It’s been a long week in my neighborhood… but at long last FRIDAY has arrived! I am going to slow down and savor this weekend… but first, how about some good old TGIFing to get the weekend started!
Thankful —
I am thankful for so many things! Things like long conversations with my son, funny texts from my daughter, my son-in-law being home for the busyness of December, the end of a long word journey, the arrival of winter next Thursday (when I will begin my year long journey re-reading Margaret Renkl’s Comfort of Crows), new insights discovered in a re-reading of Wintering, and reading the last weeks in my year long Poetry Unbound read!
Gathering —
I am gathering some of those new insights discovered in my re-read of Wintering… and planning a bit of a Wintering Reclamation of Space! My closet needs a bit of a tidying… as do some other spaces in my home (dear Basement, I am looking at you!!) And I confess… I am so very excited for these tasks. I am also going to spend some time finding another poetry book that I can read as a weekly devotion next year… poetry remains the best part of my week and I will treat myself to a “new to me” anthology of poetry to carry me through 2024.
Inspired —
Yesterday’s Gnome “clue” was a coloring sheet and it has inspired the child in me to emerge! I shared my start with Vivi yesterday and we talked about colors for the books on the shelf and the plant. Although, she wondered where the Christmas tree was… and now so do I! Which has made me think about an artist I follow on IG who paints similarly delightful little scenes. She shared a free image for the holidays, and I have plans to play with it a bit after Christmas!
Festive —
I have been trying to bolster my joy-quotient this month and next week I have jotted down a couple of Christmas-y movies to queue up next week while playing a bit of catch up on my temperature circles. And that makes me wonder… are there movies that you watch every year to shore up your Holiday Joy? Please share them… I’d love to add a new movie to my repertoire!
And with that… I am off and I wish you all the best weekend! See you all back here on Monday!
Photo by Susanne Jutzeler
What a lovely TGIF! If you feel like sharing your weekly poetry devotional choices, I would be interested in them. As far as movies, I love “Love Actually” almost any time of year. I’m also a fan of Die Hard (but it’s not exactly joyful). Ryan and I have watched it together and had many discussions about whether it’s a Christmas movie or not. He finally convinced me that it was!
I need to re-look at Wintering. It wasn’t for me when I tried it previously. You have a lot of very good things going on…and to look forward to. Happy weekend!!
That little TGIF gnome is too, too cute. Hope you have a restful weekend.
While I didn’t DISlike Wintering, I didn’t have quite the response to it that so many are having…but I think that’s because I went into it with expectations that it was something very different. (Which doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with what it IS, of course.)
Yay Friday!!!
One of the holiday movies I like is Last Holiday (2006) with Queen Latifah. It doesn’t have the following of Die Hard or Christmas Vacation, and the premise is kind of iffy, but it is delightful movie that doesn’t make you think too hard. And it has Emeril in a bit part.
Enjoy your weekend!!!
The Jumanji remake has a Christmas tree in one scene… and the original does remind me of Christmas because I got it on VHS one year! Both are very silly and joyful in my opinion.
Love your little skiing gnome! We seem to have acquired a tradition of watching “Christmas in Connecticut” every year, even though we’ve seen it so many times that we can quote most of it. But it’s a funny, feel-good movie that just happens to be set at Christmas, so it feels a little more natural for a non-Christmas-celebrating family to watch.
What a nice TGIF. The little gnome is darling. I love that Vivi helped you with color choices. I don’t have any great holiday movie suggestions. I did like Wintering so may have to pull that out again. A daily devotional of poetry sounds like a fabulous idea. Have a nice weekend.
Oooh, Christmas movies! We watch many and not all of them every year but the non-negotiables are Love Actually, White Christmas, and A Christmas Carol (with George C. Scott.) We are actually planning on watching White Christmas tonight, it’s such a heartwarming and fun musical that has stayed the test of time.
whenever I hear from the kids, it makes the day fantastic!! We have watched a few movies but I could easily get into more of them!
Very late to the party here, but I like to watch The Holiday and Love Actually every December. And I can’t wait to see your little gnome! XO
Oh, Kat, I’m very late here (because last Friday was a wash for me). However. I cannot recommend highly enough _A Boy Called Christmas_, a 2021 film based on Matt Haig’s book. It is, hands down, the most magical Christmas movie — and is the one I don’t think I could tire of. I hope you’ll have time to give it a try. Absolute delight. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10187208/