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I know all of you couldn't start your New Year without getting the answers to my Christmas Quiz, so here I am to avail you of your anxiety. The big winner was ksue with 100%+ for her impressive list of alternative names for Santa. I'm sure she will be ringing in the New Year wearing her new A Tale of Two Mommies t-shirt and indulging in some Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. For being the first gamer, brighteyedmimi will also get a TTM t-shirt. Thanks to everyone for reading and Happy New Year! Christmas Quiz 1. Name all 8 reindeer. 2. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time? 3. What carol contains the line “O tidings of comfort and joy”? 4. In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” what did Grandma go to get? 5. Name as many names for the Big Red Guy as you can. 6. What three characters sing “The Chipmunk Song”? 7. What holiday film annually appears on television more than 300 times? 8. How many times is the name of Santa Claus used in “The Night Before Christmas”? 9. After green and red, what are the two most popular Christmas colors? 10. What does 11. Who was the Santa replacement in “The Santa Clause” movie? 12. In the song from “The Grinch” what would the singer, given the choice, take rather than the Grinch? & nbsp; A seasick crocodile
The holiday party has been thrown and cleaned up after. The Christmas shopping is done and the presents wrapped. The cookies have been baked, the Christmas cards sent, and Santa has heard the wish lists. My work here is done. Now it’s time to pack the bags and begin our holiday visits. There will be cousins to play with, the illuminated glory of The tree with all its presents will be waiting, a happy dog will greet us (thank you blessed house sitter), and the cookies, milk and carrots will be set out by sleepy children arriving back home just in time to snuggle in bed before Santa arrives. I love the magic of Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ☺ ☺ ☺ Here’s a little Christmas fun. The person who posts the most correct answers will win a gift card and T-shirt. In case of a tie, there will be a drawing. Winner announced next blog on Monday, December 29. Christmas Quiz 1. Name all 8 reindeer. 2. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time? 3. What carol contains the line “O tidings of comfort and joy”? 4. In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” what did Grandma go to get? 5. Name as many names for the Big Red Guy as you can. 6. What three characters sing “The Chipmunk Song”? 7. What holiday film annually appears on television more than 300 times? 8. How many times is the name of Santa Claus used in “The Night Before Christmas”? 9. After green and red, what are the two most popular Christmas colors? 10. What does 11. Who was the Santa replacement in “The Santa Clause” movie? 12. In the song from “The Grinch” what would the singer, given the choice, take rather than the Grinch?
A Very Toddler Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas) 1. On the first day of Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me, the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 2. On the se-cond day of Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me, two Christ-mas mugs and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 3. On the third day of Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 4. On the fourth day of Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me, four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 5. On the fifth day of Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me five, an-gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car- rot nose off of Fros-ty. 6. On the sixth day of Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me, six cd’s playing, five, an-gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 7. On the seventh day Christ-mas, my tod-dler broke for me, seven globes a- snow-ing, six cd’s playing, five, an-gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 8. On the eighth day of Chris-tmas, my tod-dler broke for me, eight rein-deer pranc-ing, seven globes a-snow-ing, six cd’s playing, five, an-gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 9. On the ninth day of Christ-mas my tod-dler broke for me, nine trains de-railing, eight rein-deer pranc-ing, seven globes a-snow-ing, six cd’s playing, five, an- gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs, and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 10. On the tenth day of Christ-mas my tod-dler broke for me, ten carolers carol- ing, nine trains de-railing, eight rein-deer pranc-ing, seven globes a-snow- ing, six cd’s playing, five, an- gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 11. On the eleventh day of Christ-mas my tod-dler broke for me, eleven lights a- blink-ing, ten carolers carol-ing, nine trains de-railing, eight rein-deer pranc- ing, seven globes a-snow-ing, six cd’s playing, five, an- gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ-mas mugs and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. 12. On the twelve day of Christ-mas my tod-dler broke for me, twelve heir-loom Ornaments. Eleven lights a-blink-ing, ten carolers carol-ing, nine trains de- railing, eight rein-deer pranc-ing, seven globes a-snow-ing, six cd’s playing, five, an- gel wings. Four wrapped up presents, three wise men, two Christ- mas mugs and the car-rot nose off of Fros-ty. eBay Sells (Jingle Bells) Dash-ing to the store, For the season=s hot-test toy, Of course there is no more, Vis-ions of sad boy (boo hoo hoo hoo) Driving all ov-er town, at each car I hol-ler, Still none to be found, so on eBay pay top dollar. Chorus Oh e-Bay sells, e-Bay sells, e-Bay sells it all! Can=t be found all o=er town, just point, click, and avoid the ma-ll! (Yay) Oh e-Bay sells, e-Bay sells, e-Bay sells it all! Can=t be found all o=er town, just point, click, and avoid the ma-ll! O Christmas Tree 1. O Christ-mas Tree, O Christ-mas Tree, Please sur-vive >til Christ-mas, O Christ-mas Tree, O Christ-mas Tree, Please sur-vive >til Christ-mas. You try so hard to stay up-right; As kids and cat climb you each night. O Christ-mas Tree, O Christ-mas Tree, Please sur-vive >til Christ-mas. 2. O Christ-mas Tree, O Christ-mas Tree, Your need-les green de-sert us! O Christ-mas Tree, O Christ-mas Tree, Your need-les green de-sert us! To often your wa-ter well left dry; Caught the dog, his leg lift-ed high! O Christ-mas Tree, O Christ-mas Tree, Your need-les green de-sert us! © KMW 2003 Being a work-at-home mom gets me no respect. I’ve got one foot in happy homemaker land and one foot in driven career woman terrain and apparently I’m not doing either too well. Evidenced by dishes in the sink from yesterday and an article due yesterday. I find very few people who truly get what I do and the demands on my time it takes to be both stay-at-home mom and successful writer. This includes my own husband and children. Case in point: This morning as I raced around getting breakfast going, lunches made, dog fed and de-pooped and homework folders signed off, I was simultaneously jumping on the computer trying to get an article submitted before noon East Coast Time. Before jumping in the car to take the kids to school I ran to the back of the house to grab my gym bag, hoping against hope to squeeze in a workout sometime today. I was feeling good that we were on time, everything accomplished when suddenly I notice my son fighting back tears. “What’s wrong?” I asked, my motherly concern about to be thrown back in my face. “I’m going to miss five minutes of recess and I was ready on time!” he said squarely pointing the blame on me for this huge injustice in his life. Oh no, no – I don’t think so. The boy better check his watch because it was time for a wake up call. “Oh, I’m sorry,” I began in shrill sarcasm that would soon ramp up to the wail of a warning siren, “I’m sorry I have a job to do, that I actually get paid for, unlike making your lunch which if you wanted a full 15 minutes of morning recess instead of 10 then maybe you should have taken care of that. Or maybe breakfast. I don’t remember seeing anyone jump up to make breakfast. Or take the dog for a walk so he won’t poop in the house. Oh, but you don’t pick up poo do you? Mommy’s the poo picker-upper. And have you ever, EVER, been late for school? Never. So wipe away your tears, suck it up and take one for the team Logan!”
Poor kid took a direct hit on that short-fuse landmine. We were all cool by drop-off, but after a quick trip to the gym and a shower, instead of putting on my usual work uniform of my coziest comfy pjs (which might have a tinge to do with my image problem), I put on my new favorite shirt I recently won in a writing contest. Interestingly, I’ve been commanding more respect lately when I wear it. It reads: Careful, or you’ll end up in my novel. The turkey bones and leftovers have been made into soup. The relatives have packed up and headed home. And the kids have gone back to school after a 10 day Thanksgiving break (but only for a week of half-days because of conferences – curses!). Instead of sinking into a nice comfy chair with The Sacramento Bee (like that plug?) and a nice hot cup of cocoa to reward myself for an exhausting job well done, December 1st has had the nerve to show up already. Before I’ve even had time to stretch, warm up, or plot my plan of attack the gun has gone off I’ve been left in the dust of tinsel and tangled Christmas lights. Time is already running out and the clock has just started. The race is on – 24 days until Christmas! Let’s see what I need to do to catch back up:
And just to make things a little more interesting and because I obviously have holiday masochistic tendencies:
Okay, so that’s just to get me back in the race and on pace for another joyful, memorable, magical, overload those circuits, deck the heck out the halls, and slurp the last drop of eggnog from the punch bowl blowout Christmas. You know, because I have nothing else to do. ☺ ☺ ☺ |