Merry Christmas Eve-Eve!

    Roaming around Benson Arizona yesterday.   Got some Kool shots before I froze out.  

     Merry Christmas Eve- Eve as I would and will call it!  Try as I may once again this year I can not really get into the Christmas spirit for a lot of reasons.    There is no snow on the ground, it seems and feels like it was just July, I still have shopping to do, we have received several very downer bits of mail this month--- the mood at our house  is just kind of blah....etc etc.  I have been trying to turn this all around- by reading old blog posts of mine from December.   While most of them are amusing, at least to me, I have noticed that I get this same kind of feeling a lot during the holidaze.  For the same reasons-many times.  Or because I was writing yet another boring chapter in my life book, and finding myself single for the season.  I can only hope that this new year is much better for us.  It is close if nothing else!   I am sure you are already finding people that are overly witty, yelling "see you next year!"  as they leave your side or coffee meeting.     I also hope that you and yours--whomever you may be, are not in this funk and are having a very festive and very safe holiday season!    Merry Christmas!!

    **"I am trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but I can't seem to get the Dam bottle open!"**


    **"I truly hope everyone enjoys the air guitars I got them for Christmas!"**

    **Just imagine what last call would be like if Wal Mart had a bar!.....**

                               **"Life is short   play with your dog!"**

                         **"It's beginning  to cost a lot like Christmas!"**

Should have posted this in yesterday's blog on the 22nd

But shows I still have plenty of shopping time!

I have a list in my head of final shopping but will probably just resort to my old standby of hitting 7-11 on Christmas Eve and buying everyone  A cup of coffee, donuts, a 40 of Old English--or three and condoms.  ;)

      Last topic for today---is a mini vent I had on one of my pages---about the stupid new-ish item that all the "soft" parents must have during the holiday season. The elf on a shelf----Have you heard about this money waster? You get this elf to put up sent from Santa--to watch over your child and remind them to be good this holiday season. And I must admit---it is beyond stupid in my eyes. 
**I am sorry but this whole concept is beyond stupid. My parents never needed ssomething like this to keep me behaved during the holidaze. Because I wanted presents. And maybe because I actually got spanked. Who is going to remind you older kiddo to be good while they are in prison---Jar-jar that hangs on your jail Bars?**----- My above thoughts were posted after someone was looking for one of these elves on my own page. As of yet---no replies to my thoughts. But is it any wonder that so many kiddos are so willing to do whatever they wish? We as a society are mainly afraid to punish or discipline our kids in any way. And we are raising a nation that can not/will not take the blame for anything. But what do I know?

Another picture from yesterday.

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I think this is an amazingly great picture of my parents back in Sheridan Wyoming.

From the senior center newsletter.

I took lots of pictures of them and us on my trip back home, and none showed there glow even close to this one.  

Again in Benson.

Where I guess they don't just praise meth.  ;)

I have pictured this several times, but now here it is in the day light simply because---can you read the sign??

The sign is greatly faded. 

But says "No Parking!'

Interesting since they traveled far to be denied a place to stay for a very long time. 

And now your moment of Zen ...

Santa and his helper had a ruff night last night it looks like.

Good thing they have a few daze to energize before D Day!

This sign on a local store front could easily pass as my Christmas list 

if you added coffee to the sign or list.