wrapped up in Christmas

Nut-en new! This “It’s Saturday” is not a big, new headline but this year's Christmas might be for some of you.  Ding Dong! Soooo pull up your underwear and lets get do some talkin'!

Richard, we didn’t expect you at our family Christmas party.  What a surprise.  Sooooo is Riahard a good surprise or bad surprise?  IthcieBitchie says—Christmas is a time to forget and forgive.  MissPerfect says—I don’t think sooooo!  The Richards can make a rather topserturve Christmas family get-to-gather.  Oh ya!

SusieQ says—We wish we could have an annoying relative table!  MissPerfect says—I just don’t know to handle this Christmas situation.  Sooo when the kids bring their friends home for Christmas, do we let them sleep together in our house?  And another problem I have, how do you handle our obnoxious bother-in-law?

It’s the buzz!  At Thanksgiving when we were eating breakfast, I asked little Jimmer and Erin what they wanted to be when they grew up—Dark Vader and a doctor. SusieQ says--It’s always fun to see the kids and grand kids when they are small.  They bring excitement to Christmas that only they can bring. Then as they get older they bring girl friends and boy friends home for the holidays which is fun tooooo. I remember asking my Mom, Anna, what she thought of Arlene after the first time I brought her home.  She said—She sure can eat a lot for a little girl.  My Mom loved her right from the start.  Bingo. 

ItchieBitchie says--Live Christmas in control.  The opposite is out of control (i.e. a circus Christmas).  Coscer Wilde said—I can resist anything except temptation.  I don’t know for sure but resisting temptation could be the reason why you will sooooo much enjoy Christmas.  I don’t know! I read it in the paper, soooo it must be right--Research has proven that one of the most effective life extenders in rats is caloric restriction. If the rats are always kept hungry and given little to eat, they lived twice as long as rats that are given all they wanted to eat. Huh, interesting.  CadillacJack say--It works that way with things other than food tooooooo!  Soooo if you are vexed during the season (i.e. not jolly), it’s time to turn the caravan around folks.

Movin’on!  As we left Morrison, Colorado early last Sunday morning, we could see some of the lights of Denver below us. I thought about the many people who passed through Denver in hopes of striking it rich in the Rocky Mountains. Then we went on south through cowboy towns of Pueblo and Trinidad. Now those are cowboy towns. Then on our way we passed Santa Fe. I thought about the Santa Fe Train Line, and the Santa Trail. Santa Fe is a very beautiful city with all the Adobe buildings. Then on to Albuquerque. Albuquerque is just Albuquerque. Then on to Gallup. I always think Gallup should look different than what it does. From Gallup on west we go through a lot of little towns of Indian names. They are all part of the reservations and each one of them seems to have a casino. Northern Arizona is higher elevation and there is more pines and scrub brush. Then we enter into the mountain area which is just beautiful. Then descend down from the mountains into desert high lands and eventually start down into Sun Valley as the sun is setting. It Is just beautiful. When we get to the valley floor, it just plain feels good as it is about 70°. I like it here! It fits me very well.

Saturday question--Are you folks rioters and looters?  What kind of folks are you?  Do we stereotype rioters and looters?  GeorgeTheCrook says—If I would break into a store, loot and then burn the store down, it wouldn’t be a Dollar General.  Soooo do we have different stereotypes for folks who think of Christmas differently than we do?  Do actions of certain groups of folks just enhance our opinions? 

Dr.David (i.e. everyone listens to a Doctor) says--Ask almost any waiter, waitress, or server and they'll tell you: They dread the Sunday after-church crowd. Perhaps it's undeserved, but many churchgoers have the reputation of being demanding and stingy. Somehow, we have gotten a bad name in the restaurant community, at least on Sundays. What!  Sooo I have asked several waitresses about that statement.  They say, that’s pretty much right.  What!

“Elephant in the room”! I read it in the paper soooo it must be right!  It says—Liberals really do believe the ends justify the means more than the moderates and the conservatives (i.e. is that a positive statement or a negative statement?).  OleFromMN says to his wife Lena—The Gophers don’t have the good fortunate to “select” their football players but they need to “recruit” them (i.e. it’s cold and snowy in MN).  AZ does not have to recruit snowbirds to come; they just seem to come. Da!  Ole’sNeighborRepucblicanBusinessManLewis says—MN liberalism recruits a lot of folks.  Oh ya!  He also said--How can MN elect Al Franken for senate and then re-elect him for another term?  One native, smart Gopher from the northern cold, snowy state says—Minnesotians can be goofy! MilkingManOle says—Yabut, the milk price is high.  Lewis says—‘Cause they are subsidized! Ole asks—What are subsides anyway?  It’s Christmas in MN.  Ole says--Franken for president in 2016!  Have I seen this “ business model” before?  I think sooooo folks.  But, it’s a great election manipulator.  Folks just seem to love it.  LuckieEddie says—How can you not vote for a person who promises to give you everything you want.  That attitude is a little topsy-turvy LuckieEddie. Such is life.

WorldClassLarry says--Christmas time is a time “to help the needy”.  It's third down and long for some folks! I think most folks would agree with those statements. The problem lies in deciding who the needy are.  We might have to consult with Santa as a strategist on that question.  I asked the office manager of our dentist if they do Medicaid work—ya, on a limited number; we can’t afford to do toooo many; and the bureaucracy that goes with it is huge massive.  We get folks who come in here who can’t afford to pay the $3 co-pay but tell me they just got their nails none for $70.  And they get out of a $40,000 vehicle with two dogs in it.  Soooo who is the needy?  Sometimes, that is a tough question folks.  Yabut it’s Christmas time.  Booyah!

Help me here folks.  I have observed the number of men who put their arm around their woman in our home church.  It’s interesting to me.  SusieQ says--Come on erv, you need to pay more attention to what the pastor is saying.  Maybe sooo but why do some guys do that and others don’t?  I don’t have a clue.  Is that a custom?  Do more older guys do that than younger guys?  Do some guys love their woman more than others.  One of the last Sundays we were home, I saw 6 guys in our little church had their arms around their woman.  Maybe they are trying to get out of dog house.  Maybe it’s almost Christmas.  I don’t know.  What do you think? I don’t see them do it at a football game.  Maybe it’s a church thing.  Could be!

My most favorite time of the year.  I think there is a song that goes something like that.  It can be a very fun time of the year for many reasons.  I like Christmas.  Children really like Christmas.  They should.  But it is not “the most favorite time of the year” for many.  There are a lot of reasons for that.  CadillacJack, you say it’s your most favorite time of the year but you don’t really look like it is.  What’s up?! JoeBlow says—We all don’t hear the same things at Christmas.  Why?  Well, we have all been programmed differently genetically and by our past experiences.  And our current situations are all different. Such is life.

Maybe I got some bad turkey at Thanksgiving or maybe my stomach is just upset from how some folks act at the Christmas season.  Do you think there is a correlation between excessive facebook users and folks who need an excessive numbers of gifts (i.e. even excessive expensive gifts) at Christmas?  SusieQ says—Is that a serious question erv?  SusieQ, would I kid you?  SusieQ says—erv, you’re cat to be kitten me. Right! Meow! 

Mechanical! Have you ever ridden a mechanical bull?  I have not.  It’s not a real bull but just mechanical, artificial, fake.  And that ain’t no bull! I wonder if Christmas can be mechanical at times for some (i.e. what is Christmas all about).  I wonder.  I mean like folks do all the right things but it’s artificial to just get it over.  Have you ever had a boss who was mechanical?  I mean he/she said—Work hard and do what is right and then he/she doesn’t do what he/she preaches.  How about a leader who is mechanical.  Actually some folks like mechanical leaders.  That way they don’t have to really do anything that he/she preaches ‘cause the leader doesn’t.  It makes life a lot easier.  It’s just a mechanical process.  How about being a parent?  How about being a true friend?  How about being a good spouse?

It's getting to be the time to wrap the presents.  As a person, how are you wrapped? Joesixpack says--A person all wrapped up in himself makes a very small package (i.e. a sign we are not Spirit-filled). Ouchy ouchy!  I have a pickleball buddy who is a 4.5 or 5 rated (i.e. that is very good).  I really enjoy playing with him and also being around him.  The other day, another pickleball buddy said to me--He's really good and is humble about it.  Now that is a great compliment.  I passed this compliment on to him (i.e. I hope he doesn't get the big head now ha ha).  My Daddy, Chester, would say to me--erv, if you are good, you don't have to tell anyone, they will know!

ItichieBitchie says—Soooo during this Christmas season, talk the talk or walk the walk or walk the talk?  I’m toooo dumb and lazy to really work to dig out the difference.  In Shakespeare's "Richard III," one of the hired killers says, "Fear not, my lord, we will not stand to prate; Talkers are no good doers: be assured. We come to use our hands and not our tongues."

AverageJoe says-- It's not an easy task for folks to find themselves heading into the holidays when there's little joy in their lives.  I feel for those folks. 

MissPerfect says--It doesn’t take wealth to be generous. It takes a tender heart. We have chances for generosity in front of us daily. I saw a pickleball buddy do something really neat this week.  After we got done playing, she went over to a guy who was watching and spent some time with him.  He has dementia.  This gal has a generous good heart (i.e. and is also a very good pickleball player). She has a good heart (i.e. my kind of person).  

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean says--A clean conscience is a soft pillow.