It's beginning to look a lot like ...

Caricature time!

Easily the coolest gift ever! Mr. Wonderful's Equally Wonderful Employer (EWE) hosted a fantabulous Christmas Party this weekend. There were clowns, magicians, minstrels and Santa - oh my! There was also ... drumroll please ... a caricaturist (word?) Oh how I love them! I have wanted one of these of my kids for just a stitch past FOREVER. I've only seen them at amusement parks, however, and the children never showed the slightest bit of amusement when I suggested they sit still in the blazing hot sun to have them made.

Until now. I am going to use caricatures for EVERYTHING. Seriously, in my caricature I will be thin, and 20 years old ... for the children the look is a LOT more realistic!

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Good tidings of joy to you and all yours (and mine too!)

Y'all are Hee-larious

Really. I am surrounded by jokesters and funny folk. That is the only explanation for why I received THIS in my email just days before my approaching birthday. While I am reaching "a certain age"
 I assure you I am not quite ready for retirement (not that there's anything wrong with that). To whomever signed me up for AARP, you know who you are (even if I don't!)

Democracy smells a lot like ... pie

I pity the people who cast absentee ballots. Our polling place is a local church. We vote, catch up with neighbors, browse the bake sale and annual bazaar, and come away the better for it. Today I scored some vintage Tupperware, an antique(ish) cider bottle, and a fantastic cherry crumb.

For me, democracy is an enjoyable part of small town life. And Freedom smells a lot like pie.

Every dog has his day

So Jagger doesn't whine, complain, and carry on, he too shall get his moment of glory. 

 

Quote of the Day

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

                                                         ~Henry Ward Beecher

A dog and his log ...

As promised in this week's column, Ace and his aspirations toward bigger and better logs




He dreams big this dog.  


 

We call this one "Dog in weeds ..." The log is slightly more manageable in size, yet still hurts like the dickens if he hits you with it.


 

Early log. Hardly more than a stick really. This one barely left a mark ...

Good Tidings to you - and cheap gifts too!

Getting an early jump on that Holiday Shopping? These early 1970's commercials might help!
Because nothing says "yuletide joy" like cozying up to the flickering glow of a candle burning down into Barbra Streisand's head. And the $1.95 Papermate pen might be back in the budget this year!
It's worth it just for the savvy commercial for the 1977 Ford Pinto with, I kid you not, "redesigned fuel features." I assume that's some smart advertising guy's technical term for "will no longer explode upon minor impact!" I hope that guy got his Christmas Bonus that year.
Good times the 70's. Speaking of cars, what ever happened to "rack and pinion steering?" Do we no longer rack? Pinioning is no longer needed? Of course it also had that rockin' AM stereo ...