This coming Friday, my wife is hosting another Partylite party. However, she was considerate enough to ask me "what would make this fun for you
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Scrooge Day sounds much better then most of the holiday parties I been to. If not for family obligation, I'd probably ignore the whole Christmas thing.
Good day Mr. Knauer! It seems my LJ audience is expanding like the upffed out belly of a department store santa. I trust you're well, sir. nice icon, btw. Perhaps we need to chat about Civil War things.
Well, you're welcome to come up this Friday for the "prototype". As I was saying to Miss Veil, a real Scrooge Day party probably won't happen until next year. I understand your feelings though. I adore my family and consider myself lucky to have a whacky bunch of malcontents for relatives - as opposed to most of my friends' families. But the holiday "bond-o-rama" drives me bonkers. I get two rounds of it - my family plus Jen's family and step family who are entirely mundane and like to have the TV tuned to a football game the whole time. Makes my blood boil, to say the least. My own family tries to have a jolly time, but some sort of stress always creeps in - usually along the lines of "it has to be perfect!!!!"
Good day to you too, or rather good evening at this point. Given time, I figure I'll find most of the folks that I know who are on LJ.
The icon is of Emperor Norton, first Emperor of the United States. Sadly his only connection to the Civil War was not taking side and being photographed in both uniforms. Oh, and he abolished Congress (but no one listened).
My gg-grandfather was a corporal in the Union Army (Company H, 21st Reg, Berks PA), but I don't really know much about his service (or the war sadly)
My family falls in the entirely mundane category (except for my sister), so we do the holiday thing with Amy's family and my Mom, followed by something similar with my Dad and his wife. I try and just grin and bear it, but sometimes are better then others.
Oh yes. I rememebr him. One of the all-time great whackos.
My gg-grandfather was a corporal in the Union Army (Company H, 21st Reg, Berks PA), but I don't really know much about his service (or the war sadly)
I have sketchy knowledge of the war myself, but I find it fairly interesting. I don't think I could ever be a real geek for it the way CW reenactors are. I had ancestors on both sides of the conflict.
I try and just grin and bear it, but sometimes are better then others.
Yeah, I hear ya. It comes down to "Giri" (Japanaese: honorable obligation) I just realized that with jen's mom moving to up-state NY, I may never have to have a holiday with the step-family again. *crossing fingers*
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Well, you're welcome to come up this Friday for the "prototype". As I was saying to Miss Veil, a real Scrooge Day party probably won't happen until next year. I understand your feelings though. I adore my family and consider myself lucky to have a whacky bunch of malcontents for relatives - as opposed to most of my friends' families. But the holiday "bond-o-rama" drives me bonkers. I get two rounds of it - my family plus Jen's family and step family who are entirely mundane and like to have the TV tuned to a football game the whole time. Makes my blood boil, to say the least. My own family tries to have a jolly time, but some sort of stress always creeps in - usually along the lines of "it has to be perfect!!!!"
Ah well, more than you needed to know.
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The icon is of Emperor Norton, first Emperor of the United States. Sadly his only connection to the Civil War was not taking side and being photographed in both uniforms. Oh, and he abolished Congress (but no one listened).
My gg-grandfather was a corporal in the Union Army (Company H, 21st Reg, Berks PA), but I don't really know much about his service (or the war sadly)
My family falls in the entirely mundane category (except for my sister), so we do the holiday thing with Amy's family and my Mom, followed by something similar with my Dad and his wife. I try and just grin and bear it, but sometimes are better then others.
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Oh yes. I rememebr him. One of the all-time great whackos.
My gg-grandfather was a corporal in the Union Army (Company H, 21st Reg, Berks PA), but I don't really know much about his service (or the war sadly)
I have sketchy knowledge of the war myself, but I find it fairly interesting. I don't think I could ever be a real geek for it the way CW reenactors are. I had ancestors on both sides of the conflict.
I try and just grin and bear it, but sometimes are better then others.
Yeah, I hear ya. It comes down to "Giri" (Japanaese: honorable obligation) I just realized that with jen's mom moving to up-state NY, I may never have to have a holiday with the step-family again. *crossing fingers*
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look forward to another lengthy post of family crap this year....hears to hoping it will be more cheery than last year.
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