Step One

- Make a post (public, friends locked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two

- Surf around your friendslist (or friends friends, or just random journals, or wish_list
to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

A few weeks ago I braved a ride on the Sheffield Wheel (think London Eye but with way smaller, shakier, pods - aka pods of impending doom) with my mum-in-law, sis-in-law and my little boy, Ryan.

I actually found it really strange that the staff there insist on taking your photograph before you get on the ride...most likely because they wanted something to remember us by before our faces were squished into mush after we plummeted from our pod. I was waiting to be asked to hand over a copy of my dental records.

In the end, it wasn't too bad despite the fact that I spent the entire time with my eyes covered. Ryan loved it.

Please do take a moment to marvel at the stunning skyline of the city of Sheffield and the beautiful weather we have.

Mum-in-law, sis-in-law, Ryan and me. (I'm the gigantor on the end, I'm not that tall honest.)

This is ready way earlier than I thought I would be...got to go with the flow when the muse hits I guess. :D

Title: The Kind Of Pain That Never Hurts - Johnson High School Blues Verse 3/?
Author: Blueeyedliz
Word count: 3,444 (this part)
Rating: PG/13 – warnings for mild violence, homophobia, schmoop and Chad.
Summary: Jared’s a star player on his high school football team and Jensen is the cheerleader he’s dating. Nobody knows about them, yet.
Disclaimer: Sadly for me, I don’t own a thing.
A/N: This is the third part in the ‘Johnson High School Blues’ verse: You can find the earlier parts here: Part one, Part two.

Title:  We Dance Round In A Ring And Suppose, But The Secret Sits In The Middle And Knows.
Author: Blueeyedliz
Word count:  1,956
Rating: PG/13
Summary:  Jared’s a star player on his high school football team and Jensen is the cheerleader he’s dating.  Nobody knows about them, yet. 
A/N:  This is the second part in my J2 AU ‘Johnson High School Blues’ verse, part one can be found here.  You don’t need to read that first but it’d help.
Disclaimer:  Sadly for me, I don’t own a thing.
 

Flist - can you comment and hook me up with a link if I missed any awesome fic while I was on holiday? Pretty pleaseeeeeeeeeee?

I spent over an hour going through my flist  when I got home and bookmarked every fic I wanted to read...only to sit down just now to find none of my bookmarks actually saved.  /0\.  I blame delirium and exhaustion from being stuck in traffic jams for 5 hours today.