Week 22????? Do you know what this means?!? We are almost half way through the year 2014!!! Folks it’s almost Christmas!!! 
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I am quite sure she has already finished her Christmas shopping. Meanwhile here I am just getting started (late as usual) with week 22 of sharing my world and I think I might have totally missed week twenty-one and several of the teen weeks. My tardiness lately is giving me serious doubts that I am going to be ready for Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza or any other holiday before February of 2015. Can I have a little more time please?
So Cee asks…
Regarding animals would you prefer not having them around or having domestics pets, farm animals, or seeing them in nature or the zoo?
I love my little white dogs. They are great company but I have often wondered what it would be like to keep chickens or goats. Everyone says I am crazy to even think it. And I probably don’t have time for them anyway. I certainly would never have time to get them Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza gifts; So I guess my little dogs will just have to do.![Christmas presents]tmas-tree](https://josephelonlillie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/christmas-presentstmas-tree.jpg)
Are you a collector of anything?
Books! Books! And more books! I use to collect rocks. That doesn’t take as much time but rocks are not as much fun to read. And few people like to get rocks for Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza so having a book collection can be advantageous if you are pressed for time.
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If you could know the answer to any question, besides “What is the meaning of life?”, what would it be?
Why is it the older you get the faster time seems to go? I mean, it seems like it should work the other way around. When I was a kid I just wanted things to go slower and Christmas always seemed years away (we didn’t celebrate Chanukah and Kwanza hadn’t even been invented). Now it seems I don’t even have time to lose the Christmas decorations in the attic before it’s time to find them again.
If you were to treat yourself to the “finer things” what would you treat yourself to?
A Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza shopping spree is the only thing that comes to mind this week.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful it wasn’t Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza. And apparently I am looking forward to starting my holiday shopping. It is rather odd where these questions take me sometimes! 🙂
Lillie-Put 
I actually know the answer to your question. Let me know if you want the answer 🙂 I needed a smile today and you certain did that for me. Thanks. 🙂
I so totally want the answer Cee! bring it on!
It is really simple. As adults a day or year for that matter seems short, because we have a lot more time to compare it to. A child who is only 5 a day seems long, because they haven’t lived as many days to compare it to. Say you are 40 you have 14610 days you have lived. Now a child of 4 they have only lived 1461 days. Unfortunately it is just simple math. The older we get a day seems shorter because we have so much to compare it to. 🙂
Oh! That does make sense and it’s a lot more postive than saying because we have so few left in the world! 🙂
When I had a young family I used to start my holiday shopping in August. Never started in June before; not that there is anything wrong with that. 🙂
The questions just sort of brought it out in me. As a church we have already had first mention of our Christmas Eve service.
Almost half way through the year????? I feel as though I’ve just started this year, having spent so much time off my feet!
Collector? Most people who enter my home would think I collect dogs. I have over 90 dogs (ornaments) but I don’t think I’ve bought any. A couple of girls in my youth group years ago each bought me a little dog for Christmas. I must have over-enthused, because from then on I was constantly finding gift dogs on my table – especially at Christmas and birthdays.
That is a neat little collection. Perhaps you are soon to get another dog. After all it is almost Christmas. 🙂