Park Those Angels

I was driving along this morning, iPod plugged into the Beetle stereo playing all my Christmas songs. I LOVE Christmas music. And, I get so into it, if I'm not rocking out with Brian Setzer and Boogie Woogie Christmas, I'm crying along with "O Holy Night," anyone's version! Driving along, tears streaming down my face. I'm such a sap. Luckily, it's on "shuffle mode" and the next song will probably get me rocking again, you know, maybe Perry Como and "No Place Like Home for the Holidays," or Elvis and "Blue Christmas."

This morning one of my all time favorites came up, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." I love to sing it, hear it, play it, and my favorite version is probably from A Charlie Brown Christmas, because that's where all my kids, and my sister's kids, learned it.

My niece, Bella, learned it when she was about three.... and would sing it on command, but her cute, three-year-old version was "Park the Herald Angels sing....." and then, a little later in the song, "peace on Earth and mercy wild." It's one of those things that is now forever a part of the family... and every year we fondly remember "Park the Herald Angels"!

Of course, it's cute when your three-year-old niece messes up the words, but my husband has forever ruined "The Christmas Song" for us - every time we hear it we can't get HIS version out of our heads, "Chest hairs roasting by an open fire, Jack Frost's fingers up your nose...."

There's a little something from me to you... you'll probably never hear that song the same again either!

So - on the knitting front, check out my Branching Out scarf up there!! Get me, doing lace work! I'm thinking I'm liking the lace knitting. Of course, I ripped out at least that much three times before I actually "got it," but now I'm loving it. It's that Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, very soft.... very nice.

and, here's finally a modeled shot of the Wendy/Heather sweater. Not a great picture.... I had a migraine, major bad hair (hence, no head), and was fairly well drugged-up when I took it; and now I see the unmade bed and wet bath mat in the background... but I'm not looking too bad, so... this is the shot we're going with. Priorities you know. Would you rather see "muffin top action" and wild-woman hair, or an unmade bed - I thought so.