Couldn't resist! G-daughter #1, G-son and G-daughter #2
G-son always smiles like he has a hemorrhoid! LOL
Beats hell out of the "I'm not sitting here, you sit there & tell him!" Years in the past.
OK enough Christmas! Next will be SIL B-day & Happy New Year pics.
Other than g-pop and I being dumba$$ and forgetting g-sons bike for the Christmas eve
Santa run and doing a round trip to get Banana pudding on Christmas day everything was awesome.
The AeroApostle clothes were acceptable and it seems Santa brought everything deemed necessary for a good Christmas. Daughter is dealing with an ipod that won't charge for g-daughter #1 but we're thinking it will turn out OK. G-daughter #1 keeps calling me to verify that "Yes the week after Christmas at Best Buy is packed and you will never see your ipod again unless you wait till after New Years". Moms lie but NOT g-moms! LOL
As far as me and Santa...ooo he done good! Not being materialistic at all I never really have a Christmas list.
I wanted different size hand held strainers that you can put over pots etc., perfume, my favorite...Walmarts Cucumber-melon, yeah I'm totally cheap, I also really wanted a sifter that you turn the crank not the squeeze the handle kind.
Santa stepped out of the box and surprised me with a ROASTER oven!!!! Santa said my list was cheesy and I "Needed" something big.
When it comes to my stocking Santa needs a list for that too. This year he said I was nasty, nasty!
I love certain kinds of food but never buy it 'cause in my mind if it costs more than $3 for just me to eat as a snack then I'm selfish.
Anyway, I wanted a small jar of Caviar (Publix -$6) only top of the line for me LOL, Smoked Salmon ($3 Publix), pickled Okra, water crackers, a jar of Hormel pigs feet and last but not least those little sausages called Red Hots.
He couldn't find the Pigs feet or Red Hots so Santa said he owes me, but being a resilient man he got a can of the little pickled baby corn and Vienna Sausages! I luuuve Vienna Sausages.
We still have to shop for son & G-friend. They are in PA visiting her folks and would prefer we wait to send their stuff when they get back. Which kinda works out pretty good, everything is on SALE!!! Now if I can get through 2 birthday parties (tonight & Sat.)and New Years eve and the Seminoles getting their proverbial ass kicked on New Years day It will all be done and I can start planning Easter! Whewww!
Recently while taking g-son to see Santa at the MALL we walked by AeroApostle.
#1 G-daughter didn't stop, batt an eyelash, nothing. Husband I just looked at each other.
Me: Hey #1 theres AeroApostle.
#1 G-daughter: O g-mom that's so old, its all AmberCrombie now.
Me looking at husband <: - O
Bi-polar did do the Walmart thing. LOL - High Road WINS!
Christmas Eve - That is when g-pop and I load ALL the SANTA presents up into my 4x4 Dodge RAM 2500HD Cummings Diesel SLEIGH and sneak over to daughters house while they are at her ILs. We set out a platter of pigs in a blanket ready to go in the oven, I make the coffee for in the morning and we stuff the
M-bath with all the presents. We then drive home, have a toddie and wild passionate sex under the Christmas tree. OK, I lied about the sex part but wouldn't that be totally cool? Daughter just had a complete meltdown, I can hear her now "that's just nasty, Ma!". Christmas eve is my absolute, very favorite time of Christmas.
Christmas Day - Husband and I have our coffee (Kahlua in mine) and a quiet opening of presents. I put my casseroles etc. into the oven. Daughter calls 7times between 9a-10a about when we are getting there. We load up food, presents and stockings that are NOT from Santa and head over to daughters' house. The kids scream and yell about everything they've gotten, yes even G-daughter #1. We set food out, we eat, we drink, we have more toddies then head home to total peace and quiet which by 5-6p is well deserved.
Christmas Day night- Husband and I just sit in front of the tree with a toddie. Really, we talk about how we managed to "pull it off" again this year, that we are totally exhausted and the never ending comment "where did the money come from"? LOL
I probably won't post again until after Christmas as will most of us.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE, HAPPY NEW YEAR BE SAFE
Thought I was finished Christmas shopping. I lied. I was checking my list and some how I missed 4 people that I couldn't miss. Dammit Grammice. Then I had a major dilemma. We exchange gifts at work....I was NOT gonna get Bi-polar squat. I mean, (stepping out of the "holiday spirit" for a just a minute) I would not have given her a lump of shit. She is a totally mean hateful bitch, she lies, she is two-faced and she is a bully. Anyway, I mentioned this to someone I work with and respect. In a nut shell, because of her relationship with the bosses wife, despite what everyone else thinks....it would cause a major, major rift, getting for the office and leaving her out. After telling husband, he thought a minute and said "he's probably right".
This whole rift thing really pissed me off. I mean, what about the rift its caused for me? But, then the more reasonable side came out...you know the one that says "take the high road". Sooooo half of me thought get her one of those Walmart gift box things you know watery Cocoa or flavors of horseradish. I check the price $15-$20! Dammit. Long story short the high road won, I went to the liquor store bought a 750ml bottle of Jack Daniels. Your probably thinking WHAT!? I figure she is going to get me one of those Walmart gift boxes so my present is going look damn nice next to that! I took the high road! Not much Christmas spirit involved but I felt like it was good compromise. LOL
Yesterday was our 24th wedding anniversary. We have been together 28 years. GOOD GOD!! I know there is a special place in heaven for him. I'm not high maintenance but I can give you a run for your money if I'm mad enough or I feel the need to get even. He has made me a kindlier, more gentler Grammice. HURRAY FOR US!
We are taking g-kids to see Santa tonight. G-son so TOTALLY believes in Santa that even being sick he swears if he doesn't see him he will never, ever get his Power Ranger and Spider man stuff. It is so cool and so totally innocent that I can't bear to think that someday he will grow up not believe anymore. No matter what g-mom says. So tonight we are gonna go see Santa! And hope he will sit on his lap, tell him about Power Rangers and Spider man.
So here you go guys, the source of my mini-meltdown on Black Friday. LOL Believe it or not the lights were off for the Christmas Tree pictures. Now, it just waits for all the surprises coming Christmas Eve when Santa comes down the chimney and puts all those Visa and Mastercard bills in my stocking! LOL
The Tree
Here comes the train!
The Train
Half of the Bedford/Christmas Story Village
The other half of the Village
Merry Christmas to all and to all a Goodnight!
I will be posting Christmas tree pictures and maybe a couple I took while camping this evening. Husband and I both came back with "Ebola" so the last few days have been miserable and cranky. Weather was beautiful in St. Augustine during the day but the nights were cold and very, very damp. The fog was so heavy in the mornings we couldn't see the folks camper right next door, and it sounded like a heavy rain dripping from the trees.
I'm pretty sure all the vitamin C and the extra doses of "Airborne" has helped quite a bit to keep us from going down for the count. I'm also gonna make a giant pot of Chicky noodle soup. That cures everything.
Stay tuned.........
Sh1tsandgiggles is updating my blog...Some weird things have happened. Bear with her I don't want her yelling at me about being s - l - o - w anymore. Post pictures as promised when I get back.
Briefly - Plumber showed up on Tuesday around 1p. Started listening for leak to decide where to jackhammer first, it had moved across the room to the other side of the bathroom. He decides he doesn't like that and is going to blow air thru the lines to find the leak exactly. When he does,I have a sprinkler at my front window at the sewer line outside. No air, no sprinkler, no air, no sprinkler. I could have kissed the man!!! Should cost about $250 no jackhammering and it was done in 20 min. It turns out that an original connection had been screwed too tight, cracked and had been leaking for years it just got worse. Because of all the mulch etc. that I load up in my garden it wasn't coming to the surface. The only bad thing...everything grew so well in that garden!!!
Christmas Tree - I finally got the tree all put together including the train. Surprising enough the train was the least of my worries it was plugging in all those lights. Since its pre-lit you have to plug into the right plug ALL the way up the tree. Honest, I'm not stupid. I can read and write and would probably chew gum if I liked it. But, I was so ready to kill someone! I actually walked into the garage lit a cigarette and shed a few tears. I was tired and wore out. I had drug boxes, climbed ladders, fought with garland, ribbon, tape, I had cut myself with aluminum foil, yes aluminum foil its really not hard when your trying to tear it and smooth it to make a pond for your Bedford Falls Christmas village. I was done. Have another cigarette, grab a beer and try to think of someone I could call that would feel my pain and tell me to suck it up, quit whining and get in there and finish that damn tree. But alas, daughter was in the woods hunting. So, I sucked it up and in I went. I just started plugging in every male and female plug I found. No thought just shove it in there. Stepped on the button and GLORY BE it lit ALL the way up INCLUDING the ANGEL!!! Hell I felt like Tiny Tim in scrooge when Scrooge is no longer "Scrooge"
GOD BLESS US Everyone!
