In the past seven days, the ghost of Christmas Go to Hell has been haunting me with:

* A car crash. We're fine - but the hit caused us 3000 in damages. Thank God I wasn't at fault.

* 3 people died. One a grammar school friend, one was a good friend's father, one was my mother's brother. Two weeks ago her newphew died.

* My tooth was extracted. Always pleasant.

* Stink's ring finger nail was completely ripped off when it got in a fight with a door. The door won.

* I had a molar removed.

* Our fabulous charter school has been threatened with a $75K budget cut. More to come on that.

Tonight, however, the ghost of Christmas We Love Ya Babe descended in all its magesty in the form of a last minute holiday party. Four mom friends from our school - the fabulous place the Governor has decided might not be worth what he promised to us - got together at E's house.

And it wasn't just any get together. She had five Christmas trees including one that was silver and one that revolved in circles with a train at the base, all decked out in Disney. Kids ran amuck in the backyard climbing on her daughter's pirate ship playground, scaling her princess double decker bed, playing Wii and crashing on E's bed while watching Scooby Doo. The moms? We drank wine and ate too much food. Fa la la la laaaaaaa... my halls were decked!

If the rest of the holidays go back down to hell, I don't care. Tonight was all I needed. Stick a fork in me, baby, I am DONE.

Let's just hope my court date for an overdue ticket goes well in the morning. At least if I'm hauled off to jail I can say I had a good Christmas. I wonder if they serve soft food in the slammer? My gums are still kind of tender.

You? What's your favorite part of the season? Is it going okay? I hope so.


* Photo of this tree I found in a catalog. It's totally over the top and decadent, but I am in love with. Almost makes me want to shop retail. But I'll wait until I find it at the Salvation Army. It'll be missing a Pluto, most likely, and Cinderella will be headless, but nothing some Crazy Glue can't fix.

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Deb link
12/18/2008 21:39

Well happy freaking holidays, huh? You have had quite a week! I just finished up my finals, so I am now cramming for Christmas. Tis the season and all that....

Glad you are all OK after the crash - sorry about your car =(

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His Girl Amber link
12/19/2008 07:31

wow. that was a bunch of rottenness. I am soooo glad you did not get dead or maimed in the car crash!

also glad you found some christmas cheer after digging thru the muck this week.

blessing, chica. you know i think you're awesome!

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naomig link
12/19/2008 13:40

What a bummer of a week! Normally I am a pessimist. That being said, I am just feeling so thankful for all that we have this holiday season! We have a warm house, food, and especially each other. For some reason I can't find it in me to complain about anything, and I am usually a complainer, believe me! God is SO good! Happy Holidays!

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gretchen link
12/19/2008 18:45

Oh, Honey, I'm feeling you so badly right now.

My friend and i had to go to the mall yesterday (on ice and snow) to prevent us from killing our children softly. I think 2 days of delays followed by 3 full fledged snow days is about my limit. Cuz, geez! They're now off legitimately until Jan 5th!

On a serious note, please know I'm thinking of you and will pray for your losses. Never easy, and especially not at this time of year.

(((hugs)))

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Arwen link
12/20/2008 05:20

I am glad you found some contentment this week. I hope you don't get arrested, and I hope your holiday season continues the upward trend, now that you've got it started. We are looking forward to finally spending a day at home, no one going out, except for maybe a little playtime in the snow before coming in to be cozy again.

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Arwen link
12/21/2008 12:30

You left a comment on my blog, and I'm unsure, were you referring to the vinyl letters? I am not sure how much she charges for them, but you can ask her about it either through the contact form on her wesite:

http://www.oakcreekstation.net/

or calling her:
435*979*7220
435*846*1911

She has done a lot of things for us, and they really are a lot of fun.

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Susie Q link
12/21/2008 18:59

I am so, so sorry for your losses dear lady. It always seems more painful when it happens at Christmas...we lost Bill's dad near Christmas and it seems especially hard.
I am so happy you had a sweet night to help *even* up the mood score. It does help doesn't it? : )

I send hugs and love...

Sue

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Daria link
12/24/2008 11:03

So thrilled to be a part of something good that happened to you last week. It was a highlight for me, too. You bless others with your sincerity, wit, and honesty...a true gift to us all. xoxo

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JCK link
12/29/2008 16:31

Oh, Andrea! I am so sorry it's been so rough. I hope the court date went OK. And am SO glad you got some party with the Moms time. That sounded fun.

We were sick with the actual flu - was in bed for 3 days, and it sucked. But, we were well by Christmas and have been having fun hanging out.

I want to hear more about the cutting of the school's funds.

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Minnesota Matron link
12/29/2008 20:46

Is there a Christmas curse? Whew. . . your week is right up there with the Matron's. Sorry for all the death. Hard.

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ramblin' red link
01/02/2009 07:27

I'm baaaaack.....from the blogging dead.

I finally updated my site feeds to have your corrected url in instead of the old one. That said....

I've missed you. And you sound like you had a hella time with the holidays.

Once again our eerie parallel lives thing is going on because my daughter's left big toenail got ripped off by a door on New Year's Eve. This has been fun.

Hope the New Year treats you better than the latter half of the Old Year did.

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phd in yogurtry link
01/03/2009 12:15

Blessed be thy name, friends. Friends make everything alright.

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