Squirrel Is In

Christmas is over let the New Years party begin...

Christmas is finally over!  Now for the Christmas stories to make you feel like you are not alone in having nutty families!  Those of you who have normal families just sit back and chuckle at the madness of what is redneck Christmas.  What is funny about this is that the most redneck of them all in our family is one who is a Yankee (from up north of these parts) and who thinks she is the most "refined" of us all.  All through the year she looks down on everyone else and sits on her perch passing judgment on the rest of us.  My mother in law.  First lets clarify not my Hubby's real mother but his fathers fairly new (9years) wife.  My Hubby's real mother is a little crazy but she tries hard and is a good woman at heart.  We'll call Hubby's fathers wife StepMIL.  StepMIL informed a few weeks before Christmas that she wanted King size, deep pocket sheet set w/pillow cases for Christmas.  First off I believe unless one is asked what they want for Christmas it is tacky to start informing one what to get them especially when it is something that is going to cost over $50 like these said sheets.  As I shopped for these sheets I found that the absolute cheapest sheets I could find were $50.  I got extremely lucky and got them at Big Lots and they are 500 thread count sheets.  After taxes they were darn near 60 bucks.  We are not rich folks and $60 for a StepMIL you don't even like was a lot of money!  But we figured that since Hubby was giving his father a Carhart coat that was given to him by one of his customers (re-gifting but it was new and super nice!) and because they were going to be spending a lot on our family of four (she was making a big deal over all the money she was spending on Christmas for weeks) that we could spend the money on her.  So Christmas morning we go over to their house and what does she give my Hubby and I?  A plain brown box not even wrapped with 6 pork steaks in it that she pulled out of her deep freeze right before we got there.  OK so we got shafted.  On to the kids.  T-man opens his gift and it is a old looking case, when he opens the case there is a car detail kit in it.  The boy is 15 years old and yes he has a car but it is sitting in a pasture broken down and he can't even drive it and it needs all new interior so there is no reason to detail it.  The kicker is when she gives the boy this gift he is thinking he can't even use for at least a year, she walks over to him and tells him he can wash and detail her car for her because she gave him the kit.  On to C-man...  He opens his gift and it is the exact same (not looks like it but THE SAME gift she gave him last year re-wrapped).  She said "he never played with it much last year and I didn't think he would remember it"  He did.  He left it at their house last year because he didn't have much interest in it then and said he would play with it at their house when he came over.  What was going through her freakin' head?!  It's not like they are poor.  Anyway, oh well who cares, I felt good about the gifts we gave and the pork steaks will be good for dinner and we bought the car detail kit from T-man for $15 and I'm gonna get him to detail my car and pay him  a little for that.  C-man brought the toy home she gave to him two years in a row and maybe he'll sell it to a friend.  Whatever.  No hard feelings, it's not like we liked her before and she did damage. :)

C-man went over to Rabids mothers house on Christmas Eve.  Rabids mother bought him a bunch of toys and a cool bike.  She let her other grandchildren take their toys home with them when they went home.  Not C-man she wouldn't let him bring a single thing home not even his bike.  He even cried and told her she loves the other grandkids and not him.  She just told him to shut up and go in his room.  So I guess we are going to go buy him the exact same bike in a couple of weeks for his birthday so he can tell her to shove her bike...  Just kidding but it would be cool if he did say that to her.  I can't figure out why this hateful woman wants to take C-man away from his father when she obviously doesn't even like the kid.

Well I hope you all had a great Christmas!  What are you going to do for New Years?  Our preacher is having a "Rockin' New Years Party" in the Family Life Center.  It starts at 9pm and ends at midnight. I think I'm going to drag the family to that.  OK maybe not the whole family.  T-man is reading over my shoulder and is saying no way to that idea!

Giving a gift basket at Christmas isn't quite as historical as giving nutcracker, but holiday gift baskets can get quite original and personalizing gift baskets is the way to do that. Whether its a Christmas basket or a wine gift basket, gift baskets can be a great way to give the right gift.

Teen brings out the worst in Santa!

Santa looks a little scared here doesn't he?

Poor Santa.  Who's that smart assed teenager taking his picture?  He must have said something to anger Santa...

Now Santa that wasn't very nice!

Ok Santa is ready to go see the children... 

This little girl looks a little scared too...

But Santa can be persuasive with his promises of candy canes...

Awww he won her over!

Now it's time to ask that smart assed teen if HE'S been naughty or nice...

T-man, I wouldn't be expecting much after angering Santa and making him flip you off!

Here's my sweet great nephew, isn't he cute?!

Santas not lookin' bad either.  I wonder if he can bring that Santa suit home...

Just kidding! Don't get all grossed out on me!

Santa Claus and Christmas parties good and bad...

Tomorrow Hubby has been recruited to play Santa Claus for the kids at my sisters daycare center.  I asked him yesterday and he said yes.  He's never done it before either!  The hard part is that we don't want C-man to know about it because it might give things away for him.  So tomorrow I've got to stay home with him while Hubby goes and does it.  I'm still not feeling very good either.  I hope I stop sneezing soon I don't want to go to my sisters house on Saturday spreading germs!  Last night I missed my husbands office party because of this sickness and they served steak and shrimp!!  Hubby brought me a plate but it was cold food by the time I got it.  Not the same.  Ho hum...

Well today is the day of C-mans Christmas party.  Our lawyer said it would look good to the judge in Feb if we agreed to let her go to the party. But, Rabid refused to sign the note from the school giving her permission to visit the classroom while she is under limited supervised visits with C-man.  When hubby tried to get her to sign it (it also said Hubby would supervise while she was there) her mother jumped in and said something like "she doesn't have to sign anything!  That school can't keep her out of his classroom!"  Our lawyer says that they can keep her out if there is a court order.  The school and my husband are trying to make it to where she can go to the party but of course those two idiots have to show their asses.  Hubby is going up there for the party so hopefully she won't make a scene and embarrass the poor boy.  I'll update this post later today about it.

UPDATE:  Rabid showed up at the school for the party an hour late and the party was over.  C-man and my hubby were on their way out of the school as it was let out early today for the holiday.  Rabids mother asked my hubby if he would mind just bringing C-man over to her house at noon instead of eleven on Christmas Eve as she has church Sunday.  My hubby told her "we have church too so you can come get him at our house Sunday after you get out of church"!  Now SHE has to drive a half hour to our town to get him and she won't be here until around 1pm .  Less time C-man has to spend over there and he's glad of that.   

Last minute Christmas shopping and not feeling well...

I finally just today, finished up my Christmas shopping.  I went to our local little tiny hardware/gift store on Main street.  I got my daughter a OU (University of Oklahoma) handbag and my oldest son an OSU (Oklahoma State University) watch.  I also got hubby an electric putting cup to practice his putting, mostly because he sucks at putting! He can drive a ball out there but the put just sucks. 

I still have to iron on the Christmas applique's onto the table cloth for my sister and to make the cookies for my nephew.

I guess i'm not completely ready for Christmas yet!  I've been really sick for a couple of days now.  I told my husband I think I have Monostrepmumpalitis.  MY THROAT IS KILLING ME, in other words.  No one else in the house is sick either, just me.  I've got them hopping cooking and cleaning and hubby even went to the store and *gulp* shopped for groceries ALONE.  AND came home and cooked a great meal of pork steak, mashed potatos, macaroni & cheese and canned bisquits!  I think he knew I was sick pretty bad when the night before I through teary eyes told him of my diagnosis of the dreaded Monostrepmumpalitis.  I feel a little better today but my throat still hurts.  Well I'm off the wrap these presents!

Extreme Makeover and snowflakes

Bonnie Wren showed us all how to get a Elf Makeover. Here's me and Hubby as an elves! Muahaha! He's gonna kill me for posting this! Click on the picture to give yourself an elf makeover.

And here's something else I found at Bonnies blog.

It's a snowflake maker that a donation is made to the Salvation Army for every snowflake that is made.

Some people think plasitc surgery is essential in life which makes plastic surgery for some taking it too far, but if you are interested in getting cosmetic surgery, be sure to find a good plasic surgeon with experience in practices like liposuction and tummy tucks.

Do you like the new digs?

I am decorating the blog for Christmas but I can't decide on a theme.  I like this TODAY.  It might change again but for now I kinda like it.  I like the new header I can change the pic on the right as my mood changes.  Really i've just got a lot of time on my hands as the boys are out going to a state championship football game and I am left here alone.  I could go, but who wants to go sit in the cold and watch kids that are not your own play football?!  NOT me.  I am a little nuts but not THAT nuts.  At least not about football.

If you haven't noticed the weight counter is gone from the top of the blog.  I lost 6 pounds but then I gained back three and I was so sick of looking at it everyday on this blog.  Too depressing.

My sister is driving me crazy wanting this freakin' table cloth made for Christmas.  My mother told her I was crocheting pot holders and she wasn't too happy about it considering she doesn't do any of the cooking, her husbands does it all.  So my mother called me and told me she found a 106" table cloth at Walmart for only eight dollars.  Mom gave me the great idea to just buy iron on applications with a Christmas theme and put them on the corners.  The whole thing would only cost me about 15 dollars tops and would be EXTREMELY easy to do.  A lot easier than spending the next week crocheting my fingers to the bone for an ingrate.

Hope everyone is staying warm!!

Don't forget about my renter at the top of the sidebar! Evil Pop Tart has some new evil stories of evil deeds!

Bad Christmas Ideas

So what do you all do for Christmas with your extended family?  We draw names.  This year my sister saw a table cloth cross stitch kit at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago.  She doesn't know how to cross stitch and she decided that this year we would draw names and make homemade gifts for each other.  So I was the unfortunate who drew her name.  She promptly told me what she wanted.  Ok I love Christmas and all but this idea SUCKS!  Because I live with three males who can barely put on their own socks without help, I know I am going to have to "make" their gifts too.  NOT. GOING. TO. HAPPEN.  I went to Old Navy and got lucky and found two for one long sleeve shirts.  The boys are going to give them to the guys they drew names for.  My Hubby is going to make cookies for my nephew, that's what he wants.  My sister can kiss my butt.  I don't know how to cross stitch and her table is 106" long.  I'm making her crochet pot holders, I know how to make those.  My sister drew my name.  She owns a daycare center.  I'll probably end up with a macaroni necklace.   

Now that was the good news this week. The bad news you ask?   Rabid Squirrel and her mother showed up unannounced AGAIN yesterday.  They saw C-man over at his friends house playng in the yard.  Apparently when they saw him he got scared and took off running for our house.  He came running up on the porch a few minutes before they knocked on the door.  We are really torn about what to do.  Since we are denying her the supervised visits due to her mom NOT supervising them, maybe we should not make a big deal about them coming over here to see him.  That way when they say we are denying visits in court we can say we are letting her see him, just at our house where we can supervise her.

I have a new tenant!  To view just click on the thumbnail on the top of my sidebar.

About Evil Pop Tart...

Have you been evil?  Did you pour salt in someone’s coffee, put live scorpions in your spouses slipper, or have a hit & run accident and failed to leave a note on the persons forehead as they were taking in their last breath ?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are an evil pop tart and you must confess to the tart toaster!  Go ahead, it’s anonymous!

5 Christmas Songs Meme

I've been tagged by East of Oregon to do a Christmas Meme!

My favorite 5 Christmas Songs:

1) Jingle Bell Rock

2) O' Little Town of Bethlehem

3) Silent Night

4) Little Drummer Boy

5) White Christmas

Are pigs flying?

Thanks to Jamie for letting me in on the fact that Billy Idol has a Christmas CD. I sooo rocked out to Billy Idol in the 80's!! Now that guy was awesome! And now for your musical enjoyment, Billy Idol sings Jingle Bell Rock...

Oh football tree, oh football tree...

Mr. Fabulous posted a picture of his tree and Rebecca has been posting about Christmas all week.  So I thought I would post about my tree.  Before the picture I will give you a little background on this tree.  Two years ago we went out looking for a tree.  I don't do real anymore.  My house is small and I can't deal with all the needles.  Anyway, the males in this house decided they wanted a white tree.  A white tree with white lights and blue rope to go around it.  I thought that it was a little different, as I had always gone with a gree tree but what the heck.  Naive me.  Blue and white.  The colors of the high school football team.  They have footballed up Christmas.  No there are not any little footballs hanging on it. Yet.  I suspect they just haven't found any.  The tree is now being called the Bulldog tree.  What would Jesus think?  They think Jesus is probably a Bulldog fan and wouldn't mind.  After all this town of 1600 has about 10 churches or more.  Jesus is bound to like the town and the Bulldogs.  He wouldn't mind.   I did get an angel to go on top.  But I bet if there was a little blue helmet that lit up that angel would come up missing.