I guess it’s time that I face the fact that I will not be hugging on Paul McCartney this Christmas time.  Damn.  All I can say is that 93.1 WXRT rocks for sending me the two disc set (which also included a DVD of the live concert in New York City) and that they made a HUGE mistake and accidentally called someone else with the Grand Prize news.  Lucky them!  I forgive you, promotions department.  I will happily have my Paul McCartney experience in the comfort of my own home snuggled up with my kids a la DVD.  Fun AND free.

The other upside (because all my sides are up, apparently) is that I won’t be flying on my son’s birthday, and therefore there’s a 99% chance I’ll be sober on his big teen birthday!  That is not a promise I would have made if I had to fly on his birthday.  Sad, I know, but I’ve had some seriously bad flying experiences in my lifetime, and we’re all entitled to a “thing.”  This is one of mine.  Flying sucks rocks, aside from the time savings, of course, and it’s unnatural.  The end.

Did you hear that, people?  I will have a TEEN in the house by the end of the month.  A TEEN.  Please put away your teeny violins, I know how lucky I am.  He’s a good boy.  But, I told him when he was nine going on ten that we don’t DO double digits in this house, let alone TEENS, so he’s in a perpetual 9 rotation.  Sorry!  No comprende.

So have you met my Damned Dolly from yesterday?  I realize she comes across as a bit negative, what with Damned in her name and all.  She also has that screamy face which looks a bit angry, but really she’s quite joyful.  I laugh whenever I look at her, so that proves it.  I know you can’t see it easily in the picture, but aside from the menacing way she is aiming that candy cane at you, she also has a tiny little finger pointing at you on the other hand.  She is very aggressive in her Christmas merriment.  I love her and had a very difficult time selecting just the right one.  I went to that booth three times, and I was laughing so hard at all the different Damned Dollies that the creator was laughing as well.  She was trying to hide it because truly she was laughing at me, not with me.

Huh.  Not funny.  Damned Dolly creator.  Shoot, that doesn’t work.  Damned evil crafter.