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Is It Over Yet?
 Well, as the saying asks, "Is it over yet?" Almost. The end of the year is really rather depressing. Time to think about paying for Christmas, digging out all the paperwork for paying taxes, putting up all the decorations and getting the house back to normal. The kids have been spoiled rotten with high tech electronic games, ipods, itouch's, wii's, nintendo DS's and digital cameras. I certainly hope the tech world can keep ahead of my grandkids, or they might have to get a board game for Christmas sometime. A surprise for me was two teenagers who wanted the "Twilight" series novels this year. Gads, reading a book, what a treat for a change. I'm not too sure vampires are what I'd choose for them to read about but at least they are reading. I got a memory foam pillow and if you don't have one, get one! They are wonderful. We didn't do presents for the adults this year, just the kids so it was less expensive. We had great food, fun being with family and watching the kids. We sure could have used some snow but in Oklahoma it is rare to get snow at Christmas time. When the rest of the states are in nice weather, that is when we get 10 inches of snow and ice!
After Christmas.....
 The Christmas tree sparkles with lights all aglow
Outside it's too warm and definitely no snow.
The packages are opened and moved to their place
Under the tree, you see a large open space.
It's no fun putting the decorations away
I'm almost tempted to let them stay.
So get the ornament holders, the box for the tree
and hope my daughter will put it all away for me!
grannyann
Merry Christmas
 I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Enjoy happiness and fun with your family. (Don't eat too much)
May there be peace and joy in the world in 2009.
If you have children check the NORAD address to see where Santa is.
She's an Alert Lady.......
 Well here I am, back online after a few boring days in the hospital. Had a surgery last Friday morning and spent the week going from intensive care, to upgraded care then down a floor to plain care then down to the "getting ready to go home" care. My daughter said the last floor looked like the geriatric ward. The food and beds definitely have not gotten any better since the last time I was there. You know I have been walking around feeling like I have a body of a 40 year old and the mind of a 20 year old, then I am shocked into reality by a nurse who told another nurse that I "am an ALERT lady who understands anything they say to me"...........an Alert lady, gads what an eye opener. (My son, who I do computer work for will be glad to hear that.) Guess I better check my birth certificate, find out my real age and realize that I retired some 6 years ago. I had a neat doctor who got into my belly and got rid of a lot of scar tissue from a previous operation and fixed a couple of hernias, one of which was crimping an intestine. Had been walking around like that for awhile, not knowing anything was wrong with me until it started sending cramps across my stomach. I had wondered why I gained so much weight in my middle all of a sudden. They did tell me I got well a lot faster than they thought I would. (It was because i had to get out of that hospital bed and back home in a hurry. I almost elevated myself into a sandwich a couple of times with the bed buttons.) My back hurt before I went in and certainly didn't get any better while there. As a result I am trying a pain medicine patch on my back if I can figure out the best place to put it. The first one they gave me was great and since I seem to be off by a few inches. From Friday till Saturday morning, my daughter let me stay there with a hair do that was a cross between a chicken look and a spike. Laying around is a horror to natural curly hair. Even trying to comb it made it look worse. Oh well maybe the other patients I passed in the hallway thought I was "non alert" and didn't realize what I looked like! Now if I can just get my strength back and my knees working I should be back to normal in a month or so. Keep checking in and find out just how well I am doing and if I am still alert!
Granny Ann Sidelined
Hey Granny Ann fans, Granny Ann had emergency surgery on Friday and has been in the hospital. Nothing to do with the heart. She's doing well and should be home in two more days. Thanks for checking in! That Sneaker Wearing Entrepreneurial Cartoonist Internet Guy (Ann's son)
Chicken Croissant Wraps Recipe
 This is a great family favorite or makes a terrific holiday dinner party item:3-4 pieces boneless chicken breasts
1 can of croissants
1 bowl of seasoned bread crumbs
1 small bowl of melted butter
1 block of cream cheese
These items are optional and can be replaced with whatever you like.
1 small cup of mushrooms
1 cup of chopped black olives
Boil your chicken until done, then dice it up.
Put chicken, cream cheese, and whatever optional ingredient you choose
in a bowl and blend together.
Pull your croissants apart, spread each one out a little then put a spoon
full of your mixture at the widest end and roll up croissant.
Then dip croissant into the butter and roll in the bread crumbs.
Put on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown at 350 degrees.
Serve with a garden salad.
The Drawing
 My grandson turned 5 years old in September, but is big for his age and has been riding a bike without training wheels for over a year. I saw an ad where a car parts place is having a drawing for a really neat bike. I filled out the form for my grandson and told him we were going to go put his form in a drawing for the bike. I sometimes forget he is just a little kid since he acts bigger (being around his teenage sisters and their friends). I took him to the store, and since I could see the man at the counter, I waited in the car. I gave him the form and said go give this to the man at the counter and say thank you. He went in like a big guy, handed the man the form, said thank you and came back and got in the car. I noticed as he was coming out of the store that he sure got a good look at the bike that was sitting close to the door of the store. When he got in the car I asked "what did the man say?" and he told me the " the man said thank you but he didn't give me the bike!" Oops, guess I didn't explain about a drawing good enough so we started all over again. Some things are a little hard to explain to a little kid - sort of like "where does Santa live and how does he get the reindeer to fly?"
'Twelve Days of Christmas'
 Cost of 'Twelve Days of Christmas' items up in '08
1st Day of Christmas
A PARTRIDGE COST: $20 (last year: $15)
also
A PEAR TREE COST: $200 (last year: $150)
2nd Day of Christmas
TWO TURTLE DOVES COST: $55 (last year: $40)
3rd Day of Christmas
THREE FRENCH HENS $30 (last year: $45)
4th Day of Christmas
FOUR CALLING BIRDS $60 (last year: same)
5th Day of Christmas
FIVE GOLDEN RINGS $350 (last year: $395)
6th Day of Christmas
SIX GEESE A-LAYING $240 (last year: $360)
7th Day of Christmas
SEVEN SWANS A-SWIMMING $5,600 (last year: $4,200)
8th Day of Christmas
EIGHT MAIDS A-MILKING $52 (last year: $47)
9th Day of Christmas
NINE LADIES DANCING $4,759 (last year: same)
10th Day of Christmas
TEN LORDS A-LEAPING $4,414 (last year: $4,285)
11th Day of Christmas
ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING $2,285 (last year: $2,213)
12th Day of Christmas
TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING $2,475 (last year: $2,398)
Total Cost of 12 days of Christmas in 2008 $86,609
Up 10.9 percent from last year's cost of $78,100
The 2008 Ultimate Christmas Present List
What are you getting that special someone for Christmas this year? Why not take a look at this Christmas list. You might even want to get a couple while you're at it.
Try the 700NM Hennessey Venom Dodge Viper, from Neiman Marcus for only $179,500.
For the family dog, The Club Beverly Hills Destination Spa for Pups offers a Lifetime Membership for $2500 plus $500 monthly toward services; Trial Membership is $250 annually with a la carte services. Members dine on cuisine tailored to their nutritional needs and prepared by The Club's head chef between appointments with their behavioral specialist, personal trainer, and unique aromatherapy sessions. Guests can be chauffeured between their primary residence and the spa.
How about an Apartment Rental at The Waldorf Towers NY City for only $120,000 per month. This is living the dream for real.
Chocolates to die for from The Chocolate Picnic Steamer Trunk at Marie Belle New York for $15,000. It gives pounds upon pounds of libido boosters that will last you through next Valentine's Day.
Then there is The Beverly House, in Beverly Hills, California for a measly $165,000,000. This is uncomparable luxury with twenty-nine bedrooms, a two-story library with hand carved paneling, eight fireplaces, two movie screening rooms, a security staff's cottage, four additional houses, three swimming pools, two tennis courts, and a partridge in a pear tree. The 72,000 square foot house is where the infamous Godfather scene of the horse head in bed, was filmed
Try your very own Personal Trainer from David Kirsch, Madison Square Club at $350 per hour to privately shed those unwanted pounds all over an imported Turkish rug.
For the man in your life a 10th Century Viking Braided Gold Medieval Ring at just $25,000.00 from Neiman Marcus.
Wanting bling? How about a cell phone studded with 7.2 carats of white and pink diamonds and featuring 24-hour global concierge service from Neiman Marcus for only $73,000.
Be sure and remove the price tag.....
Hubbles Number 1
 A friend sent me an email with the top 10 photos taken by the Hubble telescope. This was the number 1 photo.
The Sombrero Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth - was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the galaxy, officially called M104, are as spectacular as its appearance. It has 800 billion suns and is 50,000 light years across.
It looks like something that should be on top of my Christmas tree!
Christmas List
 Well we had a very delicious Thanksgiving dinner and we had all my grandchildren home (one 15 year old lives with her dad in another town). There was a lot of noise of course when you have three kids laughing and teasing each other. I find the older I get the harder it is to take all the action. We all had our hair done by our 5 year old playing with the (unplugged) curling iron. Ouch! He had watched them really using the iron the day before so he decided he would try it. My daughter and the kids went to Oklahoma City on Friday to shop. Now that takes guts, on Black Friday in a big city, to shop. I went one year and that was one time too many. It was like shopping with a heard of buffalo. I fail to understand shopping like that for only a few dollars off. I have done most of my shopping online in the comfort of my living room, with only my two cats to contend with.
We got our Christmas trees up and decorated which we always try to do the day after Thanksgiving day while my daughter is off work and can help me. A few years back we went to artificial trees since it seemed like the live trees they were bringing in were usually dead in a week to 10 days. Plus I HATED having to get all the needles out of the carpet and I want to go green to save real trees. Next is the task of wrapping Christmas presents which I always seem to put off until the last minute. I just don't like getting out all the paper, clearing off a place to wrap and getting it done. Thank goodness for those big bags to put large items in and for decorative boxes. For those trying to save money this year, here is a list of some items I think make great gifts for Christmas:
Good magazines or books for the teenagers
A family board game
An iPod for any of the kids that don't have one
A Doll or small train for the young kids
Warm pajamas for moms and dads
A collectible for collectors in the family
A new backpack for the school kids
Plus don't forget to give a gift to your YWCA or Salvation Army for someone needy.
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