Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful...

Well, not really. It snowed a lot yesterday but today is overcast and promising more snow in Chicago which might turn into icy rain. Today, I'm lacing up my boots to drag the kids with me to face my own personal bete noir--a trip to the mall. Yes, it's last minute Christmas shopping and like the Cage the Elephant song says, 'oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked, money don't grow on trees..." So it's off to mingle with the other rabble who also left it till the last.

I'm behind for a myriad of reasons: Spring Fling things, clueless about what gifts to buy and recuperation from a nasty bout of the flu. But there are people in the world whose circumstances are far worse than mine and two of my favorite blog sites are hosting fundraisers for Heifer International: Patrick Rothfuss (of the awesome NAME OF THE WIND fame) and agent/ author, Nathan Bransford (JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW). Heifer helps communities in so many ways, so if you have a spare nickel or two, go out and donate if you can.

Okay, enough with the procrastinating. I'm off to the mall. Wish me luck and cake.

Merry Christmas.

4 comments:

Nancy J. Parra said...

Hi Pam, Merry Christmas!! And seriously- wonderful job on Spring Fling!! Thanks for all you do.

Pamala Knight said...

Merry Christmas Nancy! Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words. Hope to see you at the holiday party.

Marilyn Brant said...

Oh, Pamala! I'm so sorry to hear about the flu... Hope you are back to 100% now. We were up in Wisconsin visiting my family and now have in-law events this week. I, too, waited until the last minute on several gifts and lived to regret it. (I *despise* the mall!) Next year, let's make a pact, you and I, to be done with our Christmas shopping before Halloween :).
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! xo

Pamala Knight said...

Hi Marilyn, thanks for stopping by. I hope that the in-law events all went well and that Santa was good to you. You've got a deal--next year we'll get all our shopping done by Halloween. Fingers crossed ;-). Happy New Year!