This year my husband is wearing all blue and on his shirt is pinned a phone cord and a small rubber chicken. He is going as Chicken cordon bleu I am wearing all brown and on my shirt is a flame – hot chocolate of course! :-)
In our household of 7 (all adults), half of us are unemployed and of those unemployed, only one is collecting benefits. With the economy as it is, we decided to just do stockings this year - whatever you give has to fit in one. This leads to being able to give stuff like a “service coupon book” where you write down acts of service you will do for someone and they can redeem it as they need the help. I am giving everyone those stretchy mittens you can get at the dollar store. They always need those as they wear out or are lost. The idea for this came from my son Jon who is employed and was concerned that his siblings would feel bad not being able to afford presents. Seeing that kind of compassion from him is a gift to me.
In the last strip they were packing up camp in the rain. This has to be on the way home, in which case fast food is all they are fit for, if I remember how dirty my kids got camping! I never looked my best either. Nice restaurants loose their appeal when I feel like I have to hide to avoid looks from others if I am not appropriately groomed, not to mention the kids. Jon’s comments may just be by way of apology that he isn’t taking them someplace nice. He also may be picky, my own dad hates fast food. In-N-Out Burger (So. California and the west) was the only one he would take us to and then not often.
It’s what they call job security. Built-in obsolesence = continuing sales. I was just thinking the other day the varied & amazing paths mankind takes to avoid being a farmer. As for the electornic gadgets, my thanks for buying them - I work for Intel.
This year my husband is wearing all blue and on his shirt is pinned a phone cord and a small rubber chicken. He is going as Chicken cordon bleu I am wearing all brown and on my shirt is a flame – hot chocolate of course! :-)