The 12 days of Christmas.........movies

One thing my girlfriend and I have come to find while living down in Arizona is that, except for the inundation of commercials and a few lights up around town, it's a bit hard to tell when the holiday season is upon us.  Growing up in the north we could always tell the most wonderful time of the year was upon us by a chill in the air, falling snow and a trek to get the perfect tree.  Since, here in AZ, December is marked with temperatures in the mid-70s and trees of the cacti variety, we felt the need to start our own tradition to help remind us that we are frolicking down the path of wassail and cider.  We have decided to have "The 12 Days of Christmas.......Movies".  That's right my friends, instead of lords a leaping and maids a milking we will have Four Christmases and It's a Wonderful Life.  We will be replacing swans a swimming with National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and a partridge in a pear tree with A Christmas Story. 

So here we go down the path...

On the first day of Christmas (movies) my true love (@mdcrews) and I watch - The Santa Clause.  We decided to start off our tradition with a movie that came out in the midst of our formative teenage years but we had never seen.  So here's to Tim "the toolman" Taylor growing in the waistline while growing in the spirit - and here's to Melany and I starting our new tradition.

And to you my friends, here's to finding your own traditions to keep your holiday season merry and bright.  Stay tuned to my blog as I share our adventures navigating TiVo, Redbox and our collection of assorted holiday movies!

And to all a good night!

It's 3am, I must be lonely...

Alright, so I'm not even close to lonely (Melany's sound asleep in the other room) but whenever I'm up at this time (which is rarely ever) I tend to get the song by Matchbox Twenty stuck in my head.  I've been up for about two hours now waiting for a situation to come to some sort of closer for the evening and am fighting the sleepiness as I type.  Lack of sleep and I are not best of friends.  In fact, I get very grouchy when I don't get sleep (ask Melany and those that work with me) but I can't help but think about how lucky I am to have the job that I have.  Here it is 3am, I've been up since around 12:45, and I have one of the best jobs in the world. 
In fact, during this time of year I am just very fortunate to have a job at all.  I think about all of the times that I get a little worked up over things at work, or right now being aware of the fact that I am massively sleep deprived, but you know what...I have a job. I need to remind myself that, even though I don't necessarily like the circumstance that I'm currently in, there are many out there right now who would be very grateful for the opportunity to do what I do or, even more so, who would be grateful for the fact that they can provide for themselves or their families.  So as I get ready to close up this case, and work to fall back asleep, I will do so knowing that I will count myself to be a lucky one!