And on the Fourth Day of Christmas I Gave You Poll Results

Our poll numbers show that what we most wanted for Christmas this year was World Peace... or for Congress to get a clue. And let it be known that NO ONE wanted a scarf. It apparently is NOT the default Christmas gift that we all thought it was. Thanks to everyone who voted!

World peace	2 (22%)
For the Congress to get a clue	2 (22%)
My dream job	0 (0%)
Daily Show DVD	1 (11%)
A snazzy scarf	0 (0%)
Colbert Report DVD	1 (11%)
The top five on my Amazon WishList	1 (11%)
For my family to get along	1 (11%)
More TTGSiMH	1 (11%)

I'm Holding Out for a Hero

Didn't I get this result before... from another test? And I know that my super villain came up as Dark Phoenix.



12/30/07 Update: How perfect - my sweetie came up as Spidey! You may remember that in the super villain test he came up as The Joker (which was why I cracked that our kid would be called Dark Humor). Obviously I married a guy with a funny bone. Spidey was always my favorite comic book hero because of his clever lines. In fact, the first toy I remember picking out for myself was a small Spiderman. My mother, who wanted me to be a girly girl, was probably traumatized. Little did she know at the time that it was because I planned on growing up to marry him.

A is for Anteater

Checking out the 12/24 Pet of the Day I had two very quick thoughts.

1. Who keeps an anteater for a pet?
2. WHEN DID ANTEATERS BECOME SO ADORABLE???

Christmas Random Ten

Since Susan on easy bake coven did her Friday Random Ten today I thought I would join in.

1. (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With the Bag - Brian Setzer Orchestra
2. Good King Wenceslas - Bing Crosby
3. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
4. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Al Hirt & Ann-Margret
5. Winter Wonderland - Aretha Franklin
6. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Frank Sinatra
7. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Pointer Sisters
8. Joy to the World - Nat King Cole
9. Jingle Bells - Bing Crosby
10. Frosty the Snow Man - Harry Connick, Jr.

December Holiday Countdown

Merry Christmas Eve! It's time to take stock of where we are in this month of holidays.

December 2007 Holidays Past
4th-12th Hannukah (Festival of Lights, sundown to sundown)
21st Winter Solstice (Are you having a cool Yule?)
23rd Festivus (Did you engage in Feats of Strength and Air Your Grievances?)

December 2007 Holidays Upcoming
25th Christmas
26th Boxing Day
26th & Jan 1st Junkanoo
26th- Jan 1st Kwanzaa
31st New Year's Eve

We are still in full cookie baking swing here since there are, you know, twelve days to Christmas. And you need cookies to make it through all those days. (Do you celebrate Twelfth Night on January 5th? It's a day of feasting, you know.)

Our cookie collection thus far includes:

• Sugar Cookies
• Butter Cookies
• Chocolate Chip
  
• Norwegian Lace
• Black & Whites
• Snickerdoodles
• Frosted Cranberry-Orange Cookies
• Chewy Coconut-Orange Macaroons
• French Lemon Wafers

Yeah, I bet you wish you were Christmasing at our house. My favorite so far has been the Black & Whites, which are like little brownie bombs covered in powdered sugar. I have to admit that the Cranberry-Orange cookies taste like Christmas all baked up in cookie form.