take two; I tried to preview my post, and it not only blocked a pop-up, it erased my post!  dam webbrowser.... 

to recap, I was stupid on Friday night (like, half an hour after I posted on LJ) and sprained my ankle.  It's much better now, but dam it hurt!  The worst part was that the ice pack wasn't in the freezer, so I ended up with frozen zuchini loaf on my ankle instead.  On the plus side, the loaf was very yummy!

It threw off my plans for the weekend; couldn't stand on a ladder to string up the outside lights, but my mom and I did manage to get the tree up today and my kids helped to decorate it.  The stockings are hung on the mantel over the gas fireplace, and it's finally starting to look xmasy here (and yeah, even in my head, I say xmas).

It also threw off my plans for writing; couldn't sit at the pc and write when my ankle needed to be up.

In a complete segue, I adore iLike on Facebook; I use the Music Challenge to listen to music, so I can find new bands to listen to.  My prezzie list is ever expanding!

ah, memes!!!  autographedcat had this on her LJ, so now I too must play.  Here are the rules:

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to http://popculturemadness.com/Music/index.html, and find the greatest hits for the year you turned 18 (on the left-hand side)
2. Select at least the first 40
3. Bold the ones you like
4. Strike out the ones you hate
5. Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor hate
6 Leave the ones you don't know as is.