Exceedingly Mundane

Tim and I just got back from a gift exchange with Gail, in Yazoo City. Gail and all of her family leave in the morning for North Carolina, to spend Christmas with Kathryn and Jeremy. We had some last minute exchanging of presents that needed to be done before they hit the road.

I don’t feel great, have a nasty little sore throat. I just hope it gets better and not worse in the next couple of days. Lots to do!

Tomorrow is the last big trip out shopping, this time to the grocery for all the food for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and then the big day Monday, when we get together for a belated Christmas Day with Tim’s family. Busy busy elves, everywhere! 😀

It’s not a new car or $10,000, but heck, I’ll take free chocolate any day! This was recently one of Oprah’s “Favorite Things” and I remember it looked soooo good! 🙂 Click here to read more.

Go here and see what President Bush listens to on his iPod. He’s my kind of guy, we have some of the same music! 🙂

Check it out soon, you never know how long the link will work… they seem to expire quickly these days 🙂

Ten Best Things About the Holidays

1. decorating the Christmas tree
2. my Snow Village
3. all our outdoor lights, especially on the deck
4. Gingerbread cookies (and Gingerbread Creamer!)
5. Fudge
6. Hot Cocoa & Hot Apple Cider
7. Reindeer Food
8. Watching Christmas movies
9. Listening to Christmas music
10. Watching everyone open their gifts

I am a bit behind on blogging about some things that have been going on around here, and I’m very behind on uploading pictures to the Hambones website and also posting some here in my blog. I’m going to catch up on at least one right now.

Golf.

Golf is Tim’s newest interest. He was invited last week to play in a golf scramble at work. He participated in one earlier this year, in the summer, I think. He seemed to really enjoy it, and mentioned that we should take up golf. Yeah. Right.

Anyway, he got an invitation last week, and then one day, he drives in from work and has a set of golf clubs in the back of his truck. One week before Christmas. Bad Tim. To be fair, he was supposed to buy a brush guard for his truck for his birthday, but had not gotten around to it. So, he said the golf clubs could be his belated birthday present, and that he would get the brush guard next year.

Today is the golf scramble. A very cold and windy day. There’s even a chance of light sprinkles or flurries later. He’s going to freeze his patootie off on the golf course all afternoon, but I think he’s really looking forward to it.

Click on the extended entry to check out Tim and his new golf clubs 😀

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I say … and you think … ?

Replenish:: restock
People:: folks
Trend:: fad
Girlfriends:: boyfriends
Spirit:: spunk
Banshee:: like a screaming…
Oasis:: desert
Thrills:: chills
Fountain:: water
Boxes:: wrapping

Tim and I went this afternoon late to the Ridgeland Multi-Purpose trail to go walking and jogging. We mostly walked, probably for 45 or 50 minutes, with a little bit of jogging mixed in. On our way back to the truck, as it was nearing dusk, we came around a curve in the trail and saw 2 does on the trail ahead of us! We startled them, so they hurried off into the wood. We walked on ahead, and stopped and stood very still for several minutes, hoping they would come back out. We were rewarded for our silence, for one of them came out just a few minutes later. She saw us, though, and didn’t stay long. It was really cool to go walking in the middle of a crowded area on a wooded trail and see deer! 🙂

Today, I think we’re going to hang out around the house. We were gone all day yesterday to Tim’s parents for him to hunt. He had a good time, saw a deer, but didn’t take a shot at it (you’ll have to ask him, it baffles me, but he’s very selective about what he shoots). We have a couple more things to buy before Christmas, but neither one of us really feels like getting out today and fighting the crowds and traffic. So, I think we’re going to hang out here and watch some of the NFL playoff games, and hopefully wrap some presents. There’s still a pile of them left in the spare bedroom, waiting to be wrapped up! 🙂

Oooh, one about books! 🙂 Gotta do this one!

From this site:

December 16, 2005
Reading is FUNdamental!

1. How many books do you read per month? How many are for work/school? Well, I’ve read 35 this year, so I guess I average 2-3 a month. All are for leisure, entertainment.

2. What is your favorite genre of book (fiction, self-help, etc…)? Fiction, either women’s fiction or Christian fiction

3. Do you subscribe to any magazines? Which? Are there any you’d like to subscribe to but haven’t? Sigh, magazine subscriptions are a weakness of mine. I get Better Homes, Southern Living, 1 scrapbook mag, and Good Housekeeping. I could easily subscribe to 2 or 3 others, there are some I really want, but I’ve got them coming out of my ears as it is. 🙄

4. Where do you get your reading materials? Online? Bookstore? Library? Mostly the library lately.

5. List 5 books you recommend people read: Any John Grisham book, any Jan Karon Mitford series book, any Nicholas Sparks book, in particular “Three Weeks with my Brother”. I also really enjoy the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich, they are very light and entertaining!

ET

1. What’s your favorite radio station? Miss 103

2. How would you describe the format? country music

3. Do you think satellite radio will become commonplace, like subscribing to cable TV? I think it’s really gaining a foothold, like Tivo. I wasn’t sure at first, but it really seems to be taking off.

4. Have you thought about buying a satellite radio subscription? I’ve thought about it, but I’m not in the car enough to justify the cost. Tim either, I asked if he wanted Sirius or XM for Christmas and he was like,no, I don’t have enough commute time. 🙂

5. When is the last time you said goodbye? To Tim a few minutes ago, when he left to go Christmas shopping by himself

Just a quick update… we’re headed out in a little while. Tim has the day off and has gone out to do a little shopping on his own. 😀 Then, around lunch, we’ll leave for his parents house. Gun season opens back up today, and he’s chomping at the bit to go hunting. Fred is coming to go hunting with him, and I’m going to go and hang out with his mom, even though I probably should stay here and clean and wrap more presents. We got some wrapped last night, but there’s still a lot left to go. Maybe I can knock more of them out this weekend.

Friday is usually a really good day for memes, so I may have to check them out and do a couple today or tomorrow 🙂

I knew I had been good this year! This just proves it! 😀

Christmas Naughty or Nice List I am on the The Nice List After checking the North Pole database I had : 2,086 nice entries 517 naughty entries Check your name on the Christmas Naughty or Nice List at JokesUnlimited.com

One of my favorites, the Thursday Threesome Meme:

::Candy canes and Peppermint sticks::

Onesome: Candy canes– Treat of the Christmas season or something you just never got into? (Oh, and “traditional” or with green stripes for the aficionados out there ?) I am not a peppermint or most any kind of mint fan. Tim loves them and eats peppermints year round. I learned years ago to buy a box of candy canes for the tree. Tim used to eat most of them. This year, he hasn’t touched a single one. I bought a box of chocolate mint flavored ones, and apparently, he is either protesting or ignoring them. 🙂

Twosome: and Peppermint– or cinnamon scented candles and such? Which do you prefer when you walk into a home or business this time of year? …or maybe even fresh evergreen from a real tree? I love the smell of fresh trees and wreaths, but never have them here. We’re totally artificial baby. I love several of the Yankee Candle scents though – Cranberry Chutney and Christmas Cookie are my favorites.

Threesome: sticks– ..or schtick? ..or even maybe kitsch? Yeah, what is your most un-favorite piece of Christmastime memorabilia? That display at the hardware store? The “Simpsons Nativity”? That ornament you made in third grade that still ends up on the tree each year? Inquiring minds and all that… Nothing is springing to mind… I love most everything about Christmas and I’m terribly sentimental about ornaments and things. No one in our neighborhood or even town does tacky decorations or Griswald stuff, so I don’t ever see things that bother me.

WOW! This one is pretty accurate for me … go take it for yourself and post your results, either in a comment here or in your own blog. This was a good one! 😀

You Have a Melancholic Temperament

Introspective and reflective, you think about everything and anything. You are a soft-hearted daydreamer. You long for your ideal life. You love silence and solitude. Everyday life is usually too chaotic for you. Given enough time alone, it’s easy for you to find inner peace. You tend to be spiritual, having found your own meaning of life. Wise and patient, you can help people through difficult times. At your worst, you brood and sulk. Your negative thoughts can trap you. You are reserved and withdrawn. This makes it hard to connect to others. You tend to over think small things, making decisions difficult.

We stayed so busy yesterday that I didn’t have time to blog about it. So here’s a quick post to catch everyone up. 🙂

Tim took off at lunch yesterday and we headed out. Stopped at Ruby Tuesday’s first for lunch. I learned the hard way that I do not like their veggie burgers. I ordered one, the mushroom swiss veggie burger, and I swear, that was the ickiest thing I have tasted in a long time. Tim tasted it too and declared it gross. He got the waitress to bring me a plain beef patty, which I substituted on my bun and was a happy camper.

After lunch, we did some shopping and errands all afternoon. I think we’re finished with everyone now, or at least I hope so. I have some things I have ordered online that are not here yet, and the estimates are saying another week. I hope it doesn’t cut it too close, and they get here in a timely manner. Anyway, Tim and I also did a little shopping for us. We got Tim some clothes that were part of his belated birthday present. We also picked up one or two things to “give” each other at Christmas. We already know what they are, but we’ll wrap them up anyway! Nice to have something you have picked out and tried on and it fits, you like it, etc. 🙂

On the way home, Tim suggested we try out the new CiCi’s pizza buffet on Lakeland…

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