posted December 15, 2003 02:34 PM
Well, the joyous season of Christmas has once again reared it's ugly head and Ebay couldn't be happier.
Traffic has once again become a Greek Tragedy near anything that remotely resembles a shopping center and all our signage that we so lovingly make has fallen prey to banners hung over them recklessly by part time 16 year old help with the message "Open 24 hours 'til Christmas".
Normally, I'm very festive at this time of year, but it's getting tougher every year....
I have so many bad bulbs on the tree from last year I had to call an electrician.
Does Norelco sell electric shavers any other time of the year? I mighta bought one in May when I could have afforded it. ...and when the hell did Santa ditch the sleigh for a shaver, anyway?
Can I get a white Christmas WITHOUT having to do any shoveling? Last year I spent most of the day clearing out a path amidst a 2 foot snowstorm just so I could go to my in-laws. (talk about a wasted effort.... )
How come they don't temporarily change the name to "Wall-to-Wal-Mart"? (Been there this week?)
After years of seeing it made, I have finally found a proper use for the always festive fruitcake...slice into eight pieces and you can have doorstops enough for the whole house.
Do we really need THAT MUCH Christmas elevator music while we're shopping? With that in mind, it's no wonder a few folks go postal in malls...especially the Metallica fans!
Snow is a four letter word, and rightly so. Rapid
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posted December 15, 2003 02:38 PM
Careful, Ray... Santa knows when you've been naughty or nice! Merry Christmas Dear Friend...remember that Christmas is about LOVE! Love- JILL
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posted December 15, 2003 02:42 PM
Frootcake?? LOVE the stuff! At least I do the way Lyn makes it. Loads of nuts, rum Candied fruit from somewhere that doesn't have that wierd aftertaste, raisins that are actually plump and an Eggnog that would knock your hat in the creek!
And......... topped off with a very small snifter of Chivas Regal 24 year old.
Yup..... Life is good in Lost Prairie at Christmas.
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posted December 15, 2003 03:06 PM
Ray, You had me laughing out loud at your post!
I have one word for you...INTERNET! I bought most of my gifts on-line and they all arrived months ago. I did venture to Costco last month and picked up a huge stuffed Nemo for my daughter and the DVD but that's the extent of my hands-on shopping. At the time, I told my husband to pick up a gift for his office gift exchange and he gave me the typical male response (sorry guys!)...I'll do it later! So his party is tonight and he doesn't have a gift and he has to go to a store and buy one today. I just looked at him this morning, shook my head and tried not to laugh at him! He looked back at me sheepshly and said, Yea, I know I should have bought something when we were at Costco.
I was very kind and offered to give him one of his gifts sitting under our tree (a very nice cookbook) so that he doesn't have to go shopping.
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posted December 15, 2003 03:18 PM
happy holidays. i become one of those religions that don't celebrate christmas.
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posted December 15, 2003 03:23 PM
Ray, you gotta enjoy life more and don't sweat the small stuff. Here, persons say that they enjoy the rain, well I say I never heard of anyone playing in the rain, but have heard of persons playing in the snow. I'm a tool freak, and I know for a fact that there are tools which clear snow as well as a shovel, but alot faster. If I lived where it snowed, I would have those tools as well as a snowman in front of my home and a sled to enjoy myself. This past weekend I went snowmobiling in the snow which is an hour from here. You youngsters always complain about something!
I do however use the fruitcake slices for door stops
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posted December 15, 2003 03:46 PM
My dad makes a fruitcake with enough rum in it to make those Caribbean Pirates jealous.. it's more like a Tortuga rumcake only more rum with a little fruit added for color. Friends don't let friends eat my dad's fruitcake and drive. Between that cake and the rumballs he makes, the Christmas tree isn't the only thing that gets lit up at his place around the Holidays.
I'm with Joey, don't sweat the other stuff!
I'm a happy camper now... Yesterday I got a little caffiene buzz on some mint flavored m&m's and put up a tree and decorated it. I wasn't going to do that but now I have family coming over to spend Christmas and the weekend with me... and my mom is going to join me in blowing up the house attempting to make some pretzels, 'cept I think we're gonna keep the iron pots away from the lye this time.
Good times...
**Edit** No, my dad isn't a drunk, he just doesn't know where to stop when it comes to using run in cooking.. that, or he just really enjoys seeing other people's reactions after they bite into the cake.
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posted December 15, 2003 06:45 PM
Speaking of fruitcakes, my ex-mother in law who lived in NYC used to make a friutcake every year after thanksgiving. The she puts this thing on the fire escape, covered with a dish towel, and proceeds to put a bottle of rum, and another bottle of brandy on the top, one shot at a time over the following twenty some days until Christmas. Don't ask me how she got it all in there, but brother, a little piece of that stuff would make you plumb loopy.
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quote: blowing up the house attempting to make some pretzels, 'cept I think we're gonna keep the iron pots away from the lye this time
I think I see a story there.......details?
Ya dip your pretzel dough into hot lye to make the tougher outter skin before baking, problem is the hot lye eats certain types of metal pots and pans. The reaction of the lye with the metal (I forget which metal is safe, I guess we'll find out.. heheh) releases some dangerous gases. Lye is also one of the ingredients used in making crystal meth (think of hhow many meth labs explode every year).
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Candied fruit from somewhere that doesn't have that wierd aftertaste, raisins that are actually plump and an Eggnog that would knock your hat in the creek!
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