Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 01, 2018

And 9,317 hours until the Christmas after that…

Some notifications can be annoying. To make them more tolerable I set my phone to “vibrate only”.

Telling me how many shopping hours ’til Christmas would be annoying in and of itself.

Shopping is done and presents mailed in early November – to be the rush. And yes I shop during the black friday sales, for next year.

My phone shall speak when it is spoken to. Audible notification is a wretched abomination polluting the face of the earth.

Mostly mine tells me “I’m dying here! Plug me into the charger!”

When expressed in hours, the shopping time seems way less. I caught myself dividing by 24.

No pressure!

America runs on Dunkin’. And, unbridled consumerism.

big difference from when I was a kid. Blue laws had everything closed on Sunday except the Pharmacies.nothing was 24 hrs.

Arlo lets that bother him? I used to know a man that was hated for notifying people about passing time – I guess nobody appreciated a thoughtful executioner…

We’re near Christmas, so are we going to get to see the kids again?

Pretty please with sugar on it?

I have reminders such as “take out insulin for husband”, “buy gas for snowblower”, “finish at computer to make dinner”, and such.

Husband bought himself the new James Bond book – his gifts are done unless he comes across a second or third book or DVD he wants. We bought a Barbie Mermaid for his niece and will have to order from Walmart the second one she wants. We have to buy something for his 16 y.o. niece. Then shopping is done as I don’t get anything as I don’t want anything – although he did say he was going to buy me a 6 " adjustable wrench with large jaw for when I am hooking a hose in our RV to winterize it – I complained this year about using a 7" one in a 7.25 inch high space. My niece and nephew (30 and 27) will get checks. We don’t buy for anyone else.

So that would place their walk at about 8am