Archive through December 03, 2002
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Archive through December 03, 2002
Sia | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:01 am     Acckk! I'm on the computer this morning instead of putting away my Christmas boxes! How can I wrap things and put them under the tree with the kids begging every second to open something? They cried this morning because they thought it was Christmas morning--today!! LOL! |
Wargod | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:15 am     LOL....that's part of the reason we won't put the gifts under the tree til Christmas eve, LOL. Dakota spent 15 minutes this morning throwing a temper tantrum because we decorated the tree and Santa didn't come! |
Jkm | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:23 am     At my in-laws this weekend, my 4th grade 10yr old, starts talking about Santa -- My mother in law gives her a look and says -- you know there's no such thing as Santa, Katie.... Katie looks right back at her and says -- Yes there is! Mom says if I stop believing I get fewer presents!!! (Then I had to explain to my Mother in law that she knows -- but all the presents still say from Santa unless its clothes then its Mom and Dad -- and that we talk about Santa more as a spirit of the season and anyone can be santa ----) Ugh! I'm know this time of year as "Mama Clause" or the Mom-enator -- which ever fits with the situation. |
Wargod | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:28 am     Heh, I'm almost 30 and still believe...I don't get anything from my mom if I don't, LOL. I figure with Caleb (whose 6) that this will probably be his last year truly belieiving. I'm hoping that with Dakota we can keep up her belief for another couple years. It seems kids grow up so fast these days that I want to keep them believing in the magic for just a little while longer. |
Sia | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:40 am     Wargod, thank God I'm not the only one with unreasonable, irrational kids, LOL!! I thought I would sound INSANE saying that my children bawled because Santy-Claus didn't come right after we put up the tree. Geez, we have calendars, and my son even knows how to read one. Wonder what had him so confused? |
Wargod | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 10:49 am     Excitement! This is a tough time of year for kids...they know Christmas is coming, know Santa will visit, know they get tons of stuff, and that family and friends start dropping by to visit all the time. Even though they know its still....22? days away, they aren't quite sure to handle that excitement yet. I've always noticed that from Thanksgiving to New Years the kids are more hyper, emotional, and generally get into a little more trouble than any other time of year. If I remember right, Sia, our kids are about the same age..so I think it might just be that young age group. They're still trying to figure out how to deal with their feelings and emotions. Heck, I'm older and there are times during the Christmas season that I want to throw a temper tantrum, LOL. |
Djgirl5235 | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 12:13 pm     War...I'm not much younger than you are (a year I think?) and I've been throwing tantrums for the past two weeks... my mood is getting worse as the calendar rolls along! With one more payday before Christmas and a tonne of people left to buy for, it's getting really hard to be upbeat and happy around this time of year... I'm just trying to remember to breathe, and here you go reminding me there's only 22 more shopping days left...AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wargod | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 02:25 pm     Sorry Dj! I've been trying to get everything done NOW. My big plan at this point is to have all shopping, wrapping, decorating, and cleaning done by the 18th, so that I have that last week free to just enjoy everything. There are days like today where I have things planned then something comes up and blows what I had planned away. Today I was planing on cleaning the den, washing the windows and wiping the walls with lemon oil but ended up running all over town and I'm not done yet! |
Ketchuplover | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 05:02 pm     My family has decided to stop exchanging gifts. |
Sia | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 05:09 pm     Ketchuplover, I've tried to get my family to do that, too, but they won't go along with me. The best I can do is to get them to agree that we will have a gift-exchange for the children and we adults will exchange baskets of cookies. $15 limit on the kids' gifts and $5 limit on anything you toss into the cookie basket in addition to cookies. Ketchup, are you sad? |
Kady | Monday, December 02, 2002 - 09:15 pm     My son thought the the early morning shopping the Friday after Thanksgiving would be fun. I had done it once before when he was little. Notice I said once...I swore that time would be the only time. LOL Well anyway, I explained how crazy it was but evidently he didn't believe me. So off we went. We got up at 4:30 and was at ToysR'Us at 5:30. It was freezing cold and probably about 150 people there already. I mean these people were prepared. They came in groups and was discussing strategies. They had salespapers in hand and list!! The store had people outside passing out donuts and doing a countdown till opening time. They were also guarding the doors so that the people who were in line would get to go in first. Well the doors opened and off we went. We fought our way to the electronics department. People were snatching and grabbing. We looked at each other and said its not safe, lets get the heck out of here. So at 6:15 we were sitting at IHOP ordering a nice breakfast. We came home empty handed and hubby asked how did it go? I said not too well but we plan on going to Wal-Mart at midnight!! That went much better. |
Sia | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 04:44 am     I got some fabulous ideas while browsing on-line last night, and I maaaayyyy venture out to the mall today. I would need to pick up my son at school, and I could do that if I plan my day properly. If I wait till he gets off the bus, he'll whine and want to take a nap! |
Wargod | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 11:40 am     Sia, take a baseball bat!!! I drove by Wal-Mart at 7:30am yesterday and the place was packed! Went to Costco Sunday and the place was a nightmare, LOL. I have no desire to go to into any store this time of year, unfortunately I have no choice, LOL. I swear...I'm starting Christmas shopping for next year the first week of January!! I still can't get over the excitement of the season mself, but I really am starting to stress over this, LOL. I guess its being almost done, but not quite yet there. I can't relax yet, so I just keeping stressing over it....helllllpppppppp!!!! LOL. I'm just to the point I can't wait til I'm done with everything and can just sit back and relax! |
Mack | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 05:49 pm     OMG!!! For the first time in years I can't figure out what to get my wife!! We'd hope to have moved to San Antonio, Texas by this time and it hasn't happened and I haven't planned. Geez...normally I start in August and hide things away but not this year. Now I'm in a panic!!!! Totally unprepared....and totally clueless. OMG!!! |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 05:52 pm     When in doubt, Mack - diamonds. Nuff said. |
Mack | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 05:58 pm     Thanks God...now for your second choice???? :-) |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 05:59 pm     Ummmmm - a day at the spa? |
Nimtu | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:00 pm     lalalala..I can't hear you people...christmas is still months away!! |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:03 pm     OK, Mack - How 'bout - get her a nice, oaken breakfast tray, the type with the magazine rack on the side. Buy a pretty, designer placemat, napkin and napkin ring in her favorite colors. Also get one place setting of good china and silverware to go with it. Get the latest Cosmos or other girly mags for the rack. And a crystal rose vase, if you feel like splurging. You can wrap everything separately, have her start with opening the silverware or something. And then give her a promissary note where you promise to serve her breakast in bed every other Sunday or something. Eh? Eh? |
Mack | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:06 pm     Hey....good thoughts God....very good indeed!!! Do I have to give God credit??? :-) Nimtu....poor thing....only 22 shopping days away!!! |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:10 pm     Crap, you guys. I haven't bought a single present, and I can assure you I have about 50 to buy. I thought I'd at least say I'd bought ONE Christmas present last night. Sent Marriage Material over to pick out a cigar for himself, then bought it for him. He spent the night bitching about how crappy the cigar was compared to the Cubans he'd just been smoking down in Cancun. Sporting his tan and sh*t. That's OK, we're going to the resort this weekend and I WILL make him pay. Whiz on my parade, huh? Take that! (PS the cigar for a Christmas present thing was a joke. In case you were concerned.) PS Mack, of course not. If you do give her the breakfast thing, though, let us know how she likes it!! |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:29 pm     By the way, for anyone on a budget and wanting to endear their father-in-law to them forever, I have a suggestion. Last year one of my sisters-in-law bought a blue, glass pie tin and wrapped it up for my father for his Christmas present. She asked me to draft a contract whereby my father would be entitled to receive one pie each month, made from scratch by her, provided he presented the tin and the type of pie he wanted at her door before the end of each calendar month. She was required to present the pie to his door within 5 days of his request. Not only does my dad get some great pie, but they have good reason to sit down and have a visit several times a month. I'm telling you, my Dad couldn't be happier with a present if you'd given him the keys to a new Cadillac. Only a new grandkid might make him happier. Just a thought for those of you looking for ideas. |
Mack | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:39 pm     Wow God!!! Your real name Martha Stewart??? Really, really great and clever ideas! I'm impressed and you're a lawyer (I'm guessing). :-) No offense but my wife is somewhat lawyer adverse....luckily I got accepted to law school and med school and picked med...she said she'd never have dated me much less married me if I'd gone law! :-) Now here you are, a law professional with sensitive and thoughtful ideas....kind of like me selling, or trying to sell, my wife and her family on me being a compassionate conservative. (We're a mixed marriage...Republican and Democrat.) |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:46 pm     Hey, Mack - if you're a doctor and a compassionate conservative, could you come to Indiana and practice? I've given up hope on finding a general practitioner I can trust. We need your type around here. No credit for me on the pie thing - that was all sister-in-law, but it tickles me pink to pass on an idea that tickled my dad pink. It's all about love, thoughtfulness and time - things we can all afford but rarely do. Best lesson in the world. PS you're wife's a smart woman. I'm a lawyer, and I won't date much less marry lawyers. For cause. |
Mack | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:57 pm     Thanks God but not interested in being a GP. I decided years ago to become a shrink and have been doing that so many years I'd probably hurt somebody going back to regular medicine now. Besides I never did like blood and vomit and I totally stunk in surgery...too grossed out. In fact, I've become more of an administrator and rarely practice at all anymore. Kind of miss it, kind of don't....no offense but malpractice insurance doesn't make it worth it. |
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