That time of year again

The dreaded holiday letter, we've been doing them since we had the Boy and now it's time to write this as I'm picking up the cards from Costco tomorrow. I think that we have done better letters over the years than most of the stuff you get (mostly be keeping it relativly short... never more than 1 page and never less than 12 point type,) but I'm confused this year. How do I keep it from being redundant to DDolls blog? I know most of the folks we send cards to are not readers of her blog, but part of me is thinking, "If they really cared, wouldn't they read it?"

Oh well, atleast using MS Word, I'll have my spelling/grammar crutch, unlike Blogger. I know I should look it up, but if it does not have a red line under it, it must be right, write?

Worst Christmas Song Ever

I like music. I don't obsess about the artists or need a Zune/ipod/ringtones going nonstop, but I enjoy most types of music. (Alternative, classic rock, classical, jazz... I even like well done country/western and rap/hip hop, but not together.) Anyway, I dig the Christmas tunes anytime after Halloween. From Handel, to Bing Crosby, to the Bare Naked Ladies, to Jingle Bell Dogs, I'm good with it... with a few notable exceptions.

First, the regional holiday songs are just sick. Up here they play a couple that make my skin crawl, "Christmas in the Northwest" and "Walking in Seattle's Latte Land" (to the tune of Winter Wonderland.) These songs are offensive to anybody with ears. I'd link them, but that would be hurtful to you and you might come after me.

But as bad as the regional cr@p is, it's Nat King cole's Christmas Song when compared to "Christmas Shoes" by the faith based group Newsong. Now, I'm a Child of the Light (aren't we all?), so I'm cool with the God stuff, but the only message in this song is BLOWS. The only good news is when it's over. Please understand me, this song is really bad!

If I ever go to a Newsong concert, I'll be leaving in handcuffs.

Snow Day

We've got about 6"-8" of snow here the last couple of days. It closed the schools to make the 4 day weekend a 5'er. We didn't really feel the full magnitude of the day because the boy is a home schooler and I work out of my home office. But I did get to use the bad roads as a excuse for postponing a appointment at the dentist office.





























I saw more snow when I was in Alberta two weeks ago, but that just felt like frozen tundra land. The couple inches here feels more Christmas. ish. y.