Let's all say it together "Merry Christmas"

There now it can be over.  For the most part it is finished here.  the parties and giving of gifts. not the eating though. That I fear will go on and on and on if I don't get with it. Christmas day will just be our son and possibly his friend who would be alone. 
We are going to bake a chicken since we are all tired of turkey.  then open presents and have a quiet day.  I will probably start taking down the tree that evening as usual. It seems so much cleaner when everytings put away. It is supposed to snow a litttle during the week so maybe we will have a white Christmas.  I woudl love that.   THen it should melt and stay in the 40's and 50's the rest of the winter.  I know I know I am dreaming. 
What do you do when people keep buying you presents and you really would like to cut down the list of people you buy for. There are a few presents we got that we did not intend to buy for them.  We discussed this a month or two ago but here they come with presents and so I have to keep some gifts without names on them to give in a pinch. This year I am giving fruit baskets that I can get quickly.  Walmart is a life saver with those. My son thought it was very funny when I walked around trying to find things to put in my red hatters gift bag that I had gotten as gifts.  I passed on some lovely dish towels and candles thank you very much.  
Sunday afternoon the guys are watching football and I have a new book to read so this is a perfect time.  Hope you are having a good day too.  Merry Christmas, Happy birthday Jesus, felice navidad(Sp) show some love to someone you aren't too fond of   It will confuse them and you will feel better if it's with the right fame of mind.  ,luv ya Sass
He looks a little frazzled like me. but he does have a nice smile.

People keep saying how can this happen

I have a few opinons and since I have this opportunity to voice my opinion I am going to state what I feel is the obvious.
Here we go.  I believe the United States has turned into a me country.  Everywhere we go its me me me. I beleive it started in the 50's/  Our soldiers came back home after the war and the women who had been doing the men's jobs while they were gone decided they liked the extra money so they continued to work and there were now 2 income families.  This meant more money at home to spend on the kids, and the mothers felt gluilty for not being home so they bought more and more and more
The disipline changed from the guilt it went from I said no and that's that to please do it for mommy and I will give you a surprise. It esculates more with each generation. 
I have sat in a childrens Sunday class and watched young motfhers let their childrens dictate the atmosphere of the room and of course when one starts others join in.  And we older ladies don't want to interfere for fear of making waves in the church/.  So we just sit there and look at other older ladies and roll our eyes. 
It has grown so that now the grown ups are adutls and still believe they can have everything that they want.  I worked in human resourses for years and watched as the interview for hiring went from the
prospective employee went from the attitued of Look what I can do for you to what can you do for me. The demands got bigger and bigger thanks in part to unions and we have demanded ourselves right out of Now don't get me wrong unions can be a good thing but they also can be distructive to our workforce and our llvelyhoods. 
I do not consider myself a very intelligent women. however. anyone with half a brain can tell we are spoiled way out of proportion. 
I don't want to harp on the past but for you older and I mean much older people think about when you got married.  IF you were like us you had hand me down furniture and a bearly running old car.  We thought we had the world.  My husband was in the military and Viet Nam was a threat everyday.  So we lived with that fear, It never occured to us to go to our parents and ask for money. They were in the same boat of trying to keep there lives going as best they could. I did go to stay with my parents when my husband went to war.  I worked and paid them a little not because they asked for it but because it was the right thing to do. How many parents are receiving help from their children when they come back home. 
This last week has been another example to me of the me thing. I don't want to dwell on the tragedy but why in the world would a mother who knows her child has massive problems choose to keep fireams in the house.If she enjoyed target practice then keep the guns somewhere else or lock them securely away from the family.  While this sounds terrible and am going to say it anyway.  Thank goodness the son killed her before he took other lives.  I don't think she could have withstood the pain and agony of knowning what happened.  I have thoguht about it a lot and I would want to be dead in that case.
Not to be rude but they seay they were well off, and there is nothing wrong with being well off. It seems like she could have gotten help but I am not to judge that is God's decision.
Last God,  people say why did God let such a thing happpen.  I remember when my brother was 28 years old and his plane, he was a pilot in the Air Force, crashed.   At the funeral the one thing the minister said that has always stuck with me.  Wouldn't it be awful if only old people were in heaven.
Think about it

Don't let the holidays go by without talking to loved ones.  God keeps in touch with us let's do the same.   Luv ya Sass

can't get into the spirit

 I am having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit.  We have had our children's and adult Christmas programs at church and they went well, but now everything just seems blah again.  Won't be with our family again this year.  It has been so long since we have been together for the holdiays that I can hardly remember it.  I am just not able to travel and their lives are so busy they can't take the time. Besides I think our daughter in laws family will be there with them and that is good that part of the family will celebrate.. 
I am not even going to send Christmas cards this year.  It seems like more and more are cutting down on such things.  I feel guilty about it, but I usually send about 100 and more and that adds up fast money wise.
It looks pretty bare under our poor little tree.  We sent the packages out yesterday so just the three of us have presents from each other. 
We decided to not make so many sweets this year too.  I made 4 dozen cookies and they have been almost all eaten no candy yet .  Hubby always gets  me chocolate covered cherries and I am still waiting for them. Friends make a dish of homemade candy and it has been eaten.  I am hoping not to gain weight this year. 

It seems as tthough I have been at the hospital or doctors office everyother day amd not making much progress.  Still not able to walk very far without a walker and then can't take the weight of standing very long.  Hopefully that will change soon. The one nice thing is that they have given me happy pills so I really don't care very much.
Have a great week.  Don't let grouchy people like me get you down.  Enjoy this time AND SPREAD THE CHEER.  LUV YA sASS

Good morning,
It is a rainy day in my area today. Kinda gloomy.  My sister believes that she becomes depresessed at about this time every year because she is a light person., and as she lives in Wisconsin there isn't a whole lot of light up there.  I always thought it seemed very light due to the sun bouncing of the snow. Just goes to show you how different people see things. I too prefer light to gloomy, but I wouldn;t want to live some place that has light year round. Friends of ours leave for Florida the day after Christmas and stay for three months. Too much.

Does anyone else get shots in yout back for arthritis of the spine?   They really hurt and I have had only one so far.  It only worked for about 3weeks I was very disappointed so I am going to get another shot on Thursday.  I sure hope this one works alot better.   Hoping I can walk without a walker.  They sure get in eeryones's way My poor husband trips on it quite often.

This coming Sunday is the adult Christmas program.  Glad it's coming to a close.  Hope it is a  Hit ,mostly hope theyget the message accross to have fun but remember why we are celebrating.

Time to eat the one good thing about my problems is that my hubby does all the cooking.  I must admit that I miss it somethimes/
Have a great week  Whose turn is topray  I love it when the children pray for us. see ya Sass