It's 4:00 PM here (1600 for my military bretheren). Sergeant mom has been up since 3:00 AM to line up outside the stores. On Black Friday no less. It's 14 degrees outside! What could possibly be worth all that self infflicted aggravation? I'm beginning to suspect we refinanced the house not for a lower interest rate, but to finance Christmas! I think I'll be afraid, very afraid. I wonder what she got me?

It's 4:00 PM here (1600 for my military bretheren). Sergeant mom has been up since 3:00 AM to line up outside the stores. On Black Friday no less. It's 14 degrees outside! What could possibly be worth all that self infflicted aggravation? I'm beginning to suspect we refinanced the house not for a lower interest rate, but to finance Christmas! I think I'll be afraid, very afraid. I wonder what she got me?

So here we are on the brink of what is normally a four day weekend for a lot of folks. Around here with a blended family consisting of adult children, under 18s, step parents, in-laws, 2 dogs and a partridge in a pear tree, it's chaos. Are we entertaining? Who are we visiting? Who's coming? What time? No, 2:00 isn't good, how about 4:00? By the time it's all over, including black friday, and putting up the Christmas decorations, it's Sunday evening, and work is looming. What ever happened to ...

So here we are on the brink of what is normally a four day weekend for a lot of folks. Around here with a blended family consisting of adult children, under 18s, step parents, in-laws, 2 dogs and a partridge in a pear tree, it's chaos. Are we entertaining? Who are we visiting? Who's coming? What time? No, 2:00 isn't good, how about 4:00? By the time it's all over, including black friday, and putting up the Christmas decorations, it's Sunday evening, and work is looming. What ever happened to ...