"You are MEAN"

Wow, 2011 already?  So it starts, how long will it take me to actually write 2011, instead of writing 2010 and crossing it out?  Only time will tell, hopefully it wont take long.

I hope all my followers (all 2 of you), had a great holiday season, I did, with the exception of a bout of the stomach flu, yuck!

Spent some time with family, exchanging gifts and what not.  It was great, especially the gift "Santa" brought my Mom.  See coming up on 2 years ago, my Mom, bless her heart, went into the hospital for a routine check of why her foot hurt.  Long story short, her leg was amputated.  Now this would clobber other people, but Mom took it in stride (pun intended), and hasn't slowed down yet.
So imagine her surprise (she wasn't) when she opened a package that contained the above bobble-head of the Leg Lamp from "A Christmas Story".
See my family is a little weird, (quite possibly the understatement of the year 3 days in), and have used kidding and laughter to combat a great deal of my Mom losing her leg.  For example, my Dad wants her to go apply at IHOP (ba-dum-bump), and I suggested we call her Char-leans, instead of Charlene....... (chirp, chirp)

I guess the lesson in all of this is if you are faced with challenges, face them back and let them know who's boss.  My Mom is a shining example of this, and it is another reason why she is one of my heroes.

By the way, she used her new gift as the centerpiece of the table, not sure who got it for her,,,,  but if you need to know where you can pick up various leg lamp items, I can help you out.  I heard that the cashier where this item was purchased said "This is cute", then when told the story, laughed very hard, caught herself and scolded me, I mean the person who bought it, and said "You are MEAN"!

I am so MEAN I hope my Mom knows how much I love her..  Happy 2011

Peace,
Woody