones.

9:22 AM | allison | # |

Holiday Spirit Day 3 - Do something that would warm someone else.

10:37 AM | allison | # |

Holiday Spirit Day 2 – This time of year brings about the usual Christmas music. We actually get to listen to music for the majority of the time during the Christmas season. Today's assignment, listen to some Christmas music. Not only listen to some music but listen to at least one song very hard. Listen to the words, let the music overtake you.

My favorite holiday music? The soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas.

I think I’ll listen now.

1:22 PM | allison | # |

Every year a close friend of my brother sends out an email every day in December leading up to Christmas. It’s like an electronic advent calendar. The emails remind us to be thankful and as cheesy as it sounds, to remember why we celebrate during the holidays. She calls them Christmas Spirit Days.

I’m not sure if it’s because I had such a hard year, or if I’m just a little wiser, but her emails are especially poignant for me this year.

I’m going to try and post them here each day to help me remember that I have so much to celebrate. I’m also going to call them Holiday Spirit Days instead. Mostly because I know that not everyone celebrates Christmas, but the other special days that fall in December.

We’re a couple of days behind, but it’s never too late to start.

Holiday Spirit Day 1 – Make a list of what you are thankful for.

I wanted to have an entire list. A big, long list of things I am thankful for. Despite the cliché, really, the most important and the one thing that I am the most grateful and thankful for this year is my family and friends.

This year was so hard for me. And I am incredibly fortunate to have such an amazing support network to help me through it, not just this past year, but entire life. Mom, Daddy, Carl, Radka, Anita, Carol, Scott and Jen – thank you. I am so blessed to have you in my life.

11:41 AM | allison | # |

I'm very, very cranky today. It's not an excuse, but I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings.

9:42 AM | allison | # |