It is 63° right now. That is our high for the day. Will be in the mid 40's by this afternoon. We are going to a screening of A Christmas Story tonight. It is sponsored by a radio station. Admission is a toy. DD doesn't know we are going. It's our favorite Christmas movie. We usually watch it every year. There will be prizes like a leg lamp!
A leg lamp?? What is that??
Warm here, too, today and glad of it. So horribly cold over the weekend... Getting too old for all that cold...
Enjoy the movie.
I never understood that movie. It is my FIL's favorite, too. Well, enjoy! Hope you win a prize!
Boys have camp today and I am going in to the office. I haven't worked the week before Christmas in several years. This year I figured I'd go in. We'll see.
We are always super busy the last week or so of the year. People are trying to get surgery done before they have to pay a new deductible or out of pocket.
I was on my way to have a chat with my receptionist about the volume of her music. Then I realize, the president is in the conference room with the music up. Whoops. Guess I'll deal with it, it's not horrible.
But one of the tv stations play it all day on Christmas.
I don't like it that much.
I need to do a little baking today, myself.
My brother comes in some time today.
Not sure when his kids will get here.
Stay warm, ya'll!
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
The UPS has been here, our house, both neighbors' houses, 2 and 3 times a day for a week.
Including Sunday.
We are getting 1 package at a time.
Doesn't seem very efficient.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Finally got my internet fixed - again! This time it was
the radio antenna/receiver. My service window was 1-5
today - they arrived at 1:15! Love their service. I'm
about to write a letter to Customer Service telling them
how pleased I am. Good letters never hurt!
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Munching on some pepperoni, watching Christmas movies, waiting till I have to go get Jesse.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
it's raining now, which is leaving about 6" of slush everywhere, and mushy intersections that you have to spin out in to get around a corner. The ride to work will be so much fun tomorrow morning (note sarcasm). AND I have to leave super early to get to where I work because two of my sponsored family's hamper pick ups are tomorrow. One at 930 am. No prob. The commute is only an hour (again, note sarcasm). BUT, I'm grateful that these families get a pick-me-up at Christmas.
One family didn't get picked up (mostly my own fault - they became clients late and I missed the submission deadline) so my friend and I created a Christmas hamper for the kid. Not for the family (I don't like her family. Seriously, they picked up the cat at the vet instead of picking up their suicidal 13 year old at therapy). So, we put together a really big gift basket for the kid. Two pair of leggings, an Alice in Wonderland colouring book (the ones like Secret Garden) with a set of watercolour pencils, a journal, a couple of self-care items and a couple of 'you're Amazing' items including a big coffee mug that I need to get some Starbucks instant hot chocolate for. Then I added a bag of Cheetos and 2 cans of Cranberry Ginger Ale because she all really wants for Christmas is to be left alone with her 1 friend to eat Cheetos and drink pop and watch movies instead of dealing with her judgmental family. Which I totally get. Oh! And my favourite touch ... a big sparkly 'K' (wall hanging thingy?) to tuck into the middle to personalize it. So she knows it was made just for her.
Poor kid. Shopping for her, wrapping for her and sometimes even thinking about her makes me so sad. Hopefully she likes at least a little of the stuff we put in there. And I'm trying to finish a soft fuzzy scarf for her and would love to make some black elbow-to-hand fingerless gloves because she refuses to show her arms because of the scars and cuts. I have some sparkly black I could use and I'd love to put weave some pretty satin ribbon at the wrist to tie a bow with.
would hate to deal with that.