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THE EAGLES SUCK

The Eagles suck.... nuff said!

Holiday Stretch Armstrong

I made a firm decision when my kids were born that we were going to make one stop on the holidays, not try to visit both sides of the family. This has worked out quite well on my side, my in-laws aren't so practical. My mother-in-law feels she needs to see everyone on the "actual" holiday. For several years now they have stopped by our house about an hour before we are scheduled to leave for Christmas Eve mass, even though we've outlined our plans for the day. Last year I gave up being polite and let my husband visit with them while I was getting dressed for church. Of course, he was still buttoning up his shirt as we were pulling out of the driveway heading for church.

Thanksgiving has generally been a designated in-law holiday. We started eating early (1:00 p.m.) as my daughter has to work at 3:00 p.m. This has worked out well. We just have my parents and my mother-in-law and father-in-law. This year panic set in for my m-in-l because the first grandchild to go away for college would be returning for the holiday, as well as, the other sister-in-laws were not spending the day with their respective families. The word on the street is that they aren't too happy with this. So they will throw dinner down their throats at our house and then "just drop by" for dessert at the other in-law's house. Yeah right, I can feel my m-in-l twitching already as the panic sets in that something is happening at the other house that she's not a part of.

My son and I will also probably head to the other house for dessert. My husband, who is probably at the root of this traveling delemia, "just wants to stay home."

Tis the season.......

In case your mom forgot to remind you, as mine had done previously for 35+ years..... we move our clocks back an hour tonight..... YIPPEE, an extra hour of sleep! She would generally call me and all my sibs to remind us, but our criticism about the reminders (afterall we're adults) prompted her to give up this habit a few years ago. I'm sure my bro's will be early for everything for at least the next day or two.

Greeneyed Popular Group

I have two new blog friends who've included me in a very popular "greeneyed" group. I'm still trying to figure out how to add things on to my blog but I've at least had fun leaving comments on other blogs. One step at a time.....

One less digit

Way to go Phillies! Certainly a reason to celebrate, glad I quit drinking or I'm sure it would be a sick day tomorrow.

Wonder how many of those idiots dancing in the streets, among bigger idiots shooting off fireworks will get injured. Boys and their toys, couldn't they just keep dancing with each other without the explosives?

Restaurant rip off - what do you think?

I received an email solicitation from a local restaurant indicating "$5.00 off every adult brunch" which sounded like a good deal. Since we were late getting started we selected to order off of the "Brunch Menu" vs. enjoying the buffet as it was close to 2:00 p.m. and it appeared they were starting to break down the buffet. Our meal was excellent. We presented our server with the coupon and he indicated that it was only good for the buffet. After pointing out that it indicated "brunch" not "exclusively the buffet" he said he would get the manager.

The manager arrived table side with our bill and in a very condescending manner indicated that he had taken the coupon off our bill, however, it was meant for the buffet. We attempted to point out that no where in the email did it indicate "buffet only" and since they have an exclusive "brunch menu" it would appear that the coupon was valid for anything on that menu. His behavior was that of annoyance and we should be grateful for the favor. We conceded at that point and felt it was a mute point to even make him aware that the coupon was for "$5.00 off every adult brunch" and he had only taken $5.00 off of the one meal.

Are we being unreasonable?

October 1, 2008, how did that happen?

I can't believe it's already October, to make matters worse I will be the parent of a 20 year old come mid-month, how in God's name did that happen? I think I'm still hip and young (although the word hip obviously completely dates me). We lost WCOJ yesterday, the station of my youth, where will I get my fix of daily Spanish background music... What is happening to the world????