Motto for the moment..........

I am going to need to develop some of my own auxiliary personalities as a psychological defense mechanism............

Ummmm Let's call this the early December rambling.........

Could someone please contact Mother Nature and let her know that the first week in December is to early to be giving us more snow than my Jeep wipers can push off the windshield. Seriously I don't want to dig out the snow brush just yet. Ah yes, the first of my many winter whines. I will try to keep the winter whining to a minimum but no promises.

I finished my drugs from the doctor and I must say those were some of the quickest working ever. Doctor was right I did feel better by thanksgiving and our meal turned out yummy. The holiday was mostly smooth with very little drama ( will save drama story for another post). After eating dinner, putting away leftovers, and cleaning the kitchen us girls sat down and went through the ads plotting our shopping. We stay up all night Thanksgiving and well into Friday morning doing the early bird shopping. Yes, I am one of those freaks that venture out into the madness. In the past we have laughed, shopped, and enjoyed the crowds that are out but this year was different. The majority of the crowd that I was exposed to were crabby, snatching items in a greedy selfish manner, and acted with a attitude of entitlement. I was shocked at the behavior I experienced from fellow shoppers and unhappy retail clerks. I found myself sickened by the fact that people could act this terrible just to buy a item at sale price. What item could one need so badly that it would justify pushing a elderly woman to get ahead of her in line? What dollar amount saved suddenly justifies someone yanking a item from someones hands because you wanted it? Needless to say the behavior I witnessed has tainted my opinion of people and my desire to want to venture out next year on Black Friday. On a brighter shopping note I did manage to get almost all of my shopping done before retreating to the safety of my quiet home.

So now for my December status update:
1)Most of the Christmas gifts have been bought
2)All gifts are wrapped
3)Tree is up and decorated
4)Put lights up on front porch ( no major decorating outside just a simple gesture of icicle lights around the porch)
5)Filled out a few Christmas cards that I mail out (mostly for elderly family and friends that I know still enjoy receiving them)
6)Currently attempting to organize my homemade gift I will give out. ( I am thinking about homemade caramel corn but not sure cause last year I gave out homemade caramel sauce so would that be to close to the same?)

Hey, I am really doing pretty good considering today is only the third of December. Now the goal is to stay on track and not get distracted. (I must not give in to the temptation of ditching reality and curling up on the couch with my new book that my sister bought me. Oh and please note that this is a HUGE temptation since the book is by my favorite author Nicholas Sparks)

Also I am fore warning that my next post may be a rant about our government and black hole bailout. Another rant I may need to address is the waiting till NOW to find out if Obama has a legal birth certificate. And if neither of those are my subject of rant then I maybe giving my rant about the Dept of Energy that was created over thirty years ago to find a solution to our huge dependence on foreign oil. Ummm what kind of progress do they have to show for all that time and money spent? I really need to get in here and express myself more often.