The Saturday Six

Patrick's Saturday Six

Here are this week’s “Saturday Six” questions. Either answer the questions in a comment at Patrick's blog,
or put the answers in an entry on your journal…but either way, leave a
link to your journal so that everyone else can visit! To be counted as
“first to play,” you must be the first player to either answer the
questions in a comment or to provide a complete link to the specific
entry in your journal in which you answer the questions. A link to your
journal in general cannot count. Enjoy!

1.
You have to leave a snack for Santa, but you’re concerned about his
health so you don’t want to leave sweets: what healthier snack would
you choose instead? Pringles and Beer?  I've never been good with nutrition, and we have it on hand.  (Maybe that's why I'm fat?)

2.
Santa decides to be especially generous this year, and says he’ll bring
you a car. What make and model would you like to find in your driveway
on Christmas morning? Something with excellent gas mileage (maybe a hybrid) and a working defroster.

3. Santa is also giving you a vacation to any spot in the world for a week. Where would you like to go? Some touristy island.

4. Take the quiz: What will be in your Christmas stocking?

You Christmas Stocking Will Be Filled with Money

You've either been really really good this year... Or Santa is trying to pay you off!

What Will Be In Your Christmas Stocking?

5. When was the last time you had a picture taken with Santa Claus? Gee whiz!  I have no idea!

6.
If Santa could bring you 12 of any single item mentioned in the lyrics
of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” which gift would you choose and why? I guess I could take the golden rings, and sell them for cash.  The song mentions leaping lords and dancing ladies and lots of birds.  Any of those would annoy the heck out of me.

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A rant, a rave, and some mindless drivel

A rant:

I work with some of the LAZIEST people on the planet.  I SWEAR!  They will spend 10 minutes getting out of 3 minutes worth of work.  Hey, buddy?  How about you finish your own call, instead of dumping it on me, ok?  How about you learn something about the software, instead of telling a customer, "I'm not really good with that one, let me find someone to help you."  How about you LEARN the friggin' software?

A rave:

The roads are all clear, but the snow is still pretty everywhere else.  It's cold, but pretty.  The cats haven't knocked more than 4 ornaments off  the tree today.  We have a great afternoon planned tomorrow, after I get off work.  My customers love me.   My boss appreciates me.  My coworkers see my worth.

Some mindless drivel:

Frosty is on TV.  I remember watching all of these things as a kid.  It was awesome and amazing and once a year.  Now, many of them are on more than once a season.  Just in case we miss it, though, we own DVDs of most of the classics.  To heck with Pixar, we have claymation!

We had a cheap-o Taco Bell dinner tonight.  I can combine a few combos, get out of there cheap, and have my family think I'm awesome.  Yeah, I AM awesome.  And, I love love LOVE the Nacho Bell Grande.

OK, I have to go bake now.  My employer is providing a lunch of Pizza tomorrow, and customer service in providing desserts.  *sigh*  I don't want to bake.  Maybe I can talk Kevin into it.  Nah, probably not.  He's all comfy, lying in the floor, watching Frosty.  *sigh*

SNOW!

Yup, I'm getting over the blahs.  Snow helps.  If it's going to be cold, it may as well be pretty, right?

It took me almost 1 1/2 hours to get home, but I got here.  I came within 6" of hitting  a deer.  I slid 2 or 3 times.  I lost the use of the drivers side windshield wiper (Kevin has since fixed it, for tomorrow) and I saw many folks in the ditch, but my little blue wonder car got me home just fine.  Just fine indeed.

I took this shot outside the back door at work, around 2 this afternoon:


This is the snow fort that the girls made this evening:



And this is my dear, sweet wonder dog, having a ball, playing in the snow!



Yeah, if it's going to be cold, it may as well be pretty.  I love the snow! 

Back to Survivor!  (James made a very STUPID move last week.  *sigh*)

Here we go

Wednesday.  What a boring, nothing sort of day.  Wednesday isn't a new beginning, like Monday.  Wednesday isn't a "woo hoo" kind of day like Friday.  Wednesday is SUCH a necessary evil.  I have never been a fan of Wednesday.

I know I have to work on Saturday.  That's a given, this time of year.  Now, I find out that I have to work Sunday, too.  BLECH!  That means, with working next Saturday, I'll be working 13 days  before another day off.  Bah!

At least I get to look forward to going out to dinner with my family, and Mom and Dad, on Saturday afternoon.  I can also look forward to Kevin getting new tires on Saturday, since bad weather is coming.  Heck, I'll probably have to scrape my windshield in the morning as it is.

Did I mention that my defrost doesn't work?  If I close all vents, it works "sort of" but there is no "defrost" in my car.  No matter the setting, the air blows from the vents.  Nothing on the floor, nothing on the windshield.  That's OK, since my car warms up in less than 5 minutes. 

Seriously, I leave home, and I have heat by the time I pass Mom's house.  That's 2 miles.  Rock on!  I used to drive a conversion van that NEVER got warm, no matter how hot the air was blowing.  I love my little car.

Although I need a starter.  Also a tire balance.  Also a headliner.  Oh, never mind.  I still love my little car.  I love no car payment.  I love my gas mileage.

The girls went to Mom's after school.  They haven't done that for a while, so they were SO excited about it.  It's neat that it can be a treat for them, instead of a chore that Mom has to deal with.

Kevin has inventory today.  He's been at work for about 12 hours so far, and he hasn't called to say that he's done.  This day has turned to 14 hours in the past.  I hope that's not the case today.

OK, time for Kid Nation!  See ya later!

A bit less humbug

I think I'm feeling better.  Work was insane, as it has been, but it didn't get me down as much.  It's still cold outside, but I didn't try to start a fire at my desk to keep warm.

The cats are knocking ornaments off the tree, but I find it funny to watch the girls get ticked and "redo" the tree.  We did the tedious task of addressing Christmas cards tonight, but it is done, and that's a relief.

I'm not as grumpy, and I think I'm getting over it.  We are still broke, but thanks to the kindness of a customer, we get to take my folks out to dinner on Saturday.  Kevin still needs tires, but that will be taken care of this weekend.

I just need some Topsy's (thanks for THAT addiction, Mom!) and some egg nog, and I'll be all better.  Well, maybe a big, fat raise at work would help even more, but I'm thankful for the BFR that I got last summer.

Oh, yeah.  The convention schedule is out for next year.  It's always up for changes after the first draft, but here is the tentative schedule:
Tampa, FL in January.
Indianaplis in February.
Las Vegas in March.
Memphis in July.

Other than Indy, not bad at all.  The girl going to South Carolina in February may not be able to make it, and maybe I could trade into that, and out of Indy.  Not likely, but a girl can dream, right?

Humbug

A lot of people get "down" this time of year.  Some are downright depressed, while others get a mild case of "the blues."  I am not one of those people.

I am always happy and looking forward to Christmas.  I love the lights and decorations, and I love shopping for the kids, even when times are rough and they don't get much.  It just so much fun to see the holiday spirit abounding in busy people.

This year is different.  I can't get into it.  The girls put up the tree yesterday, and I just offered help when asked.  I am trying not to be downright crabby, but I can't shake this feeling.  Sure, work is busy, but that's not new.  My "sick check" is going to buy tires, but I'm thankful for the money being there for the needed treads.

I've already received a Christmas gift from a customer.  A really nice Christmas gift at that.  One that I can use to treat my parents to a Christmas gift.  What is wrong with me?

Yeah, I'll get over it.  I always do.  It is just bothering me really bad to feel like this, since it's quite unusual for me.  OK, I'm off to watch TV and get over my downer self.