With the holiday season approaching, I’ve made a resolution for myself. After years of dealing with the crowds and standing in lines, I have made a decision. I am going to try to find every single gift that I give online this year. I have scouted out credible websites, and I’m pretty sure I can do it. You can seriously find almost everything online these days, and my gift list is no exception. I have ordered magazine subscriptions, home goods, clothes, accessories. I even ordered a subscription to satellite TV through www.direc4u.com! I didn’t have to worry about one single line, and I’m much more merry this year! Every gift just came right to my house, too- so I saved on gas! When I went to go checkout at one of the websites it gave me twenty percent off and free shipping. It’s almost like you don’t even have to pay tax! I think I’ve found a new way to shop for Christmas gifts! I suggest that everyone that is sick of manning the lines do the same thing!

I told her that the Dollar Store is a wonderful place to find items at a low cost, but she has gone to several of these types of businesses and the stuff is just junk and she is getting a bit nervous, considering that Christmas is now only less than a week away. She is going to keep looking, she has to of course, she can’t have her kids disappointed and think that Santa isn’t up to par this year!

I’ll be staying home handing out candy to the neighborhood kids that come up each year. Hope it is nice weather for them, it usually isn’t raining, but it can get chilly when the sun goes down and all the ghosts and goblins come out!

I’ve heard good things about this movie and Wall E is another one that I got that I am happy to have, these are both good quality family entertainment movies, good clean fun and I love them all the more for it.

Christmas with a touch of amateur wrestling, unruly 5 to 12 year olds, fanatical church services, falling off roofs, and parents that are a lot less than understandable. Four Christmases gives you this and a whole lot more. Actually, it really makes you wonder if that relationship you are in is worth it. How much do you really ever know about someone else? Visit their family at Christmastime and you’ll see.

direct tv channels offer many viewings on both the movie channels and network tv. While this movie does not have all the happiness and feel good squishiness of the classic movies, this is quickly becoming a classic in its own right. Anyone who has ever had a long term relationship without the marraige factor can definitely relate to this movie. I love the way Vince Vaughn captures the feelings of despair at having to deal with family at Christmas, and how he is able to overcome and adapt to a variety of really wierd situations.

Reese Witherspoon also delivers a powerful performance in conveying the confusion of dealing with so many new people and situations as she is paraded through her lover’s family problems. Wierd and riveting are definitely two words to describe this film. If you like to laugh this movie is a must see. A definite holiday favorite for years to come.

This New Year’s eve, just like the last three New Year’s Eve, I will be in Ft Meyers, Florida. On Dec 30th, I will be picked up at my home by a limousine service. Then I will meet Robert, my boyfriend of ten years, inside Jet Blue Airlines, at the ticket window in Logan Airport, Boston. We will board the 6:00 PM flight and land 3 hours later in sunny Ft. Myers Florida. We will be greeted at the airport by my sister and her husband. They will then drive us to my condo, after a short drink they will leave, and we will retire for the night.

The next evening, before I leave my house, I will set my home security alarm from Security choice before going out for our New Year’s Eve dinner. There’s a special place that we go each year called “Siesta Resort.” We go there to have dinner and attend the New Year’s Eve Party. It’s a lot of fun. All our old Florida friends and my family bring in the New Year together. It’s a real special way to bring in the New Year.