THAT LETTER

Yes, it is early to even think about Christmas cards and I for one wish everyone would just allow us to enjoy Thanksgiving without dealing with all this Christmas stuff too.

However, I suspect that many are spending countless hours composing their holiday letter, which they shall send to all their friends and whatever relatives are still speaking to them. I’m gonna attempt some examples of such letters and if you recognize them, just smile.

We are in the best of health except for some minor problems (high blood pressure, obesity, gout, amnesia, irritable bowl syndrome, and hemorrhoids). Once we take our morning medications we are off and running (boy, are we running) for another day!

Grandma and Grandpa are doing fine, except that Grandpa is failing. This fall he failed his way through 25 cords of slab wood with his son’s chain saw, and he is now failing his way through several cords of log-length poplar he is stealing from the beavers (who are stealing it from him). He also failed a complete set of cellar stairs by himself, using 2 inch salt treated lumber. I was stupid enough to help him carry some of that stuff to save him, and threw my back out of joint. I can still hear him cackling as I drove away!

Then you get the ones where everyone is just perfect. Got the perfect children, perfect home, perfect job, perfect car, perfect yard, and perfect grandchildren and just flippin perfect life. Now this is the letter you open, grab a beer, read, drink and think your own life is pretty bad compared to this life and then, holy sheet you get it – this was the perfect LIE and you laugh for days!!!

So if you are busy composing your annual BS letter, be assured we can’t wait to read it and hope you like ours (if we ever compose it and actually mail it)!

Well, it’s Saturday, and baby its flippin cold – currently 15 degrees, light snow on the ground (or is that ice?) and the wind is whipping around which makes for a lovely wind chill – that means its damn cold outside.

So do the rest of your Thanksgiving shopping and starting Monday I expect to “smell” this dinner being prepared because I know you only got one oven and on Thursday that is reserved for the bird and the ham, so that means all other baking is done before – pies, cakes, breads, etc. Gotta love it!

See even the Norwood Ice Rink is Cold!!!

Have a grand weekend!