I planted an avocado. In a pot. In my house (because they don't grow outside here).

It won't die.

We haven't watered it in weeks. Probably months. There is a weird mold in the dirt. When we did water it, the leaves would grow and then immediately curl up and die. The stem is not more than 6 inches long. It's in such sad shape.

But it won't die. 1/2 of the stem is still green. There are leaf shoots on it. It's still fighting, in spite of neglect and disease and who knows what else. It won't die.

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I'm sure there is a lesson to be learned there somewhere, but since I haven't been to bed before midnight in weeks, I'm not finding it. Brain capacity? 100% Brain functionality? 10 %

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One of my favorite things about this time of year is the plethora of available Mandarin oranges and Clementines. My kids love them. They are a yummy, kid sized, easily peeled snack. We revel in them. Tyrone would eat a box by himself in a day if I let him.

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I kept forgetting about my Christmas dishes this year. In my defense, I got them at a garage sale for $5.00 this summer, so it's not like I've had a long standing tradition of using them. They are cute. We finally brought them down on Sunday and are using them every dinner--provided I can get them through the dishwasher fast enough. If you want to see what they look like, click here. I have 8 full servings and two boxes of accessories. I scored! And they are cute!

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The choir program was awesome. I love Christmas music!!!

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A rim cracked on one of our tires. I didn't even know that could happen. It took a week for them to find someone who could fix it. Did you know that driving on a spare really cuts down your gas mileage? We dropped significantly.

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The other car is having problems. It goes now, but it's not fixed. That will probably be what Faramir does all evening, while he listens to the Vegas bowl!

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The book editing I am doing is going really well! I'm very excited about the project as a whole and I'm especially excited about the women that I'm working with. Perhaps you've heard of them? Charette and Brillig? Yeah, I'm spoiled. It couldn't be more cool!

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It's snowing. I've decided to become reconciled to snow because as much as I dislike snow, I hate green/dead/gray/brown more. Bring on the snow!

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It should be a quiet Christmas. None of the out of townees are coming in. We are just being calm and collected with the people we have here.

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I have more dvds than I do space. I have a love/hate relationship with that fact.

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I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! I love you all to pieces! Be well and remember Christ at this time!

~Eowyn