A Little Christmas Music

For your listening pleasure......



Sluggy

Christmas Surprises and Cards

Two days ago now, I greeted the UPS man at the door.
I was expecting some packages this week and he brought me two on that day.
One was #2 Son's main Christmas present but the other one?.....I didn't recognize the store it came from.....disregard the dog's back end in this photo...lol......

Hmmmm......
So I opened the box and found this......

 

 

Plus there was a note on the invoice about thanking us for hosting her this past Summer.
It was from Tanner!
That little sneak........lolz

Thank you Tanner for the unexpected Christmas present!!
It is now parked under the tree and awaiting it's unveiling on Dec. 25th.
I must say I think there's a cement block in there.....it weighs enough to be one! lolz

It is finally beginning to look a little like Christmas inside the house.
Some more Christmas cards have flown in.
I tell ya, that card from Sonya Ann was beginning to get lonely......

Here are the new additions to the collection......

From the brother in-law's wife

From my 1st Cousin 1 x removed

 From a college friend and her Hubs

 From an online friend

 From a college friend and his wife

From a childhood friend


Woohoo!  We are up to 7 cards. 8-)

And I had a good laugh when I saw the envelope from one of these cards.
I guess Hubs and I are just sooo important and well-known in our town that people don't even need to use our last name(s) when they mail us anything!

Incriminating information has been removed.  Just look at whom the card is addressed to......

Heck, Hubs and I have ascended into the strata of Celebrities known by just their first names now.....
Cher, Sting, Bono, Madonna, Elvis, Bing, Charro and now.....ME! lolz
Or maybe the real reason is because our town is just so danged small......nah, couldn't be that...... 8-))

Ok, lots to do today.
We have to pick up the repaired vehicle(ouch!)when #2 Son gets out of school and I have a load to take to the Salvation Army Store but I need to finish getting it recorded on paper before I go.
I am off like the wind.....

Do you send Christmas cards?
Do you enjoy receiving them?
Have you ever gotten a surprise Christmas present?

Sluggy

Clueless & A "Last"

Does anyone using eBay EVER read the blasted listing information anymore?!

I woke up today to TWO BEST OFFERS on 2 items........probably desperate Christmas shoppers, right?
And this is after I spent a good chunk of yesterday adding in BIG LETTERS that I am NOT shipping out any items bought AFTER December 18th until January 2nd.
I am on vacation from now until after the 1st of 2014.

I guess these folks just missed that message at the beginning on each of those item listings, huh?
Ugh.

And in associated news......

This here is the last rent check for my storage unit that I mailed out earlier this week!
It pays me up through January 2014.  I doubt I can get it all emptied out before December ends so I paid for December and 1 more month.
And I enclosed a note telling them that I was ending my rental as of January 31st.
So there is no going back now! lolz

We are suppose to get warm weather here this weekend........talking about hitting 60 degrees in December!!! 
I'll be taking advantage of that warm spell to finish getting the garage organized so I can get the rest of what's in storage into it.
Then it's another load or two to Salvation Army before we bid adieu to 2013.....the crappiest year I can remember.

Sluggy



 

Put Those Credit Cards Away!

Consumer spending is NOT the path to prosperity! Keep that in mind this holiday season when you are "shopping 'til you drop".



Don't go into debt to have a Happy Christmas!

Sluggy

What's Your Favorite Christmas Song?

I was planning on posting some Christmas Youtube videos/songs during the next week.
Poking around online for songs/video ideas got me thinking about my favorite Christmas songs/carols.

Here are my top 10 Secular type songs.....at least my favorites this year......

10.  Merry Christmas from the Family

9.  Shake up Christmas

8.  You Ruined My Christmas

7.  We Need a Little Christmas

6.  Silver Bells

5.  Christmas Island

4.  Hippie Christmas

3.  Maybe This Christmas

2.  Christmas in Dixie

1.  White Christmas

And here are the ones that just make me want to take hot metal pokers and shove them into my ears.......

10.  Dominic the Donkey

9.  Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas

8.  Wonderful Christmas Time

7.  The Christmas Shoes

6.  Jingle Bell Rock

5.  All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

4.  Santa Baby-especially the Madonna version

3.  Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

2.  I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

1.  Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer


And here are my top 10 Religious/Traditional songs/carols.....again, my favorites THIS year.....

10.  The Seven Joys of Mary

9.  O Holy Night

8.  O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

7.  Lo, a Rose e'er Blooming

6.  Past 3 o'Clock

5.  Down in Yon Forest

4.  In Bleak Midwinter

3.  Ave Maria (the Bach/Gounod one)

2.  When Was Jesus Born?

1.  The Wexford Carol

And here is one that really isn't a Christmas carol/song but feels right to listen to it this time of year anyway.
A capella fans will like this....



 

So what songs/carols are on your list of favorites?

And which ones do you think will make you go insane if you hear them just one. more. time!?

Sluggy