Queen Of HOPE and Diamonds
Happy fourth night of Chanukah and in honor of the Festival of Lights, am sharing this picture from my own paleolithic era childhood (though I think we still have that box of candles) … The nose! The nose! The nose is on fire! We don’t need no water, let the … um, never mind. Sorry about the absence but for the first time in my life I’ve actually been enjoying/experiencing/aching through a “part-time holiday seasonal retail job.” Learned how to work a cash register. Learned how to wrap oddly-shaped soap pieces (well, not really — I SUCK at wrapping oddly-shaped soap pieces). Discovered that doing inventory appeals to my anal-retentive little heart and neat handwriting skills but that when it comes to assembling window displays I am a disaster at following directions re: how to put things together (something I had already figured out when DH and I put together Dana’s talking doll house with the result that the mom doll would say “Dinner time! Here, Spot!”) And also have added some pretty awesome skincare regimens to my life, as well as the joys of things like leave-in hair conditioner. And thanks to a wonderful employee discount even for us minimum-wage workers, I’ve got enough of my favorite product to last me a lifetime (providing it’s not a really LONG lifetime). Today is my first day off since Dec. 15 so wanted to wish all (two of) my followers a happy and healthy holiday season and a wonderful 2012. Will be chiming in more often, even if it’s not necessarily all baseball related … (Though from a baseball standpoint may I just say how happy I am that Gio Gonzalez will be the newest DC/MD metro-area athlete. Having covered Gio back in his minor league days, I can assure any of my media buddies who will be working the Nats clubhouse this year that he is an absolute and total delight to deal with. Hopefully he’s learned to hold onto a cel phone for more than a week since his A-ball days.) (By the way, am HOPING to have a very special Christmas-related multi-media treat to post here on Sunday, as well as a photo series close to my heart on Wednesday).

Happy fourth night of Chanukah and in honor of the Festival of Lights, am sharing this picture from my own paleolithic era childhood (though I think we still have that box of candles) …

The nose! The nose! The nose is on fire! We don’t need no water, let the … um, never mind.

Sorry about the absence but for the first time in my life I’ve actually been enjoying/experiencing/aching through a “part-time holiday seasonal retail job.” Learned how to work a cash register. Learned how to wrap oddly-shaped soap pieces (well, not really — I SUCK at wrapping oddly-shaped soap pieces).

Discovered that doing inventory appeals to my anal-retentive little heart and neat handwriting skills but that when it comes to assembling window displays I am a disaster at following directions re: how to put things together (something I had already figured out when DH and I put together Dana’s talking doll house with the result that the mom doll would say “Dinner time! Here, Spot!”)

And also have added some pretty awesome skincare regimens to my life, as well as the joys of things like leave-in hair conditioner. And thanks to a wonderful employee discount even for us minimum-wage workers, I’ve got enough of my favorite product to last me a lifetime (providing it’s not a really LONG lifetime).

Today is my first day off since Dec. 15 so wanted to wish all (two of) my followers a happy and healthy holiday season and a wonderful 2012. Will be chiming in more often, even if it’s not necessarily all baseball related …

(Though from a baseball standpoint may I just say how happy I am that Gio Gonzalez will be the newest DC/MD metro-area athlete. Having covered Gio back in his minor league days, I can assure any of my media buddies who will be working the Nats clubhouse this year that he is an absolute and total delight to deal with. Hopefully he’s learned to hold onto a cel phone for more than a week since his A-ball days.)

(By the way, am HOPING to have a very special Christmas-related multi-media treat to post here on Sunday, as well as a photo series close to my heart on Wednesday).

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