Thursday, December 13, 2007

Thursday 13

13 Things I Still Need to Do to Get Ready for Xmas


  1. Make sure I have the ingredients to make gingerbread men.
  2. Buy soda for family party on Sunday, 12/16.
  3. Find book I plan to give to niece and finish wrapping her gift.
  4. Wrap stuff to help out Santa.
  5. Buy gifts for DH.
  6. Clean living room.
  7. Clean kitchen.
  8. Put stuff in proper places.
  9. Hook up new computer.
  10. Organize ebay and half.com stuff in computer room (probably will wait until after the holidaze).
  11. Find gifts for two white elephant gift games.
  12. Finish Journal #72
  13. Read library books I've had checked out since spring and keep renewing.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Xmas Survey

Survey About Christmas Habits

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper (bags
for bottles etc)

2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree? Normally right after Thanksgiving, or first week of December

4. When do you take the tree down? After the new year

5. Do you like eggnog? never had it


6. Favorite gift received as a child? Bruce Springsteen, Live 75-85 boxed set

7. Do you have a nativity scene? yes, but we didn't set it up this year

8. Hardest person to buy for? My nephew

9. Easiest person to buy for? my DD

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? My grandmother once sent us these horrible western-style shirts that were in style at the time (late 1980s). Let's just say they didn't fit and were the ugliest things I'd ever seen.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail by far

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? "A Christmas Story"

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? November

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Yes, and going to again this year, too.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? deviled eggs

16. White lights or colored on the tree? colored, and preferably twinkling

17. Favorite Christmas song? Merry Christmas Baby, Santa Claus is Coming to Town

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? stay HOME

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yes

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Santa!

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Family
on X-mas Eve and santa's on X-mas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? crowded stores and the constant commercials to buy MORE MORE MORE

23. What I love most about Christmas day? DD's face when she opens her gifts from Santa