Christmas Prep 2013

the Clan Tveter is having a great time getting ready for the holidays.  And enjoying changes for our family.  I am now at home with Ethan.  I think he is enjoying it.  He is growing like mad, and learning something new everyday.  His latest accomplishment?  counting to 10 all by himself.  

He decided to help us put the lights on the tree upstairs.  He did a pretty good job with it.

and Padme is right into the spirit of things here.

The city hosts a caroling sing a long-  and Santa came to visit.  This was his first time on Santa's lap, and there was no screaming.  Of course, not particularly excited.  More just .. um?  what is the point of this again??

 and today, we decided to bake cookies.  He helped - and had a lot of fun - even when he was eating the flour

 nah.... forget sprinkling.  We are just going to dump.  Much faster.

I just had to take a  take a moment and share this.  At work today, I received an email.  We process emails for some clients.  In this particular message, was a request that my customer build a store closer to their home, so they no longer  "had to dump tons of money" at their competitor.

Deciding that I should provide good customer service, I looked up the address of the closet store to this customer.  It is approximately 6.4 miles away, a 15 min drive.  Carol, my assistant asked "how close is the competitors store?  So we looked that up too.  It is was 5.9 miles, with a 12 min drive.

Um.  Is this guy serious?  How have we become that society?  Personally, I drive over 13 miles to get to one of these stores.  But due to a 1/2 mile, he won't shop there?


Are we really becoming such a self centered society?  Just something to think about.

Just saw this online.  Want to give it a shot!