Q: I thought I’d put our stockings in the same hierarchy as our household… Jaxson, you, me and then Chance. Did I get it right?
Eric: Yah, uh, you did. You got it right.
(hmmm… I also see that Jaxson has a toy already in his stocking! I wonder who did that?)
Q: Why do most Christmas movies start with a Santa ringing a bell and yelling “Help the homeless! Help the homeless”?
Eric: Do they really say that? I don’t watch Christmas movies.
Q: You have never watched a Christmas movie? Didn’t we just watch one last week?
Eric: Yeah, I know, Elf. But that is a real mooovie, movie. Not those Christmas TV movies you watch. I thought you were talking about those.
Q: Speaking of Christmas, what got into you? We have like major lights going on outside. I don’t even want to know how much you spent on the new lights. How come we didn’t do this last year when we had visitors?
Eric: Oh. Well it’s very simple. Last year was a different time and place. I was working night and day on our place – we were here in Tennessee for only a year you know, and we just returned from my workshop in Connecticut and then Thanksgiving in New Hampshire. We didn’t get back home until the second week of December last year. But this time, my workshop was before Thanksgiving and we got home earlier and I felt like I was able to relax and do some holiday trimming and make it special for you of course.
(Well, of course! I cannot argue with that!)
Q: What aggravated you this week?
Eric: First let me say that I appreciate my new hands-free mobile ear piece you got me when we went up north. With that being said, I cannot figure out all the (expletive) side buttons! They are so small and I can’t (more expletives) remember which one I’m supposed to push!
You know what that means? If technology is frustrating you than you must be getting old! Like really old… You sure you don’t want me to send in your AARP membership???
this must be the week to hang Christmas lights. My husband put ous up as well. Now we can enjoy them a week or two longer than normal. If I could leave a small, lighted Christmas tree up all year long, I would do it! But my other half would have a fit. That’s just unheard of! LOL!