merriment

Here’s hoping your weekend kicks ass, guys.

Braden and I will be playing with these:

Here is a picture of the "do not disturb" sign from our hotel on Crete. As you can see, a spell checker was not used before they printed them. I meant to post this earlier, but can you believe I actually forgot about it until I was looking through our pictures again. Obviously, this was quite an inducer of merriment for me and my husband, since we are apparently six years old.

This week’s Tennessee Journal recounts a bit of merriment at the close of this year’s legislative session:

When the House honored members who aren’t seeking reelection, it piped in the Frank Sinatra record My Way and had them say a few words.

On the Keeping of Lent
St. Benedict, in his “Rule,” Chapter 49

Samantha pointed out that I seem to have a tradition of blogging on Christmas Eve. So, in the spirit of the evening I will try to mix in a bit of whimsy to go with the usual commentary.
I believe in the mysticism of Christmas. The snow, the candy canes, Santa Claus, the songs, boisterous merriment [...]