You know, QD has made a whole bunch of pfernusse (or something) a bunch of min-quiches, and her Best Friend is bringing some kind of dip. We’ve got eighteen bottles of wine or so.
Everyone is going to be required to eat until they explode. And get really drunk. Including Attacks Husband, who does drink, and the seventeen-year-old, who doesn’t drink either, because of being seventeen.
Merry Christmas : puke:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DRAE!!!
Impossible to hijack? Oh, frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Now if only an MMP thread could be concocted that would be impossible to make all about me, I will have found safe haven. 
I THINK MY EYEBALLS JUST MELTED.
[tatto] De pain! De pain! [/tattoo]
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It’s stuck on 11!
Thanks to all for the good wishes and prayers for my Dad; I spoke to him last night and he seems to be holding up fairly well. I don’t know if he’ll make it to church today/tonight–which will probably be the first Christmas ever that he is -not- in church or doing a service somewhere!
I’ve been busy baking/cooking and making good food stuffs for the holidays. I made potato salad yesterday, oatmeal cookies for my allergic-to-nuts daughter last night, and tonight will be the rib roast, scalloped potatoes and lime jello-pineapple salad. I’m hoping to get a couple of more batches of cookies in this afternoon! After the food binge this weekend, we shouldn’t have to make anything more until next weekend!
So let me just take this chance to wish all the MMPers (aka the Cool Kids!) a:
Merry Christmas!
Happy Solstice!
Happy Hannukah!
Enjoy whatever happy times you’ll be celebrating at the end of 2006!
Hey. Y’all wanna keep it down?
Welcome **Liberal **- all this time and you’ve never dropped in before?
Happy Birthday Drae!!!
::toddles off to make a late breakfast::
Let’s see. I’m dogsitting because the Tigers have gone out of town overnight. So it’s me, the pups, too much food, and a bottle of wine. This Christmas kinda sucks for me anyway what with the breakup, but I’ll be all right.
Mama Tiger says hi, but she’s been absolutely swamped with work and hasn’t had much time for anything else. She’ll be back, I promise.
Whatever holiday, or none at all, that you celebrate – have fun!
Good morning and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Welcome to the newbies and all that jazz.
I didn’t get as far as I wanted with the cleaning, because I sat down for “just a minute” and fell asleep. :rolleyes:
Lissa, that would be pfeffernusse. They’re German.
FCM, I’m glad you made it in safely. Did you or the daughter win the battle over the box?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRAELIN!
Sigh, still much to do, but I did make significant progress. Oh, steam cleaning stairs sucks, sucks, sucks. This will become a no shoe household once again, I swear.
Today’s plans call for cleaning the kitchen one last time, washing the floors, cleaning upstairs, a couple loads of laundry, scrubbing bathrooms, and final run through with the dustrag. This all needs to be done before 3:30 today.
Tonight when I come home, I’ll steam clean the hallway downstairs and then I shall be set. Unfortunately, I can’t really prep any of my food ahead of time. So, the cooking will be done tomorrow. The prime rib roast, all 17 pounds of it, looks glorious and I’m sure will be nummy. I found a pan that it just barely fits in.
Well, off to do some stuff.
Not a problem, because when all is said and done, it’s all about me anyway. Because I’m nice, dammit.
This is true.
Waiting for Husbands to arrive. I think I’ve got the food and gifts all packed. Thanks, Taters- she described them as buns rolled in red sugar (shut up!), and I usually think of pepper ginger cookies in powdered sugar, but she made them with a gen-you-ine Mennonite couple, so who am I to argue?
Welcome, Lib! This is probably the friendliest place on the Straight Dope, with very little logic, Symbolic or otherwise.
I’ve got to dress up. Black or purple? Knee-length or ankle-length? It was originally "I’ve got to dress’, but I didn’t want y’all to assume I’ve been housecleaning naked. With bleach. Ow ow ow. Anyway, I wasn’t.
Well, as usual, it’s Christmas Eve and I have to go do some last minute shopping. I hate Christmas shopping. And I have to do laundry. Envy me, ya’ll.
After the game last night, a bunch of our fans started throwing stuff on the ice at the Knoxville team. I was embarassed and ashamed. I hate it when our guys and fans are treated like that on the road, and am sorry it has happened here. I’ve never seen that level of stupid before at one of our games. We got beat fair and square - our guys just weren’t playing well. It happens. I wish these kind of people would grow up or go elsewhere. I don’t like to be associated with that kind of crap.
One of Mr. SCL’s cousins is trying to hit him up for money. She has “problems” with her rich mother and brother, so she won’t speak to them. I’m sorry - we just don’t have the money to give you.
This is turning our to be a really awful Christmas. Bah Humbug.
The bright point is that one of my buddies gave me a bottle of Crown Royal Special Reserve as my Christmas gift last night. I know what I’ll be doing tomorrow while Mr. SCL is at work!
If anyone is down this holiday or not feeling the holiday vibe–go rent Little Miss Sunshine.
That is one feel good movie-but I also cried as much as I laughed. I may have to purchase it.
Crab fondue is ready, presents wrapped (we do pressies on Eve, stockings on Day), carolls cued, kitchen clean. I might have time for a nap. Daughter is lighting a candle of some sort at the nine pm service-no way am I staying up for midnoc anything. I need to iron my uniform, and then I’m good.
Beautiful sunshiney day here-wish there was snow, but I’ll take it.
Have a very merry holiday/birthday/celebratory event of your choice. 
(smiley picked due to red and green-ness)
Happy Holidays, y’all!
Happy Birthday, Draelin!
My nana called a while ago to try to convince me to come over for Christmas. We compromised, and she and my grandfather will come over here either tomorrow or New Year’s day, and I will try to come over for my grandfather’s 80th birthday in January. She updated me on all the family stuff. My brother is still alive and physically well. His boss kindly gave him a tent to live in, and lets him come back after he wanders off for a week or six. One of my mom’s sisters finally disappeared years ago, after years of living on the edge. That would be the worst, I think, if he just disappeared and we never knew what happened. Sigh. The crazy, it runs in the family on both sides.
Now I guess I need to actually clean the house, if my grandparents are coming over. And do some laundry. I can do that tomorrow morning, the laundromat should be pretty empty on Christmas morning at 6 am. 7 And go buy a birthday card for my nana. Groan. I don’t wanna leave the house on Christmas Eve!
I’ve scrubbed the powder room, loaded the dishwasher, dyed my hair, taken a shower, and now I’m getting ready to mop the powder room floor. After that, clear the rest of the counters off, vacuum the hallway, start on the bedroom upstairs.
When I come home, I’ll steam clean the hallway, stuff the stockings, and do any last minute pick-up. Oh, and wash the kitchen floor. Finally, I think I’ll set the table so it’s all ready to go tomorrow, and I’ll have to worry about is food prep.
SCL, I’m sorry your Christmas is turning out so badly. Hopefully, next year will better. Sending extra special Christmas hugs your way.
Frankly, I’m not feeling all that holi-dayish either. However, I AM looking forward to the looks on my kids’ faces when they open their presents. To me, that’s the best part of Christmas. Of course, I want everyone to feel happy, comfortable and warm at my place tomorrow, but every year I stress over it and it’s just not fun anymore.
I’d really, really just like a Christmas with my husband and kids and not have to worry about going anywhere or gobs of people coming over. Maybe it’s kind of selfish, but I’ve never had that. I guess I should appreciate the fact that the folks and other various relatives are still around; and I DO, but I just really hate all the attendant stress with Christmas.
Well, off to do some more picking up and cleaning.
Thanks for the hugs, Taters, I appreciate it! My mom was a big Christmas fan, and it just hasn’t been the same for me without her. My bright spot is that it’s almost over!
I have finished the little bit of shopping I needed to do. Now laundry…
What’s with all the shouting?
And Myndy, why are your eyeballs melting?
Liberal - it’s impossible for this thread to be about any one person for more than 2 or 3 posts at a time. So, welcome aboard. Please don’t forget your sacreficial donation of good quality chocolate to FairyChatMom, or we shall have to unchain the goat and release the squid
Merry Christmas Eve! And Happy Birthday, Drae! Sorry - but I’m too tired to code…
Hugs for all that need them! I hope everybody has a good day.
Everything is wrapped, or baked, or cleaned. I’m ready. Now it’s time to cuddle up with my honey and flip channels back and forth to watch “A Christmas Story” and “It’s A Wonderful Life.”
We had a nice day. Went to Macaroni Grill for lunch, then snooped around in Borders and a couple other stores. Bought some books to read on the plane. Then we went to Trader Joe’s and bought some foods, including a pumpkin cheesecake for tomorrows dinner. We’re alone today 'cause the kids are at in-laws for the day but we’ll get together tomorrow for presents and dinner. Wifey want’s to go to the kids church for the 11:00pm service tonight because she has been assured they will be singing some old-fashioned hymns, which she loves. In the mean time, we’ve got ham for sammies, and the season 5 discs of 24. We’ll survive.
I think I’ve said it elsewhere, but
Happy Holidays, Y’all!!!
I am home. The dog is walked, and dinner is cooking(catfish, rice, broccoli). It’s a good thing I am going to Midnight Mass, because the skies are supposed to open up on Christmas day. We are celebrating Christ, not Noah, right?
Taters, wanna steam clean my carpet? I’ll even let you use my machine.
SCL, sorry about Christmas. {{{pucks and hugs}}}}.
LiLi, nekkid cleaning? I may have to emigrate .
palebunny, I am in the same boat, except I have beer, rum, and port. Holiday spirits, indeed.
Welcome, Lib. All you need for the MMP is an offerin of chocolate for FCM, and/or a round of beerverages for me, swampy, and MBG.
Well, I can do the chocolate and the beer. Also have some spare rooms where y’all can sleep it off afterwards, so you can drive home when you’re sober. 