what a day

i hope santa

brought you

 all the things you wished for 

maybe a few surprises too

 me

 i got what i wanted wished for

 a new iPad mini

 with

 enough memory

 to watch downton abbey season 4

 and 

still be able to

 trounce and be trounced at both scrabble and words with friends

 read an ibook 

 keep photos to show off 

i am happy

 toonman

 got

 a new sound eliminating set of bose headphones

 from jack and harry

 an added bonus

 is

 this pad thingie it was packed with 

works as a mouse pad!

 i got him a charm a replacement for something he lost many years ago

 i was hoping for a bigger reaction

 but

 you know it is what it is

 mostly for him

 christmas gifting borders on bah humbug

 i just need to remember that

fedex

 pissed me off 

big time

 i ordered and paid for expedited delivery

 of a gift

 it was due to be delivered by 8 pm on the 24th

 it never showed

 after waiting on terminal hold for over 10 min at 9:15

 i spoke to someone 

at fedex

who barely spoke unstandable english

 i do not care if this is not a pc statement 

so there 

he checked the routing # 

told me

 it had not been delivered

 really

 ya think

 he said he could give me the # of the office

 it is at

 but they're closed

 ya think

 he also told me 

i could ask the sender for a refund 

i said

 i would like to have it delivered

 he said

 they'd deliver it on thursday

 ya think

 thankfully

 i am resourceful 

i stole an image of the gift

 off the web 

printed it out and gave it to the recipient as an you

there was a lot of wonderful food and drink

at our friends house

a lot of fun was had

our joseph spent 4 hours

assembling a lego barbie luxury yacht

for our friends' granddaughter

i hope you had a lovely Christmas