12-24-2017 Good Times!!

                  Sunset last night from  the near by Mescal/J6 area.
      Arizona sunsets are basically always amazing and the colors involved are completely different each time some how.  

Arizona sunrises are usually equally as amazing

I am just rarely up early enough to witness many

and have much few pictures of sun rises for sure. 

             And to all a good night----wait that's my closing line.   Wait that's Santa's closing line much later tonight.  For many years I might not recall much on Christmas Eve.  We had a tradition for years were my beautiful wife and I would get one of those Margarita buckets, that is pre mixed--and you just add the booze--add the booze and freeze it all day long.   About night time, which comes very early this time of year, we would start drinking it  and than after the kiddos went to sleep---attempt to help Santa and put the Christmas toys together.  This is not still our tradition any more for several reasons.   My wife has diabetes and the sugar and such in such booze would probably land her in the hospital,  We have become light weights with booze in our old ages,   And lastly --the kiddos are all teenagers now and don't go to bed at night.  If we waited for them to go to sleep---Santa would already be back home at the pole, clocked out officially with his boots by the warm fire place.  
      Last night my wife and I did some last minute shopping at Wally World.  We have found at the local retail store, if you wait till after midnight--you basically have the whole store to yourself.   Many times when we go in, the workers are all filing out to have there late smoke break.  Even two night before Christmas   this held true!  Although we did not even get to the store till 2 in the AM.    About the only down sides to all this are if you actually need help from a worker---good luck finding one, but that pretty much holds true any time of day that you shop here.  If you do find a worker, and corner him, and ask him something, he is not familiar with that particular department, or item, or section of the store and he really needs to get back to what he was doing, heading to the break room!   I've worked at the store for eight years in my past,   I get it, you get what you pay for.   Or in Wal Marts case     you get a reflection of the paychecks and training handed out.   The only major concern I have with late night shopping is that most other customers tend to smell like BO very badly in the after midnight crowd.  

 Finally a list I can finish. Although if you get jittery. Your a light weight

  Two years back at work I do believe on Christmas Eve---Good times!
So earlier in the main lobby of the casino where I work some drunk lady was yelling at the door security guards. Calling them lil b*tches among other things. The real police were called in when she would not leave. And she tried to make a run for it, staggering further into the casino. She got tackled and than tazzered several times, when she would not let the cops hand cuff her. Dinner show for our guest for sure! Some one should have takin' a picture or two for her Christmas cards


   My only deep quote and or words of wisdom for today.....
Its good to learn this early boys and girls but here's the cliff notes. Its not about being good or bad but rich kiddos get more from Santa than poor kids do.

It is supposed to be 75 here tomorrow!

Stupid desert weather

High octane coffee??

So last night I ended up at the Mescal Bar for the first time ever.

Pretty chill place-for sure.

Although I think my buddy was more impressed than myself.

They give you bottomless popcorn with drinks.  Something I have never seen before. 

And had pull tabs for gambling---I have not seen those anywhere since we left Washington state, years ago. 

We had a driver last night,  but the only major draw back I could see to this place, is it is a ways down the road to visit   and you have to take the highway to get there---so getting home from this bar could be tricky-easily. 

           So my folks have been sending me all these really old pictures---well not to old  they are in color--- Right now pictures mainly of past Christmas.   And they are interesting for sure.   But a good interesting.  Good times!

My 4th Christmas I do believe. Notice how happy I am for a typewriter... I guess I have always wanted to write. And have been a geek for years. I need to get back to writing much more