The holidays are inflicted upon us, once again, as the year draws to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayhap guessed \u2026 not a fan of the annual spending traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food prices are up eleventy-million percent, gas is worse (if that is even possible), and average \u2018Murricans are expected to repeat the debt cycle with exorbitant expenditures on meals, gas for out-of-area visits, and gifts for people for whom their birthdays it is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JESUS is the reason for the season, but folks these days would rather un-CHRIST Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
btw\/fwiw … the pilgrims killed off the natives with diseases from Europe, stole their food as they lay dying in the snow, then celebrated the theft with a feast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us all bow our heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I hadn\u2019t bred then I\u2019d be like Grinch, but year round. But I did so I can\u2019t but I would if I hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wish in one hand, poop in the other. Guess which gets full first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of those above-referenced cheery thoughts aside, working on the spending plan for the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One good thing \u2013 this house doesn\u2019t celebrate Christmas, per se.\u00a0 We celebrate JESUS everyday \u2026 can I get a hallelujah<\/strong><\/em> … but we do recognize the gift of HIS birth and Life with Holy Spirit Month in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a selfmade fable that goes with that \u2014 \u201cThe dragon and the Lamb\u201d \u2014 that will be amongst these pages one day that encapsulates HIS sacrifice for the flock, both wayward and faithful. More to come. Maybe. Hopefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But most importantly GOD tells us to \u201cnot learn the way of the heathen \u2026 for one cutteth a tree out of the forest \u2026 [and] deck it with silver and gold \u2026\u201d {Jeremiah 10:3-4<\/em>} <\/p>\n\n\n\n Well doesn\u2019t that<\/em> sound familiar! (Ponder. Ponder!) I wonder whatever could it be<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in Holy Spirit Month, we use an altar. Yes! There\u2019s more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyhoo, gotta getta spending plan together for Half and theKid \u2026 let Half know just how much Half is appreciated, theKid too, for just being awesome, and tolerating me (heh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mentioned somewhere around these parts that Half doesn\u2019t cook, so guess what?\u00a0 Yeah, I do that too.\u00a0 Traditional gender roles can kiss my entire left buttock and catch a deep whiff of the smell (heh). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ho, ho, ho, and a gobble-gobble.\u00a0 That word even looks like onomatopoeia.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The holidays are inflicted upon us, once again, as the year draws to a close. Mayhap guessed \u2026 not a fan of the annual spending traditions. Food prices are up eleventy-million percent, gas is worse (if that is even possible), and average \u2018Murricans are expected to repeat the debt cycle with exorbitant expenditures on meals, … <\/p>\n