The time.....it's a flying.

I just want you to know that it cannot be almost Christmas....no, it just can't. I only got my Christmas cards Tuesday and put just a few of them in the mail today. Meaning I'm nowhere near being ready for anything, much less Christmas!



Oh, funny post office story. The post office nearest my home is always crowded, even when there isn't an impending doom holiday. I needed stamps so I reluctantly got in line with hundreds of people carrying lots of packages that needed weighing, insurance, return receipts, etc. Just as I was debating how badly I needed stamps or if maybe I could somehow coerce Russell into getting them, a postal employee (in a good mood I might add) asked if any of us just wanted stamps. Yippee, I raised my hand along with 2 others. So we formed a completely separate line and he started with the first lady in line. She had THREE cards and was getting THREE stamps, but she was very confused about the process and took forever. When she finally ambled away and the guy in front of me got up to the counter, the postal employee in the next booth suddenly said I've got to go, I have a 1 o'clock appointment. Well, you may or may not get where this is going. When she left, the sweet stamp employee had to take over her position, effectively making the guy in front of me and, well, me, look like line breakers!





I came up with the perfect solution........I kept my eyes front and center and never looked back at those who had been standing in line longer than I had! Then I crept out and mailed my cards.





Yes, we also had our yearly termite inspection today. The one where the guy comes in and inspects every square foot of your house including your closets! He may have wondered why there were no presents under our tree until he walked into the guest bedroom and wrapping bags and paper attacked from every direction!






I apologized for my dogs who followed him around the entire house (well, the are guard dogs!) and he says to me well, that's better than them barking! Well, sir it is their house, and you are, in their eyes, an intruder! That was just what I thought, didn't say it out loud. Oh, my if I said everything that I thought......well, let's just say I shouldn't and won't!



But, back to my point (if there was a point to this mess) it cannot, simply cannot be almost Christmas!