"Pancakes!!".... and other random musings for the new year

• No matter how how good my intentions are, my purse and my closet will probably always be messy.
• Some days it's Beethoven, some days it's AC/DC. That's just how it goes.
• Even though my desk is always covered with client files, there's guaranteed to be a Southern Living or Food & Wine there, too.
• Could somebody out there please fix this photo so that it fits inside the box outline? Trying to let go of some perfectionist tendencies and just write. The photo can no longer serve as an excuse.
• I find that I put both socks on first, then the shoes. However, I take off one sock and shoe before taking off the other sock and shoe. While I'm sure there's some thrilling psychological interpretation, it just feels better that way. (Brett, this one's for you).
• Explaining to my daughters that their hair color choice is totally up to them (once they get older) - and seeing the reaction - was one of the highlights of my year.
• Shouting "pancakes!" or some other innocuous word, when you really feel the need to curse, is never, ever as satisfying as just saying the curse word. 
• Hand in hand with the "pancakes" item above is my overuse of the word "crap." Used most often when things don't go my way. I've decided it must be an acronym for Christal's Reaction Always Pissy, and I am making an effort to turn that around in 2012.
• Just because I don't repost your status on my Facebook page, it doesn't mean I don't like you, or that I don't support your cause, or agree with your opinion. It's the Facebook version of "if you don't forward this email to 20 people in 20 minutes, you will have bad luck" routine, and is equally annoying.
• Instead of writer/professional chef/perfumier (is that really a word), I find most of my days consumed with work, driving kids, homework, laundry, more driving, more laundry, more work. I prefer to see it as background training (even though I never realized it would last this long). Whatever else it may be, it's also my version of saving the world in small ways every day.

Happy 2012.

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