December 2008

Yesterday was a blast and a blurr. It started way too early for my preference, and lasted until well after midnight. The whole day was a rush of family and friends and great food and assorted gifts given and received.

My favorite gift was the chain saw that I’ve been wanting. I saw it used on a late night infomercial kind of show for Home Depot and have wanted it ever since I saw it. The special thing about this particular chain saw is that the end has a little hook and cover over it, so there is no chance of ever accidentally hitting the ground or the side of the house or whatever.

I saw my dad use a regular chain saw once and when it hit the ground it kicked back with such force that it almost cut off his arm. As it was, the chain saw took a chunk out of his biceps and scared my mom so bad that she passed out on the kitchen floor when he came in bleeding. So I’ve been very respectful of chain saws since that accident.

This one is small but should handle the little bit of cutting that I need to do around the house. So, thanks, bro.

My employer held our annual Christmas party at Buffalo’s Hot Wings last night, it was a gas and a good time was had by all, at least everyone was by the time I left, which was right before the “Last Call” was announced. They didn’t make us exchange gifts this year, no secret Santa or names being drawn, and they didn’t make us sing this year, nothing, but last night was a good way for the company that I have worked at for over 6 years now, to show their appreciation for all of the hard work that they have loaded upon us recently and all of the cuts that have been placed upon us this past several months.

The food is always good there, it is our favorite choice of restaurants for events such as this and the beer is reasonably priced and always cold and the service is excellent, they all know us there from years of celebrations in the past and they know that the tip is well worth the extra effort.

Hopefully no one got pulled over on the way home, there were several people that I was a bit concerned about their ability to get behind the wheel, but I was assured by other co workers that they had their backs covered and I can only hope that everything went smoothly for all concerned after the point of my departure to my nice warm home and straight to bed.

Christmas just wouldn’t be complete with out good old Charlie Brown and all of his pals that have been entertaining us all for such a very long time, I’m sure I could find out exactly how long with just a few key strokes, but you get the idea.

These days there are a good many more Charlie Brown Christmas specials that have been produced that are good, but the original is by far the best ever and I’m anxious to see it this season, it is a “feel good” type of movie, different from the majority of other programs that I normally watch on the “boob tube” these days.

The online order that I placed just two days ago for my PlayStation 3 has arrived on my doorstep this afternoon. I wasn’t expecting to see this SuperMan game for several more days. Will wonders ever cease, I could get used to this and have been doing more and more of my purchasing via the Internet and have been pleased with every transaction so far.

Christmas was pretty easy to handle, gift cards are a wonderful idea and I took advantage of the easy way out this year.

The Flea Market is a such a great place to find deals all year round and I’m planning on getting up early tomorrow and get to our local flea market bright and early, in an effort to find some good last minute holiday gifts that I still haven’t managed to get around to as of yet. The early bird catches the worm as far as this flea market goes and I have been playing the part of the early bird for so long Monday through Friday for such a long period of time now that on the weekends sleeping in isn’t an option anymore. We are creatures of habit.

It is supposed to be cold but that doesn’t stop the majority of the vendors that set up at this particular outdoor flea market, these dealers are “hard core” and you can see them all set up, ready for business in the worst possible weather conditions and there are customers a plenty taking advantage of every opportunity that they have to save some cash on the goods that are offered so cheap at these local markets, weather not seeming to be a concern what-so-ever.