Does 'Xmas' offend you?

The 'X' is actually the descendant of the Greek equivalent of 'Ch', as in 'Christos' which means "Christ." But today's society has implied that X means to X-out or remove. And so Christ is removed by removing the X. The truth is, the letter X has stood for Christ since at least 1100 A. D. The "Xmas" was first cited in 1551. Eric Partridge, word scholar, says that the scholarly abbreviation for "Christianity" is "Xianity."

History lesson for the day...

You better watch out, you better not cry...

Have you been good? I asked Santa for a Pampered Chef food chopper and world peace.

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Well, I figured that if all the Christmas presents are bought...and they are all wrapped...we might as well get the tree up so that we have somewhere to put them. So Jon dragged the tree up from the basement and proceded to...ahem...fluff.

After the tree was put together and standing tall, we decided that we might have to get a new tree this year when they go on clearance at work. It's rather skimpy and vertically challenged. We put on a little Christmas music for motivation and lit a cozy, cracklin' fire. (We popped in a realistic fireplace DVD.)With the roar of the fire and the festive holiday tunes in the background, we got the lights and decorations on the old tannenbaum.




I got to say, once the lights and decorations are strategically placed on the tree, it looks pretty good. And especially with all the presents underneath. Sadly, there aren't any presents under there for me. Jon usually waits till the last minute to wrap my presents. Now that the tree is up, we thought maybe we should put up a few more decorations. So I got out my favorite grape vine snowman and our fiber optic village. I would love to get some lights out on the house, but it happens to be 23 degrees outside and snowing.
Maybe next year. Or better yet, maybe in the middle of the summer when it's sunny and warm. You don't think anyone will notice if we have lights up all year, do you? Well, anyway. Since we have received our first Christmas cards in the mail, I think I should probably get going on sending out our Christmas cards. Time to settle in, drink some Sleepy Time tea, and watch some Three's Company reruns before retiring for the evening. Gotta rest up for a fun-filled day at the old bullseye tomorrow morning. Good night all!

Is there one in there for you?

So not only am I done Christmas shopping...I'm done wrapping too! Well, almost. I am waiting for Laura's gift to come in the mail. But other than that--DONE! Now if we could only get a tree to put these under...

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh, the holidays.

The holiday season has officially begun, right? I am proud to say that all my Christmas shopping is done. 100%! Now I just have to survive work.

Morgan examining the Christmas cookies she decorated.

Lauren playing out in the snow.

Dad falling asleep, remote in hand, after Thanksgiving dinner.

I'll throw in a picture of Duke in the snow for good measure. It might be time to get a new collar.

Sonic -- America's Drive-In

I just had the best experience at a drive thru in my whole 32 years! After I ordered our food, the girl on the other end repeated it to me. Then when I drove up to the window, the dude (who looked like a young Andy Samberg) repeated it to me again before asking for my money. After I handed him a twenty, I commented to Jon that if Burger King would repeat people's orders twice in the drive thru, they might actually get an order right. And they might actually still be open. When the food was ready (which was super fast), Andy handed it to me and repeated what it was! "Here's your bugers with onion rings, two unsweetened iced teas..." Then he said, "Is there anything else I can get you?" I said, "No, thanks." He said, "You both have a great evening."

It brought a tear to my eye, I swear.

Can't wait till Nov. 21