Good Humpday, Blog Pals:

Spent Christmas Day with fam damily and a good time was had by all. The kids (Damien 10, his sister Wednesday 8, Daisy May 8, and her brother Jethro 7) made out like banditos as usual and we had a lovely ham dinner featuring my own Better Than Sex Baked Beans as the premier side. Mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, creamed corn, glazed carrots, fruited jello, peach cobbler, ice cream, and cheezy biscuits were also consumed in mass quantities. I could barely waddle out the door when all was said and done. Got some bedsheets, a coupla dvd's and an art print of the famous painting of the dogs playing poker. I've always wanted one of those. It's now hanging in my living room here at Shady Pines. I briefly considered hanging it in the lobby but it would surely get stolen so here it remains.

Over Christmas dinner, the idea of me moving in with brother Bubba and his extended family was floated. A recent overnight hospitalization with chest discomfort promped concern about me living alone with the stress here at Shady Pines. I must admit I did give it some serious thought and I came within a gnat's eye lash of saying yes. It would uncomplicate my life, give me some more face time with the kids and save me a ton of money. In all practicallity, it makes all the sense in the world. In the end, though, after much vacillating, I respectfully declined their kind offer. I simply cannot live with others. I have a hard enough time here with all the other tenents and we have separate apartments. It would have been a disaster and everyone would have been miserable. I know I can not live with other people in an even closer proximity, no matter how much I like them and I don't know what I was thinking to even have considered such a move. I think Bubba's feelings were hurt even though he sez not. I feel like a bit of a heel but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. So, I am stuck here at Shady Pines for the duration. I hope I can endure all the horseshit and noise and crazy mofos around here. I can only do my best because this is it. Sigh.

Well, we did have a white Christmas...just like the ones we used to know. We got a few inches of additional snow(on top of the almost a foot we got last week) on Christmas Eve so that was way cool. I guess I should count my blessings and stop belly aching. But then that would not be me. hee hee.

Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday. Have a good rest of the week, everyone.


reguards
yer still here, damn it all pal
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