I was so busy on Friday that I forgot to post this!
1.) The area where my office is located is close to the foothills to the West; so it starts getting dark really early - like shortly after 3pm. By 5 when I get to leave it is really dark. On the other hand, if I sneak out a bit early, I get to see some beautiful sunsets...
2.) Tom turned 60 on 12/12/12. To celebrate on Friday night, he wanted to see the movie Hitchcock at his favorite theater which serves food and beer. He didn't know it, but all the kids arranged to be there, too!
3.) Circumstances were such that Tom couldn't put off getting new phones for various family members (mine got wet in our big storm due to sideways rain... I am not kidding. It was in the pocket of my raincoat and got wet enough to kill it.) We are very behind the rest of the population and don't have smart phones and the kids have been clamoring for them but he was resistant. He couldn't see what the big deal is and didn't want to pay for 5 phones and especially a data plan.
Well, he negotiated 5 free phones and a very affordable data plan and the phones arrived last week. Guess who is addicted to his smart phone? The man never puts it down. He plays with the "personal assistant" - Sam is her name and he gave her a British accent. He has a dozen apps, plays music, started reading a book and even watched a movie on it all in the first 3 days!
On his birthday he asked Sam to sing Happy Birthday to him. She declined. He called her a bitch and then she refused to open his emails.
4.) Am I the only one who has a problem with ads showing items I have previously searched or ordered online popping up all over the place when I am online? This makes it very difficult to keep my "Santa shopping" private since my computer is sometimes shared and is in the kitchen out where everyone can see.
Every time I close the ads down in one place they open up in another. This is an invasive marketing technique and this time of year it is especially irritating.
5.) House is decorated, almost all the gifts are wrapped, most of the cookies are baked and some are in the mail, the holiday letter is written and the photo of the kids ready to print. I seem to be in good shape considering I got a late start to things this year.
How are your holiday preparations going?
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Decorated, more or less. We're not doing a big gift exchange this year, but there will be a lot of baking to do next year.
Decorating, or the feeble effort I call decorating, is done but I'm still behind on gifts. I'm making two, and it's obvious they're going to get done at the last minute.
I think if you clear your browsing history, the ads go away.
The house is decorated and the tree is up. Packages arrive from Amazon daily - my husband has discovered the joy that is Amazon - but I haven't wrapped a single thing. I'll probably do my usual wrapping frenzy christmas eve after the kids have gone to bed.
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