Snowy Days and Mondays
Yes, I have not been diligent to write. I have not even checked my email for two days. I must share tho, Ned stopped on his way home from work and bought me a Christmas tree. I have been wanting to get one but have not been able to get out when it has not been raining torrents or snowing a blizzard. Plus, it takes a few more muscles than I have to get it in and out of the truck, drag the stuff out of the attic, trim up around the bottom of the tree with a hack saw, stand on your toes hanging by one hand from the ceiling to top the bristly green giant. Now, my living room is strewn with boxes, ornaments, plastic tubs, and fake greenery; but I have a fully decorated Christmas tree, with red and green lights, pointsettas. and a red bow tied to the top. Thank you Ned; today you were my hero.
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Yeah Ned! What a special kid (adult) he is.
Finally got new tires. Now I am back to my old bold self driving in the snow... with caution of course...
Have a great day all...
I was at my old office's children's Christmas party on Saturday, and one of my old clients, who is 10, was HORRIFIED that I didn't have a Christmas tree. See, he'd given me one of his candy canes, and I started to eat it. Reacting as if I'd just pulled a gun, he exclaimed that, no, that was to hang on my Christmas tree! And, well, it went downhill from there.
Just call me Scrooge, I guess.
I do have one of those supremely annoying talking Christmas trees that has noise and motion sensors so if you merely walk within 20 feet of it, it comes alive, lights flashing and branches waving, while singing in some faux-hick voice, a line from a cheesy Christmas song.
No... just call me Scrooge.
And tires. Oh VIcki, tires. I got new tires in June, and I loved them. But they really seemed to be extremely poor in the snow. I looked online, where I bought them, and they were supposed to be at least OKAY in the snow. But no. Then I realized I was looking at the wrong tires. Since I normally use/buy snow tires, I apparently bought "ultra-high performance SUMMER tires" that don't even TRY to handle cold temperatures, much less snow or ice. My trip from Kittanning to Indiana and back to Kittanning, Sunday night (for the church party I didn't end up going to, I was so freaked out because of my car's slipping and sliding) was... harrowing (punishment for not having a Christmas Tree, my client would tell me, I'm sure). And now I have a new set of snow tires FedExing from New Jersey, to be installed Saturday morning, when I get back from Meadville. Thankfully, it's supposed to be warm (like in the upper 30's or lower 40's) for the next few days, so I can make up there and back without killing myself.
I saw "The Mist" and "I am Legend" yesterday. Both not bad. Finishing boxing up my gifts, today, and shipping them, UPS, in an hour or two. Just got my cards done and out, yesterday. I think. I ran out of cards, and, um, some people didn't make the cut. Merry Christmas, Vicki!
Just call me Scrooge.
My tires weren't worn out yet, they still have half their life left but they don't have an aggressive tread on them so I was sliding all over the place. Right now I have four huge tires in my car that I have to put in my shed for safe keeping until summer. I got all-season snow tires but made sure I got the most aggressive tread I could find.
Well, I will join the Bah Humbug crowd too. I don't even have a wreath on my door. No tree, no lights, no singing Christmas tree.
I have just been too busy and I don't really care... (I am not scrooge... but I live alone, who is going to see it besides me? Too much work for just me!)
Anyway, I still haven't done my Christmas cards yet. I only send Christmas cards to people I don't see over the holidays (family out of state or friends that are only on a Christmas card list now...)
So if you don't get a card from me... that means you are a good friend or family member and I see you reguarly.
Merry Christmas Sandy and Rob!
Vic
Wow, Vic, you used "aggressive" a number of times in your post. A little pent-up anger?
Here's the website I send to my old boss, whenever she starts sounding stressed:
Cute Overload
Like the Shorpy photo blog, you can get lost in this one, too. So I guess I'm not 100% Scrooge, if I can enjoy looking at photos and videos of cute animals.
Bah!
Okay... go to the bottom of Cute Overload, and go back a week or two... until you get to the page that starts with 12/15, and the "I left a hairball in your Ethernet port..." one. Check out the videos on that page, especially the dog trying to, well, catch the snow being shoveled... hilarious!
Truth is Robbo, Vic is a bit a gear head; one must use the language of the land...
Not sure what "a bit a gear head" is... should I be offended or thanking you?
Vic
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