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halobeam

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41. omg.. life can give us lemons, can't it!
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 01:53 AM
Dec 2018

I'm sorry for your troubles.. it seems we can get a lifetime of them in a year! Usually at that point, we have the odds in our favor - for a somewhat smoother year ahead.

Warmest wishes!

Been like that for me for the last couple of years. I feel ya..n/t monmouth4 Dec 2018 #1
Me too... hlthe2b Dec 2018 #5
To a degree. Myriad reasons... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #2
Can I kiss you for knowing how to use "myriad"? nolabear Dec 2018 #13
I accept that kiss gladly and with a big grin! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #21
I didn't see my family for Chanukah. That's more about my depression mucifer Dec 2018 #3
I'm a little bit more cheerful on account of the events of the last couple of weeks The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4
Me but violetpastille Dec 2018 #6
I would love to see a church based on the Beatitudes - only harumph Dec 2018 #9
Try Friends/Quakers Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #12
Me as well! violetpastille Dec 2018 #14
Right there with you. Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #7
for over 60 years, I have always looked forward to New Years safeinOhio Dec 2018 #8
Well that's just odd. I understand where you're coming from ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #18
Yup - but from a different source. Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #10
Yeah, I still decorate a real tree and put up a few seasonal things... Guilded Lilly Dec 2018 #11
When your family sucks, Christmas sucks. nt UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #15
+1 LuckyCharms Dec 2018 #20
Better this year than past 2 years MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #16
Plus one. If the dems hadn't taken back the house.. Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #50
yeah... FirstLight Dec 2018 #17
Absolutely no decorations here. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2018 #19
definitely not rownesheck Dec 2018 #22
read truman Capote's christmas memory JI7 Dec 2018 #23
I bring out what for me are the holiday books and read a few... Hekate Dec 2018 #43
Me either... HipChick Dec 2018 #24
Oddly, I have more spirit this year than usual. Adrahil Dec 2018 #25
I felt that way at Halloween this year also kimbutgar Dec 2018 #26
I love Christmas and am enjoying the heck of the season so far. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #27
Have been reading Al Franken's "Giant of the Senate" to cheer me up. spooky3 Dec 2018 #28
Never liked it, even as a child. It was way too commercial. Blue_true Dec 2018 #29
So... Xolodno Dec 2018 #30
omg.. life can give us lemons, can't it! halobeam Dec 2018 #41
My gods, Xolodno Hekate Dec 2018 #44
Omg Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #52
I used to be really excited for Christmas. Doreen Dec 2018 #31
I hear you mvd Dec 2018 #32
I am feeling very down this season TheCatQueen Dec 2018 #33
Get a small xmass tree. A real one. They come with a stand. Buy some tiny little lights. Decorate it applegrove Dec 2018 #34
You're not alone. Glamrock Dec 2018 #35
I'm too busy oswaldactedalone Dec 2018 #36
I've had a couple of shocks lately and between trump and the demigoddess Dec 2018 #37
The music on the radio is more of an escape this year than in years passed because of Trump Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #38
Same here, definitely not in the Christmas spirit. At all. chia Dec 2018 #39
We do a holiday party every year that helps. Liberty Belle Dec 2018 #40
Waaaay better this year in my family. Grandbaby survived being a preemie. We survived the fires. And Hekate Dec 2018 #42
That's wonderful news, Hekate! pnwmom Dec 2018 #45
Here's to a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year for all... Hekate Dec 2018 #57
It comes too fast Raine Dec 2018 #46
My Mom died Thanksgiving morning. Maru Kitteh Dec 2018 #47
So sorry. Yes that would be rough. applegrove Dec 2018 #48
Thank you, AG. Maru Kitteh Dec 2018 #49
Awe. You are lucky to have had such a good long time with her. And she, you. applegrove Dec 2018 #53
How sad malaise Dec 2018 #54
So sorry dembotoz Dec 2018 #51
I am so sorry, Maru Kitteh. pnwmom Dec 2018 #59
Yeah, this is a tough year TlalocW Dec 2018 #55
Loving it this year malaise Dec 2018 #56
haven't "felt" Christmas since I was 6 years old. Mr. Quackers Dec 2018 #58
I will feel more Christmasy when some Trumps get indicted. pnwmom Dec 2018 #60
It's going to be great Winter Solstice though eShirl Dec 2018 #61
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