conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

white christmas

Growing up in Virginia meant that Christmas was seldom snowy. If you were to live in the mountains you may be so fortunate. I always wished for it. Moving to Chicago eight years ago has been great for the whole "I wish I knew what a white Christmas was like" jones. So, yesterday when we woke up, Trish exclaimed "It's snowing! It's so beautiful." Yeah, it is. It was. I am glad that we did not receive the rumored 18". That may not have been so beautiful.

Our first Christmas together was outstanding. Santa and all his quirky elves were more than generous this year. I am listening to the new U2 cd as I type this. I think it is grand. There is a Ray Charles cd and a Lyle Lovett cd under the tree as well. I dumped them into the computer first thing. How I love music.

O, how I love my new slippers,
...green and soft,
My clergy shirts are fine to be sure
...foreboding black, the color of hope.
The other gifts are whimsical, thoughtful,
...kind and, thankfully, literary.
The snow fell again last night,
...crisp on the ground, the streets.
The sky promises more today.
...more snow for dreams and prayers.

-Berlin

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.

Oh, here are the lyrics to a song on the Lyle cd.

I love my wife.

Cute as a Bug

Interstate 610
Highway 45
A sun-drunk redneck
Barely left me alive

That's when I saw her
Singin' and laughin'
Tryin' to pass me
In a Volkswagen

She's as cute as a Bug
Short as a minute
She's a pretty little package with
Everything in it
I've said enough
To praise God above
I'm crazy in love
She's as cute as a Bug

Playin' at the rodeo
Lots of people I don't know
Better ask around I guess
And try to stay behind this mess

Mister, have you seen that car?
Blowing like a hurricane
I hope she hadn't gone too far
I don't even know her name

She's as cute as a Bug
Short as a minute
She's a pretty little package with
Everything in it
I've said enough
To praise God above
I'm crazy in love
She's as cute as a Bug

Heading up north I will
Come through Huntsville
Trinity and Palestine
I'm going back to Tennessee

Lookin' through my windshield
I can still see her
Man, I got a bad case
Of Volkswagen fever

She's as cute as a Bug
Short as a minute
She's a pretty little package with
Everything in it
I've said enough
To praise God above
I'm crazy in love
She's as cute as a Bug

Cute as a Bug
Short as a minute
She's a pretty little package with
Everything in it
I've said enough
To praise God above
I'm crazy in love
She's as cute as a Bug

Posted by tripp at December 26, 2004 07:27 AM