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We finished decorating the tree last night. Emily wanted to help of course, so we let her, but it appeared she was collecting the ornaments rather than hanging them. :-) We only suffered two casualties, both of which were purchased at a local dollar store, so no big loss.

Now as it pertains to Christmas Trees, I am of the mind that a minimalist approach can be just as pretty and enjoyable as those full blown theme trees with all the ornaments the same shade of color, etc., etc., and I have always been that way. One year, I just put up the lights and I liked it that way so I left it. My friends would come over and would say, "Hey, where are the ornaments?" I would say if you want ornaments, bring some and put them on the tree! Hmmm... Y'know, that is actually a pretty cool idea. Maybe I'll do something like that one year and invite friends over and have them bring ornaments. Yeah, that would be pretty cool. (Lemme guess, it already exists? Knowing me and my luck, probably!)

Oh, and the fireplace people came out FINALLY and now we have fire in our gas fireplace. Which is right next to the tree. he he... And the Christmas cards that we have received thus far are on the mantle of the fireplace, and we have stockings hanging from the mantle as well. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea!

Hooray for fire safety! ;-)

Book Review

Okay, I finished 'Fight Club' and I have to say, I liked the ending from the movie a lot better. According to the trivia section of IMDB, so did the author.

It was an excellent read.

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I stumbled across a book I purchased over a year ago in the attic.  How it got up there, I couldn't say but I am happy I found it again especially with all the recent situations I have dealt with at work.

Check this out. 

Now tell me, is this or is this not the perfect career book for me?!  Yeah, I think it is...

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One of my favorite movies of all time is Blazing Saddles. I simply LOVE that movie. Of course, you could NEVER make a movie like that in today's PC society, which is perhaps why I love it so. Anyway, I always wondered about the song at the end of the movie...

"Throw out you hands, stick out your tush, hands on your hips, give'em a push, you'll be surprised you're doing The French Mistake. Viola!"

Okay, here is the thing that I am curious about... Obviously the action in the song seem to suggest something of a, um, lewd nature. But where does the term French Mistake come from? Clue me in people...