# A Chilly (Well, To Me) MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 19, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962 "2026-10-19T10:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/36 "2026-10-19T21:51:08Z")
It’s official: I’m going to Los Angeles (specifically Redondo Beach) in December! 😃 My friend and I spent a couple hours on the phone with each other yesterday yesterday, getting tickets to the show ([Hot Chocolate Nutcracker](https://www.debbieallendanceacademy.com/hcnperformances)) and then making hotel reservations and buying plane tix – separately, but the same hotel and flights (with seats next to each other). I’ve never been to LA but neither of us is interested in doing anything else in that area\[1\], so it’s a ridiculously short trip: we fly cross-country on a Saturday, the show is Sunday afternoon, and we fly home on Monday. It’s also a ridiculously _expensive_ trip, because we each sprang for refundable, first-class tickets (and nonstop flights). We fly out the day after a big, week-long technical project review that I’ve been working toward since the summer\[2\], so my brain will be fried and I’ll be exhausted: I’ve never flown first class before, and I think I’ll be glad that I splurged! After I get home I’ll be taking the rest of that week off, so I’ll have time to indulge my hermit tendencies and recover from both work and the trip. I’ll have to remember to leave myself a holiday Lego set or two to build that week, because I won’t be able to afford to buy anything for a while. 😂 I worked from home today and was a pretty big slacker this afternoon, even though my to-do list is a mile long. I just couldn’t get my head in the game. I feel a little guilty about it, but I guess it happens from time to time. I’m happy to be officially done for the day, and able to go play with Lego for a while. Catching up on the end of the previous MMP before diving into this one… 🙂 > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/293): > > I admire your Lego constructs. I entirely lack the patience, so it wouldn’t soothe me to put them together! It remains a mystery to me how I _do_ have the patience! LOL! Nothing else I’ve tried scratches the same “theraputic” itch: puzzles, wood models, etc. It’s weird, but I’ve come to accept that this is pretty much where my disposable income goes now. > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/295): > > Behold Mumpers, it’s @peedin 's beautiful Ariel aka Boom Shakalaka! Beautiful, indeed! > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/298): > > Dagnabbit. That mouse is way too cute, and it would go really well with my glass pumpkin. If we go into town next Saturday, I might have to stop at the Swarovski store and see what the mouse looks like in person. My work here is done! 😁 (Too bad there’s no referral program…LOL) > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/298): > > I saw the [Christmas AT-AT](https://www.lego.com/en-ch/product/gingerbread-at-at-walker-40806) and thought of you. It’s cute. Thanks! 😊 Ever since it came out I’ve been on the fence about whether I want it. On one hand it’s a small/simple set and I already have waaaaaay too much holiday Lego, but on the other hand it _is_ cute! It’s backordered online (no surprise), but if I go to the Lego store again before the end of the year I might look for it. > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/302): > > I got the Lego calendar in the mail yesterday. I had no idea there was such a thing! I don’t use those kinds of calendars, otherwise one would be on its way already. 😁 > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/303): > > It was 1979, the day after the Iranians took over the embassy. Gotcha! I guess I haven’t paid enough attention to your posts to be tracking how old you are/when your honeymoon might have been…sorry. 🙂 > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/307): > > It was legal paperwork. I’m being sued. That would shake _anyone_ up! Glad you’ve regained some equilibrium. > [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/307): > > Wonder if he could call the Nationals and ask for a duplicate ring, with his career they would probably agree to it. With their “high-debt, low-spending” model they almost definitely would _not_ agree to it. 🤣 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > when you are following a recipe I understand those words individually but not when they’re strung together like that… 😁 > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > that abbey is amazing! how on earth! a simple cheery blossom branch nearly sent me over the edge. LOL! But don’t be put off: Lego flowers and trees are definitely more of a PITA than buildings. 🙂 * * * 1. and I’m not aware of any Mumpers in SoCal 2. there was an informal dry run last week; the formal dry run is next month --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962)._