Daily Archives: December 25, 2015
Happy Boxing Day Eve . . .
Jan and I were up about 8am this morning, not to see what Santa brought us, I mean, no chimneys in the rig, right? No, we were up so we could have coffee and a few sausage balls for breakfast before we headed out for our daughter Brandi’s down in Katy.
On the road by 9, we made a quick stop at the Chase Bank ATM before joining I-45 south. There was probably less traffic than I’ve ever seen on Houston freeways during the day, or the night time, either. So it was an easy trip and we made good time, getting there about 10:30.
Getting the truck unloaded, we found Santa Claus had already come and Landon was deep in the wrapping paper playing with his new stuff. Even Miss Kitty got a new toy from Santa.
Landon was in charge of handing out the presents under the tree as Brandi gave them to him. At one point he ended up with a present for each of his grandmothers in his hands at the same time.
He ran out to the middle of the living room, looked back and forth, and then ran back to Brandi and said, “I’m confused. There’re too many grandmas.”
As far as Jan, Santa Greg brought her a new Amazon Fire
One thing I noticed is that apparently Amazon has just shut down all shipping until Monday. Normally if I order something on Friday evening, it will ship on Saturday and I’ll get it Monday or Tuesday. But now, nothing will ship until Monday, even if you select One Day Shipping.
Another thing I discovered with this is that there is apparently a new name for imitation leather – ‘Vegan Leather’
Funny, I thought all cows were vegans.
Chris, Lowell, and I received Air Swimmers. These are helium balloons shaped like fish or birds.
Chris and I got these.
A Shark and a Clown Fish. Should I feel insulted that I got the Clown Fish?
And Lowell got the Angry Bird from the Angry Birds game.
Here’s Chris with his.
And here’s Lowell with his Angry Bird.
Filled with helium from a small tank, and remote controlled, they have a moveable weight system that heads them up or down, and the tail flips back and forth like a real fish to provide propulsion.
Really neat, and fun to play with. But I wouldn’t really know.
Because I was the last to put mine together, and Chris’ ginormous shark bogarted the rest of the helium, there was only enough left in the tank for me to inflate mine just enough so that it would hang upside down just like a real dead fish.
I wonder how long before it starts to smell?
About 1pm, the food was laid out buffet-style and we all dug in. Turkey breast, Spiral-Sliced Ham, Cornbread Dressing and Turkey Gravy, Green Bean Casserole, Candied Yams with Marshmallows, Scalloped Potatoes, Corn Casserole, Baked Potato Salad, Cranberry Salad, and probably a few others I missed.
But it was all really delicious, and we ate until we hurt. Or maybe that was just me. But I did hear others moaning and groaning, so maybe not. And it seems like a lot of people disappeared for naps. Or was that just me too?
We got back to the rig about 7pm, bring home a lot more food than we took there. So we’ll be having delicious leftovers for a while. Nice!
So another really nice Christmas can be marked off the calendar for this year. Hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas as much as we enjoyed ours.
Merry Christmas from Jan and Greg White
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Thought for the Day:
Peace On Earth
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