Holiday Frenzy

Santa's not the only one who's making a list and checking it twice.  Fiorella makes a new list every day from the remnants of yesterday's list, then checks it hourly.  The cards are out, the one gift that had to be mailed is on its way, the tree is decorated except for the tinsel icicles, the snowflakes went on the windows last week, and most of the gifts are bought.  Today Fiorella plans to hang her collection of  fruit and vegetable ornaments from the dining room greenery, arrange the multiple creches on the buffet, festoon the light over the dining table, and add bows, birds, and butterflies to everything she's already decorated.  She'll also go out at some time to pick up the manicure salon gift card daughter wants, locate tinsel icicles, and check out WalMart for gingerbread mix

Oh, and did she mention that she's been practicing carols on the piano for the past six weeks?  (Not that you could tell.)

Thorougly Un-modern Millie

Since Fio seems to be in a self-revelatory mood, she'll confess that she's hopelessly out of date with popular culture.  She stopped going to movies years ago when she was working four jobs and taking care of a family.  Her favorite TV show is Big Bang Theory,  which she discovered five years after it premiered.  She's never worn thongs except back then that was what flip-flops were called. She's never squeezed herself into a bustier or a bikini.   Her nails are never manicured unless Daughter herds her to her favorite salon, and her toenails have never been any color but the one they were born with.

But it isn't just personal.  Fio also doesn't know how to do anything with a cell phone but talk, and, to her, a computer is just for writing.  She did play Tetrus on her computer several years ago, but asked Husband to remove it when she started dreaming about those falling dealies while she slept.

Maybe Fio isn't the source of the time warp--maybe pop culture is out of touch with Fio!