Monday, November 3, 2008

Thoughts turn to Christmas


I saw this xmas palm tree in a local department store, something different. Yes, it's time to start thinking about Christmas.

It's raining today with a promise of a few days of sunny, summerlike weather tomorrow. Looking forward to that. My mom and I are going to get our flu shots later this morning and we have to renew some prescriptions. Hopefully I can go for a walk before that. Oops, it's raining...but that shouldn't be a problem.

I was reading The Bold Soul last night and came across a mean comment that someone left to her. She's recently been married and ecstatically happy and this lady said 'we get it, already' or something to that effect. So why even read it if you 'get it already', much less to be sarcastic in someone's comment box? I must admit, (knock on wood) that I don't see too much of this in the blogs I read.


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6 comments:

Lilly said...

No, I agree Christine, most bloggers are nice and friendly except in the political blogs. I always have this view, people in pain only cause pain. So the women is clearly a little unhappy. I mean if she doesnt like it just dont leave a comment. No, I dont think the palm tree is a goer for me, no place to put all those decorations.

Mr. Bill said...

Never had a mean comment either, for what little time I've been doing this. But politics WILL start a flamewar every time.

My wife tells me I've been happily married for 21 years. I GET IT! :)

No palm trees for me. The pines not only look better with all of our decorations, but the pine trees also make the house smell festive. Also, the pine cones pop when the tree comes in to the warm house. And that's pretty cool!

TBM said...

I agree! If you can't say something nice... I think that in this age of the Internet, sometimes people forget there is another human being on the other end of that keyboard. So sad. I hope The Bold Soul is still in raptures.

The Mind of a Mom said...

Hey Christine

I am so with you, why would someone bother to read if they could care less and why leave a mean/nasty comment. I know we all don't see eye to eye on all topics and that is fine but to leave a comment just to be mean/nasty is wrong.

Barbara Blundell said...

I agree with you Christine. We should be supportive and helpful to each other -or keep quiet.
Quite fancy a palm tree -be a change. Will you get any dates ?

Christine said...

that's funny about the dates, Barbara. Interestingly, growing up as a child in Jamaica (Canada is my adopted country), I remember we always got a type of fir tree that grew high up in our mountains. It smelled so good and we sprayed artificial snow from a can. That was quite a fun part, along with spreading the tinsel.

You know, Lilly, I thought the same thing that the woman is a bit unhappy.

I'm glad you 'get it' Mr Bill!

Mom and Just a plane ride away, I'm sure 'the Bold Soul' can handle this stuff. I myself was skeptical when she met the love of her life at age 46 (after moving to Paris from the USA) but it sure sounds like the real thing!