yet another thing to deal with, well I've made it through them all so far.

Here's to keeping the streak (and me) alive

I enjoy T-Day, cause I like turkey and fixings, but I always hate the commercial aspects of xmas.   Its like WWE Smackdown out there, and the very thought that I have to go into that melee to buy gifts is a turn-off.   Hmmm, wouldn't money be considered a personal gift, if I write names on the bills with a black marker?

I'm with you LA. Between all the commercialization and the "Political Correctness" Holidays are just a huge PIA. And gift-giving........it's a strain on the budget(read as spending money most people could better use paying bills and providing basics for the family) and the receivers never appreciate the gift anyway so why bother?

For the last couple of years we've been buying gifts for folks in the nursing home that have no family. Seems a better use of the money we can spare!

Serowbot wrote on 11/20/12 at 18:33:50:


But Sero...........the couch is my   regular sleeping place! I wanna try something different for a change  

ZAR wrote on 11/20/12 at 18:45:11:

So,.. you're a poet, too?...  ...



PS,.. Lost,.. we're always here...  

I find that I fight depression best, by seeing it as my task to buck up the spirits of others... Be extra friendly in the checkout line,.. wave to neighbors... if you're with family,.. volunteer to help with preparations...  
You become, who you pretend to be... your external behavior, elicits responses from people, that will infect you, and can lift you...
Just try your best... ...and remember to drink... ...
Wisdom from the Yogibot... ...

Peace,
Serow

I'm all for it Mike, unfortunately once your married with kids it's all about them.  It's all good, I had my years of doing my own thing till I got married  


Everyone enjoy the holiday season to it's fullest however you decide to do so, and stay safe as Serowbot pointed out the bleary eyed shopper is out there!  

Cavi Mike wrote on 11/21/12 at 03:29:25:




As time passes & Mike reveals himself more & more Im seein someone
I agree with more & more. I dont NOT do things for people because its NOT Christmas. If someone needs something And its Christmas, then they can have it, For Christmas..
How would your wife feel if she came up to ya on Dec. 26th & said "Aww, the heel just broke off my favorite old pair of heels" & you said

"Gee, too bad that didnt happen 2 weeks ago,, I woulda got ya some new ones for Christmas.. Looks like youll just hafta wait a year, Hon,, Im sure sorry,,"

& Birthdays,, dont EEEven get me started on Birthdays,,I only know one persons Bday, besides my wife & girl & grandson,, & thats my older sister, July 16,, Cuz there was always a nice party on the weekend of 7/16. MY B/day? 12/23, First Bday Party I had I was 19. For my Bday, I was allowed to open a Christmas present, "A" being one essential point,
the other was, it wasnt even a gift to me For my B/day, it was Christmas paper. They couldnt even bother to wrap it in Bday paper. Im just not all that big on most holidays,  but I do enjoy Thanksgiving. I actually like that one. Its not an obligation to purchase & give, its time with family & friends & this year we will be going out to a smallish place, out in the boonies, to spend time with a couple of other families, people I dont even know, except for the lady who owns the house. WE went out once before, Christmas last? IDK,, MIta been Tgiving,, its a neat old house, they had it moved out there. We will be talking about a Homesteading Group, working together, learning canning & other "How Great Gramma & Grampa made it" stuff,, WE may be forming a Momlitia! How to put up foods, prepare them for freezing, drying foods, gardening ideas,, maybe we can even coordinate work brigades & take turns meeting & working at each others places, getting gardens prepared,,etc, etc,, & all that jazz,,

Dave wrote on 11/21/12 at 07:32:10:


reminds me of how i thought a dryer was a great wedding present for my wife (hey i was only 24!)  it turned out ok, we're still married