Happy New Years

This will probably be the last Christmas comic for this season. Maybe other winter type comics might appear though. But I couldn't not put this one up. It was too good.

Christmas comic

Late Christmas Present

For Christmas my parents gave each of my boys cookie dough or brownie mixes. So it didn't seem out of the ordinary that they gave me a package of sugar free, fat free Jello pudding. I figured they were being thoughtful, and wanting to encourage my recent weight loss, gave me a healthy yet tasty alternative to some of the snacks they gave my kids.

The pudding didn't get put away in the cupboard (where it might have remained for a long, long time until I remembered it), but kind of floated around until after 3 days of begging (and 5 days of sitting on my dresser) Mark finally convinced me to make it. I even had to go to the store to buy milk. Imagine my surprise when after getting out a pan and jug of milk, I opened the pudding -not stopping to wonder why it had been taped shut- to find not pudding, but a miniature flashlight.

I remembered then that one of the things I had specifically asked for (not on my official Christmas list) was a flashlight that would attach to my hand or arm so I would have 2 hands free when I'm walking my dogs in the dark and have to pick up after them (yes, I actually do pick up after them).

This flashlight is very bright despite it's size and attaches to my finger with velcro so it points wherever I do. Very nifty. I think it's very cool, (thanks Mom and Dad), but Mark was disappointed that he didn't get pudding. -Della

Holiday Tip

I got an e-mail with a bunch of these comics. So even though Christmas is over, It's still the holidays, and I hope you enjoy these anyway.

If you are wondering why Santa didn't come...

Ever have one of these days?

Our tree

Our tree is still waiting for presents. Notice the geotracks around it. This track has been in many different configurations over the last 2 weeks, but has been simplified to a basic ring around the tree.

Wow, it's getting late. I'm posting this right before I head for bed. Wait! I think I hear something on the roof!

Rudolph gets the night off

By the time I'm posting this Santa is probably delivering to England and the kiddies in New Zealand are already playing with their toys, but if you look outside in the sky tonight you might see a red glowing light, but it isn't Rudolph.

The planet Mars is really bright and close to Earth tonight. Only like 50 million light years away or something. So check it out. Maybe it is Rudolph.

Holiday puzzle

Here is a holiday puzzle that should be pretty easy.

The vowels have all been removed from the following holiday lyric and regrouped in the right order but with spaces at odd places. Can you put the vowels back where they belong?

RDLP HTHRDN SDRND RHDVR YSHN YNS

Christmas List 2007

• Every year I try to do a creative Christmas list. This tradition started when I was about 13 and wanted an original gameboy. I believe there were about 150 items on my list and every ninth one was "gameboy". The following year was similiar but my most desired item that year was a pair of roller blades. I hope you enjoy this year's list. You might even enjoy finding some of these actual items listed online. Della’s Christmas list 2007 I have previously gotten complaints that although people wanted to buy me gifts from my list they had difficulty finding what I had asked for. So this year I made sure almost everything on my list actually exists and can be found and purchased. Here goes:
• Screaming slingshot monkey,
• Panini Press,
• Tickets to the Jazz Wizards game on Feb 1st.,
• (While at the game) a triple double for Boozer,
• A 5x5 for AK,
• 10 3's for Okur,
• A partridge in a pear tree,
• Black 13 cubic ft. mini fridge,
• Kai body butter,
• Crayola Crayon Executive pen set,
• John Kerry chew toy,
• 4 slot toaster,
• Chocolate fondue fountain,
• Summer sausage,
• Nabaztag, the know-it-all rabbit,
• Nike+ ipod running set (it has a sensor in your shoe and a transmitter that plugs in to your ipod and tracks your distance, speed, pace, time and calories burned. Then Lance Armstrong’s voice comes on to tell you when you’ve reached a personal best).
• Amp for nike+ ipod,
• Flying pig for all seasons,
• Fuzzy slippers,
• Fuzzy slippers with headlights,
• A pedicure set with foot lotion so the fuzzy slippers won’t itch,
• A pedicure,
• For my big left toenail to grow out with out a hangnail,
• Pet select love glove pet grooming kit,
• Glowing bricks,
• Spy Ear secret agent listening device,
• Lego Star Wars the complete saga video game,
• Books by Stephenie Meyer, -New Moon -Eclipse -Twilight,
• Roomba vacuum,
• Get Off the Phone excuse machine,
• Tandem bike,
• Ipod touch,
• Digital picture keychain,
• Holy, the flying cow,
• Fooseball table,
• Fooseballs,
• Waterboy the movie,
• Trip to racecar driving school,
• Ice cream maker,
• Jesus action figure,
• 15 ft trampoline,
• Safety enclosure for 15 ft.trampoline,
• Lindt chocolates,
• Ear muff headphones,
• My own hazmat suit,
• Gummy bacon candy,
• Lego mindstorms NXT robot (you build it and control it and can even call it from your cell phone to give it orders. Better than a teenager).
• One share of Nike Stock,
• Handheld electronic Sudoku game,
• Self shaking salt and pepper shakers,
• Purse made of duct tape,
• Taboo the game,
• Yummy smelling candles,
• Subscription to salt of the month club,
• Tiny laser tag game,
• Tan double breasted trench coat made with anti-pill fleece,
• Sunglasses with mirror sides (so I can see behind me),
• A Fedora,
• Sandisk Sansa shaker mp3 player (blue),
• USB powered foam missile launcher,
• Guitar Hero 3,
• Lunch lady action figure,
• Inflate-a-bowl,
• Spongebob squarepants skateboard,
• Motorized cooler (a food cooler with wheels and a motor that you can sit on and drive),
• Laser sighted pool cue,
• Pool table to use laser sighted pool cue,
• Harvest your own pearl kit,
• Lego Star Wars Death Star Replica Set,
• Iphone,
• Isis puzzle (It’s almost impossible),
• Solution to Isis puzzle (each one has it’s own solution),
• Cap’n Danger Stunt Monkey,
• Rabbit nativity set,
• Red pocket rocket bike,
• Country Club dog house (for Toby and Sam),
• Ultraviolet toothbrush sanitizer,
• Remote control sumo wrestler game,
• 40 years of Hot Wheels 40 car set,
• Digital picture frame,
• Official Ralph Waldo Emerson Tranquility Sound Machine,
• Nose shaped pencil sharpener (guess where the pencil goes),
• Eye Clops Bionic Eye (view anything at 200 times it’s original size on your tv screen),
• Nice smelling perfume,
• Amazon Kindle digital reader,
• Mikhail Gorbachev keychain,
• Radio Flyer wagon (metal, not plastic),
• A piece of Ireland,
• Ultimate Nike+ runners gift set (includes nike+ ipod set, ipod nano, and nike gift card),
• Super Spork, spoon knife and fork all in one,
• Uncle Oinker’s bacon flavored mints,
• Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader/ Death Star action figure,
• The amazing flying alarm clock,
• XM satellite radio,
• World’s smallest RC car,
• Pocket fortune teller,
• Barbie I Love Lucy Lucy and Ethel gift set,
• Stress eraser (little electronic thing that trains you to breathe calmly and regulate yourself),
• Ice cream maker,
• Moses action figure,
• My size throne (not Barbie version),
• Pop Art toaster,
• Crime scene towel,
• Devil duck keychain,
• Candy pet rat,
• One year of housekeeping,
• New green ipod nano (perhaps in a ultimate Nike+ runners gift set),
• Wii points,
• Twinkie flavored lip balm,
• Salt n’ vinegar flavored Crick-ettes snacks (yes, I think they are actually real crickets),
• Surround Sound Music chair,
• Subscription to Chocolate of the month club,
• A real life true to love Garage door (Oh, wait! I got that one this year!),
• Sushi band-aids,
• Chicken Chucker catapult gun,
• Bowls that hold a whole can of soup (This has been on my list before and I got some of them a few years back, but they have all broken and I need new ones),
• Jesus Saves coin bank,
• Screaming rubber chicken,
• Holiday table runners (no, I don’t want your children running on my table),
• To learn to speak Swahili (Lonien means good night),
• Electronic Yodeling Pickle,
• (Last but not least) A Life Size Statue of Mark Twain,
• One thing I do NOT want: Barbie Cher Doll (Please don’t turn back time).