Misery Loves Company

[graceanne]

Christmas is longer away than 12 weeks. It has to be. On Christmas Eve I'll be 24, which is WAY older than I am, so it can't be that soon yet. I knew it was a mistake to arrange myself to being 23 instead of going on being 22 for another year

24! OMG That's sooooo old. Where their dinosaurs when you were little?

Hey! Don't be looking up my age! This is about how old you are, not me!

 

[chris9]

24! OMG That's sooooo old. Where their dinosaurs when you were little?

Hey! Don't be looking up my age! This is about how old you are, not me!

There weren't dinosaurs. There were strangely dressed people who dressed me strangely, too.

 

[kayte]

Christmas is longer away than 12 weeks. It has to be. On Christmas Eve I'll be 24, which is WAY older than I am, so it can't be that soon yet. I knew it was a mistake to arrange myself to being 23 instead of going on being 22 for another year

I was doing a bit of lurking here, and had to turn the "cloaking device" off to reply to your post chris...

I will be 50 this Christmas Eve!! Not going to count the weeks!!!

 

[chris9]

I was doing a bit of lurking here, and had to turn the "cloaking device" off to reply to your post chris...

I will be 50 this Christmas Eve!! Not going to count the weeks!!!

I think life really starts with aroung 50. Both mine and my bf's parents are going crazy since they are. Best example: His parents decided to go to the Black Forest for a week of fall vacation. When they called the next time it was to say that they hadn't really enjoyed the weather and now were in St. Tropez, Mediterranean Sea, France.
There seems to be a gap between about 23 and 50...

 

[bridgeburner]

Graceanne,

Baking and canning. It's hot and it's laborious BUT you've got time to spread it out. If you make up your dough and freeze it along the way you'll just have the one week of actual baking.

Salsa is great to can or marinara or, if you have a food processor, pesto. A little half-pint jar of pesto goes a long way.

Then you can buy for immediate family without over-taxing your brain or your pocketbook.

Print out recipe suggestions if you do canned goods, they make pretty and useful nametags ---- but DON'T give away the recipe to whatever you canned. You need to keep it secret so you can do it again in future. You'll have people slavering for it and anticipating it all year.

I swear, of all the things my step-dad's mom has ever bought for me as gifts I've never liked or appreciated any of them more than getting a jar of her pesto or salsa.

-B

 

[h_i_s]

.. just realized, Hanukah falls the day after Christmas this year, December 26th.
... and, Yes, we celebrate both in our home.

P.S. Master is Jewish, and, as He likes to say, now i am too .... 'jewish by injection' that is.

 

[kayte]

I think life really starts with aroung 50. Both mine and my bf's parents are going crazy since they are. Best example: His parents decided to go to the Black Forest for a week of fall vacation. When they called the next time it was to say that they hadn't really enjoyed the weather and now were in St. Tropez, Mediterranean Sea, France.
There seems to be a gap between about 23 and 50...

I hear you chris ~ There is something to having the experience.....

 

[shy slave]

small hijack

Nice AV kayte

 

[babiesmiles]

There seems to be a gap between about 23 and 50...

Not necessarily !! ...it can be really cool in between, but I suppose it depends on different people's attitude

 

[Netzach]

30 is just 20 again with gray hairs and the inability to pull the all nighters.

 

[snowy ciara]

24! OMG That's sooooo old. Where their dinosaurs when you were little?

Hey! Don't be looking up my age! This is about how old you are, not me!

kicking grace's 27 year old ankles with my 20 year old toes

 

[kayte]

Nice AV kayte

Giggles ~ thank you shy slave. He decided it was seasonal... He also decided there had been enough of me in the AVs for a time... And that the Packers, the football team I root for is beyond help.

 

[graceanne]

kicking grace's 27 year old ankles with my 20 year old toes

Oh! Oh! The pain! Oh my poor, swollen ankles! *collapses in a heap at snowy's feet*

 

[snowy ciara]

giggles and starts Cookie to Gracie Resuscitation

 

[graceanne]

giggles and starts Cookie to Gracie Resuscitation

*snarls and grabs snowy's ankle* *CHOMP*

 

[snowy ciara]

sighs and passes the cookie to angel see how you are? NO COOKIES FOR YOU!

 

[graceanne]

sighs and passes the cookie to angel see how you are? NO COOKIES FOR YOU!

Hello! Sick? I DON'T CARE. Yick. Nothing is passing my lips. (Well, other than the ginger ale K's MAKING me drink. Deyhdration. )

 

[Private_Label]

I realized today that Christmas is about six weeks away.

Now I just gotta figure out where I put the Pepto Bismo.

OK six weeks until the retired family members arrive for the Thanksgiving through New Years holiday season.

Betticus just aggreed with you because he want some of your christmas cookies.

 

[snowy ciara]

Gracie's gone off her cookies? The world is coming to an end, I can feel it.

 

[graceanne]

Gracie's gone off her cookies? The world is coming to an end, I can feel it.

Gracie isn't eating anything. Not a damn thing. Nothing shall pass my lips.

 

[shy slave]

Can you hijack a thread to bring it back on topic???

CHRISTMAS ALERT
Christmas is cancelled

Its official, due to the recent changes which ban certain types of pornographic material Father Christmas can no longer cum down peoples chimneys.

Christmas cards depicting Father Christmas in the top of the aforementioned chimmney or, with his legs protruding out the bottom of the chimney will no longer be available for sale.

These images are now considered too pornographic to be displayed at any retail outlet.
A spokesman said

"Father Christmas has refused to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is fully dressed in these pictures. If, at the time of taking these pictures, he was without either coat or trousers and using the chimney to cover parts of his body; people may have been able to see indecent images of a well-loved figure.
We regret Mr Christmas will not co-operate but we cannot risk this level of indecency at an international level."


In Response Father Christmas said

"I have only just had the Christmas calender finished. If I cannot sell the calender or cards, I will be ruined. In the past few years I have been stopped from allowing minors to sit on my knee, this new ruling is a step too far. I will not be able to afford to pay for food for the reindeer unless I can work."


Post script ~ We have recently heard Father Christmas has taken a job at Wal-Mart in an attempt to make ends meet.

Post, post script ~ The local animal charity has started an investigation into recent reports of an excessive smell of meat cooking, orginating from the house of Mr & Mrs Christmas.

 

[ntrprs]

X-mas?

I haven't even started shopping!

 

[DVS]

I'd love to have you, you know that.

You know, that sounds SOOOOO suggestive, graceanne. I'm surprised nobody else commented on it.

Shit, if we're inviting subbies for Christmas...I've got room for a few. I'm quite good at relieving stress and taking your mind off of what bothers you. And I guarantee all guests will have at least one present to unwrap (the naughty or nice tradition RULES, lades), with satisfaction for all. We'll be playing little reindeer games (ponygirl = reindeergirl). And, just think of all the kinky ideas that come to mind with subbies dressed up in elf costumes.

If you didn't notice, Santa and the devil both wear red. And, doesn't Santa also have a whip?

Now, who wants to be Santa's helper?

 

[graceanne]

You know, that sounds SOOOOO suggestive, graceanne. I'm surprised nobody else commented on it.

Shit, if we're inviting subbies for Christmas...I've got room for a few. I'm quite good at relieving stress and taking your mind off of what bothers you. And I guarantee all guests will have at least one present to unwrap (the naughty or nice tradition RULES, lades), with satisfaction for all. We'll be playing little reindeer games (ponygirl = reindeergirl). And, just think of all the kinky ideas that come to mind with subbies dressed up in elf costumes.

If you didn't notice, Santa and the devil both wear red. And, doesn't Santa also have a whip?

Now, who wants to be Santa's helper?

Perv.

LOL I can totally see you in a Santa outfit with an elf over your lap, whip by your side.

 

[DVS]

You only have five people on your list? You are so lucky. I have 10 nieces and nephews, 5 brothers and sister and two sets of parents. K has three brothers and sisters, and another two sets of parents. I have four grandma's, one grandpa. K has his grandma. Then their's my best friend children (2 of them). I also have 17 aunts and uncles (only 7 of which I will see for the holidays), over 30 cousins (also only about 8 of which i'll see for hte holidays). K has six aunts and uncles and three cousins (none of which we'll see for the holidays). I get an ulcer just thinking about it.

My God, graceanne. This list alone would give anyone ulcers! My family exchanges gifts within each family, only. Then, we have a get-together where anyone can give anyone else a present, if so desired. But, nothing is expected.

And, with a list like that, stress abounds long before " 'tis the season" arrives. If I were you, I'd think about letting Hallmark get some of those cousins and nieces and nephews. Do these aunts and uncles get your kids presents? And, just to be a Scrooge here, how does all the money balance out for ya? Is it equally distributed to AND from you?

OK, if you enjoy all of this, I see no problem. But, it seems such a chore to do this EVERY year. Just the stress I might forget someone is too much for me.

Then again, you sound a little like my sister. She's organized to the extreme. She always remembers birthdays, and anniversaries and dates of momentous occasions that I forgot long ago, for various reasons. But, she only sends cards. I guess some people have a knack for remembering these things.

She usually has Christmas already shopped for around spring or summer, with the exception of those she has to wait...for the new toys that come out each fall. Kids don't like getting last year's toys, you know.

She keeps nothing any longer than she feels she needs to. I remember one year she got me a cordless drill. A few days after Christmas, she called and asked if it worked OK. I said it was fine. She didn't tell me then, but that's when she threw the receipt away.

But, the warranty was for a year. I called nearly a year later because I needed the receipt to get warranty service for the thing. She said, "I asked you if it worked OK and you said 'yes'. So, I threw the receipt away."

Well, I fixed the drill myself. It was just a wire connection had come loose on the inside. I could have done that all along, but didn't want to void the warranty.