holly jolly ponderings...

why does the “short” week at work/school drag forever & the “long” weekend fly by super fast?

i love picking out a christmas tree…i really do. (& i am in the holiday spirit, but seeing those trees all wrapped up made me giggle…’fifty shades of frasier fir’)

why is there always one strand of xmas lights that doesn't want to play well with others? how can half of it just not work? just half…of the whole thing…after you’ve checked them…really?

thank goodness i don’t have a little girl, who is obsessed with barbie, to buy for this year. that human barbie chick has me totally weirded out & haunts my dreams.

how come some people (adults) turn into the biggest brats around the holidays? don’t they know that santa’s watching?

i really want to meet the person that gets the brand new car with the obnoxious bow on it for christmas. & then i want to know where i can get that big ‘ol bow!

i am so emotional lately…what the heck is up with that?

of course my child wants an animal for christmas. how does one (me) hide a critter until the morning of?

why have i not seen one classic christmas movie yet? my tradition is at least the original ‘miracle on 34^th street’ no later than sunday night post thanksgiving. (i’m behind schedule already)

we (hubs & i) actually did a pseudo-black friday line waiting event (we only ventured to one store) it was comical…folks were grabbing up cheap as dirt deals & making a bee line to the lay-a-way department. what the crap is that cheater-y nonsense?

why are folks so personally offended by the abbreviation “xmas?” i type it a lot. it’s quick & easy & i have never done it out of spite. i didn’t make it up to piss you off. so what gives? it’s not like i’m all “merry xxx-mas!”

i always wish i had beaucoups of money to buy every child a coat & a toy that needs them this time of year. perhaps one day i can do that; i have big dreams.

will our loved ones see an actual “merry/happy from us” holiday card this year? i’m wondering this myself.

i really want to have a heinous christmas sweater party. sadly, my guest list is bleak.

can i just say how much i adore homemade/handcrafted gifts? it’d be nice to know some of these same folks to exchange with.

i plan on cooking or baking some shenanigans from now until the big day, whenever time will permit…seriously.

the holidays always remind me that i will never be good enough for the in-laws, but that’s okay. i’ve had, what, almost 20 years to prepare for this?! (so i say “meh!”)

at the end of the day i love taking care of people all year round, & maybe one day someone will want to take care of me. (or at least want to get to know me…ha!)

& oh, yea…twinkies? nooo! by the way, i can’t even remember the last time i had one. maybe it’s that “ya don’t miss it until it’s gone” kind of thing.