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Susan Mangigian was right: Play dough and microwave should "never, ever, ever be used in the same sentence" (LOL). I've been joking in Twitter about this and I must say when it comes to ironic humor Ruthmarie Hicks has got me and my little people down pat. She has come up with a brilliant blog post idea and I can't wait to present it. Now if I can only stop laughing long enough to write it. ;-)

I am going to dedicate this post to my girlfriend Poppy Dinsey who has been a bit quiet in Active Rain lately. It appears that the electronic cat has her virtual tongue and we American followers may have to make some virtual noise across the Big Pond to get our London Love back in action over here in Club Chaos (LOL). If you haven't been keeping up, you can read all about it in AgentGenius here. Do stop by and leave a positive comment for my gal pal. I thank you in advance for your kindness towards someone I love. :-)

BTW, I've been getting some very interesting e-mail and DMs about my Twitter wisecracking on my Autistic and PDD-NOS children, so I figured I'd chat about it over here. The cool thing about having unique little minions is that they both keep me on my blogging toes. I've lots to chat about on and off topic, so when I am bored, all I have to do is wait for their imagination to kick in and another day of chaos and laughter begins. If you haven't met them yet, all I will say for now is that my self-directed kids are adept at tilting adult brains. Since today's post is about Christmas Lights, I shall explain the exploding play dough saga another day. I may even make a little film to go with it (LOL).

Suffice it to say that in a desperate attempt to keep Stephen, the Blur Minion away from the electronics and Noah the Notable out of my kitchen, we will be going on systematic eye candy hunts to bring my readers New York City Christmas Lights. Here's a little eye candy from our last buggy ride in Midtown Manhattan, courtesy of the Minion Blur. BTW, my 2.7 year old insisted on the Grand Central Terminal shot. You'd think he'd pick the one with the Christmas lights in it but nooooooooo... It had to be this one (LOL). When little man uses language, I aim to please (and we all know how the last "that one" request turned out - ROTFL).

Enjoy!

Carolyn Tann-Starr 2008

Posted by C Tann-Starr on 11/30/2008 08:14 PM

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35 Comments on Christmas Lights and Midtown Minions

NOV

2008

Carolyn - now there is some fabulous eye candy - I would love to see your area during the holidays. Please keep sharing these wonderful photos.

WOW! NYC knows how to wrap it up! Thanks for sharing the east coast candy with us.

Gotta respect the Minions' opinions!

Thank you, Sharon. I most certainly will. It's mad fun taking the kids out on an eye candy run. They get so excited and animated to be in the midst of what's going on. Noah likes to give directions. He's turning into quite the side-seat driver (LOL). Stephen is like his Mama, always wants to stop for food. :-)

LOL @ Elaine. They have been watching their Mama create art and photography since they popped into the world. I am really getting such a kick out of taking my kids with me to work. The love the excursions and I'm thinking on taking them to CT next. I've been in contact with the Hotel Chesterfield and am looking forward to seeing the eye candy sites near there. Check out http://www.thehotelchesterfield.com and tell me what you think. I think my kids will love it! Very comfortable family oriented place. The manager is a sweetie, too. I met her through Active Rain and we have been doing quite a bit of e-mailing. :-)

Terrific photos. New York City at Christmas time is the best. All the best of the holidays to you as well.

Thank you, B & C. May God bless you and your family and may the Christmas season bring you happiness and joy. :-)

Wow, great photos. that is one reason I love cities. So colorful and cheerful.

Huiting Z, that is very true. I love living in NYC. It never sleeps. :-)

DEC

2008

Carolyn, Cool eye candy! Christmas is certainly a neat time of the year isn't it...

~~ Michael

Nothing like NYC at Christmas. Have a great day. Imus talks about autism a good bit on his radio program.

I'm glad the minions get you out and about this season! I get to see all the wonderful decorations from the comfort of my office...no train ride or cold feet! Thanks!

Laura G

It looks like the City is all decked out for the Christmas season. Thank you for sharing the view.

CTS...

New York City is probably the most holiday-centric place in the world. All I can say is : More, I want more pics!

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C, these photos are wonderful! There are many other words that you should never use in the same sentence as microwave! I remember coming home from work to a smoke filled house. It seems that Mike was making popcorn in the microwave and instead of putting the popcorn in for 3 minutes, he put it in for 20 minutes. Well, the darn popcorn caught fire. So, after he cleaned it up, he put another bag in, for another 20 minutes and was seemingly very surprised that the second bag caught fire too! What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same things over and over, and expecting different results? Yep, I thought so!

Michael, I quite happily agree. It will be fun taking the kids to the Cathedral to hear the choir sing. My 6 year old is starting to have an idea of who Jesus is. Very cool. :-)

Thank you, Susie. I shall have to check that out. :-)

Laura, it is a most excellent thing to see. I love the lights... :-)

Don, we're just getting started (LOL). You are very welcome and I hope you enjoy the next round. We're going to Harlem and Morningside! Yay! :-)

Richard, thank you for the feature and we will be supplying a lot more NYC photographs. :-)

LOL @ Susan. I am insane. There. I admit it (LMAO).

Carolyn,

Great photos! I really like the last one. It looks so beautiful.

Ann

Thank you, Ann. You can barely see the 59th Street Bridge in the background. We were on our way towards the lower roadway when we saw these trees just off of 1st Avenue. Very lovely, indeed. :-)

DEC

2008

C-Wow-those pictures are great. Thanks for sharing.

Carolyn- great pictures. I so want to bring my daughter to New York. Her class was supposed to come the spring of 02, but after 911 the school board canceled the trip. These pictures make me want to take her sooo bad.

Yes, I could see the bridge in the background. It is a great photo!

Ann

Insane is a very attractive quality in a woman...it makes life much more interesting..remember who I married.....(the Julies).....great eye candy......

Those lights are so awsome!

DEC

2008

Laura, you are very welcome. We've got more coming. Little Dudes had a walk about Harlem the other day. We should be covering Morningside Heights tonight. :-)

Tammy, you should come. You both would really enjoy yourselves. There's so much to do and see here. The City never sleeps. :-)

Thank you, Ann. :-)

ROTFL @ Conrad. When we come for a visit my hubby and you are going to have a lot to chat about (LOL). Insane can be fascinating. :-)

Thank you, Jenette S. :-)

Carolyn, these are phenomenal shots! Absolutely fab. Thank you for being so diligent in sharing your city with us! The tallest building in Huntsville Texas is a three story bank building...ugh. These are magnificent. Again, thank you.

Hugs, Deb

Deb, you are very welcome. I am glad that you enjoyed them. :-)

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