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BillyMollyEmmy · November 2013

Thanksgiving here was in October... so I am exempted right???? I'd better be, I've already been listening to Christmas music.

Also, never see the point to being offended or pissy that someone gets excited for Christmas in November. I just love Christmas. I can't help it. And it's not related to material things, it's the entire atmosphere. It begins to get cooler, and it snows, and I drink way more hot chocolate than I should, and I wear scarves, and there are lights, and things are pretty, and there are holiday activities. It's just a freakin' jolly season. It's contagious.

MrsManny · November 2013

BillyMollyEmmy said:

Thanksgiving here was in October... so I am exempted right???? I'd better be, I've already been listening to Christmas music.

Also, never see the point to being offended or pissy that someone gets excited for Christmas in November. I just love Christmas. I can't help it. And it's not related to material things, it's the entire atmosphere. It begins to get cooler, and it snows, and I drink way more hot chocolate than I should, and I wear scarves, and there are lights, and things are pretty, and there are holiday activities. It's just a freakin' jolly season. It's contagious.

I agree completely! I don't put decorations up until after Thanksgiving, but we listen to Christmas music starting in November and wear Christmas Jammie's. I just love it so much!

hmp1 · November 2013

redneckmomma25 said:

I think Taylor sounded horrible singing last night at the CMA's, I don't think she's measures up to the talent of most country singers. I really think if she went on The Voice she wouldn't get a chair to turn. So that's my UO.

I actually enjoyed the red song with the other artists. Why do the cma's start so late. I am far too old. I cannot stay up and watch the whole thing. Same with shows that start at 9 or 10pm during the week.

Move to the Central time zone!

Hyaline · November 2013

Pokedot said:

I decorated the inside of our house last weekend because we have prior committments every weekend until after Thanksgiving. The first weekend in December we are celebrating Christmas with my brother who will be home and we're hosting so my house has to be "Christmas ready." We always put up our tree on Thanksgiving so I'm a bit ahead (the tree will still go up then.) I might decorate the outside the weekend of Thanksgiving or before. I don't want to be in 3' of snow doing it! Blah! Also we keep out Christmas decor up until about the 2nd week of January. What I don't get is why people put up their Christmas decor on Christmas Eve? That doesn't make sense to me. I want to enjoy it because it's a hell of a lot of work to put that crap up!

I think the decorating on Christmas Eve thing came from when they cut fresh greenery and used candles in the tree and other stuff that wouldn't last. So you did it on Christmas Eve so that you enjoyed your tree with its candles and then didn't burn the house down trying to illuminate a dried-out tree, and the greens lasted for the next week and a half for the 12 Days of Christmas--yeah, they come *after* Christmas.

hmp1 · November 2013

origamipoppy said:

I don;t like country music newer than Woody Guthrie.

Some day we should go to the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival together. We went every year when we lived in TX. It's free but you have to get to BFE OK. Arlo plays every few years there.

hmp1 · November 2013

I am a terrible Nashvillian. I don't know very many of the country singers posted about in this thread. Never heard of Luke Bryan.

hmp1 · November 2013

I have no opinion of Swifty either way except I like her style. I am over twice as old as her fan base. She isn't writing music for me or trying to sell me tickets to her shows. It would be like me bitching about what a terrible movie High School Musical is. I'm not the audience.

MrsKipper · November 2013

I love High School Musical.

Pokedot · November 2013

@Hyaline I completely understand that but it's the 21 century hahaha. A friend of mine does this every Christmas Eve. They cut down the tree, and decorate it on Christmas Eve then by New Year's it's down. Not enough time to enjoy it if you ask me!

Hyaline · November 2013

Pokedot said:

@Hyaline I completely understand that but it's the 21 century hahaha. A friend of mine does this every Christmas Eve. They cut down the tree, and decorate it on Christmas Eve then by New Year's it's down. Not enough time to enjoy it if you ask me!

Well, if we want to get into "why do we still do arcane XYZ holiday/cultural/whatever" tradition, we could be here all day. Decorating really late isn't my thing, but if it's a longstanding family tradition, I'm just saying I get where it comes from.

Cheenomae · November 2013

The good news with the thankful FB feeds is that they only last on average of 9-13 days. No one ever seems to make it to day 30.

I don't mind Elf on a Shelf. We pulled him out for the first time last year when DD was 3 1/2. We did use him in the way everyone else uses him. He always just sits on the fireplace mantle and we tell him good night before bed each night. When DD would wake up she got excited to go find him because he always wanted to find somewhere more comfy to sleep. On Christmas morning she woke up with him sleeping next to her in her bed. She just loved that he was always "watching" her.

I love Taylor Swift. Like, really love her.

MarisaKathleen · November 2013

2 things that the last page reminded me of:

1. I realllllly wish people we knew sent us Christmas letters. Especially the cousins on DHs side who think they are the most perfect people in the whole world. It would be glorious. In 2012 I really wanted to write an honest one--"We had a baby! Hooray! We also almost got divorced, Marisa lost her Dad, Grandma and Grandpa within 5 months and then felt frumpy and sad while dealing with PPD! Happy Holidays!"

2. I'm really not sure I want to even put up my Christmas tree this year because N is a grabby little bugger. I feel like decorating just the top 3 feet is silly. We don't have a "theme" tree or anything like that, we have ornaments we've collected through the years that are all significant. I'll still decorate the rest of the house, I just think a tree is too much temptation for a tiny person.

redneckmomma25 · November 2013

I love old country as well as some new. I don't like all the new new catchy stuff. I love me some don Williams and 70's country. But I love a lot of the 80s and 90s country.

kdsmith43 · November 2013

Speaking of the sexy men of country music.

Enough said.

BillyMollyEmmy · November 2013

Bahahahha braggy Christmas letters are the best. They seriously entertain me.

ktnicole · November 2013

kdsmith43 said:
Speaking of the sexy men of country music.
Enough said.

I have respect for him.... but seriously? Ew

AKB090609 · November 2013

I miss old Facebook, circa 2004/2005. I hate status updates of all kinds, I loved it when you just put up a bunch of pictures and your friends liked them and that was it.

MarisaKathleen · November 2013

ktnicole said:

Speaking of the sexy men of country music.
Enough said.
I have respect for him.... but seriously? Ew

Sigh. I don't even know who that is.

Holly_1007 · November 2013

our christmas tree comes down the day after christmas. Keagans birthday is 1/1 so I like that there is a distinction between christmas and his birthday.

ktnicole · November 2013

MarisaKathleen said:

ktnicole said:

kdsmith43 said:
Enough said.
I have respect for him.... but seriously? Ew

Sigh. I don't even know who that is.

George Strait?! Check yes or no?

hmp1 · November 2013

kdsmith43 said:

Speaking of the sexy men of country music.
Enough said.

In his day, yes. Now, no.

MarisaKathleen · November 2013

@ktnicole--I know his music, I just didn't know what he looked like. thanks!

I don't know what a lot of music people look like actually...usually I just like a song, pull them up on pandora or itunes and listen to them. I always forget to check them out. Like Mumford. I didn't get why everyone kept saying "Mumford Beards" for the longest time. I don't buy cds anymore so I don't take the time to check out what they actually look like.

Hyaline · November 2013

Veterans Day sales are tacky. It's a day for honoring those who have served...there is no reason to put washing machines or carpet or coffee mugs whatever on sale because of it. I've accepted that Memorial Day is no longer actually about remembering those who have died in service and is now, in practice, about BBQs and opening pools, so put hot dogs and pool floats on sale. Whatever. But come on, Veterans Day sales? Really? Gross.

Holly_1007 · November 2013

It really bugs me when people leave their dogs outside all day. Especially on a leash shorter than 5 feet with a makeshift shelter.
and when they are allowed in the house they are in a cage the whole time. What's the point of having a dog if you don't spend time with them?
*sparked by something IRL, not TB related. Written while both my dogs are asleep inmy lap*

tinyhumantoe · November 2013

*When do you guys think I'll take down my tree? I have W's happy birthday banner strung across my living room from Sept 15, and it's lookin pretty good for my birthday in a week......

and maybe for DH's in April :-D

*IMO spending 3-5k towards chemo treatments on some pets would only decrease their quality of life and increase the misery. This is situation in my case.

*Unrelated to the above: I think it's funny and appropriate when someone makes jokes about their shithead pets dying. People get so offended, and I don't get it. I always ask my dog if he wants grapes or extra dark chocolate when people are around, but in reality I took him to the emergency clinic to the tune of $300 when he actually broke in to some milk chocolate last year :-p I just told him that an antifreeze smoothie would improve his complexion. He's not offended, why are you? Bwa!

tinyhumantoe · November 2013

Tall guys a bit thin with lean muscle - yum. Big muscle guys - yuck.

@marissakathleen Chicfila has that effect on me - My Pleasure! My pleasure! Have a great day! Plus polynesian sauce.

Jimmy Johns can suck it. Their new delivery strategy sucks. You can't become loved because of your delivery option (the only somewhat healthy option in my area), then take away everyone's delivery after 5 years, and expect to have the success you've had in the past.

The only sandwich from Subway that is delicious: Turkey and bacon on wheat with light mayo, S&P, spinach, onions, green pepper, extra pickles.

@barefootcontessa Boo for removing your pic so quickly

Are we done talking about Taylor? I thought she sounded great. She shouldn't wear super shiny lip gloss because she looks slobbery-lipped. I actually think she is very talented and beyond her years professionally, but a bit behind the curve with her perceived maturity level. I cringe when she reacts to compliments - open mouth, look left, look right, look behind ERMAHERG JT said that?! I can't believe it *gasp* *open mouth*

It sucks though, because they put the cameras on her constantly, so it's just setting her up to be annoying. I wonder what it's like to have your every move picked on?

danabsd · November 2013

The new pointy nail trend is just weird to me. I don't get why someone would want their nails to look like this. I think they are gross.

Wait , that's for real a thing?
I had also never heard of Elf on a Shelf until TB/IG last year. I clearly live under a rock.

danabsd · November 2013

Stasi said:

redneckmomma25 said:

I like big. Not necessarily musular. But big. Have you seen my husband haha? Tattoos. Bad boy look. I think Tim McGraw is probably on the top of my attractive country singers list. Like I said. The one guy from Florida Georgia line. I have a hard time thinking of who is hot on the spot. Let me think on think on this today.

So no tiny Brad Paisley for you, huh?

Did you see Tim McGraw last night? Man is tiny now, back in the day when he had some muscle and was built a little bit, yum. Now that he is all tiny and super skinny, no thank you.

Poor Brad Paisley, nobody wants him....

I want his money?

hmp1 · November 2013

danabsd said:

Stasi said:

redneckmomma25 said:

I like big. Not necessarily musular. But big. Have you seen my husband haha? Tattoos. Bad boy look. I think Tim McGraw is probably on the top of my attractive country singers list. Like I said. The one guy from Florida Georgia line. I have a hard time thinking of who is hot on the spot. Let me think on think on this today.

So no tiny Brad Paisley for you, huh?

Did you see Tim McGraw last night? Man is tiny now, back in the day when he had some muscle and was built a little bit, yum. Now that he is all tiny and super skinny, no thank you.

Poor Brad Paisley, nobody wants him....
I want his money?

Ha. And I love his wife. She seems so sweet.

jbBeans · November 2013

Blahh country music. I'm not a fan, generally.

Although, I like TSwift in a guilty-pleasure pop sort of way. But, um, I don't really think she qualifies as country anymore... ?

I dislike the overly early Christmas trend. Sure, if you want to put up your tree in September, whatever. I don't care. It's that it's EVERYWHERE else so early. I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I don't want to already be sick of it BEFORE it happens.

LOUD NOISES!!!1!!!1!

AlinnJo · November 2013

I could never date/marry a guy who had skinnier legs and/or arms than me. Big, beefy guys FTW!

ktnicole · November 2013

tinyhumantoe said:
*When do you guys think I'll take down my tree? I have W's happy birthday banner strung across my living room from Sept 15, and it's lookin pretty good for my birthday in a week......

and maybe for DH's in April :-D

*IMO spending 3-5k towards chemo treatments on some pets would only decrease their quality of life and increase the misery. This is situation in my case.

*Unrelated to the above: I think it's funny and appropriate when someone makes jokes about their shithead pets dying. People get so offended, and I don't get it. I always ask my dog if he wants grapes or extra dark chocolate when people are around, but in reality I took him to the emergency clinic to the tune of $300 when he actually broke in to some milk chocolate last year :-p I just told him that an antifreeze smoothie would improve his complexion. He's not offended, why are you? Bwa!

I tell my fluffballs daily to STHU and that they are going to have their barkbox (its a thing in my house) ripped out. If they shit the wrong color I rush them to the vet.

MeatballEsq · November 2013

AlinnJo said:
I could never date/marry a guy who had skinnier legs and/or arms than me. Big, beefy guys FTW!

Same here. I have the teeter totter rule. If I'm at the bottom then we can't date.

MRoxy0628 · November 2013

Afunky6 said:

MRoxy0628 said:

Hyaline said:

It drives me nuts when people start holiday stuff now. I'm not talking about doing a little Christmas shopping or pre-addressing the cards or whatnot. But getting "into the season" before Thanksgiving pisses me off. Thanksgiving is a holiday. Can we celebrate it and then enjoy the Christmas season?

Also, the traditional Christmas season lasts until the flipping 6th of January so knock off with the tearing everything down on Dec. 26. You're only tired of it because you started too damn soon.

I totally agree. I actually like Thanksgiving more than Christmas, so I don't like that it gets passed over.

I don't get how putting up a Christmas tree in your house means that Thanksgiving is getting passed over. I'm not going to bring a turkey into my house to decorate or something I don't have any 'fall' decorations and wanted to decorate my apartment with something. We don't host Thanksgiving at our house and no one sees our tree besides us so I don't really get why you guys care. If it was outside and you had to look at it? Sure, I could see that. Inside hidden away? Nope.

I'm not a huge Christmas person (and it gives me slight anxiety), so I think that's why I don't get into the "spirit" until after Thanksgiving. I like having the defined month of time to decorate for each. I put fall decorations up in September and they stay up until after Thanksgiving. I don't "really" care how other people celebrate or decorate, but it does annoy me slightly when the day after Halloween people are going Christmas crazy. And I'm referring more to the constant Christmas talk on Facebook, not so much that people are decorating in their own homes. I'm also the person who gets annoyed when in early August people are talking about fall and Halloween.

tinyhumantoe · November 2013

tonir319 said:

I could never date/marry a guy who had skinnier legs and/or arms than me. Big, beefy guys FTW!
Same here. I have the teeter totter rule. If I'm at the bottom then we can't date.

hilarious!

For awhile I definitely qualified for a divorce. Then we were both stuck in the air, so one of us would have had to jump off. Now things are back to normal

danabsd · November 2013

AlinnJo said:

I could never date/marry a guy who had skinnier legs and/or arms than me. Big, beefy guys FTW!

Skinny legs on men is probably my biggest turnoff.

jbBeans · November 2013

Cabbage rolls are gross.

(pulling from another thread) I think leaf blowers are wasteful and stupid.

I also find drive-throughs environmentally irresponsible. However, I have gained an appreciation for them since having a child. So my revised thought is that they should only be for use by parents with children and those with a physical disability. Laziness is not a valid reason to use the drive-through.

redneckmomma25 · November 2013

Love the teeter totter rule.

Tswift is not country. Also hunter Hayes. There are a lot of singers/bands that I do not think fall into the country category.

ktnicole · November 2013

Also from another thread. I don't get Miranda Lambert. I have rarely recognized her songs, is she really a big deal? Why?

willy_gert · November 2013

MiraskTastic said:

I don't like skinny legs, but a fit leg? Yeah. something...thick. DH has hot calves. IDC if that's creepy.

DH has hot calves too! He thinks it is weird that I like them but I do.

Teeter totter rule went out the window two months ago for us. If being on the ground is "grounds for divorce" (SWIDT?) Then we are getting all kinds of divorced.

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