Am I There, Yet?

Just a little light-hearted jab from Savage Chickens:

This isn’t really worth the time it takes to listen, but I’m in the Christmas mood and thought I’d treat all of you to some Christmas music.  Enjoy My Elves!

If you trust me (after that sorry song) check out the updated version of crazy Christmas lights.

Merry, Christmas, again.

We are out of here.  You won’t be hearing from me until after Christmas, so I thought I’d treat you all to a re-run of It’s A Wonderful Life (bunny style).  Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Now that I’ve shown you what I’d like to get you for Christmas, I thought I show you a list of things I will not be getting you for Christmas (no matter how much you beg, bribe or threaten!)  Are you ready?  Here they are:

Health and Fitness:

Richard Simmons Slim Away DVD Pack

Gripmaster Hand and Finger Exerciser

Books, CDs and DVDs:

New Kids on the Block Greatest Hits

Disciplines of a Godly Woman (Don’t ask…just don’t read this book!)

Audaz y Bravero (a musical western in Spanish)

50 Self Help Classics

Items for the home:

Velvet Reagan Painting

Pinky the Clown Throw Pillow

Macrame Owl Hanging (Sorry, girls!  I’ve spent too much time on knitting…I haven’t got the time to learn how to macrame!)

Chia Bart

Clothing:

Penguin Christmas Sweater

Jesus is My Co-Pilot T-Shirt

Misc:

Tattoo Supply Kit (Please, please, please leave the tattooing to the professionals!)

Jesus Bobble Head Doll

Food:

McDonald’s Gift Certificates

and…last but not least…you will not be getting this from me:

Old-Fashioned Fruit Cake

Rest easy, girls.  You won’t be getting any of these things from me!

Maybe this will put you in the holiday spirit:

Christmas lights video

Although I hate stereotypes…I giggled at this:  The Perfect Couple

Have you heard this actual recording from BlondeStar? 

Click here to listen.

Well…maybe it’s not actually real…

Did you ever notice that a lot of bloggers like to insert links into their text so that we can better understand what they are talking about in their blog?  I wonder why they do that?

Anyways, I just wanted to give an update on these past couple of days.  Yesterday was J’s day off so we took the kids on a short road trip to Sisters.  We actually didn’t stop in town…we didn’t want to be accused of being cone-lickers (as Donald Miller calls Sister’s tourists in Through Painted Deserts).  Instead we drove through and went up to the McKenzie Pass and checked out the fields of lava at the Dee Wright Observatory.  My daughter calls it a castle.  She even asked if a queen and king lived there.

It was a fun, yet short, trip.  We got home just in time to run over to the church to see the Salvador concert.  That was a fantastic concert.  What really got me was the WorldVision video they played before the concert.  I tried hard not to let tears fall down my face.  Especially when it came to all of those babies in Africa whose parents are dying off.  It rips my heart out.  Speaking of Africa, did I mention that J and I are trying to go to the AIDS conference?  Maybe we’ll make some more adoption connections there.

We got home late, but not too late to catch my friend Deb online.  I love Yahoo Messenger…without it how would we keep in touch, aside from our cell phones?  Much cheaper than gas.  (My brother-in-law in Des Moines gave me that last link.  That’s Des Moines, Iowa…not Des Moines, Washington)

I got a good night’s sleep (aside from a nightmare I had about J divorcing me…I may talk about that later..Ugh!)  I woke up freaked from my dream and J apologized for being a jerk in my dream and told me that I should just take it easy all day and do whatever I like.  He made coffee and waffles and cut up fresh strawberries and brought me breakfast in bed.  I finished reading The Barbarian Way by Erwin Raphael McManus.  McManus is a pastor of Mosaic in California.  I love this book (and most other books he’s written).  Great book…I want to give it to everybody I know.

After finishing that one I picked up a book I’ve had for awhile by Maeve Binchy.  It’s called Nights of Rain and Stars.  I’m embarrassed to say I read the whole thing today.  It was total luxery to stay in bed all day and read.  Some people like to geocache on their days off.  Others like to watch a football game.  Others like to go shopping.  I like to read.  My husband (whom I forgive for divorcing me in my dream last night) is wonderful.  He brought me my meals today and kept the kids entertained so I could relax.  He even brought my a taco salad for dinner because I was having a serious craving for Mexican food.  I even heard the vac running at one point during the day.   

Well…that’s about it.  The kids are upstairs watching Spongebob Squarepants.  It’s a little past their bedtime, but I’m so relaxed I don’t care.  Maybe they’ll sleep in tomorrow. 

Maybe this sugar fast is getting to my brain, but I recently fell in love with two little critters named Hoops and YoYo (hoopsandyoyo.com).  These guys crack me up and I can’t tell you why they tickle my funny bone, because I really don’t know why.  But, when I need a giggle, I log on to see what they’re up to.  Don’t expect hysterical, laugh outloud, bust a gut funny.  Expect silly “Napoleon Dynomite” stupid funny.