I’m back—sorry about that—-have you been getting your holiday mood on—not to mention energy level in gear cause it’s coming that time when you have to go out in the cold (or worse yet make the feast yourself and invite others to partake) and hang the decor—hang with the relatives or friends or other crazy people for the holidays—-3 of them —-two with huge feasts—-one with a slew of mandatory (well kinda) decorations involving trees and snowmen—even when you live in Florida—and one with drunken or hopefully if you’re driving more sedate and late celebrations and all of these in less than 2 months—-in fact less than 1 & 1/2 months. Its that time of year when we can be very happy or very alone—I hope that most of you have never had a really alone one—but most of us older teens have had one or two at least—-big families can drive you crazy at time, but one never has to spend time alone at the holidays and that is surely a blessing.
It’s a time when the TV plays drippy (not the bloody kind) movies—few a few years it was one Hallmark (they now have two stations and both play) playing them for about 2 months and now we’ve added Lifetime—which usually features all manner of evil and nasty personage—quite a skip to Christmas…I’m watching one now—don’t ask me why I prefer my Christmas in December…but—Oh as now ION has started the same thing—-HELP—-where is Scrooge when you need him?
My friend and I and her kids all spend the holiday together—used to be on a boat trip with a seasonal dinner on Thanksgiving day—but they are so booked up now that we haven’t been able to get a reservation in years—-now we just book at a restaurant somewhere near by and hope they don’t mess up the dinner too badly. I actually cook for Christmas as ham is my meat for Christmas which I don’t mind cooking—Turkey is much much too much of a pain….Oh and we have added a couple that are good friends and so we’re now five of us…..
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
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Rainbow of Colors Custom Framed–Double signed 1978.
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I try to reason with you all occasionally on how living life is important and how life was never meant to be lived in front of a screen—be it TV or computer or what ever else you lock your eyes on (phones included)….but a recent conversation with a great young man made me think of another thing that I would like to remind you of: That life is to live not to spend in servitude to provide us with items we think we need.
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I don’t have to remind you that we all live in a material world—and by that I mean that from the time we are able to comprehend we are convinced by print and internet—by TV and now hell I get ads on the stupid phone as well……we are not worthwhile if we don’t have this car and that type of phone. We don’t love our children if we don’t buy them the right shoes—-we can’t afford to donate to charity because we spent a hundred dollars on each of our kids tennis shoes—-not because they’re better for their feet—-but because a basketball player has his name on them, for that ever reason that required you to stand in lines in 3 separate stores for 5 or six hours each—and on and on ad nauseam.
Or you set up your whole life around making a payment on a car that takes more of your income than you can really afford—and that steals your time and your leisure—and it becames all your focus and in the end by the time you have it paid for you don’t have much of your life left to live and it’s aging and needs expensive repairs and so on…..you could have had a cheaper car that got you places and actually had place that you could go to and enjoy, instead of just having the pleasure of life—-you have the pleasure of owning that car—-and the loss of a lot of the living you’d be doing if you weren’t so dedicated to having a THING—instead of a life.
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Walt Disney World TENCENNIAL Inauugural PARTY
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Instead of spending hours in line for hard to get expensive items—THINGS- for no reason than they’re well advertised like propaganda—I urge you to: spend that 15 or 18 hrs with those kids—take them to the zoo, or maybe on a train trip—–In Orlando there’s a train to Tampa (and another one back daily) or you can just go from Orlando to Kissimmee—most kids in Florida have never been on a train—it’s an adventure—- trips leave Orlando at 10 am and 1 pm and return trains are 12 pm (Great for a quick lunch and return—and remember you don’t have to go thru security or anything so no early arrivals needed) the second return train is at 6 pm and the trip is generally under half an hour—you can also catch and return on the train at Winter Park (just off of Park Ave) too.
From the Station you can walk to Main Street Pizza (about 5 min)
https://www.mainstreetpizzakissimmee.com/ It’s got a 4.5 rating on Trip Advisor.
When you’re finished
(note—don’t have kids—invite a date–or do a girl’s day out—or a guys—-they have a couple of fishing guide not too far from downtown: https://fishingbooker.com/charters/view/6175?booking_persons=2&booking_children=0
and there are all kinds of restaurants : some momuments: to WWII https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/cflmonuments/bcmem and the states https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monument-of-states, as well as shops (from antiques and beyond, all within a walk or at worst a short cab trip….and you’ve just got a day out and a great chance to enjoy, life, your friends, kids or just to get away on your own from the normal rat race.
Events for the Holiday—you’ll have to drive here for this one—or spend a night in a local hotel or there’s Kapp and Kappy’s a bed and breakfast about 25 min walk from downtown: http://www.kappandkappy.com/
Christmas big event:
and the above out line of your adventure is just an example of a way you can put that screen time to good use—I pulled all this up with a map of Kissimmee and Google search engine—-I have not tried any of these places —but I have enjoyed browsing downtown Kissimmee—-you can do it in your town and with the adventure vehicle and/or theme of your choosing—-and you’ll get good at it and look at the reviews and the like to give you an idea—-and the web sites will give you the costs and let you know if it’s within your budget.
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
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Derby Silver Co. Silver Plated Candle Holder on Owl Perch 6″ Tall
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The modern-day history of Kissimmee got its start when it was incorporated in 1883 as a city. Originally, the area was known as Allendale, named after JH Allen, a Confederate major who operated a cargo steamboat on the Kissimmee River.
and it’s not a bad idea to research the history of the place you’re going to find out things like how did it get it’s name:
After Disneyland opened in California in 1955, Walt Disney began buying up thousands of acres of swampland in Kissimmee, Florida.
(Walt Disney World opened in 1971, 15 years after Walt Disney died.
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.” Lana del Rey
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12th and Final plate of the French Plates “Brigitte in Mini Skirt” complete with original packing, booklet and certificate
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see you Weds.
