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As predicted the snow has fallen and accumulated to a point where the Kubota was needed to shove the stuff aside.

Santa should have an easy time this year getting his sleigh around from roof to roof top. Although he has not been sighted yet in Millsburg, there is a constant watch for his jolliness to appear.

 

 

 

The cookies are baked and all through the house

Not a crumb or a morsel are left for the host

The boxes are stuffed and dispatched to all

Now munching and crunching on Cookies for All!

 

Misers and Monkeys in Millsburg... Oh My!

We are waiting for Santa to arrive in Millsburg.

LKD has decided the wait is over. She has traveled far across the sea to get Santa motivated for his annual journey to Millsburg.

The jolly old elf was last seen departing from Waikiki Beach and is on the way to Millsburg.

Back at the house in Millsburg, the Blue Monkey is trying to keep things jolly and cheery between  two annual miserly guests.


In an unusual turn of events the Heat Miser is begging not to burn any Yule logs in the fireplace. The Heat Miser is worried that Santa might set his butt on fire.

On this issue the Snow Miser agrees. The colder the better!

It appears that the misers are on their best behavior.



Not amused by the freezing rain falling this morning in Millsburg, it appears that the Snow Miser will be added to Santa's list of mischievous misers. Later this afternoon, the six o'clock news will be reporting on all the fender benders and cars in ditches.

Millsburg Misers

 

This is the day that the kitchen turns bakery. Soon amazing cookies start to pile up on the countertops. For the next couple of days the taste testers will be working overtime.

Santa Sighted in Millsburg

Santa Claus arrived in Millsburg on the tail of the Thanksgiving Turkey. The house in Millsburg has been transformed in anticipation of the annual Christmas festivities.



LKD has planned the cookies, sent off some cards and put some lights on the tree.








Having the need to pick up some mysterious electrical parts on Thanksgiving eve I went to the Home Depot.

It was getting late and the aisles were filled with carts and pallets wrapped in black plastic.

The neon signs on each proclaiming "Do not release inventory until Black Friday at 5AM".

What could all this stuff be under these wraps?
I knew then that I would be coming back on Black Friday morning.

I was greeted at the door by a  guy in a tuxedo.

He was happy to pour customers free coffee and direct them to the mountains of products, black plastic removed and lined up and down the aisles.

The tuxedo clad guy expertly informed the throngs of customers "Stuff over there is mostly wood. That side of the store over there are items not made of wood."


The store was busy and it seemed like there were two Home Depot staffers for each shopper.

Needing some assistance I quickly found a couple of associates who were all over getting the stuff needed and into my cart.

Then there was a guy walking around to the Black Friday Specials and using a hand held scanner checking on the various items.

He stopped at one pallet full of some clever tool. Scanning the barcode and looking quizzical he took a black magic marker and put a lower price on the price card.

Now satisfied, he went on down the line of specials and soon was marking another item down to a new lower price.

I followed him until he came to a pallet full of quick release clamps. Packaged six clamps to a set he put a new price that was five bucks lower than the already low Black Friday price.

A new set of quick release clamps have moved to Millsburg.

Some of the specials were evidently a big hit. A Christmas Tree with the lights already trimmed was a hot item.

There were people tying several to the tops of cars and stuffing them into the already full SUV's.

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