Why During Christmas, You Never Forget Your Fire Department
Unfortunately, this is the true tale of the fire in my kitchen this past weekend. Please sing to the tune of 12 Days of Christmas. Don’t worry, I counted only to Five. I don’t want […]
Tag: holidays
Changing Rhyme Schemes, or: The not so perfect Christmas poem
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK T ’was the week before Christmas, and I have to admit: I wasn’t feeling the spirit; not one little bit. The stockings weren’t hung, I didn’t know where they […]
Christmas Around The World: They think we’re odd
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay! No, I didn’t position my fingers wrong on the keyboard. It doesn’t quite have the flow of “Merry Christmas”, but I’m told that’s the […]
Re-Thinking the Christmas Song Countdown
This weekend, we were on the road, and because it’s the Holiday season, we heard a lot of Holiday songs. Let me amend this: We heard a lot of Holiday AND Christmas songs. I don’t […]
It’s Funny What We’re Thankful For
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK “I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I took his shoes. What was he going to do, chase me down?” […]
Don’t Monkey With Holiday Traditions
Madam and I just got our Thanksgiving dinner food assignments. I’m in charge of bread, and she’s responsible for stuffing and sweet potatoes. Along with our menu instructions came a friendly Post It Note advising […]
Hey, It’s Christmas All Year!
I saw my first Christmas commercial five days before Halloween this year. Let me just go on record with this: I believe that Christmas doesn’t start until after Thanksgiving. End of story. Apparently it is […]
Scary Cold On Halloween
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK In my adult years I’ve never been a fan of Halloween, especially now that I’m not supposed to be eating candy anymore. I mean, what’s the point? It pained me […]
Friday Humor Devotional
Dear Lord, please let my two teenage daughters know that giving me a front row seat at a Justin Bieber concert or a gift certificate for a free mani-pedi will never, ever, EVER be an […]