So, my parents called me last night and told me that they booked 2 nights in our condo at Depoe Bay. It is on the coast of Oregon. So, I will fly home on Friday, December 21st and that day we are driving to the coast and spending Friday and Saturday night there. I am so excited to not be in town for all the Christmas hub-bub the weekend before Christmas. Well, we will do a little shopping at the outlet stores. And then we will get home and get ready for our Christmas Eve dinner. I am so excited! The coast won't be this sunny, but that just means that I get to sit in the indoor hot tub even more! Yes!!!
Depoe Bay
Part Grinch, Part Scrooge
I have often said the last few years that I am the Grinch. I thought I would explain this for all my readers.
You see, I worked retail for a few years. I missed on Thanksgiving and barely made it home for on Christmas (I had to work until 8 pm Christmas Eve because people wouldn't leave the store.) For those years I saw an entirely different side to the Christmas Season. I saw that dollar signs were more important than mangers. I was forced to listen to non-religious Christmas music for hours and hours where presents and myths we tell children are glorified and worshipped. And, I had to listen to people yell at me over sweaters and t-shirts.
So, no, I don't look forward to "The Christmas Season." However, like the Grinch and Scrooge I have a change of heart on Christmas day.
I am part Grinch because I see the "toys, toys, toys" and hear the "noise, noise, noise." But my heart grows three times that day and I think, "Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
I am part Scrooge because all through December I almost dread Christmas Day. But on Christmas morning I wake up and remember Christmas Past as a small child, making sugar cookies with Mom, and listening to Frosty the Snowman on my old record player while decorating the Christmas Tree. I feel the joy of Christmas Present where my mother becomes a little girl again and sheds her light and joy on our entire family. And then I think about Christmas Future where my children circle around me and I teach them the real reason for the season - the birth of the Savior of all mankind.
So, I may be part Grinch and part Scrooge, but on Christmas Day they are two characters who truly exemplify what Christmas is about. And that ain't bad.
Do you have bad days at the office?
So, here is another hilarious video. Now, I teach computers and believe me, I have wanted to do this a time or two.
Here is the link if the video doesn't come up. http://www.glumbert.com/media/baddayoffice
Wedding Dance
So, traditionally the first wedding dance of a couple is a romantic, special event. Mothers get tears and fathers sigh with regret that they have lost their little girls. Well, watch this video and see how this couple celebrated their first dance together. I found it hillarious! I couldn't download the video, so here is the link:
http://www.sonnyradio.com/firstdance.html
