Meditation Altar

I will dress my altar differently depending on my mood, the occasion etc. I have not quite finished as I have to put some things on the back of the wall.

Crackers

Creatures in comfort

Age

We are all afraid of getting old, or are we not? I never thought it would bother me, but it does, more than anything because people thing I am older than I really am. I think a lot of it has to do with stress.

But what is terrible is to have been very beautiful, and to lose it. That must really hurt. Just look at Ali from love story. I thought she was so very pretty, and now she looks like a zelda lookalike (from Terrahawks).

And they actually look better in the flesh! All I need now is the cracks to come, and the hats. I am thinking of putting a few roses/quality streets in each cracker, together with a couple of jokes printed on coloured paper and the hats. I think they look really good, and much better than the jokes being in English and no-one (but me) understanding them. And everyone will eat the chocs. (As the chocs are wrapped they will be fine in the crackers. ). I think I can get the roses/quality streets from carrefour. I also thought that when you are here we could have as a treat some roses and/or quality streets. I am also going to make you and Dad a cracker. And we could not only buy some coleslaw, we could also make some fresh with cabbage onion and carrots, it is dead quick in the thermomix.

Quick update: I am going to make the crackers, I got some doublesided sticky tape today. I am going to do one for each couple, and put two hats in them.

Does it look easy? Well it is not.

Looks SO easy, but it is not. And imagine doing it 24 times. I have decided AGAINST doing crackers, it will be a nightmare, and then they probably will not pop, I have been experimenting and I just CANT. I will ring Tim and see if the crackers are the same this year (bet they are)



Having said that: God, it feels such a waste of money to get the same crap. I just know that if I make them myself they will take much longer. I just feel ill thinking about it, one thing is making a cake, and another is making 24 crackers! It will seem like the never ending story. I don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF i was giving a xmas do myself, with a select group of no more than 8 maybe okay, but it seems such a chore. I know... I have bought the bangs, I have bought the hats... But GOD, I just cant see me doing them, I am not exactly Miss Neat and Tidy when it comes to cutting and gluing either. Oh Dear!