Christmas

I am excited to finally be able to even think about Christmas. A week ago, no way. But Thanksgiving is over. I had a really good one. We went out to eat for lunch, which I would love to do from now on at Thanksgiving. Then Chris' parents, sister and brother-in-law came over and we played a game called Apples to Apples. It is a great game & fun for all. We played it for, what 2 hours or so!? I highly recommend it. But now, it's Christmas time.

I am going to try to not get caught up in the "who do I need to buy for" this year. I've made a list of who gets what and that is that. I'm going to try to be patient in line at stores, etc. Who am I kidding? I have no patience for anything. We haven't put out any decorations yet, but I'm ready to get all my snowmen out. I love snowmen!! They're so fat and happy and just make my soul smile. I'd decorate our whole place in snowmen if Chris would let me.

I discovered something about myself the other day. For whatever reason, any channel that plays Christmas movies all day long drives me insane. It's like animals in clothing, I just can't stand it. I don't even want to look at it. I think because on Lifetime they've had this Fa La La La Lifetime marathon going on and the movies are cheesy. I don't know but it drives me crazy.

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas movies. I just don't like cheesy ones. I love Elf with Will Ferrell. It's one movie that I can watch any time of the year. You can't beat this:

Oh well. So I guess we can now say "Tis the Season.....to watch cheesy movies". Merry Christmas!!

Put your tape deck on record...

OH SNAP!!! I have kind of quit watching SNL on Saturday nights. Why? Well, on Sunday the best clips are on SNL's website. So it saves the time (and sighing of my husband who insists "It's stupid". Did I ask him? No.) of watching the clips that aren't that good. Well I am so glad I decided to check their website. They did a skit they haven't done in a long time with "Blizzard Man". OH YEAH!! He is one of my most favorite characters. I'd have to say at least, top 5. Anyway, for some reason he reminds me of Chris and I don't know why. I guess because I've seen him make an attempt at rapping and/or dancing and it isn't pretty. Bless his heart. It's skits like this that makes me still want to be on SNL. Oh & can somebody PAH-LEASE remove T-Pain's sunglasses. They drive me insane this entire skit. If you don't know who T-Pizzle (that's slang for T-Pain) is, just look for the weird-o with sunglasses just dangling. Oh & I love Tim McGraw's line about cul-de-sacs. I think the best like is the last one "And I give them a honk...do do do.." I couldn't get it to post the video right, so I just put up a link. Click here to watch it.

Yeah Toby!!

Thursday's episode of The Office (T.O.), to me, was the best of season 5 so far. I've documented before about how much I love that Michael hates Toby. They never have expressed why and probably never will. I don't care about that. I just am thrilled to have this duo back. Toby doesn't hate Michael, he just puts up with him because he is an idiot. Admit it, if that was your boss, you'd just ignore him. I really like when Michael and Dwight team up because they both come up with some crazy, yet stupid, ideas. Here were my favorite lines from the episode:

Dwight: I love catching people in the act. It's why I always whip open doors.
Michael: Me too.

Michael: I tried. I tried! I tried to talk to Toby and be his friend... But that is like trying to be friends with an evil... snail. I feel like I'm dying inside. I feel like Neve Campbell in Scream 2. She thinks she can go off to college and be happy... And then, the murderer comes back. Starts killing off all of her friends. Learned a lot of lessons from that movie. This is just one of them.

Michael: You wanna see some real high-caliber acting? Well, Mr. Kurt Russell, you are about to be served.

Dwight: Brownies is it? Hmph. Pastry cubes made of sugar and fat. No thank you, I'll stick with my jurkey.

Dwight: Oh I've framed animals before. I framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas present. And I framed a bear for eating out of the garbage.

Andy: Uhhh. No, I was just walking by your desk, saw some email. [points to his eyes] I got peepers of an eagle.

Finally the best lines I think I've ever heard from T.O.:
Dwight: What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No. I go for the chandelier; it's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico but I go to Canada. I don't trust her. Besides, I love the cold. Thirty years later I get a postcard. I have a son. And he's the Chief of Police. This is where the story gets interesting: I tell Tiffany to meet me in Paris by the Trocadero. She's been waiting for me all these years. She's never taken another lover. I don't care. I don't show up. I go to Berlin. That's where I stashed the chandelier.

Here's the episode in case you missed it:

Be thankful

We tend to get caught up in our day to day motions. Get up, get the coffee going. Watch the news. Take a shower. Sit in traffic. Go to work and look forward to lunch. Eat lunch. Go back to work and look forward to quitting time. Sit in traffic. Watch some tv. Repeat the next day.

I had a reminder this week of what it's like to be there for someone. One of my co-workers (I hope she doesn't mind that I put this) got a phone call Thursday that her father passed away. He was 43 (she's 21). He wasn't sick. He was fine. It was very unexpected. She was completely shocked. She went into a panic attack and almost collapsed in my arms. Being that men in our office don't know how to handle females, two of them just stared at her. I made her sit down and called for back up. She lives 45 minutes away and had to get home. I was not going to let her drive. She was hysterical and her being upset, was making me upset. Several co-workers said I handled it very well. I didn't know where she lived. Just her city. Long story short, we got her home safely and I'm going to the memorial service tomorrow with another co-workers.

I've heard people say "You find out who your true friends are at weddings, birthdays and funerals". This girl is like a little sister to me and I can only imagine how she feels. She is the rock in her family and everyone turns to her. I give her much credit because at 21, I just wanted to party.

It made me realize there are certain people in my family that I don't call and say hello. Nothing more, nothing less. I know some people that call me and say "How are you" which really means "I don't care because I'm about to talk about myself". I cannot stand people like this & usually avoid their phone calls. Yada yada yada. So to everyone that reads this, try to call a relative you haven't spoken to in a while. Just say hi and tell them you were on their mind. You just never know.

My weekend and The Office

Chris went to New Orleans and Baton Rouge this weekend. Leaving me at home with our babies and a dirty apartment. It has been nice to sit and watch girly stuff and not have to hear comments. I was going to rent a movie last night but ended up going to the library and getting 2 autobiographical books about Audrey Hepburn. I really went looking for Tori Spelling's book, I've heard it is great, but they didn't have it. Then I went to the grocery store to pick up some items to make nachos. I made the best ones EVER!! I read some of my book and then went to bed. In the middle of my reading, Chris called to say he won $200!! So awesome because I just spent $140 at the vet because of Happy's eyes. Yes. That much money and turns out nothing was wrong and he's been able to hold them open more. The vet said it has to do with the dry air, his breed and change of time. It's rather common. WHATEVER...Happy, you are getting a job!! Anyway, this morning I slept until 10:00 which is unusual but I had nothing to do. After I got up, I did some cleaning and I organized our guest bedroom closet. Then I just sat and watched tv - more important the Bama vs. LSU game. (ROLL TIDE!!) Chris called before it started and they all got tickets. I was so jealous. He took a bunch of pics so I'm hoping to have something to put up. Then I went out on a date to Cracker Barrell. Sadly, I was by myself. Loser, party of 1, your table is now available. I'm about to go put on some pjs, hop in the bed & read.

I know I've stopped my episode recaps of The Office, but there has only been a few good moments that are worth discussing. The best part from Employee Transfer was Dwight messing with Andy.

The best part from this past episode, Customer Survey was this:

Blast (not really) from the past

So I am an avid fan of Facebook. I used to think it was only for college age kids but it is for everyone. I promise you. I go on it several times a day and keep in touch with people that I never thought I would see again. It is much safer than MySpace which I pretty much put in the garbage. Anyway, one of my friends put up a picture from when we were seniors in high school (1995). It was taken on Senior Day right after a program where we all cried like babies. Anyway, we were all making comments about how hideous we looked. For the record, I had braces, permed hair (my hair was not designed to have curls) and was overweight. There weren't plus size options like there are today. I had to dress like an 80 year old woman (which I literally did. I had on the same dress as a woman at my church and I threw it away that day) or have things made. So I had a dress made for me and it looked like a sheet. We were supposed to wear that dress under out gown at the graduation ceremony and I didn't. Can you find me (Amy, no hints)? Look for the fat girl:

Bad boys...Bad boys...

So we had an interesting evening. We live in an apartment complex so lots of crazy things happen. I think this takes the cake. Around 11:30 (or was it really 12:30...I don't know and I hate the time change) I was laying down & watching TV. I heard all of this noise outside and honestly, I thought it was one of our drunk Mexican neighbors. I just figured they were having a grand ol' time. The commotion stops, I hear car doors slamming & cars screeching out of the parking lot. I ignored it.

Chris comes & tells me that he had to call the police because there was a domestic dispute going on and it kind of freaked him out. He was in the living room and the noise caused him to go outside. The female was yelling "I just want my radio" and the male tells the female to "get the _______ out of here or he'll beat her __________ face in!!" The female gets in her car & the male (or suspect) then speeds off in his car. That is what caused Chris to cause the police. It's one thing to have a fight in your own home, but when you're argument is outside and can cause harm to other people (people walk their dogs at all hours of the night), time for the po po to come. So he goes outside to talk to the officer. The officer then tells Chris to go back inside so they won't know who called him.

Chris comes and tells me all about it and he's going to sit on the patio and watch what's going on. I was not going to miss it. So I put on a jacket and sat outside with him. I started to get nervous (and cold) that they could see us because our patio is right behind a light but there are trees blocking it. I decided to head inside. As soon as I took my jacket off, he comes running in and says "THEY'RE PUTTING SOMEBODY IN HANDCUFFS" and so I put my jacket back on and go back outside. Then we started doing a commentary on the situation like we were news reports. Then nothing exciting was happening so I went to bed.

If you were that couple and you're reading this (highly unlikely), I'm going to make a suggestion. Either break-up/separate or go to counseling. Just a thought.