Pet Peeves, Politics, & Potpourri 1-12-10

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Micki and I had a great Christmas with our daughter & son-in-law, the grandsons and their wives and our great-grandson Riley. Everyone got everything they asked for and some things they didn't. I believe Riley now has to as much toy stock as Toys-R-Us. Mickiwas hard to buy for because she has everything a woman could possibly want.?Everytime she gets in her new SUV she starts wiping the dust off the dah, so I bought her a two quart wet-dry vacumn that plugs into the dash.

I'm easy to buy for, so I wasn't disappointed. They all know I'm a cheese freak so I got two slabs of cheese. I also feed birds, so they gave me a bird house, 2 sunflower feeders and a bag of sunflower seeds. Thays all it takes to make me happy. I call Riley "Pa-Pas Boy" and he repeats it, much to the chagrin of Micki. Becky, his mother got me a picture frame that says "PaPas Boy," picture to folow later. I may install it somewhere in my truck.

Micki and I went to Cape on the 23rd, ate at Red Lobster, then went shopping. It was like black Friday in the stores and every road was jammed with cars. Once we were on the way home, I felt like we had escaped.

I went out Christmas eve to buy some snacks at a couple of local stores. These stores have claw machines and bubble machines out front. I spotted a Marine, who shall remain nameless, busy shoving quarters into the coin slots. When I questioned him, he said Christams sneaked up on him, and he was buying stocking stuffers.

Sailors have more fun!

Jack Hargis is a columnist for The Randolph County Herald Tribune.