I love lists!

My blogger friend at waterloofarms.blogspot.com/ had these questions up on her blog. I am a total sucker for this kind of thing. I used to make up questions like these and pass them out to friends and coworkers. Crazy, I know.

(1) What is your favorite Christmas movie?

A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott (best scrooge ever)

(2) What is your LEAST favorite Christmas movie?

Bad Santa

(3) What is your favorite Christmas Song?

Oh Come All Ye Faithful

(4) What Christmas song(s) drives you crazy?

Grandma got run over by a reindeer

(5) What is your favorite Christmas drink?

coffee with cinnamon schnapps.

(6) What is your favorite Christmas memory?

My dad pointing out Santa and his sleigh in the sky after church on Christmas Eve

(7) What is the best toy/gift you've received on Christmas?

3 story Barbie townhouse

(8) What is the worst toy/gift you've received on Christmas?

used perfume

(9) What do you LOVE about the holidays?

white christmas lights

(10) What annoys you about the holidays?

bad manners in the stores

(11) Do you prefer a star or an angel on top of a Christmas tree? Or something else?

Doesnt matter to me, they are all pretty

.

(12) What is your family favorite recipe at Christmas?

Mom's pecan sandies

(13) Are you a Grinch or a Who at Christmastime?

little bit of both but more Who

(14) Christmas light displays - Love them or Hate them?

Love em

(15) Santa’s at the mall - Fun times or Creepy?

Sometimes creepy and sometimes funny.

(16) Christmas cards - do you send them, yes or no?

NO NO NO.

(17) What is the best thing about Christmas, in your opinion?

magic of Santa Claus

(18) What is the worst thing about Christmas?

its during winter

(19) When do you put the tree up and take it down?

Week of Thanksgiving, down on New Years Day.

(20) Out of the 12 days of Christmas, which day and item would you want your true love to give to you?

2 turtle doves

(21) Why do you think that Grandma got run over by a reindeer?

she was liquored up

(22) Who is your favorite reindeer?

Comet

(23) Do you believe in Santa Claus?

Always, I have seen Santa Claus.

(24) What is your favorite smell at Christmastime?

Cinnamon

(25) What would make you happy at Christmas this year

Not one person or animal in the world was cold, hungry or lonesome

A Sweet Lesson In Humanity

Years ago, A 10-year-old boy approached the counter of a soda shop and climbed on to a stool. "What does an ice cream sundae cost"? he asked the waitress.

"fifty cents" she answered.

The youngster reached deep in his pockets and pulled out an assortment of change, counting carefully as the waitress grew impatient. She had "bigger" customers to wait on.

"Well, how much would just plain ice cream be?" the boy asked.

The waitress responded with noticeable irritation in her voice. "Thirty-five cents."

Again, the boy slowly counted his money. "May I have some plain ice cream in a dish please?" He gave the waitress the correct amount and she brought him the ice cream.

Later, the waitress returned to clear the boy's dish and when she picked it up , she felt a lump in her throat. There on the counter the boy had left 2 nickels and five pennies. She realized that he had had enough money for the sundae but sacrificed it so that he could leave her a tip.

The moral: Before passing judgment, first treat others with courtesy, dignity, and respect.

Adapted from a A lifetime of success.

Pat Williams

Fleming H. Revell

Hide Haven!

Before you have to wear this dumb freaking hat too. It's like we exist simply for their amusement. Loser Bipeds!

Pay it Forward!

Pay it forward! blog giveaway
From Here:http://dragonhouseofyuen.blogspot.com/






I will make a handmade gift for the first 3 interested people who comment on this post. I have 365 days to do it in. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise!


The catch is that you must participate as well: you must have a blog and before you leave your comment here, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Just cut and paste this one if you like, which i did.

***change the from "here" link above to now link to my blog on your new post.

If you have any kind of critters, keep in mind I will do a better job making them something handmade.

This will be fun!

Early Thanksgiving Feast

I cant believe I ate that last piece of Romaine.
Can somebody bring me a Tums!

Thanksgiving

The cornucopia or cornu Copiae is, literally, the horn of plenty.
When Zeus was playing with the goat Amalthea (Amaltheia), he accidentally broke off one of her horns. To atone for this, Zeus promised Amalthea that the horn would always be full of whatever fruits she desired. This became the cornucopia of the Roman goddess Copia, the personification of plenty. Other goddesses, including Fortuna and Pax, also held the cornucopia.


Thanksgiving is not the best time of year for my family. My dad died too young a few days before Thanksgiving and my brother was in the hospital from October 29 thru the holidays and finally left this world on Dec 30th. It has taken a great deal of joy out of the holidays. My family is small now. We still muddle through and try to make it pleasant.

When the weather starts to get cold in Oklahoma and the wind starts to blow through my bones, I start to worry. I fret about the homeless people that live under the overpasses, worry about the kids that dont have enough to eat and may only know a Thanksgiving meal at their local shelter (if they are lucky) and all the homeless animals.

There is an elderly homeless man that wanders around where I work. He never speaks, never makes eye contact, talks to himself as he goes through our trash and ashtrays outside. He collects the butts to smoke and will eat leftover lunches. I have given him cigs and my lunch from time to time. He just takes it and wanders off, never says a word.

This ticks off my coworker to no end. I get to hear "I hate that guy" or "cant he at least say thank you" I looked at him the other day and asked him when all his sympathy for his fellow human beings went away. He said " I never had any to begin with". Obviously.

While we do feel sad this time of year, I am grateful. Grateful for my roof, my job, my arms and legs work, my mother, brother, nephew, bunnies, friends, the heat in my home, car, my puny bank account, and all the food I want to eat and the good memories I have from Thanksgiving past.

My coworker said "god, you feel sorry for everyone and everything dont you"?

Better than feeling sorry for yourself.

MOM! Haven spilled the food!

Poor Nemo, as much as he loves his buddy Haven he tends to freak out when Haven gets worked up and loses his balance. Everyone probably already knows Haven is my bun with severe head tilt. Nemo had severe head tilt too but we were able to improve it to almost nothing. Haven's is permanent. He has been treated with antibiotics for months as well as other meds. I think our furry kid is tired of the meds so I promised him no more unless he goes down hill. I love this little angel. What a happy loving bunny he is.

Haven got all discombobulated when I cleaned his area. His "leaning box" is a heavy trunk with a baby crib bumper around it. It works perfectly for him and helps him when he has bad days. He was trying to make his way around the room and spilled his food, scaring the crap out of poor little Nemo. I put it back as soon as possible.

For those of you with buns with weepy eye problems I just wanted to share a great discovery. We could not get Haven's eyes to stop weeping, no antibiotics worked, no eye drops worked. Chamomile was too drying to his skin. I found something called Eyebright and it is wonderful. I make a tea out of it and apply it to his eyes. They have never looked better. His "down" eye will probably always weep but the tea helps a great deal. If your bun suddenly developes weepy eye they need a vet visit but if you have chronic problems with it, email me and I will share the Eyebright info with you.

Have I mentioned how much I love these furry monsters?