Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

So it appears that we survived our first (and possibly annual) Christmas Party for my employees. Good food, good drinks and yes even an appearance by the jolly old man himself!! There was some smack talk around the pool table, some busted knuckles thanks to the air hockey pucks, and lots of laughter. We have been wanting to install hardwood floors in the dining room and now thanks to some spilled cocktail sauce, it looks like that will be a reality in 2008 (apparently Rascal is not a fan of the cocktail sauce because our little hoover vac declined the open invitation to clean it up). What's not to love about this time of year!!

Christmas Shopping....oye

So Christmas is only 15 days away which means that it is time for me to really start shopping for that perfect gift for that special loved one. Now normally I am Wal-Mart's biggest fan...but when it gets this close to Christmas...that is the last place I want to be. So my solution to this little late shopping predicament....gift cards!! You can buy one of those things for practically anywhere. Now my personal favorite this year is the one that you can get that can be used anywhere. Let's face it...not everyone loves Wal-Mart and Lowes. So for those special family members, I have elected the "use it where ever the heck you want" gift card. Gotta love Visa!!

Right before Thanksgiving, my Mom asked me for my list. So I emailed it to her before I went to her house for a big turkey dinner..lol. Yeah she rolled her eyes when she asked for my list after dinner and I told her to check her inbox. But low and behold it appears that she did retrieve it and she actually called to ask about one idea in particular today while she was out fighting the masses at the stores. Looks like my attempt to bring Mom into the techno age is working. HA!

Here's hoping that each of you find that perfect gift for that special someone in your life!! Now I must go figure out what the heck a Nintendo DS is and where to get a game for it....here I come Amazon.com.