Kitt

'Twas ten days before Christmas, And all through the store, Not a single light flickered, Oh what a bore! No trees to be had, No Balls and no Merry. The holiday over before it was ready! No spirit, no candy, No Seasons Greetings. No Shoppers, no carols, no coco, no family meetings. Boxing Day sales will be bleak I am sure As anti-climatic as Black Friday lore. Each year they start sooner, Way back in October, And by Christmas

Sometimes an idea, or a character starts whispering in my ear. Writing it down is the only way to shut it up!

I can SO see my brother doing something like this at my daughter's summons! And as for that video, be glad it was one goose chasing. I have seen as many as a dozen working together to chase!

How did the convo with the insurance dude go?

How about $@$^#! Cliffhangers?

Oh, I can easily see a little one walking past an old fashioned pet store while christmas shopping. Seems christmassy to me!

Maybe include links to the various songs you reference?

I absolutely love that Partridge really was in a pear tree! Can't wait to see what you do with the other 11 days!

This is what insurance is for. SP is ok, and that is what is important.

That's what us editors do.

Umm @Reader1810? Did you maybe post this in the wrong thread?

We keep all sorts of odd hours around here! 🙋‍♀️

Forget everything else and focus on you and your mate.

N'rax is not a very good liar.

LMFAO! Hubby used our tiny electric model for something and for whatever incomprehensible reason decided it should sit in the corner of my dining room. Wings set the serving table up yesterday without moving it, essentially having the saw grip right next to where the bird will sit. I told them both I am NOT a bad cook and a chain saw will not be required for carving!

I just read that post. No wonder I am tired! I declair myself the evening off, just as soon as I finish the dishes.

Ok, so the kid asked could we do the full on tons of family coming dinner, which consists of pasta, tomato sauce (home made), meat balls, sausage, meat rolls, salad, followed by a wash dishes break, then turkey, stuffing, ⁹taters, neep, cranberry relish ( home made) sautéed broccoli, another wash up break and rice kreme and pumpkin pie with coffee, tea, etc. I said ok, but we eat the pasta @ 1, turkey 7 ish ( damn birds never read the recipe), and desert when ever we have finished exploding. Everything is ready for the pasta except the pasta itself. Meats and sauce just need heating thru. Stuffing is made and in a bag, ready to shove up the birds... Neeps boiled into submission, mashed and ready to reheat. Lightly steamed the broccoli so a few min in a Sautee pan and it will be ready. Hubby can do the taters while the bird bakes.. Only thing left is the deserts, and if I make those today I will need to sit up with my shotgun overnight! So early up and baking it is! Just like big family gatherings baking before dawn so the oven is free for the bird, just only 3 instead of a weekends worth for 15 ish guests.

No single veggie should take an hour to peel and chop to cook able size. Now to boil this neep into submission...

@MichaelS36& @Mikiesboy

Try going into a green grocer run by an Asian family and asking for neeps. Only people I ever met that knew what I was asking for were Scandinavians and Tim!

I was thinking about one too, but cant get it till after Christmas, unless hubby takes the hints. We have a rule in our family. No gifts to ourselves from November 1 till Christmas, and for 30 days before a birthday. My dad was famous for coming home a day or two before with whatever someone bought him!

Welcome to parentdom. Hardest job you will ever love. My favorite thing to do with left over cured ham is to shred some and make ham salad.

Allow extra time, they take forever to roast into submission.

IDK but if it's not on the table hubby tosses a fit, and he doesn't even like it!

Sleep would be good too! Three 15 hour days = sleep way past usual up time this morning. Now I am playing catch up cause I didn't start my morning chores till after 7 this morning.