Monday, December 22, 2008

Recipe for a great Sunday afternoon...

A Good Right-before-Christmas-Sunday Afternoon

Serves: 4 Neighbor Houses
12 Office Gifts
12 Mr. B Co-Workers Gifts

Ingredients:


36 Pineapple Cakettes
36 Brown Lunch Sacks
36 Plastic Forks
36 Festive Napkins
36 Pieces of Torn Fabric
24 Gift Messages (English)
12 Gift Messages (Spanish)
1 Pair of Scallop Scissors
4 Gift Bukets for kiddos
(filled with candy, cookies, fruit and Wal-Mart gift cards)


Add:
1 "Muppets Christmas Carol" (for "packaging department" to watch)
1 C. Cuppa Chi Tea
1 Long craft table
1 Lg. Trash Bag (to score hoops when tossing trash into "-she shoots- she SCORES!"
1 Patient Hubby


Mix: with One "Delivery-Person" Mother-in-Law

Yield:
4 Happy neighbor houses
1 very happy (and satisfied) Main Street house
1 PRE-CHRISTMAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF FUN!


Have a great Monday - hi ho hi ho, it's off to work I go!!!

-me

3 comments:

Betty said...

What do you mean, "...it's off to work I go"? Looks like you worked your little (and getting smaller all the time) behind off this weekend. Those gifts are delightful, thoughtful and so very fun! Wish I could be there to see the faces of the recipients! Love ya.

A Wild Thing said...

I agree...it seems like it's off to rest you go, after all of that, work would be a joy...but then again...I love my job, can't call it work when you have to shop for antiques 24-7. But you amaze me at all the goodies you make...keep that woman barefoot and in the kitchen!

I love the new look of the blog, so festive...you are too much Granny...us old gals really got it together aye...

Julie said...

Love your vintage images - thanks!

It is dead here today - only three of us out of 15 people, and nothing to do. I could have had the day off but as a temp would not have gotten paid for it. But I am sacrificing a few hours pay to leave at 1:30 so I can take my daughter to lunch - if the weather holds. We are supposed to get 3-6 inches today. Ugh!

Wanna see what I've been up to ??

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