abracanabra | Spec the Halls Newsletter 2006-3

Weekly Newsletter - December 22, 2006

Note from the editor

My apologies for the delay in getting this issue of the newsletter out! I got overwhelmed by planning our Christmas travel, and then the travel itself got in the way of my getting anything meaningful done. I suspect I'm not the only one that this happens to! I hope that you are all having a good holiday season. Remember, this contest closes on Christmas Day, but you are allowed to submit once in each category. I still haven't gotten many poetry and artwork submissions--only one art submission to date, and I'd hate for anyone to win by default (sorry, eh?). So please tell friends that you think might be interested in submitting.

Featured Selections

The Gingerbread House
by Heidi Waterhouse

Come in, come in, my dears!
I haven't seen you in years.
Nice of you to visit an old lady
who is past the age of shoving
anyone into any ovens.
Read the rest of the poem at http://wiredferret.livejournal.com/1169099.html

Holiday Tip

If preparing yourself and your home for the holidays is a source of major stress for you, take a look at Flylady.net's Holiday Control Journal. Just trying to figure out what to do when your nearest and dearest considerately call to warn you of their visit a half-hour in advance? Flylady's Crisis Cleaning page will see you through it.