New Years Eve

The end of 2015 is upon us. Was it a good year for you? Will you make resolutions for the new year? Will you at least stay up to watch the ball drop? This year, at least, all those revelers in Times Square won't be freezing their butts off! When I was younger, I always wanted to be in Times Square for New Years eve, just once. I got over it. Now, I see all those people and I think, what a nightmare!! Then I heard these interesting tidbits this morning;

These restaurants are all in Times Square.
1. Despite the fact there is no view of the ball drop at midnight, Ruby Tuesday is charging $1699.00 for a VIP table.
2. Planet Hollywood - $1599 for the Three's A Crowd VIP Table for Three. It includes one bottle of vodka, one bottle of sparkling wine.
3. Buca di Beppo - The Couple's VIP Package will set revelers back $1000. And there's no view of the ball!!
4. Bubba Gump Shrimp is charging $799 PER PERSON for dinner.
6. Olive Garden has the best deal. $400 per person for a 5 hour open bar and buffet meal.
Yeah, not rushing to New York for that honor! Whoa!! All of that AND 1 MILLION people!

We're going to settle for an early dinner out and maybe a movie at home. I know how boring that sounds but I'm totally OK with that!

How about New's Year day? Will you be hungover? Will you spend the day watching college football? Will you go to or watch the Rose Parade? I like to tune in to the parade for a little while. Now that I've actually had the pleasure of helping decorate a float, it's fun to see them, knowing the work that goes into it.

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One of the first things I see in the paper this morning, made laugh right out loud! The irony, the wtf, the absurdity, I could go on and on. I just kept thinking, what does this say about us?! OMG it's just too funny!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/12/28/obama-donald-trump-gallup-poll-most-admired-man/77967868/

And please, can't you hear him now??

"I'm as popular as the Pope!"

Oh my

Honk honk!

Why do little cars have little sounding horns? If you're small, you should be loud, to compensate.
I hate my horn. If you drive a truck and you hit your horn, it says MOVE IT! My horn says, excuse me, excuse me please, pardon me. I hate it! No one takes you seriously. Grrrr. I want a big MOVE IT horn. Can you buy different horns for your car? Like you can buy different doorbells for your house? Hmmm. I'll have to check that out!

catching up

If you ever get a chance to see Straight, No Chaser, hurry and buy your tickets!!! They were fantastic! There were a Cole times that I forgot there wasn't any music. LOTS of fun 😊 Even my fella liked it!

Our poor little Greta is having back trouble again. It's great to have pain medication for her but it makes her really lethargic. She's just a little furry lump. I love our vet but insure wish he could figure out what's causing it!

Earlier this year, after driving around one day, my mom declared, I've decided that I'm going out to dinner every other Friday! There are a lot of places to eat around here and I want to try them. You're welcome to come if you want.  well, of course we said yes.  so we take turns picking a place to eat. Its actually pretty fun.  we've tried a lot of places we've never been. Yesterday though, my fella chose Olive Garden. Its been years since we've been to Olive Garden. Honestly, it was good. I was kind of surprised.

Are you a Star Wars fan? Are you SUPER excited for the new one? Have you seen it already? Its so funny to me how popular Star Wars with some 'fanatics.'. I guess its like a hobby? Hmmm.

Christmas is right around the corner! Are you ready? Yeah, me either. Its that ho, ho, hum thing. Plus, still NO snow!!! And no chance either. 😐 phooey.

hahaha!

These just made me chuckle!

I think they misspoke?

I read the funniest thing in the paper this morning:

INDIANAPOLIS -

Indiana residents will be able to purchase wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages on Christmas Day for the first time in decades under a change in state law.
  
Alcohol sales of any kind in Indiana have long been banned on Christmas Day.
  
But the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission said Tuesday that Hoosiers can buy alcohol drinks at any restaurant, bar, liquor store or grocery store that's open starting this Christmas Day for consumption on the premises. That's because of a change in state law that took effect in July.
  
The exception is in years when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, as it will next year.
  
In such years, liquor stores and grocery stores cannot sell alcohol, but people can still order alcoholic drinks at bars and restaurants.

(Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

I'm pretty sure they didn't mean that if you buy alcohol at the store, you have to drink it there! I'll keep my eye out for the correction :-)

It sure made me laugh this morning!! 

Ho ho hum

Alright, the tree is decorated. Yes, I did it Sunday. But that's all I did. The rest of the 12 or so totes can go back in the attic. Humph! It's OK though. I mean, I'm not sad and I'm not missing all my stuff. I haven't even picked out all the Christmas movies from the library. I will watch Rudolph though. That's my all time favorite.

Speaking of Rudolph...many years ago, I bought a set of Rudolph figurines. I think I got them at Target. I like this set because the Bumble is actually furry. Pretty neat. And it's got everybody in it. I love this set. It disappeared about 5 years ago. I'm pretty sure that my fella threw it away unintentionally. But I've been mad at him, in my head, for the last 5 years. Every year when we get all the Christmas joy out, no Rudolph, butthead. I say it in my head, of course. 

This past summer, we decided to clean out the attic, buy totes/crates that were all the same, and clear, go through everything, blah, blah, blah. It took several weekends! We had a throw away pile and a Goodwill pile. We had a spot for Christmas joy, stuff we want to give back to the kids, stuff we want to keep but don't need, etc. It was MY job to go through everything. And if it was full of man things, I hollered at him. So there I am, sorting through this tote that had a bunch of miscellaneous things in it. And I came across this little box. When I opened it up, guess what I found?? Uh huh. All my little Rudolph figurine!!!!! YAY! I'm so happy! 
I quietly apologized, in my head  :-)

Now it's Christmas time. The Monday after Thanksgiving, I brought in the decorations for our office. It's pretty. I decided to put my little set of Rudolph and friends, on my desk. Several people commented on how much they love Rudolph. One young man even said, my wife would LOVE these! So I looked for them online, in case he really wanted to get them for her. I wasn't really looking for MY set, just any set would do. Well, I found MY set, on Ebay, for $255.00!!!!!! What?!?!?!? Oh yeah, I took them right home after that!

Happy December!

My, my time flies! I've just run out of time to do everything! And I don't even have a good reason. Man, I feel so distracted lately. And where's our December snow dammit!! Why is it going to be 60 on Saturday and not 30 with at least 4 inches on the ground? Humph.

Last weekend, we went to go see the ballet, The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky is my favorite composer. Well, I loved the music, but the ballet is not my cup O tea. Neither of us had ever been to a ballet so we didn't have any expectations. While I can appreciated the skill and artistry of the ballet, I wouldn't go see another one. 

This coming weekend, we're going to go see an acapella group called, Straight, No Chaser.
If you've never heard them, check them out on YouTube. They're from my home state and we're really looking forward to it.

Oh, and Friday, my mom and I are taking a class to learn how to crochet! Because you know, I need to know how to do more things!! Next year, if you get a scarf for Christmas, you'll know why :-)

Geez, I haven't even gotten around to opening the wood burning kit yet! Hell, I haven't even gotten the Christmas decorations up yet! What is wrong with me???

sigh

I'm going to try and put my Santa hat on this weekend and turn this attitude around.

freebird

Oh you know it....Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. THE classic southern rock anthem OF ALL TIME!!!
Bill and I are watching them do  a live show right now and they're playing Freebird. I'm blissfully reliving my high school years right now. I totally dig it!! ITS AWESOME 😃