362 Shopping Days Left

Christmas and the over-spending, over-eating and over-indulgence is now only a memory. But, I'll still be feeling the affects for a while. My Christmas hangover includes about 10 bags of trash that I couldn't fit in my dumpster, 2 Christmas trees that need to be put away, more toys in my house than my kids know what to do with and an ever-expanding waist-line, to name a few. But, as always, it was full of family and friends and all the merriment that I could stand. I had my in-laws for 5 days, including my brother-in-law and his girlfriend staying with us. Which is always nice but even better when they go home. We also had a super visit with an old friend that didn't need a place to sleep and those are usually the kind of guests that I like best. Now, I don't mind house guests too much, but they sure use a lot of damn dishes and enough hot water to boil a whale every morning. They are good for some things though, like my father-in-law did some computer work for me and my mother-in-law tried her best to feed everyone without killing them with green roast beef and expired salad dressing. So, I'll let them come back next time. I did receive my yearly bag of Twizzlers and a couple of t-shirts that I bought for myself and that was nice of me. But, my biggest surprise was a very simple CD that Laura gave me. I know it had to kill her to actually buy a Rush CD for me but she did and the fact that she had to guess as to which one of their albums I didn't have was amazing. She must have closed her eyes and followed it with a chaser when she bought "2112" and the remastered copy to boot. Nice, huh? Anyway, I'm glad it's over and I'll be glad when it's back again, even though I'll find some reason to complain. Until then I'll continue to do my best at trying to make you laugh by making fun of things that are gonna get me sent straight to a very warm after-life and an undeniable chance at embarrassment. Up the Irons!