The Young & Restless: ideas

Friday, December 7, 2007

ideas

This is for all of you out there who visit but never leave a note! I'm looking for reasonable Christmas ideas for a certain almost 6 yr old girl and I'm also wondering what your favorite Christmas CD is and why. To make it fair I'll tell you that what she really wants for Christmas (which has already been spoken of by certain grandparents) is "Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name" (I am hoping it has a volume control) and my favorite Christmas CD is Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas.

9 comments:

Katers said...: I think you should get Gracie a REAL puppy! I'd sure like that if I was six...

My favorite Christmas CD is Ray Connif - We wish you a Merry Christmas. The records was always played by my mom and it just makes the season for me.; December 7, 2007 at 2:50 PM
Kara said...: I can't say it's my favorite Christmas CD, but the One I know best is Mariah Carey's Christmas album. I had a roommate at BYU who started to play it in October to celebrate Christmas. She was very enthusiastic about celebrating the holidays. Mariah has such classics as "All I want for Christmas is You."; December 7, 2007 at 6:57 PM
Robin Morrison said...: Get a bunch of BIG boxes from some appliance/furniture warehouse. Stove boxes, refrigerator boxes. Smaller boxes. LOTS of cardboard.

Lots of duct tape. A box-cutter. Cut and tape it all together into a kid's town with tunnels and towers and 'secret caves'.

Then but them some crap they want like Puppy Grows so they can have stuff to dink with while they explore their own personal world.

My daughter Erinn and her cousin Libby spent a lot of time in theirs.; December 7, 2007 at 8:05 PM
Robin Morrison said...: Oh yeah. James Taylor out a Xmas CD last year that is way above average.; December 7, 2007 at 8:05 PM
Robin Morrison said...: James Taylor is Coming Around

Sorry for the lousy AOL vid-link. It takes smalltime punks like the youtube crowd to make videos that load decently.

I don't think this is the CD original, which swings a little harder, actually, but this lets you see Jimmy T do the body thing; that is, you can see him squeeze the up from his tootsies, shake it ar4ound his bootyrocks a bit, then let it out his larynx.

Some guys can sing. Wish I could. But I can swing fer sure.

He also does a deeply moving version ofg "In the Bleak Midwinter", my very foveritest Xmas song of the Bethlehem vein.; December 8, 2007 at 1:45 PM
Robin Morrison said...: Irony knows no bounds. But sentiment constrains it all and grants it expanse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs&feature=related

A bit of subtext: this would likely be mid/late 90s, when ICBMs were the prevailing apocalyptic nightmare. Also, David Bowie was synonymous w/ "acceptable homosexuality" at the time (owing to the coincidence of his top-40 breakthrough fame and a confession in People magazine that he and his wife had ventured a tad into bi-sex waters, although proved a tradition hetero womanizer).

Anyway, at the time this footage was filmed (our grand-whatevers will ask us why we call video selections 'footage', but all generations need historical mysteries in order to maintain their thrill for their future), Bing'n'Bowie was QUITE a bridging of ye olde generation gap of the time.

Bing's 'class' is a thing of it's own.

P.S. Bing was born/raised in Spokane. Bing was 74 at this time.

Sadly, the audio mix only clearly reveals what they sound like as singers together at 3:00 through 3:25 or so, with the real kicker only for 3-4 seconds at the start.

Bing was old by then. I miss the old bawstid. (Bing, not Bowie.); December 8, 2007 at 11:44 PM
Robin Morrison said...: Oh, and right at the end, you hear their voices in full balance. (Bing mostly registered in the low alto/upper bass by then.)

He was, agewise and somewhat culturewise, to Granpda Jim and G-G, what Keith Richards is to us Boomer hanger-on's today.

I gets misty, y'all.; December 8, 2007 at 11:46 PM
Robin Morrison said...: "Pretty thing, isn't it."; December 8, 2007 at 11:59 PM
Robin Morrison said...: Actually, it is FAR more accurate to say that James Taylor is to us Baby Booms what Bing was.

But Keith is of the same age, and he snorted his old man's ashes mixed with coke, so let's give him some Auld Lang Zyne credit too?; December 9, 2007 at 12:02 AM

Jimmy's Sayings

Its time for Jimmy's own column. Here you will find interesting insights he has, word definitions, and some of his unique mannerisms.

"Oh, I am SO never going to do that. I am ONLY going to kiss MY wife on the nose."

J:"Woo, look. That is called Romance."

G: "Do you even know what Romance is??"

J: "Yes. Stuff that are beautiful."

"My game is called PROGRESS."

As we're finishing up dinner, Jimmy carries in a box of Chex cereal and pronounces, "Dessert is served!"

"I hate when things change."

"We should never go on a suspension bridge."

"Gracie, what church does Harry Potter go to?"

"My bunny ears are reverent."

"Mom, you know all about Costco."

"When I'm 9, my shoes will have to grow bigger."

He's finally decided on a career. He'll be Jimmer RocknRoller (but only when he's all "growned up")

A serious favorite cereal, Zeros (though you might know them as Cracklin' Oat Bran).

Goodbye, Scallowag

To express disgust he will use the following:
Craters
Bennett
Bumpers

As the Pigeon Men enter the world in Battle of the Smithsonian: Jimmy says, "Yeah Gracie, that's called Rhetorical." Gracie says, "yeah."

"I'm going to make my own garden and plant pancakes!!"

"My waffles changed. Now they are dead. I have to have a pancake."

He loves to count, but insists on particular pronunciation of certain numbers. Here are the ones you want to know:
1 - word
3 - fwee
5 - sivfe
8 - 'h'
10 - chaen
These trends continue as the numbers get bigger.

"Candy Cats" is one of his favorite chocolates. You might know them as Kit Kats.

To cross the street, he refuses to hold anyone's hand other than his own. He also insists on holding his own hands together when he's on a swing instead of holding on to the swing itself.

He refers to the Muppets as "Muffins."

He has adopted an Australian accent, though sometimes he goes Bostonian instead.

Grace-isms

Grace can be full of grace or sometimes just full of It! Here are some excerpts from her life:

Dad, what kind of an emergency would we need tangelos for?

To her brother, "I'm not going to follow your princely ways."

"My new hobby is attracting boys with all my beauty."

"I'm already famous, I'm on the computer."

"Did the world used to be just black and white?"

"I don't want to be a grown-up if I have to have bills."

"Today he said, 'Hey Baby.' I think he meant the love word."

"Let's talk about ball pythons. Like how it feels when they get wrapped around your shoulders and neck. Feels pretty good!"

"On your selfish days you aren't pretty."

"Ugggh wearing socks is so boring, Mom."

"I am going to be a mad scientist when I grow up."

"It is just so hard to answer questions when you are all sweaty."

"Is the Hokey-Pokey disco?"

"Mom, you are becoming a complicated woman."

"So many boys, so hard not to love."

"The Great Defender of Fun isn't here."

Nate: "Technology? What kind of technology are you talking about?" Grace: "Oh y'know, Girl Scout technology, Boy Scout technology, and the technology of Love."

"Y'know when we don't have gym and recess, its pretty gloomy."

"In the name of Rodger, what is going on here?!"

"Marshmallows may be bad for you, but they sure are good on a cold, snowy day."

"Peggle can be your best friend."

"I'm a restless girl, you know."

"I can't do a half-nelson, Daddy."

Nate: Who's the Sweetie - you or Buv?" Grace: "No silly, the Sweeties are all the human boys out there!"

"Don't worry Mom, everything is better in California."

"You know girls are emotional."

"I look just like a boy, except for my tattoo."

"Mommy, I have a hole in my mouth."

"Jimmy, you sure do have a big brain."

"I don't understand anything but Chicken Dumplings."

"Where is Tokyo? Is it in Pennsylvania?"

"He walked so fast - like a man going to high school."

"Who is the Queen of Shebis?"

"I'm just so sad whenever my ancestors die."

While contemplating our move to San Diego, "What language do they speak there?"

To me when she asked me to snuggle with her, "Please don't bump me off the bed because you are fatter than me and I am skinnier." I reply, "Grace I"m not fatter, I'm just bigger than you." She says, "Oh, I didn't know."

"I guess First Grade isn't so bad afterall..."

"Dad for Family Home Evening, instead of doing that Plan of Salvation thing, let's go to Pizza Hut instead."

"Please bless Mom that she won't be crazy..."

"Can we catch an armadillo some day?"

"Sometimes when my tummy hurts, junk food makes it feel better."

"Mom, please don't give me any consequences. I don't need any this time."

"Some air keeps coming out of my bottom."

To the babysitter: "I think we've been patient with each other long enough now."

"Mom, I think some fairy-dust just came out of my bottom. Wanna see? It must be magic!"

"Dad is the funniest Dad I ever had."

"Where did Jonah serve his mission? Was it Nevada?

"Yes Jimmy, you are the wildest boy in all of the Americas and ancient Egypt."

We point out Table Rock Dam to Grace in all its glory - water pouring, gushing out, creating lots of hydro-energy or whatever and she says, "Oh my, beavers built that!"

"Jimmy! You found your favorite numchucks!"

"Mom, when I am kissed by a boy, I am filled with delight and love."

"Mom, someday I hope to jump out of my skin." Can you tell she's been reading a little too much Calvin & Hobbes?

"James, one day Santa will be a person to you too."

"Mmmm, this snow tastes just like sugar. That's what December snow is made of!"

While opening a package sent from Grandma Geny Grace said, "What could it glory, glory be?!"

"Mom, pretty soon is it going to be Later?"

"Daddy if I were you, I'd be a girl."

While playing "I Spy" looking for something made of wood:

Me: "Is it a tree?"

Grace: "No, Silly! Trees aren't made of wood! They're made of paper!"

"Mommy, did you make it rain?" (I had no idea of the power she must think I possess!)

Grace: "When can we watch a show?"
Me: "Pretty Soon"
Grace: "I hope pretty soon its Pretty Soon."

"I know about Cheetos, Dad."

Grace: "My finger is bleeding again, very much!"
Nate: "Honey, it's not bleeding. There's no blood."
Grace: "Yes it is! This time it's bleeding without the blood!"

While seeing pictures from Nate's trip to DC, specifically Arlington National Cemetary:
Grace: "Daddy where are the pictures of the dead people?"
Nate: "Well, here's a picture of the grave stones."
Grace: "Yeah, I know. Where are the pictures of the dead people? Can't you just go and get them out? Just so you can check on them, then you can put them back."
Nate: "Ah, no."

During Sacrament Meeting to Jimmy (who was really not being reverent): "Buv (her pet name for him), you really need to start to learn how to be a gentleman."

One night while curling up with me to read a story, Grace rests against my shin, "Ouch! I think I just got stung by your leg!" (okay, so it had been awhile since my leg had seen a razor, but no fear all is well now)

Listenting to radio on the way to school the other day:
DJ: "How stupid can he be?"
Grace: Did he just say "stupid?"
Mom: "well, yeah, he did"
Grace: "Well, Mom, we just have to remember that he is a child of God."

"Mama, what do you want to be when you grow up a little more? I mean do you want to be a ballerina or a Native American?"

Friend: "What does your Daddy do? "
G: "Oh, he just takes bones out of people's heads with a tweezer." (not too far from the truth!)

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Friday, December 7, 2007

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