If you came with a warning label, what would it say?
Submitted by chris.
Talks too much. Overly obsessed with items with blinking lights, particularly mobile phones. Sensitive to the emotions of others. Needs care and affection.
It dumped on me when I was coming home from Costco in Silverdale, but wasn't doing anything at home. That's changed, obviously.
This morning, as you saw earlier, we woke up to snow. I have some videos of the kids sledding down the hill that I will post later. I even took a turn, though that event won't be televised. The snow turned to rain and then, after a few hours, back to snow. The roads up here are going to be a mess, methinks. Jaden's School is starting two hours late tomorrow, if that's any indication.
Meanwhile, we finally had our Thanksgiving feast today. My in-laws were too sick on Thanksgiving proper, so we delayed a couple of days until everyone was well again. Ate a few things I probably should have, namely pie and bread, but it is Thanksgiving dinner.
Why in the hell does Christmas seem to start before Thanksgiving and end at New Years? It's one day, and oh by the way, it's meant to celebrate the birth of Christ (not that I'm Christian or anything). But yet, I see decorations everywhere--almost none of which relate to Christ. I hear Christmas Music. People are in the holiday spirit. Not to mention the Christmas specials on TV and the Salvation Army ringing the bell outside the large stores and shopping centers.
Perhaps the thing that irritates me the most is Christmas Music. Mostly because I hear it everywhere I go. Good thing I work at home most of the time and don't turn on commercial radio or TV that often.
What gets me through the holidays is demented Christmas songs. Such classics as:
I know there are others, but I can't think of them because I should be asleep.
What I think I also need to hear is someone like George Carlin rip apart Christmas like he did The Ten Commandments.
After some discussions with the wife, we decided not to go forward with looking for new houses and instead stick around here. It comes down to a couple of issues:
1. To move where we wanted to, we would have basically had to go broke doing it.
2. There are some major aspects of the process that are outside of our control and have a negative impact, namely the soft housing market in this neighborhood.
We have decided on an alternate plan of action, or at least we said we'd sleep on it. I will share the alternate plan of action when we're a little further in the process, or at the very least, had some sleep. ;)
