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sillyTopic: holidays
Here's the picture of 1st grader & Santa that I was NOT supposed to take!
Enjoy!
Posted by wendylittrell
at 2:25 PM CST
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sillyHere's the picture of 1st grader & Santa that I was NOT supposed to take!
Enjoy!
coolOk - here's a (cropped) picture of our Christmas Tree! Enjoy!
Did I mention that this is a picture before it was really done? We have ribbon garland on it - instead of the traditional garland or the pearls I've draped on it from time to time or the tinsel I've "thrown" on it!
Do you spend lots of time making sure your ornaments are just so? Is your tree color coordinated? Fess up!
happyMr. Service Man / Technician showed up yesterday to install our new DSL internet service! Yes, sad to say we were still living in the prehistoric age the 20th century! Bye - bye dial up! Hello, superhighway or should I say Autobahn! All of us had to try it out. Wow I can actually watch stuff on Youtube now instead of waiting a lifetime over an hour for just a minute or two to download!
So please tell me I am not the only one who was still living with dial up - I know there are others out there - who are you? And I do feel your pain!
Have a happy, wonderful weekend!
irritatedHave your kids pictures with Santa taken?
I am horrified at the prices that go along with getting the traditional Santa picture package. What happened to the one picture - a few bucks? I mean after all who are all these people that need upteen gazillion pictures of their sweet, precious cutey-patootey with the Big Mr. C? Who do they send them to? Two sets of grandparents and every friend they've had in their lifetime? Get real parents - no one - except maybe the grandparents - wants a picture of your precious tyke with Santa Claus. It will go into file 13 as soon as Christmas is over - or in a big box of photos that will never be looked at again.
Back to the topic at hand. For the last several years I've taken 1st grader to a local mall - Lewisville Vista Ridge Mall - and he's sat on Santa's lap and told him what he wanted for Christmas while I take my few digital pictures of him. Polite folks, wonderful Santa, short hike to the mall. However this year since Senior daughter works at another mall in a neighboring town and since I had to pick her up anyway one Saturday, figured why not have 1st grader talk to Santa at that mall. DON'T DO IT!!! Especially if you want to take your own pictures (that you can flood your blogs with or make upteen gazillion copies to send to Gramma, Grampa, first cousins, second cousins twice removed, Mr & Mrs. Smith who were your next door neighbors when you were 3, etc.) because they WON'T LET YOU unless you purchase one of their horribly overpriced packages - which starts at $20 (okay so it's really $19.99). I basically pretended the little people who were taking orders weren't really there and after 1st grader did his "What I want for Christmas . . ." with Santa, his mommy & I began snapping pictures. Then the lady at the camera asked what package we wanted to which we replied - "none". This is the conversation that followed -
Camera lady - Oh, you can't take your own pictures unless you buy a package.
Me - Oh well
then we got 1st grader & exited the Santa display - while Santa told us we got lucky. Apparently - since there was NO SIGN that said we couldn't take pictures, the lady taking orders was supposed to tell us when we didn't order that we couldn't take pictures. And since we completely ignored said lady - we got off!
Yeah - so tell me I should tell my g-son that the Santa in this mall won't let Nana or Mommy take a picture because they are out for the almighty DOLLAR - see how well that goes over! And SHAME ON YOU other people who go along with it! From now on we will continue to go to Lewisville Vista Ridge because Santa (and all those photo people there) know the true spirit of the season when it comes to children!
sillySo with the combination of so many holidays, will someone ever come up with a new greeting or name for this mess new thing? Seems like retailers are co-mingling (boy does that sound bad!) Halloween ghosts, witches and assorted hobgoblins with mangers, angels, stars and Christmas trees - not to mention that somewhere in that are turkeys, pumpkins, and Thanksgiving themed decor. It didn't help too much this year since Thanksgiving seemed to fall "early" in November. Add all that with Texas weather - which changes each hour of every day - and you don't have a clue what season it is let alone what holiday you are celebrating! So how does your family celebrate Hallow-Thanks-Christ-giving-een-mas (herein referred to as HTCGEM)? Does your Christmas tree have pumpkins and turkeys as ornaments? Do you give out Santa shaped cookies in Trick or Treat Bags? Does a Hobgoblin sit atop your Christmas Tree? Does your family wear costumes as you Carol to the home-bound and nursing home residents? Do you sing "The Harvest Song" hymn during Christmas Eve services? Will November 1st start becoming known as Black Friday as more and more people start their Christmas shopping a month earlier?
Well - all of that is enough to give a person a splitting headache, nagging backache, flaming stomachache, etc.! One thought - let's keep each holiday separate! No trees or Christmas decorations in October! No turkeys or thoughts of green-bean casseroles until after Halloween! No putting up outside twinkly lights until after Thanksgiving! And please - for goodness sakes - no Christmas in July!
And that, Dear Readers, is my opinion!
mischieviouswith my apologies to the Carpenters! As a young teen, I remember listening to this song all the time! It seemed that on every rainy monday every DJ of every pop radio station would play this. After awhile it sort of grated on the nerves. Yet, this morning when I realized it was raining I mentioned to my husband - "like the Carpenter's song" and he replied "Rainy Days and Mondays"? Yep - that one! And we do need the rain - I just wish it would hold off or lighten up as I'm standing outside waiting on 1st grader's bus to arrive or when I'm driving senior daughter to school. Then it can rain buckets & torrents. Guess I can't be choosey & just appreciate what we get!
blueTime: 1:51 p.m. (CDT), Oct. 17, 2007
Place: University Hospital, Salem, USA
Who: John "That's a fact" Black
What: Took his last breath
Why: Someone ran him down close to Salem Clinic
Okay - this is Days of Our Lives I'm talking about & John Black is a fictional character who has been played by one actor, Drake Hogestyn, for the last 21 years. I wasn't actually at home able to watch when Drake came on board, but kept up at that time through the weekly TV guide recaps. Drake played John as the romantic hero, knight in shining armor, law enforcer extraordinaire, and the former Pawn of everyone's enemy on DOOL - Stefano DiMera. When John stood on that pier and saw his beloved Marlena return to him, I cried as the characters cried. When John realized he wasn't in fact Roman Brady, I was devastated that they'd get rid of his character. When John went on to marry and then lose his precious Isabella, I cried as she died in his arms he held her while they danced. When John and Marlena reignited their passion for one another, I cheered. And over the years I've been cheering for John in his story lines. This last year and a half, I've hoped that he got a good, meaty storyline to equal those of years' past - but he didn't. When he announced his fan club gathering this year & called it "John Black's Last Mission" the online message boards lit up with rumors that John Black was on his way out. And sure enough today, the character flatlined and took his last breath as his one & only love, Marlena, told him to close his eyes and sleep & someday he would welcome her with open arms. Yes, I had tears in my eyes. More so in the next scene when Sami (who hated John for most of the time Allison Sweeney has played the part) bolted out of John's rooms in tears and shoved the annullment papers in front of Lucas & told him to sign them & he did. I understand that all of the tears the characters shed were real - they were all in shock that Drake was leaving.
Yet . . . no one ever stays dead on Days - so maybe . . . possibly . . . he'll be back. Maybe - we don't know now . . . and "that's a fact".
lazySo the answer to the question of: What Happens When You Wake Up at 3:30 a.m. and can't go back to sleep?
is
You are SOOOOO SLEEPY at 1:30 in the afternoon! For some reason, I woke up at 3:30 a.m. like I'd slept for 12 hours and was refreshed. I almost startled myself thinking it was past time for my DH to get up & get ready for work. Then I looked at the clock. I wanted to yell NO! So I turned over & tried to go back to sleep. That didn't work. I briefly thought that I'd just go ahead & get up - but that was a very brief thought. Finally at 4:40 something I did fall back asleep. Needless to say at 5:30 when the alarm went off, I thought NO!!! So here I am at 1:34 thinking that a nap & the new sofa sounds really good! Nighty night!
lazySo guess I have to figure out how to size pictures to put on the blog! Whoa - would you look at the SIZE of that sofa? And no, it's not red - it's a deep burgundy color. Too much lighting made it look redder. And as my First Daughter commented on the orbs - yes, I'm aware of the orbs - you should see one of the other pictures. The orb was HUGE! We all seem to believe it's our Mopsey taking up residence on the new sofa. I would find an orb on pictures of the couch she used to lay on - the end cushion. So when we moved "her" sofa against the long wall, the orb stayed at that spot. And since the new sofa is against that wall, I think she's checking out the new sofa. For all of you who don't believe - that's ok - just don't try to change my mind.
Anyway I have a photo album on this here now. You'll have to go to:
https://wendylittrell.tripod.com/october2007
There's more pictures there of the new furniture. Keep checking & maybe I'll have time to post some more. This week I have a project with a deadline fast approaching so I won't get to spend much time on the blog.
Stay tuned, Dear Reader, for more!
celebratoryWe got NEW FURNITURE!!! Anybody want a 24 year old sectional sofa w/sleeper? Absolutely free? It's in the driveway - PLEASE come and load it up in your pick up truck & take it away! Now, back to the NEW FURNITURE - it's beautiful & oh, so comfortable! Got the set at Rooms To Go during their sofa sale this past weekend. Reclining sofa & Reclining Loveseat! Both came with 2 decorative pillows. And did I mention they are comfortable? And - we have a white dog - who sheds! So I have a sheet over part of the sofa for the dog to sit on. She's not real on board with this whole idea of sitting on a sheet. I'm not real sure she even likes the new furniture. Here's a picture!
