That song by John Michael Montgomery....
...I have heard it about a thousand times on the radio before today.
But today when I heard it, I couldn't stop myself from crying, as it reminded me of my baby brother who leaves for boot camp in less than two weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p45yQn816s
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Hubster is in the bed sick. He's been fighting a URI for about a week now. Finally, I told him to take some Nyquil and go to bed whilst Daniel is at school & the house is quiet...when I got back, he had apparently taken my advice. The door is shut tight and I don't hear any coughing. He must be asleep...poor guy, he needs it.
It's nice to have the house quiet.
It's nice to have the house quiet.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Who's Your Candidate?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/page?id=3623346
Mine was, oddly enough, Dennis Kucinich. After doing some research, I've decided that he's a little too far out there, even for someone nutty like me.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Random life updates
1. So much for all the snow and ice we were supposed to get! Probably just as well, since I had to work right smack dab in the middle of it all, Friday & Saturday night.
2. I need to tell Jesus that next time he has a wool sweater, to not put it in the washer and then the dryer, because bad things will happen.
3. Daniel still continues to be one of the sweetest children on the planet.
4. I'm glad we don't have a Panera bread close by. I would weigh twice what I do.
2. I need to tell Jesus that next time he has a wool sweater, to not put it in the washer and then the dryer, because bad things will happen.
3. Daniel still continues to be one of the sweetest children on the planet.
4. I'm glad we don't have a Panera bread close by. I would weigh twice what I do.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Semper Fi
Today my dad told me that my little brother enlisted in the Marines.
I'm not really sure what to feel. I'm proud of him, and scared for him. Proud because only brave people serve honorably in the military. Scared because I don't want him to be deployed to a war zone as an enlisted Marine (=front lines). I'm glad he's chosen something that beats say, drugs or shoplifting. And kind of wish he hadn't chosen THIS.
Ah, well. I will still place a "My Brother is a Marine" bumper sticker on my car. Proudly.
Semper Fi, John-boy.
I'm not really sure what to feel. I'm proud of him, and scared for him. Proud because only brave people serve honorably in the military. Scared because I don't want him to be deployed to a war zone as an enlisted Marine (=front lines). I'm glad he's chosen something that beats say, drugs or shoplifting. And kind of wish he hadn't chosen THIS.
Ah, well. I will still place a "My Brother is a Marine" bumper sticker on my car. Proudly.
Semper Fi, John-boy.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Part Three
" 'The new immigration as a class is far less intelligent than the old...Generally speaking, they are actuated in coming by different ideals, for the old immigration came to be a part of the country, while the new, in a large measure, comes with the intention of profiting, in a pecuniary way, by the superior advantages of the new world and then returning to the old country.'
The Dillingham report went on to fault the new immigrants for their lack of assimilation and English skills, constantly contrasting them with earlier generations of immigrants, and urged clampdown on immigration. Sounds familiar, no? That's because the Dillingham report appeared in 1911, and the inassimilable masses at the time were Eastern and Southern Europeans."
Interesting. This came from a book I've been reading off and on called 'Ask a Mexican' by Gustavo Arellano, the son of illegal immigrants who has gone on to make quite a name for himself as 'The Mexican' in a news column of the LA Times. The book itself touches on numerous topics other than immigration, but this jumped out at me.
I did a little outside research and found a copy of the Dillingham Comission Report. It's massive. And very, very interesting. This is not a new issue.
Again, I welcome dialogue. This is a huge issue, and worth talking about nicely, personal rants aside.
The Dillingham report went on to fault the new immigrants for their lack of assimilation and English skills, constantly contrasting them with earlier generations of immigrants, and urged clampdown on immigration. Sounds familiar, no? That's because the Dillingham report appeared in 1911, and the inassimilable masses at the time were Eastern and Southern Europeans."
Interesting. This came from a book I've been reading off and on called 'Ask a Mexican' by Gustavo Arellano, the son of illegal immigrants who has gone on to make quite a name for himself as 'The Mexican' in a news column of the LA Times. The book itself touches on numerous topics other than immigration, but this jumped out at me.
I did a little outside research and found a copy of the Dillingham Comission Report. It's massive. And very, very interesting. This is not a new issue.
Again, I welcome dialogue. This is a huge issue, and worth talking about nicely, personal rants aside.
Rant, part deux
As I go back and read over last night's rant (and ensuing commentary), I need to clarify a couple things. This was one of those things I wrote around 1am after working the night before....so I'm not surprised that I left a few things out or left some things unclear.
1) I guess coming here is indeed a choice, though not a fair one. Just for the sake of argument, let's say I'm a Mexican peasant and my family is not well-nourished, we cannot afford medicines for our various ailments, and the prospect of working in the US is ever present. I try to get a work visa and am told that it's a twenty year wait (which it is indeed). Given the choice between waiting twenty years and watching while my family is hungry and sick.....well, I don't know about you, but there's not really a choice there. I will do what I have to do in order to take care of them.
The original idea of bringing Mexicans to the US to work was not Mexico's. It was the US. During WWII, we brought Mexicans here to pick crops that would have otherwise rotted in the field. After all, our boys were 'cross the ocean and the ladies had gone to work in the factories in support of the war effort. So our gov't decided to start the Bracero Program in order to compenate. And so it began.
2) Regarding the 'they suck our government dry' comment, what I meant to say was that yes - there are individuals who seem to be out for what they can get from Uncle Sam without contributing. But to say that illegal immigrants are the only ones who do it, or even in the majority is an inaccurate statement to make. In saying that, you're blaming something on illegal immigrants that is really an issue of human nature. In my line of work, I see just as many, if not more, US citizens living off the government bosom without working to contribute.
http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/myths.html
And I still maintain that manmade laws aren't the standard for what's right and what's not. If God says to love the foreigner in my midst as I love myself, then that's the standard I have to live up to, regardless of what my government's laws may say, and regardless of how difficult that may be.
As I've had a little time to ruminate, I want to make it clear that I know there are many many Christians who feel the same way I do, and my rant is not directed at all Christians. Not even most. I was really ticked off at a few people in particular, and it may have come across as a rage against everybody. Sorry.
1) I guess coming here is indeed a choice, though not a fair one. Just for the sake of argument, let's say I'm a Mexican peasant and my family is not well-nourished, we cannot afford medicines for our various ailments, and the prospect of working in the US is ever present. I try to get a work visa and am told that it's a twenty year wait (which it is indeed). Given the choice between waiting twenty years and watching while my family is hungry and sick.....well, I don't know about you, but there's not really a choice there. I will do what I have to do in order to take care of them.
The original idea of bringing Mexicans to the US to work was not Mexico's. It was the US. During WWII, we brought Mexicans here to pick crops that would have otherwise rotted in the field. After all, our boys were 'cross the ocean and the ladies had gone to work in the factories in support of the war effort. So our gov't decided to start the Bracero Program in order to compenate. And so it began.
2) Regarding the 'they suck our government dry' comment, what I meant to say was that yes - there are individuals who seem to be out for what they can get from Uncle Sam without contributing. But to say that illegal immigrants are the only ones who do it, or even in the majority is an inaccurate statement to make. In saying that, you're blaming something on illegal immigrants that is really an issue of human nature. In my line of work, I see just as many, if not more, US citizens living off the government bosom without working to contribute.
http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/myths.html
And I still maintain that manmade laws aren't the standard for what's right and what's not. If God says to love the foreigner in my midst as I love myself, then that's the standard I have to live up to, regardless of what my government's laws may say, and regardless of how difficult that may be.
As I've had a little time to ruminate, I want to make it clear that I know there are many many Christians who feel the same way I do, and my rant is not directed at all Christians. Not even most. I was really ticked off at a few people in particular, and it may have come across as a rage against everybody. Sorry.
Personal rant
I am mad as hell right now.
I absolutely HATE when people who don't have a snowball's clue in hell what they are talking about spout crap about immigration. And 'crap' is really not a strong enough word.
"Round 'em up, deport 'em all."
Right. Like that's going to happen. Whose tax dollars are you going to use to send them all back? 'Cause you're gonna be flying people to some pretty far off places - Tanzania, Panama, Ireland, Mongolia, Argentina - not just a hop across the border.
We couldn't get half a million people out of N'awlins when their lives were in danger after Katrina, and you think we're gonna find 20 million people in this entire country and ship them all out? What world are you living in?
"They choose to come here legally."
No, as a matter of fact, they don't. If they could come here legally, they would. There is no line for these people to get in to come here. There is no visa. It's not a choice to come here illegally. It's a choice between watching your family go hungry and providing for them the best way you know how. It's not ideal, but you know what? If I had to do it to feed my kids, I would. People think it's as easy as walking up to a kiosk on the border, filling out a paper or two, paying a couple hundred dollars and you're in. Nope. Not so. Twenty plus years of waiting. Thousands of dollars. And no guarantee even then.
"They could march in their own countries and demonstrate for change."
1) Our ancestors didn't do that. Nope, they just marched (or sailed) right on over and staked their claim to territory that didn't belong to them. Didn't ask anyone's permission, didn't learn the native language, spread all kinds of diseases, took all kinds of stuff that wasn't theirs, and waved their flag(s) all over this land. Sometimes in my musings I think God must have an ironic sense of humor.
2) We take for granted so many rights. People in so many countries - I'm more familiar with Mexico and Latin America, but they're not the only ones - don't have their rights recognized like we do. We take for granted that we can freely speak, and march in the streets, and clamor for change. You do that in Myanmar, you get burned. You do that in Mexico, your family disappears. You do it in Guatemala, death squads come for you in the middle of the night. Yeah, I think they oughta just stay home.
"I'd do their jobs if they'd pay me enough."
Really? Then get your lazy bum out there and do it, dammit. Clamor for increased wages later. Get out there for 14 hours a day and haul and 80lb bucket of sweet potatoes for 30cents a bucket in August. Put a 50-gallon bag over your shoulder and shimmy up and down ladders in orange groves in Florida. Clean toilets in a seedy motel for minimum wage. Prove to me that you'd do it, and then I'll believe you.
"No more anchor babies."
Exactly what defines you as a US citizen? You were born here. End of story. It's in the Constitution. And, I hope you aren't referring to my son when you use that term.
"If it's so dangerous to come here, then why are they coming?"
Better question: How bad must things be where they are coming from from that they'd risk all THAT to come?
"They are sucking our government dry."
As if they are the only ones.
"They deserve nothing. They are breaking the law."
Hmm. I hope you never drive over the speed limit. And if you do, I hope you never try to get out of a ticket.
On the flip side, the law is not always right. When the manmade law is wrong, the thing to do is defy it. We learned that from Rosa Parks, from the Good Samaritan and from Jesus Christ Himself.
What I think makes me angriest is that the same people who go to church on Sunday and say they love Jesus are many of the same people who I've heard say crap like this (not everyone, of course). I am so fed up with this hypocrisy. Are you going to truly love your neighbor as yourself, or do you only love people who look, talk, think, act, and smell like you? Do you really think you're better than them? Do you think that the Christ you profess to follow agrees with you?
I feel better now.
I absolutely HATE when people who don't have a snowball's clue in hell what they are talking about spout crap about immigration. And 'crap' is really not a strong enough word.
"Round 'em up, deport 'em all."
Right. Like that's going to happen. Whose tax dollars are you going to use to send them all back? 'Cause you're gonna be flying people to some pretty far off places - Tanzania, Panama, Ireland, Mongolia, Argentina - not just a hop across the border.
We couldn't get half a million people out of N'awlins when their lives were in danger after Katrina, and you think we're gonna find 20 million people in this entire country and ship them all out? What world are you living in?
"They choose to come here legally."
No, as a matter of fact, they don't. If they could come here legally, they would. There is no line for these people to get in to come here. There is no visa. It's not a choice to come here illegally. It's a choice between watching your family go hungry and providing for them the best way you know how. It's not ideal, but you know what? If I had to do it to feed my kids, I would. People think it's as easy as walking up to a kiosk on the border, filling out a paper or two, paying a couple hundred dollars and you're in. Nope. Not so. Twenty plus years of waiting. Thousands of dollars. And no guarantee even then.
"They could march in their own countries and demonstrate for change."
1) Our ancestors didn't do that. Nope, they just marched (or sailed) right on over and staked their claim to territory that didn't belong to them. Didn't ask anyone's permission, didn't learn the native language, spread all kinds of diseases, took all kinds of stuff that wasn't theirs, and waved their flag(s) all over this land. Sometimes in my musings I think God must have an ironic sense of humor.
2) We take for granted so many rights. People in so many countries - I'm more familiar with Mexico and Latin America, but they're not the only ones - don't have their rights recognized like we do. We take for granted that we can freely speak, and march in the streets, and clamor for change. You do that in Myanmar, you get burned. You do that in Mexico, your family disappears. You do it in Guatemala, death squads come for you in the middle of the night. Yeah, I think they oughta just stay home.
"I'd do their jobs if they'd pay me enough."
Really? Then get your lazy bum out there and do it, dammit. Clamor for increased wages later. Get out there for 14 hours a day and haul and 80lb bucket of sweet potatoes for 30cents a bucket in August. Put a 50-gallon bag over your shoulder and shimmy up and down ladders in orange groves in Florida. Clean toilets in a seedy motel for minimum wage. Prove to me that you'd do it, and then I'll believe you.
"No more anchor babies."
Exactly what defines you as a US citizen? You were born here. End of story. It's in the Constitution. And, I hope you aren't referring to my son when you use that term.
"If it's so dangerous to come here, then why are they coming?"
Better question: How bad must things be where they are coming from from that they'd risk all THAT to come?
"They are sucking our government dry."
As if they are the only ones.
"They deserve nothing. They are breaking the law."
Hmm. I hope you never drive over the speed limit. And if you do, I hope you never try to get out of a ticket.
On the flip side, the law is not always right. When the manmade law is wrong, the thing to do is defy it. We learned that from Rosa Parks, from the Good Samaritan and from Jesus Christ Himself.
What I think makes me angriest is that the same people who go to church on Sunday and say they love Jesus are many of the same people who I've heard say crap like this (not everyone, of course). I am so fed up with this hypocrisy. Are you going to truly love your neighbor as yourself, or do you only love people who look, talk, think, act, and smell like you? Do you really think you're better than them? Do you think that the Christ you profess to follow agrees with you?
I feel better now.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tonight we went to eat at Cracker Barrel, and as is our custom when we go out, we got an extra plate & gave put some of our food on it for Daniel. I got chicken dumplings, fried okra (surprise!), and carrots. Anyway, the following conversation ensued:
Me: Daniel, eat a bite of carrots, honey.
Him: No! Don't like them!
Me: But you haven't tasted them. They're good. (they really were...)
Him: I do not like green eggs and ham!
Can you tell what we've been reading?
Also - for my friend & Beatlemaniac who knows who she is - don't you wish someone had had the good sense to turn on a recorder for that infamous meeting between your boys and my boy?? Wouldn't you have LOVED to be a fly on the wall? :)
Me: Daniel, eat a bite of carrots, honey.
Him: No! Don't like them!
Me: But you haven't tasted them. They're good. (they really were...)
Him: I do not like green eggs and ham!
Can you tell what we've been reading?
Also - for my friend & Beatlemaniac who knows who she is - don't you wish someone had had the good sense to turn on a recorder for that infamous meeting between your boys and my boy?? Wouldn't you have LOVED to be a fly on the wall? :)
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Happy birthday
Not mine, of course.
It's January 8, and Elvis' birthday. He would've been 73(!) today were he still with us. I've started my day listening to him and just reflecting. I know it may sound a bit nutty, but I can't help it.
So what is it about Elvis that draws people of all ilk? I can't speak for everyone, but for me it is so many things that I can put in words, and some that I can't.
To be sure, he was gorgeous. Probably the most gorgeous person to walk the earth. Especially from '68-'73, but that's not all. There are plenty of gorgeous people in this world that I pay no attention to.
And he could sing! I don't know anyone else who could do 'Polk Salad Annie', 'How Great Thou Art', 'Danny Boy', 'Blowin' in the Wind', and 'Jailhouse Rock' and everything in between....kick you-know-what on it all.
He was a generous soul. I don't think he ever forgot what it was like to have literally next to nothing, and he did and gave so much to so many. I was reading just tonight that he gave somewhere around $20 million to charities and needy folk in his lifetime, and that's just what we know about. That's a big hunk o' change even today, but 30-40 years ago, wow! And some of what he gave wasn't financial; he once visited a young girl who'd lost her hair from chemo and kissed her cheeks and told her how beautiful she was. Can you imagine!!
To be sure, he had his faults. Who doesn't? I can't imagine being 19 and going from a nobody to having mobs of people wanting a piece of me and every preacher in America condemning my soul to hell simultaneously! And it happening almost literally overnight! I can't say I would've done any better, because I don't know that I would have. This was before 'intervention' was a mainstream word, before celebs could go into rehab and not lose face. I think he did about the best he could, given his background and his environment. I don't mean in any way to imply I think he was a saint. That's not who Elvis was.
Something else I've been thinking about. The man had some backbone, and for his time, I think was pretty dang liberal. He was conservative in some beliefs - pretty traditional male/female roles, that sort of thing. But he also had his picture taken with B.B. King in the mid-1950s, when the civil movement was beginning to pick up some steam. I'm sure that rattled a few cages, and kudos to him for it. He called people of other races 'sir' and 'ma'am' when many folks felt that beneath them. He used words like 'ghetto' in numerous songs way back in 1969, when that word was just not used in polite society. He sang about the plight of Native Americans on reservations. He sang a song about peace, understanding, and brotherhood ("If I Can Dream") in 1968 - the year of Tet, Martin, and Bobby. Methinks there was way more substance to Elvis than most people realized, then and now.
Anyway, what did/does Elvis mean to you? Does he mean anything at all? Feel free to share, or at the very least wish him a happy bday (on the off-chance that he's still alive...) So here's some Elvis for you to enjoy.
There's a little of everything for everyone.......
Hot Rockin' Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5CU6_FFWK8
(Polk Salad Annie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqkkiB_3xNc&feature=related
(Hound Dog, the uncensored version!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpCT2lR1o78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWzh8poPSc&feature=related
(both versions of That's Alright Mama)
Gospel Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14x_MuBwS28
(Sweet Sweet Spirit....this one always gives me chills. just watch his face.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bmeIpdSAEM&feature=related
(How Great Thou Art 1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3PngHp1ysM&feature=related
(same song, 1977. He looks tired and sick, but can still make this song beautiful.)
Funny Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIF-1cvw-Q
(just some silly outtakes from rehearsals for the 68 Comeback Special; one word that I don't care for, but the rest is great)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anzKcrHC-6s
(quite possibly the funniest song he's ever done....)
Patriotic Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moUifEmOcbU
(An American Trilogy, from 1973 Aloha from Hawai'i)
Social Justice Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXVUgWtSRR8
(In the Ghetto)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZyzWJB6qM&feature=related
(If I Can Dream) If you don't watch any other video, this is one you don't want to miss. still rings true today.
Lisa Marie's tribute to her dad: (get a hanky!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSh_rNiu3Cw
Elvis is still alive. In my heart, anyway. Happy birthday, E. You gave so much to so many.
It's January 8, and Elvis' birthday. He would've been 73(!) today were he still with us. I've started my day listening to him and just reflecting. I know it may sound a bit nutty, but I can't help it.
So what is it about Elvis that draws people of all ilk? I can't speak for everyone, but for me it is so many things that I can put in words, and some that I can't.
To be sure, he was gorgeous. Probably the most gorgeous person to walk the earth. Especially from '68-'73, but that's not all. There are plenty of gorgeous people in this world that I pay no attention to.
And he could sing! I don't know anyone else who could do 'Polk Salad Annie', 'How Great Thou Art', 'Danny Boy', 'Blowin' in the Wind', and 'Jailhouse Rock' and everything in between....kick you-know-what on it all.
He was a generous soul. I don't think he ever forgot what it was like to have literally next to nothing, and he did and gave so much to so many. I was reading just tonight that he gave somewhere around $20 million to charities and needy folk in his lifetime, and that's just what we know about. That's a big hunk o' change even today, but 30-40 years ago, wow! And some of what he gave wasn't financial; he once visited a young girl who'd lost her hair from chemo and kissed her cheeks and told her how beautiful she was. Can you imagine!!
To be sure, he had his faults. Who doesn't? I can't imagine being 19 and going from a nobody to having mobs of people wanting a piece of me and every preacher in America condemning my soul to hell simultaneously! And it happening almost literally overnight! I can't say I would've done any better, because I don't know that I would have. This was before 'intervention' was a mainstream word, before celebs could go into rehab and not lose face. I think he did about the best he could, given his background and his environment. I don't mean in any way to imply I think he was a saint. That's not who Elvis was.
Something else I've been thinking about. The man had some backbone, and for his time, I think was pretty dang liberal. He was conservative in some beliefs - pretty traditional male/female roles, that sort of thing. But he also had his picture taken with B.B. King in the mid-1950s, when the civil movement was beginning to pick up some steam. I'm sure that rattled a few cages, and kudos to him for it. He called people of other races 'sir' and 'ma'am' when many folks felt that beneath them. He used words like 'ghetto' in numerous songs way back in 1969, when that word was just not used in polite society. He sang about the plight of Native Americans on reservations. He sang a song about peace, understanding, and brotherhood ("If I Can Dream") in 1968 - the year of Tet, Martin, and Bobby. Methinks there was way more substance to Elvis than most people realized, then and now.
Anyway, what did/does Elvis mean to you? Does he mean anything at all? Feel free to share, or at the very least wish him a happy bday (on the off-chance that he's still alive...) So here's some Elvis for you to enjoy.
There's a little of everything for everyone.......
Hot Rockin' Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5CU6_FFWK8
(Polk Salad Annie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqkkiB_3xNc&feature=related
(Hound Dog, the uncensored version!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpCT2lR1o78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWzh8poPSc&feature=related
(both versions of That's Alright Mama)
Gospel Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14x_MuBwS28
(Sweet Sweet Spirit....this one always gives me chills. just watch his face.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bmeIpdSAEM&feature=related
(How Great Thou Art 1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3PngHp1ysM&feature=related
(same song, 1977. He looks tired and sick, but can still make this song beautiful.)
Funny Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIF-1cvw-Q
(just some silly outtakes from rehearsals for the 68 Comeback Special; one word that I don't care for, but the rest is great)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anzKcrHC-6s
(quite possibly the funniest song he's ever done....)
Patriotic Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moUifEmOcbU
(An American Trilogy, from 1973 Aloha from Hawai'i)
Social Justice Elvis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXVUgWtSRR8
(In the Ghetto)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZyzWJB6qM&feature=related
(If I Can Dream) If you don't watch any other video, this is one you don't want to miss. still rings true today.
Lisa Marie's tribute to her dad: (get a hanky!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSh_rNiu3Cw
Elvis is still alive. In my heart, anyway. Happy birthday, E. You gave so much to so many.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Christmas 2007 (finally!)
Train tracks from Yaya....
...and there is a TUNNEL!!
Daddy, the Assembler of All Toys
What's Christmas without Elvis? A Blue Christmas!!
New duds
Bling
Those of you boy moms will know that this is Cranky the Crane
The nice one is from Jesús...the Elvis one is from my dad & stepmother
A note from Santa
My aunt gave Daniel some Thomas pillowcases...he immediately stripped off every stitch of clothing he had on and hopped inside.
....and then insisted that we 'close the door.'
And there's our Christmas in a nutshell.
...and there is a TUNNEL!!
Daddy, the Assembler of All Toys
What's Christmas without Elvis? A Blue Christmas!!
New duds
Bling
Those of you boy moms will know that this is Cranky the Crane
The nice one is from Jesús...the Elvis one is from my dad & stepmother
A note from Santa
My aunt gave Daniel some Thomas pillowcases...he immediately stripped off every stitch of clothing he had on and hopped inside.
....and then insisted that we 'close the door.'
And there's our Christmas in a nutshell.
Overheard conversation
Someone talking to another about a patient that had a tropical disease while pregnant...."How'd she get THAT?!" "Probably in Mexico. I'm sure she's an illegal."
Nah. She's probably just a human being.
Nah. She's probably just a human being.
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