THE PERFECT GIFT WITH A SWEET TREAT! ORDER SWEET HOLIDAY CHEER. BUCKED BY BUCKEYES. A CHRISTMAS WISH. TASTE OF THE BEST OF ITALI FOR THANKSGIVING? AT SEASTAR? WONDERFUL MEAL, SPICED TO PERFECTION! GUESS THE ITALIAN PART? LOVE THE DECOR OF SEASTAR! SO COOL, GOLD CRABS WALKING DOUBLE FILE UP THE WALL BEHIND THE HOSTESS! TEAL GLASS BALLS HANGING IN SAILOR'S ROPE OR FISHERMAN'S NET, TASTEFULLY PLACED OVER THE FOYER. LOVE THE MASSIVE TEAL COLORED, STEEL FISH SCALES, BACKGROUND FOR THE WALLS. NICE DESPLAY OF WINE BOTTLES. GREAT THANKSGIVING. TOPPED OFF WITH A MOVIE WITH FRIENDS, "FORD VS. FERRARI" WITH SOME BIG TIME ANALOGIES, TO ME AND MY SITUATION . . . I'VE HEARD SHE'S HARD TO DEAL WITH . . . CHAMPIONS USUALLY ARE! YOU DON'T WIN RACES IN COMMITTEES! LEGENDS ARE NOT MADE ON CONFERENCE CALLS! ALWAYS A WAY TO CHEAT TO WIN OR IN THIS CASE, WELL, JUST GO SEE THE SHOW! NEVER, EVER, JOIN A TEAM AT THE LAST MINUTE, WHEN, ALL ALONG YOU DID THE WORK, THE DRIVE, THE BRAINS, THE DESIGN, AND THE PASSION BEHIND THE WIN! NEVER! THAT IS MY SIGNATURE INSURANCE--I WIN ALONE! LONE DUCK, WHAT THE DUCK? SMILE. FUN. FUN. FUN. RIDING BUS 226 CROSSING OVER "TYE RIVER ROAD." BRINGS UP THOUGHTS OF ROAD RAGE TO ME! SHE IS NOTHING WITHOUT ME. ME, EVERYTHING WITHOUT HERE . . .I GET MYSELF PLACES! SUCCESS IS WHEN OPPORTUNITY MEETS, PREPAREDNESS! STRIP ME FROM HER, AND SHE WILTS, LIKE THE WALLFLOWER SHE IS! SHELLEY THAT IS. COPS ON OUR ASSES LAST NIGHT, TWO, AT LA FITNESS, KELSEY CREEK, RIDING STATIONAIRY BIKES? GENTLEMAN, GENERALLY, OLD LADIES AND MEN, RIDE THOSE BIKES! LOL. THE WHOLE GYM WAS PRETTY EMPTY. YOU CAN WATCH ME FROM THE WEIGHT MACHINES! NO, I KEEP GETTING POISONED AND SHIT, OR COPS BREAKING UP MY WORK OUT, OR, SISTER'S AND THEIR "FRAGILE" BOYFRIENDS AND HUSBANDS, FUCKING WITH ME, TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON MY WORKOUTS! MY COWGIRL BOOTS ARE MISSING, SO, HOPEFULLY, SOMEONE, ON MY SIDE, PICKED UP CINDERELLA'S SLIPPPERS, AND MATCHES THE FEET TO THE BOOTS! THE WICKED STEPS, REAL SISTERS IN THIS CASE, BUT FOR WHITTLE KAY, HAVE SIZE 10 AND 11 FEET AND SHOES! THOSE FEET AREN'T GOING IN THOSE BOOTS! BOOTS NEED KNOCKING! COWBOYS IN DOWNTOWN LONDON? RIGHT AROUND, LONDON BRIDGE, ABOUT 1:30 PM, SOME DUDE PULLED A KNIFE OUT AND STARTED STABBING PEOPLE. CIVILIANS, TACKLED THE MAN, TOOK THE KNIFE OUT OF HIS HANDS, AND, HELD HIM DOWN, UNTIL THE "TERRORIST" TASK FORCE OR COPS SHOWED UP, SEEING HE HAD WHAT HAS NOW BEEN DETERMINED, A "HOAX" BOMB STRAPPED TO HIS CHEST, SENDING, THE CIVIES, DISPERSING VERY FAST! MAYOR, SADIQ KAHN, OF LONDON, THE WORLD'S CITY, SAID, THIS INCIDENT BROUGHT OUT THE BEST AND THE WORST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY! WHEN, THE COWBOYS, JUMPED THE MAN, AND TOOK AWAY THE KNIFE, AND SUBDUED HIM, UNTIL THE COPS COULD COME, THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THE BOMB WAS A "HOAX" . . . SO PRETTY BRAVE DUDES! ONCE THE COPS, NOTICED THE DEVICE, THEY MAY HAVE TOLD THEM TO RUN, OR THEY RAN ON THEIR OWN! CCTV RECORDED THE INCIDENT BUT IT WAS TOO FAR AWAY TO SEE WHAT WAS REALLY DOING ON! PRIOR TO REALIZING THAT THE DEVICE WAS A "HOAX" THE COPS, HAD TO NEUTRALIZE HIM, AND SHOT HIM THROUGH THE HEAD. SOME AUTHORITIES THINK THAT IT WAS, "SUICIDE BY COP" BECAUSE, AT THAT POINT, THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS, BY DIFFUSING THE SITUATION, THE FASTEST THEY COULD! THE MAYOR, SAID THAT, THE "ANTI-TERRORIST" TACTICS, THAT THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED, APPEAR TO BE WORKING! SOME, EXPERT IN TERRORISM AND THE RADICALIZATION PROCESS, SAID, THAT NOWDAYS WITH, THE INTERNET, SOMEONE CAN BE "RADICALIZED" IN JUST 9 DAYS!!!!! SCREAM. WATCH YOUR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND CO-WORKERS--COPS CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE, AND THERE ARE ALWAYS WARNING SIGNS THAT SOMEONE HAS BECOME, RADICALIZED LIVING AND WALKING AROUND US ALL! THESE MEN, I ASSUME, WERE ALERT ENOUGH, ONCE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, TO TAKE ACITON, FAST, AND STOP, FURTHER, INJURIES AND POSSIBLY A DEATH OR TWO! THEY REMEMBER THE STABBINGS AT THE BULL! ALWAYS NOTICE IF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, DOESN'T LOOK NORMAL, OR APEPARS TO BE OUT OF PLACE, OR CAUSING A DISTRACTION FOR OTHERS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE--NONE OF US, CAN AFFORD TO MAKE A MISTAKE! IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SAVE! THE OTHER MORNING THE DAY, BEFORE, THANKSGIVING, I WENT TO MY HAPPY PLACE, MCDONALD'S, BUT THIS TIME IN FACTORIA. THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC WAS PLAYING, AND I HEARD ALL THESE REALLY FUN SONGS, THAT, I HAVEN'T HEARD, FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, OR HAVE NEVER HEARD AT ALL . . . CHRISTMAS IS A ROCKIN' TIME FOR SURE! IT WAS NOT LONG, BEFORE, I WAS, BOUNCING TO THE MUSIC, SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR, AND, WIGGLING ON MY STOOL! I THOUGHT, OF PEOPLE WHO, MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES ALONE AT CHRISTMAS, AND, SOME IDEAS CAME TO MIND . . . . MEET ME IN THE FIRE HOLE BELOW! FIRST SOME FUN LYRICS, THAT I TRIED TO WRITE ON A NAPKIN, WHILE I WAS ROCKIN' TO THE BEAT!

BEARD SCIENCE INSPIRED THESE CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS, FROM A BASIC, BAH, HUMBUG, TYPE BAD ASS CON LAW CHICK, WHO IS SINGLE!

Shake up the Happiness. Wake up the Happiness. Come on, y'all, it's Christmas time! Give my Grandma a reason to smile. Shake up the Happiness--it's Christmas time! I know you're out there, I see your boots and reindeer paws. Come on, y'all, it's Christmas time. Ho. Ho. Ye. Hooo. Oh, Ho Ho! It's Christmas time!

Merry Christmas, baby. You sure do treat me nice. You make me feel like I'm living in Paradise!

Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight. Think of all the boys, I haven't kissed. I'd like it if you would just go down my list!

You Inspire Us!

So, the other day, on some, local, radio show, can't remember which, they were taking, text messages, from people either, asking questions, or making comments, and I missed the first part of this, segment, so, I am not sure what it was referring to?  So, this chick, texts, into the radio hosts, for their opinion . . . she said, she has been with her boyfriend, for over a year, and, the other day, he showed up without his beard and his hair was shorter, than she had ever seen it.  She said, she was no longer, attracted her or man!  LOL.  She didn't like this change, thought he should have consulted her before, making such a drastic change, that she was not used to, nor, did she think, given the length of the relationship, think, he, should realize that the image she was used to seeing of him, didn't matter, when, he just up and made this decision to change his entire look, and maybe, his entire personality, with it. 

Overall, the talk show hosts, were split, on what they thought . . . one thought she was entirely shallow, and, didn't she like him for more than, his hair and beard?  How did that change the guy? and why should she care? I used to get pissed, when, my sons, would change their hair!  LOL.  One time I would see them and their hair was my favorite, long, beards fine, and the next time, I would, see them, they buzzed their air totally off!  I felt betrayed by my handsome, sons, now, looking like, hard core, skinheads!  LOL.  I prefer the longer hair, and, maybe that is because, I met their dad with longer hair?  I am not sure, because they are handsome with any hair, but, I do have my preferences.

Women, can be a shallow as dudes . . . so this chick said, that she was no longer, attracted to her man, and she didn't want to have sex with him anymore.  Shallow Hallottes!  LOL. Now, I don't know how accurate this is, but it reminds me of, what my cousin, who lived in Japan for 17 years said about, marriages in that country . . . If your husband, makes, $5,000 per month, when you got married, the marriage contract, maintains that, the wife is entitled to at least that, expectation of living standards, and if the wife, is a size 5, when the couple gets married, she is to remain, that, size, as expected. None of this American version of for better or for worse, or until death do us part shit!  LOL.  I heard that, it is okay to cheat, and do whatever, as long as those standards are maintained?

The Japanese, might support, that girl, feeling, less attracted to her man, minus the beard and the hair, she met him with.  Americans are romantics, and believe, that love will conquer, all shitty, decisions, on hair, beards or whatever!  Some guy, lol, called in and said, "Hey, I wish it was just that easy to get rid of some chick, I just cut my hair and shave my beard!"  LOL.  Between the chick who asked the question, and this dude, who thought, that sounded like a pretty good, way to ditch, a no longer, wanted, girlfriend or two, that, I started to think about, it being Christmas, and narrowing that, Christmas list to make, Shake up some Happiness, because it's Christmas time!

BIG HAUL JUNK REMOVER

This was the first, truck that caught my attention, leaving, my delightful morning, laughing that some of the ideas that I came up, with to make your holidays, a little brighter! These are just a few of the thoughts that came to mind:

• an expectation, is just a built in resentment!  Let's say, that you and your man, have been seeing each other for sometime, and the next logical step, is to put a ring on it.  So, the chick, or even the guy, is, counting on this being the Christmas, they are going to get engaged, or a ring, will be the hidden present under the tree.
• what will be the natural reaction of someone expecting an engagement ring, and who ends up with even a diamond necklace?  RESENTMENT!
• if the best things in life are free, and money can't buy you love, then, never, ever, tie, your feelings of self worth, to the type Christmas present, someone, either gets you, or fails to get you!
• holiday pressure, is not free, stress can KILL you, so chill out, and stop worrying about spending, your time, finding that perfect gift or that expensive gift that says, I LOVE YOU!
• YOU CAN'T BUY LOVE, BUT YOU CAN, GET A HEART ATTACK, OVER TRYING TO SAY, YOU LOVE SOMEONE, TO SOMEONE!
• SIMPLIFY. SIMPLIFY. SIMPLIFY!  KISS . . . Keep It Simple Stupid!
• there is nothing wrong with telling someone, NO!  I can't afford that.  Take it down a notch!
• parents, co-workers, friends, children, have budgets they all work from, if they are WISE!
• nobody said, you have to go all out, for Christmas!
• sometimes the more simple, sparse Christmases, are the one's you remember the most!
• make holiday memories, like messing up the entire kitchen, making, Christmas shaped, sugar cookies, then, when there is flour all over the floor and table, make, frosting to cover them all with
• memories don't cost anything!
• spending time with a loved one, may be worth more than, just dropping off some expensive present, to pacify, some, aged relative or friend!
• most people over the age of about, 40 or even younger, just buy, what they want all year, so, most presents, by someone, who is guessing, is nice, but not necessary.
• mom and dad, if you are in that category, just ell you kids, presents are not needed, and see them relax!
• extended family members, just take a chill pill . . . parents of young kids, need to take care of their little family needs, before, going beyond the mark, and buying for everyone, or even, picking names, can cause stress . . . that is not the point of the holidays!
• an event, might be even more fun, that presents . . . here in the Seattle area, the Zoolights, are, beautiful, and the grand kids and even, some date, might remember, hot chocolate and donuts after seeing the Christmas lights, more, than any present, they might get!
• Christmas stories, can, make the holidays fun too!  When, I was a kid . . .  we . . . 
• connect the generations, in simple, time and stories, good food, and a night together!
• I get a happy buzz, just getting on the bus at night, which in the winter, is about, 5:00 pm, so kiddies, can go before, marching off to bed . . . but, let the bus do the driving, as you point out, fun Christmas light displays!
• there was a recent study out, that, said, for people to be mentally healthy, they need to listen to at least 78 minutes of MUSIC, each day!  CHRISTMAS MUSIC IF FUN, HAPPY, AND, FREE!

TOGETHERNESS IS EVERYTHING!