Merry Christmas everyone.
What I know.
Christmas Mystery
I don’t usually do these (got this one over at Amy’s Bad Groove), but I thought since I have had some new lurkers and some increas in traffic, I thought I would give everyone a chance to know a little bit more about me.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Gift bags—easier to do, less fighting with the scotch tape
2. Real tree or Artificial? I love real ones, but my allergies don’t
3. When do you put up the tree? Thanksgiving weekend
4. When do you take the tree down? February…seriously, I take it down either on Christmas day or the day after
5. Do you like eggnog? Nope
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Grease Soundtrack—purchased as an album (not CD or cassette for me on this on
7. Hardest person to buy for? Postman (my hubby)
8. Easiest person to buy for? Little Smoke
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes (a small one)
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail-job security for my husband, The Postman
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Probably the year I got nothing from my ex-husband-that’s why he is now my ex.—cheap and lazy to shop for me that year
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? One Magic Christmas
13. When do you start shopping? The week after Thanksgiving. I hate shopping, crowds, etc. I think I inherited the male gene of shopping
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yeppers—planning to regift one this year
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Oreo Balls
16. Lights on the tree? Of course…best thing about it all, I have a prelit tree and don’t have to string them on the tree
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home—once again that whole crowd thing gets in the way
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Yes—Matt, Ryan, Kevin, Jeff, Jimmie, Dale, Greg, Tony…oh wait those aren’t his reindeer, but I bet he could to everyone’s houses very quickly
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I have a star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve? Christmas? Usually Christmas Eve, but with Little Smoke’s adoption, definitely Christmas day this year
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? I hate to say it, but those little bell ringers standing outside the stores and of course crowds.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? NASCAR
24.Favorite Ornament on tree? My new Daytona 500 Hallmark ornament and of course my Tony Stewart one
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Two tickets to Daytona 500 (wink, wink)
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Crap shoot
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? Crap shoot
28. What was your most memorable magical Christmas memory from your adulthood? This year will be the first for Little Smoke, the little boy we adopted last month
29. Have you ever been involved in a Christmas gift prank? Can’t say that I have, but I am definitely one who would join in if asked
30. Favorite Christmas Cartoon? Frosty the Snowman
Stewart Hass Fan site
Yes, I am here relatively speaking. I work at a major univeristy in Texas and this is graduation week. This is the time of the year that is the most stressful for me with the exception of times in May and August when we graduation again. Anyhow, I really, really wanted to get the 2008 Trixies posted, but with all this stress I have been so tired at night and I pretty much go home and fall asleep.
If any of you Tony fans out there haven’t cruised on over to StewartHaasFan.com, then you are missing out. You can find all the latest and greatest news info on Tony as well as Ryan Newman and everything Stewart Haas Racing. The Park is also listed on this site as well, so perhaps I might get a little bit more traffic here in the Park. If anyone who is new, I would liked to say “Welcome” and feel free to comment on anything you want.
I am going to try to organize my Trixies this weekend…I said I am going to try between graduation and Christmas shopping, I might just things done this weekend.
Have a great day everyone…oh, I am also going to read up on all the Petty stuff and perhaps comment on it next week.
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Margaritaville
Yesterday, here in The Park, we ventured back to those lovely high school days.
I say screw high school and let’s all head down to Margaritaville. Let’s all go sit down by the beach with our Margarita in our hand, searching for our lost shaker of salt and on the table our Cheeseburger in Paradise. You know the kind, the one with lettuce, tomato, Heinz 57, french fried potatoes and a big kosher pickle. I mean come on now, it may not be 5:00 o’clock where I am right now, but it’s 5 o’clock somewhere and that’s just fine with.
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Eatings, Football, and Christmas
I hope everyone out there had a great Thanksgiving holiday. I spent Thanksgiving dinner with some wonderful friends again this year. I don’t know if I every mentioned it here at The Park, but I am an only child so I consider these friends my brothers and sister. They are my family. We got to watch some football (well, at least that what I thought it was in Detroit) as is tradition on Thanksgiving. I have to say the Dallas Cowboys are starting to get back some things they had early in the season. I caught a little of the UT/A&M game. Poor A&M…NOT! I didn’t dare venture out at o’dark thirty on Friday morning. I don’t like to give my sleep up for shopping escapades. I am sure everyone out there got some great bargains, I got caught up on some much needed sleep.
I didn’t do much on Friday except play a little PS3 Lego Batman. If you have a PS3 I highly recommended the game. I also like the Star Wars Lego game as well. I did watch my Red Raiders beat the Baylor Bears. They looked good in the first half, but we came back on them and won. We are now sitting at 11-1. Not bad considering the previous week, we got out assess handed too us in Norman on National TV. With that being said, Red Raider Nation was cheering on the OSU Cowboys to pull one out over OU. Why? Well, if by some chance OSU beat OU, my Red Raiders would move on to the Big 12 championship game against Missouri. Well, looks like the only way Red Raiders will see that game this year is either buy a ticket and head to KC or sit at watch like I will be next Saturday. Since OU, UT, and Tech had a three way tie, the tiebreaker (which is the 5th tiebreaker) was the highest ranking team in the BCS would head to KC. Well, I really thought UT should have gone since they did beat OU earlier in the year, but OU did score 60+ points in the last three games and thus…OU will be playing Missouri next week. Where does that leave Tech this year? Well…11-going into bowl season…where will we play? Can’t really say, but I have heard the Cotton Bowl. No matter where Tech ends up, it has been a great season. We did have a few casualties from last night’s game…Michael Crabtree out in the 2nd quarter, came back with a boot on his right ankle. Graham Harrell will have surgery on his fingers on his non-throwing hand. Here’s hoping everyone gets well by the time bowl season kicks off.
As tradition, I put up Christmas decorations and the Christmas during this weekend. This year was exciting because this would be Little Smoke’s first Christmas with us. As we kept pulling out the ornaments, he got more and more excited. Here are some pictures from our Christmas decorating day.
Of course…I couldn’t forget those NASCAR elements to our Christmas tree and room decorations. I bought a new NASCAR ornament from Hallmark commemorating the 50th Daytona 500.
Here are the NASCAR ornaments on the tree. The tire ornament says “Gentleman Start Your Engines”. Of course no Christmas tree of mine is complete without that ever popular Tony Stewart ornament. I didn’t take a picture of it, but I do have a Redneck ornament on the tree…which states “You might be Redneck if you think the last four words of the National Anthem are gentleman start your engines. Please note the sign behind the Christmas tree…”The Bar is Open”. Actually it says, “The Tiki Bar is Open.” (part of it is hidden by the tree branch). This is a decoration from my birthday party back in June. I like the sign so why not have it up year round. Of course some of you may now be thinking…”you might be a Redneck if….and to which I respond…there is no “you might be” because I am one..and damn proud!
Here are the stockings hung by the chimney with care…I am not going to say who’s stocking is who’s, but if you are a regular visitor to The Park, then you know which stocking is mine.
I am still working on the 2008 Trixies. I have been through most of my postings and I am tallying the votes. I am hoping to have them posted this week, but as with anything sometimes it can get crazy.
