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days until Christmas: 1.5
By heather | December 23, 2008
Days until Christmas: 1.5
Number of cards sent: 67
Number of cards returned because I forgot to stamp them: 1 (so far)
Number of times Brett has asked if we sent a card to someone who sent us a card: 3
Number of times I have replied, “No, ‘we‘ did not, however I DID“: 3
Number of Christmas letters received: 4! I love letters!
Number of cards received with inappropriate picture on it: 1
Number of presents Alex has opened that are not his: 4
Trips to WalMart in the last week to pick up one more thing I forgot: 5
Number of gifts purchased for family and friends: 1, 486
Number of gifts purchased for husband: ZERO
Number of hours left to shop after work and teaching yoga today: 2
Things I could have bought online if only I had thought of them EARLIER: all
Number of times I am likely to curse other shoppers for waiting until the last minute and crowding up the mall getting in my way: infinite
Number of family members who have fallen ill since trip to petri dish in-laws at Thanksgiving: ALL
Current number of family members ill: 2 (including me, which should count twice because WAAH)
Doctor visits scheduled in last three weeks to address illness: 4
Number I forgot about and missed: 1 (oops)
Prescriptions filled: 3 (how do muscle relaxers interact with sinus medication? And martinis? And antibiotics? Let’s find out!)
Number of festive holiday martinis made from vodka, V8 Pomegranate Blueberry juice and a splash of lime: countless and delicious
Number of times Alex has tried to drink festive holiday martini exclaiming, “JOOOSE! JOOOOOOOSSSSE!”: 4
Number of times successful: 1, followed by a lip smacking, “MMMMMMmmmmm!”
Number of red stains on carpet: 1
Work accomplished while at work this week: none
Pants too tight from non-stop parade of miscellaneous carbohydrates mashed together with butter and sugar: all
Inclinations to go to gym: none
Snowflakes: not a one
Santas on my roof: pending
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Topics: holidays, lists! | 6 Comments »
Tags: christmas lists, give me a cookie and a martini, i must go shopping now
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
those martinis sound GOOD!
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I second that, after this month I need a drink.
Great list, best one all year.
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December 24th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Yes, that drink sounds fantastic
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December 26th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! I loved the list.
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December 27th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I am tired just reading this, I hope you’ve had some recoup time!
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January 3rd, 2009 at 1:04 am
“Number of times I have replied, “No, ‘we‘ did not, however I DID“: 3″
That settles it, my house is bugged. I can not tell you how many times I have said this or something like it this month!
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