"Mail your packages early so the post office c'n lose 'em in time for Christmas."
Well, I bowed to the pressure…again…Heck! You'd think that after 53 years of marriage, I wudn't even bother t'put up any kind of struggle atall but hope springs eternal they say 'n I'm a slow learner…anyhow, I put up 'the lights'…I knew all the time that I wuz gonna do it, I 'uz just draggin' my feet out of plain old cussedness…that's what my Momma wud have called it 'n she wuz most always right…
I wuz tired of those durn silly stringy lights that're supposed to look like icicles (they don't) so I went to Lowe's (use'ta shop at Home Depot but they made me mad) 'n I bought 80some feet of what they call 'energy efficient mini lights'…SMUD won't care, my 'lectric bill is gonna go up anyhow…
Anyway, it wuz a beautiful day here in Ol Fair Oaks…me 'n da boyz took 3 walks t'day, the first one, of course, into the Village 'n around the park…they get really excited about that 'n they pretty much take the lead 'n just drag me with 'em…
We stopped at the same trees 'n nosed around the same garbage cans…spoke to pretty much the same people also…My south Vietnamese friend who seeks my advice (you'd think he'd know better)…he's considering a move to NYC (too cold,I said)…'n Dan, the garbage man, who keeps busy making the rounds of the parks of Fair Oaks picking up after the turistas who leave detritus in their wake like a daily tsunami (according to Dan anyway)…
Anyhow, as I wuz sayin'…I bowed to pressure 'n hung the lights cuz Christmas is comin' to town 'n there ain't a darn thing anyone c'n do about it...
"From a commercial point of view, if we didn't have Christmas, it'd be necessary to invent it."
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