I’m not sure if I posted about it, but a while back we watched the movie Disturbia and noticed that one of the scenes was shot at the All-American in Downey. We watched something in the last two weeks that was also filmed there, but I can’t remember what it was. Stacie thinks it was Knocked Up. Then today I watched this video by Rise Against, and yep, it’s at All-American. I emailed the store to see if they have a list of everything filmed there. Crazy.
Merry Christmas yo!
Merry Christmas from Stacie, Boo, and the tree!
Vacation is good for the mental health, but bad for the blog. I’m sorry blog that you haven’t got blogged on very much despite the greater abundance of time I have. Please don’t give me coal for Christmas.
Being on vacation has given us time to do some last minute shopping earlier in the week. Something I enjoy about getting a little older is it’s more about what I get to give and less about what I hope to get. Thinking of the "perfect" gift for somebody is fun, sort of a challenge for us. We sit down and analyze the person’s life situation and what they might need and see what we can come up with. Sometimes we have success, sometimes the gift seems less than perfect, but it’s still a lot of fun.
We’ve spent the last two days doing some baking. I had this great idea to bake people bread (banana nut and pumpkin) and Stacie baked several different kinds of cookies. I’m not a big dessert person, but it was fun buying bags of flour and sugar, hunting down mini-loaf pans, and actually making something. Now we just have to drive around and hope people are home.
Yesterday I drove to Sport Chalet in Torrance to obtain this bad boy. Why do I need a propane fueled catalyic heater you might ask? Because I’ve convinced Stacie that tent camping in Sequoia National Park in Decemeber will be fun (but a little cold, thus the heater). We’re planning to leave Wednesday, stay two nights, and then continue up to Turlock to meet the rest of the family. I called the ranger station yesterday and the highs are about 50, and the lows are right around freezing. While camping is an adventure in and of itself, adding in the extra challenge of the cold makes it even more fun. It’s been three years since my first winter Sequoia trip, and I miss it. Hopefully the weather cooperates and it stays dry.
Hope everyone is ready for Christmas and has a great day with family and friends. Merry Christmas!
I can’t stand political correctness, but even I can be influenced by crazy people. Everytime I say "Merry Christmas" I feel uneasy, because political correctness lunatics cry foul anytime a person is offended. I’ve heard this crap so many times, but no more!
In a recent Zogby poll they found that the phrase "Happy Holidays" is more offensive than "Merry Christmas," and by a HUGE margin. They found that 95% of people are not offended by Merry Christmas, while 46% are offended by Happy Holidays. This is political correctness at its most retarded. In an effort to not offend 5% of the population it ends up offending half the population.
Equipped with this new information I will gladly declare "Merry Christmas" all season long.
It’s Christmas time again! How do I know? Well I just lit the pilot light in the furnace, that’s why.
While I officially declared the season of Fall back in October, it is now officially Christmas time. Crazy people have started to pick up their Christmas tree in November. We saw one gentleman putting up Christmas lights several days before Thanksgiving. And oh the madness at the malls, how annoying it is. I remember a couple years ago I actually enjoyed going to the mall during Christmas with everyone running around and that felt very Christmasy, but I’m not sure this year. I think I’ve got too much going on to enjoy that, but we’ll see as we get closer to the Holiday.
Finally to all the people that don’t like Christmas and have tried to erase it from our American culture, you are idiots. I am not Jewish and am not offended by Hanukkah, so I see no reason why Muslims, Jehovah Witnesses, etc. should be so bothered by Christmas that it can’t even be mentioned. Unfortunately for these crazy people we still live in a democracy where the majority rules, and the majority of people celebrate Christmas. Why is it that 1% of the population can tell the other 99% what to do under the guise that the 99% are not being tolerant to the views of the 1%? Because it’s rubbish. Merry Christmas!
Yah, so it’s a couple days late, but Merry Christmas anyways. My Christmas was really nice. I got to spend time with old family and new family. Stacie and I got a lot of gifts for our upcoming new life together. Silverware, luggage, sundae bowls, serving dishes, all kinds of stuff. It definitly makes it all seem a lot more real, and close. Hope you all had a great Christmas, I’ll post some pictures soon.
