I mean, look at this face... how can you not smile? :-)
1. Are you cooking Christmas dinner? How many will be round your table this year? What are we having?
Yes, I am cooking this year, and it will just be a quiet Christmas with my hubs, kids, and I. We will be having ribs for Christmas Eve - not what I would have chosen, but my Middle C requested, and hubs agreed, so what are you going to do? :-) Christmas dinner will be ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, and yeast rolls.
2. What is one must-have Christmas cookie in your house?
Carmelitas - more of a bar than a cookie, but Christmas just isn't complete without them... and they are easy to make too!
3. Santa likes a glass of milk with his cookies. Do you? What kind of milk is on tap at your house-skim? almond? soy? full fat (Gasp!)
This Santa kindly requests a glass of Chardonnay, please. Not with the cookies, exactly... just in general.
If milk is to be served, then it is of the skim variety.
4. Time magazine recently named their 'Person of the Year' for 2011. This is the person the editors believe had the greatest impact, for better or worse, in the past year. This year they chose 'The Protester'. Your thoughts? Who would you name Person of the Year for 2011?
"Seriously?" is what I thought about Time magazine's choice. I still think the whole "Occupy" movement is bizarre... sorry, I just don't see that they are making much impact and their whole philosophies seem somewhat convoluted.
My person of the year would be our military - in terms of honor, sacrifice, and duty, protecting all that is good and honorable, sacrificing themselves and their families... none can compare.
5. December 21st is National Flashlight Day... when was the last time you needed a flashlight and did you know right where to find one?
The last time I needed a flashlight was when my Middle C had a sore throat and I needed to see just how bad it was... and yes, a flashlight is always kept underneath the kitchen sink!
6. candy canes...yum or yuck?
Yum! Not in large amounts, but when you have an upset tummy (from, say, too many carmelitas!) or swirled in hot cocoa... yummy yummy!
7. What Christmas carol lyric means the most to you?
Oh gosh... only one? Oh Holy Night - "Long lay the world in sin and error pining 'till He appeared and the soul felt it's worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn - Fall on your knees! Oh hear the angel voices! Oh night divine! Oh night when Christ was born! Oh night divine! Oh night! Oh night divine!"
8. Insert your own random thought here.
I spent yesterday up in Boise running around doing gathering last minute stocking supplies and buying Costco out of everything - I mean, my kids will be home. All day long. For 2 weeks. I have to stock up - because obviously they are NEVER fed. Ever. Good grief! But anyway, I could not believe how cranky some people were! i mean, really... just because you are stressed out, doesn't mean you should take it out on everyone else around you. This is Christmas - a time for family and friends and beautiful music and yummy food and celebrating the fact that God himself came down in the form of a baby just to SAVE us from our sins even though we are COMPLETELY unworthy and NOTHING we could EVER do would save us...
SO - if you are still shopping out there, be sensitive to those around you - smile even if you don't feel like it, and give a kind greeting to the poor harried store clerks!
And if you are a store clerk, the same goes for you - smile even if you don't feel like it, thank God that you have a job in this horrible economy, and give a kind greeting to the poor harried customers, especially those who are toting around small children!
And have a truly blessed day, my friends!
