Lidna at 2nd Cup of Coffee brings us todays meme:
Random Dozen

1. Do you find it gross to share drinks with family? Friends?
why yes, i do. get your own stuff to eat and drink, leave mine alone.

2. What have you learned this year? (You didn't see a question of that weight coming, did you? At least not for #2.)
colleen is more stressed than i thought. shawn needs a new bed and manda needs a safe car.

3. When do you dismantle the Christmas decorations?
no need to dismantle if you never mantle.

4. Something you wish to accomplish before the end of 2009 is:
clean edaville so they can shut the building down right away.

5. How do you feel about winter (after Christmas)?
fine.

6. Have you participated in after-Christmas sales?
absolutely not.

7. Do you have plans for New Year's Eve?
yes, i will be at work.

8. Is there anything special awaiting you in January?
not one frigging thing.

9. If your life this year was a movie, what category or genre would it be? (Romance, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Suspense, Farcical, etc.)
my life would definately be a farce with all the players being jesters or malcontents.

10. How much time per day do you spend blogging? Please do not lie. I will know.
lately zero. today about 15 minutes.

11. Who runs your household?
ha! joke. not funny.

12. Share one hope/dream for 2010.
i hope i dont get foreclosed on or go bankrupt.

Ruby Tuesday is brought to you by Mary the Teach...

I took this snapshot the other day
when bunches of snow fell on my town.
The Shawns did all the shovelling at home
and I did no shovelling at all.

10:43pm
earlier this evening, i fell asleep.
i woke up to the dog at my feet, the cat at my shoulder and the bird pulling at my ear.
it is true.
i don't have a picture of this.
i missed dinner too.

i did find a gift from santa.

should i open it or wait till morning?

When you gotta go, you gotta go!


This is what my yard looked like yesterday...

This is what it looks like today...

Travis has some questions about what happened overnight...

Penny was only concerned with one thing...

Dogs have no manners!

Random Dozen time again...

1. Which Wizard of Oz character are you most like?
Well, I don't think I'm like Dorothy, she is quite perky and feisty. Not so much the Tin Man either. He cries much easier than I do. I am nowhere near as smart as The Scarecrow. So that leaves The Cowardly Lion. Even though I am afraid, my fear doesn't stop me from doing.

2. When you're deciding what you're going to wear each morning, which item do you select first? Why?
OK. I don't have to decide what I'm going to wear. I have few clothes, so what I wear depends on what I'm doing that day. I generally do three things: work at church, work at the greenhouses or work at Edaville. If I'm going to church, I wear the clean clothes. If I'm going to the greenhouses or Edaville, I wear clothes that can get dirty. If I stay home, I wear pyjamas.

3. What kind of animal do you think the world could live without?
I am not sure, but I think we need them all. Case in point: what function does the duck-billed platypus serve? I'm not sure anyone knows, but he's still here!

4. How many Christmas trees are in your home?
Today? zero.

5. Would you prefer to be emotionless if it mean you didn't have to feel a heartbreak?
No, I would prefer not to be emotionless.

6. Do you ever experience holiday let-down or depression?
Not since I quit Christmas presents.

7. Do you like Michael Jackson's music?
I enjoy "Billie Jean" and the Alien Ant Farm version of "Smooth Criminal".

8. Why is it that we never judge people who have their teeth fixed for cosmetic reasons, but every other cosmetic procedure has a stigma?
Only the real obscene and obnoxious cosmetic procedures are looked upon with suspicion. People who have injuries and need cosmetic procedures never get looked at funny.

9. Enjoy horseback riding?
Why yes, I do.

10. Shoes--practical or stylish?
Practical all the way.

11. What was the name of your first pet? Feel free to post a pic.
Eloise.

12. What percentage of your Christmas shopping is done?
I do not buy Christmas presents.