The time has come for me to take a stand. Although I am not involved at all in the circle of dramatic conflict, I have been brought into it in a round about manner. I do wish to say that I understand I am friends with ALL of the people involved, which is what inadvertently brought me into the whole mess. I do have my opinions, but I wish to keep them all to myself and stay as neutral as I can. The only reason I wish to do this is because I have made a determined attempt at bringing peace into my life over the past year. Even while I was imprisoned, I focused on achieving inner peace, and I don't plan on letting all that wash away - not now - not ever.

With all my love and all my respect, I am asking to be relieved from hearing any more about any of it. It's over. It's done. Now let's please all move on by focusing on things that really need to matter to us. If we can't love each other, then let's walk away. No more fighting. Please. There have been too many people brought into this already - people who DID NOT ask for any of it.

I hope that everyone understands and respects my stance on this as far as I am concerned. I am going to come right out and ask that nobody email me about it again. I hope that doesn't come across as pompous or uncaring, but seriously, I just don't care about this particular situation anymore. My head hurts. That doesn't mean I don't still care for each of you (you all know who you are), because I do, just as much as I ever have. I just don't want to hear any more about it.

With every bit of my love,
Kristi
 

Woooo Hooooie!! I don't think this has happened in like eleven hundred thousand years!!
 

Well, I can't say that my day began the way I wanted it to. I had to be at work at 9 am when I usually don't have to be there until noon. So, that means I lost out on a couple hours sleep and was NOT happy about that! But, I was a trooper and even made it there on time!

I wasn't at work very long when one of my co-workers started giggling and dancing a "It's snowing in Texas" jig!! OMG!! What?? No way. It was 70 degrees yesterday!! Well, sure enough, she was right... it's been snowing all day. The ground was too wet for it to stick and it was like 40 degrees when it started, but now it's 30 or a bit lower and we are expecting up to eight inches. Count 'em! 1,2,3... 8!! I don't believe it for a second.

What I got a kick out of was the meteorologist on the news a bit ago. He was showing us a place that had accumulated about an inch of snow and told us that if we were going to be walking, to please be careful! OMG!! How friggin' silly! But, this IS Texas and we do totally freak out when it snows... even if it's just an inch.

On a side note, my mother and I just went and did a tad bit of shopping and she bought me some flannel sheets for my new Queen bed! The sheets are a real pretty light green color which will come close to matching the color my room will be once it gets remodeled. I just put the sheets on and am soooooo ready for a nap since I had to get up so dang early!

I am very excited to have a day off, which was already my day off, but at least I will get paid for it. I plan on spending all my free time (after a quick nap) catching up on some much needed reviews. So, if I owe you some reviews, get ready for 'em! I promise I will have almost all of them done by the time Christmas is over!

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy Chanukah, and all the others that I don't know!

Kristi