End of SOME Annoying Commercials.....

With Christmas over and done with for this year, at least I don't have to worry about hearing some of those annoying Christmas commercials. Earlier this week I heard three advertisements IN A ROW with some aggravating version of "Jingle Bells." Isn't there a law on the books somewhere against that? It's inhumane at the very least. And don't even get me started on "Garmin dot com Garmin dot com Garmin dot com."

The annoying commercials will shift this weekend to quitting smoking and fitness centers. I fully expect Valentine's candy to appear in stores this weekend. It may already be there ... the farthest I ventured today was a walk in the park with Gus. I avoid shopping the day after Christmas with the same vigor as Black Friday. I didn't even go to the grocery store today for fear that some of the truly rabid sales-seekers might have leaked over there.

Hubby retires in 5 days ... sort of. Although his company knew the exact date of his retirement for MONTHS, they didn't quite get his replacement hired in time. So he has to work for a temp agency for a couple of weeks to get the new guy fully trained. That will probably be better for both of us anyway. I'm grumpy enough when I have to go back to school after Christmas break (come on lottery numbers, come on lottery numbers), but it was going to be even worse if I had to get up and go to school and leave Hubby sleeping. Or having a leisurely cup of coffee.

I wonder what new coach at Florida I'm going to have to learn to hate now.....

Not Sappy at All.....

With the help of Hubby's daughter, this is what I came up with for his retirement presentation.

• He has 857 golf clubs in the basement. Many of them are still in one piece.
• He reads 3-4 library books each week. People get shot and/or stabbed in every single one of them.
• He loves the Georgia Bulldogs - but he's never stayed for the end of a game.
• He loves Atlanta Braves baseball - but he's never stayed for the end of a game.
• He loves NASCAR - but he's never stayed for the end of a race.
• He never gets rid of anything, as evidenced by the fact that both a '69 Ford pickup truck and a '71 Honda motorcycle live in his basement.
• According to one of his friends, "He can turn out the lights and be asleep before the room gets dark."
• He always orders the same thing at a restaurant: Filet, medium, baked potato, just butter, thousand island dressing. And he can finish an entire meal before anyone else says "pass the salt."
• He will be able to wear a Pepsi t-shirt every day for the rest of his life without repeating any.
• For a man who has trouble sitting still, he is a big fan of power naps.
• He can identify the title and artist on any old, old country song, even before they sing a single word.
• His favorite animated character is Stewie from "Family Guy."
• He has seen Beetlejuice approximately 62 times.
• Finally, he's a big fan of "Popeye" cartoons.