Confessions of a Christmas Nerd

My Christmas decorations are still up. Honestly, I don't want to take them down because they make me happy. I'm thinking that maybe I'll leave it up all year. Kind of like my own personal Bronners. Okay, so I really won't do this, but I really want to.

Project 365

After a 2 year break, I am back to posting on my Project 365 blog. Stop by and maybe leave a comment.

Rules For 2012

1. Free your heart from hatred.

2. Free your mind from worries.

3. Live simply.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.

December?

Remember all of my well-laid December plans?
Of cookie making and shopping and present wrapping?
I haven't got any of it done.
Because I suck.
Bleh.
I am mad at me.

Maddy's Other Life

So the other day I took Maddy with me to the store. This is how it went:

[in parking lot]

Girl I Don't Recognize: "Hi Maddy!"
Maddy: "Hi!"
Me, when she's out of earshot: "Maddy, who was that?"
Maddy: "Oh, a girl that goes to my school. She's not in any of my classes, though."

[in produce section]

Boy I Don't Recognize: "Hi Maddy!"
Maddy: "Hi!"
Me, when he's out of earshot: "Who was that?"
Maddy: "Oh, a boy that goes to my school."
Me: "Is he in your classes?"
Maddy: "No, but I see him in the hallway."

[two minutes later]

Woman I Don't Recognize: "Hi Maddy!"
Maddy: "Hi!"
Me, when she's out of earshot: "Maddy, who was that?"
Maddy: "Oh, that's Mrs. So and So, she teaches Senior history."
Me: !!

This continued on throughout the store two more times. It was like grocery shopping with some sort of celebrity, I tell you.

I am intrigued at this other life she leads, where she seems to know every single person in the universe.

For the record: I did not see a single person I knew at the store.