Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Calendar of Events

I'm back....
Whew, the holidays have been busy. No doubt for you too.
24th: Our anniversary
Ordered in, exchanged gifts and listened to Christmas music. Nice:)
25th: Christmas
Served Christmas lunch and exchanged gifts with the fam.
26th: The Twins 2nd Bday.
Had twenty-some-odd people over and was awash in carnage.
27th: Exchange day for presents that didn't fit.
Customer service in department stores has just about gasped its last breath.
Most of my gifts came without receipts. All I wanted was exchanges, no returns, but even that was exhausting. Anthropologie was the easiest to deal with. You just show some form of identification and make your exchange. Track N Trail was fine. Though I did have the receipt for this one, so that helped. I'm a Belkie girl but Belks was a bit of a disappointment. I didn't have the receipt or the tags so that's a definite ding, but still I just wanted to exchange sizes for the exact item. I know clerking isn't a fun job on the day after Christmas but a couple of the clerks were less than cordial. One in particular. Even though I was making the exact exchange for a different size, I had to run back to the other end of the store and get the exact size I was exchanging or she'd have to call her manager for approval, which would have been easier. The good news: it's in the rear view mirror now:)
28th: UHaul Day
The twins made such a haul between Christmas and their birthday, we had to load up the RAV with toys and follow their parents home:)
29th and Today:
What's your days been like while I've been gone, blogster buds? 
Isn't this weather something? Hope you aren't in the rain or snow band. Flood watch here.
12:30 p.m.  Just upped to flash flood warning. 
3:30 p.m. It's stopped raining. Whew.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Eve

Ready or not, Christmas is nearly here. Today is our thirty-ninth anniversary. Third Generation married on Christmas Eve. Last year we ordered out. It was actually nicer than going to a restaurant, more cozy, so I imagine we'll do that again, then  exchange our stockings and gifts, and watch Christmas movies. The fam will be in tomorrow. The day after Christmas is the twins second birthday and we'll be partying at our house.  All kinds of fun stuff coming up. I'll be here tomorrow to wish you a happy Christmas, but not sure when I'll be back next week. Whether you are staying home or traveling, be safe and have the best holiday ever.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

No Christmas Spirit





Have you been following Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli? He's the CEO who took a  $13.50 pill for HIV and raised it to $750 a pop, over a 5000% increase. He's heading to jail for alleged securities fraud.  I can't think of a better place for him.

http://news.yahoo.com/pharma-ceo-martin-shkreli-resigns-being-charged-fraud-185906201--abc-news-topstories.html;_ylt=AwrBT8hI03VWUEMAfAVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

Monday, December 21, 2015

Monday

Four more days till Christmas.....
What did everyone do this weekend? Shop? Wrap? Bake cookies? Plan your dinner?
We've signed up for Prime so we watched the Bosch series. Has anyone seen that? Titus Welliver does a fantastic job of playing Bosch.
We also rented Jurassic World. The hh thought it was over the top. Can you imagine? grin. I liked it :) (Spoiler Alert) The raptors protected their trainer against the big bad part-raptor monster. Warmed the cockles of my heart. Whatever cockles are. Anyway I enjoyed it.
Sometime this week we are heading for Star Wars. Have you seen it yet? Can't wait.

Friday, December 18, 2015

Friday and Puzzles

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Notice anything unusual in this picture? How many ducks do you see?

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Be Careful Who You Send That Text To

Have you ever sent a text to the wrong person? Responding to the last text you've received instead of the person you meant to text? I sent a text, meant for a friend,  to my out-of-state brother inviting him to lunch. He replied he thought I'd probably sent it to him in error, though he'd love to have lunch. He then proceeded to tell me about a text he had sent to a buddy thinking he was sending it to his wife. Please keep in mind, my brother and his friends are manly men. grin. Anyway he texted that he'd enjoyed their morning and that he loved her. And his friend emailed back that he thought that the text had probably been sent to him in error but that he loved him too:)