Sunday, November 27, 2011

Things I'd Rather Do Than Shop on Black Friday......

Happy After Thanksgiving
November 27, 2011


THINGS I'D RATHER DO THAN SHOP ON BLACK FRIDAY

1)  I would rather walk through a field of grasshoppers and crickets with no shoes on....

2)  I would rather have an oyster dressing dinner while seated between Jerry Jones and Barack Obama...

3)  I would rather walk up to a bee's nest, naked, and hit it with a baseball bat......

4)  I would rather meet my beloved Elton John with a gigantic green booger hanging from my nose.....

5)  I would rather compete on Fear Factor.......

6)  I would rather meet Justin Bieber......

7)  I would rather have oral surgery without anesthesia....

8)  I would rather shave Chuck's back hairs.....

9)  I would rather be forced to watch 12 hours of Sci-Fi with Chuck while eating Hostess Pink Sno-balls.......

10)  I would rather be forced to plan and prepare a meal other than grilled cheese sandwiches.....

What may come as a surprise to you (and me!) is that I actually DID shop a bit on Black Friday.......in Winnsboro, Texas, population 3,889.  Yep, there were a whopping 4 people in the Flower-Rama store when my neighbors Becky, Lisa and I headed in there Friday morning.  Turns out they have a pet muslim parrot named Fred or Wilber or Donald....can't remember....but the darn thing BIT ME.  See??!!

I know it doesn't look like much post 3-days, but as the blood slowly rose to the surface of my booger finger, I tried my best to show no pain and laugh it off.....but inside I was whining like a snotty nosed kid.....

On Saturday, my side of the family, the Calloway's, started a brand smackin' new tradition this year suggested by my niece Jacque.  Funny thing about this suggestion is that I've been suggesting it for at least 20 years and everyone just rolled their eyes and walked out of the room shaking their heads........but now that Jacque has suggested it, we'll be doing it till the end of time........The new Calloway tradition is that we will now be eating DESSERT first every Thanksgiving.  Truly a dream come true for me......I just wish I had a little more clout with this family of mine.....errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

But between 3 separate Thanksgiving meals...

Molly raking the back yard of all cypress leaves with her body...

And seriously losing at a 16-hour game of Mexican Train dominos, it was a perfect Thanksgiving weekend spent with people near and dear to me in a place that is hard to beat.

Hope your Thanksgiving was as memorable, special and blessed as ours was.......

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5 comments:

Kathy said...

FUNNNNNNNYYYYYY AS USUAL. Great Blog!! I’d rather drive back & forth to Houston than go shopping on Black Friday. Agh…I did already! J

Bonnie and Dick said...

I had a VERY good laugh with this one, Liz!!!! Loved it and love you guys, too. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with me------cooking. It only takes me 4 or 5 days to prepare this meal. HeHe Plus, it takes a couple of days to rest up. Maybe I’m just getting too old for the whole process, but Dick it very good to help. Thank goodness!!!
Love, Bonnie

Brenda said...

I agree totally

Judy Hammack said...

Wow, a 16 hour domino game!!!? You should have taken out all of the numbers over 10. LOL! I like the idea of dessert first. We ate our Thanksgiving meal and I then ate pie for supper! We spent Thanksgiving in Texas with Shellie and family....wonderful time!!!! Glad your Thanksgiving was great also!

Lulu said...

Mine really was we had 30 family n friends for dinner an 5 other family showed up mid afternoon to visit.at my Sister Judy's home in Aubry Tx. I LOve fAmily friends get togethers..we had pot luck so no one had to fix everything. I missed my 2 sons Jimmy Charlie they both had to work...... Jimmy works for Fry's in Houston an had b work 10 pm thanksgiving day an work thru 21 hrs for BLACK friday... should b outlawed my personal opinion.. Charlie works on pig farm an some one has to take care of pigs even on holidays. glad u n urs had good holiday.. love lulu