doug

well hello again,
I'm thinking about doug...the douglas fir christmas tree from last year who has probably rotted away by now. poor guy. he was really great. Not sure if we'll end up with another doug or if we'll be doing a frasier fir fred.....not even sure if smith's will have one of them.
anyway, here's the point. the only tree toppers i can find are too glittery or too ugly and cheap looking. and i even work at one of the greatest home decor shops ever. no help. i have a pretty good idea of what to do..but still, it'd be nice to find a tree topper to last throughout the Brown Family Christmas Tree's. Perhaps I need to call Penny Mcallister and have her design one specially for me. She's my favorite designer. Big problem though, she has actually passed away so I cannot contact her. but mayber her collections that i've already started collecting will fill my mind with an inspirational idea.
perhaps i have too much time on my hands.

good evening

HOT DIGGITY DOGS

imagine you are on the boat in the chocolate tunnel in the newest willy wonka movie...which, by the way, is exactly accurate with the book. anyway, instead of being on a spiraling chocolate river, you are spiraling deeper into the valleys of my brain. here you will find out the experience i had today at the grocery store while standing in front of the hot dogs as though i were choosing a diamond out of a million beautiful diamonds (which aren't as pretty as the one i have in real life)...thanks josh. ANYWAY, i was making pigs in a blanket for my girls night party that was themed as "bring your favorite birthday dish" and mine growing up was... you guessed it!...pigs in a blanket. my eyeballs saw the ballpark franks first...they must pay the most to have their dogs right in the first place people look. Then i saw the nathans hot dogs that looked good but they were skinny. then i saw oscar meyer "original wieners". hmm. no good. and by the way there is not to be any innuendo intended in this post...it just occurred to me that maybe boys...or girls...may think it's funny because i'm referencing weenies.

So, then i saw a fat free option. first of all, WHO EATS A FAT FREE HOT DOG. second of all, how can it be a hot dog and be fat free together? third of all, might as well eat a grape if you're going to choose the fat free style. same goes with the 98% at free version. those just have a 1/4 inch section that is fatty and the rest is not. apparently. then there were the turkey, chicken, and pork ones. NO. then i saw the ones free of nitrates and nitrites. NOW this one caught my attention. but it HAS to be stored at 40 degrees or less at ALL TIMES as they are not preserved. I instantly pictured all of us barfing up our food because we had eaten hot dogs that were on a 90 degree truck in transportation and therefore were bad due to the violation of the no-preservatives protection rule. So, of course that was a bad option too. how can i trust that those dogs were always at the right temp. you can't trust people these days...especially if you don't know who carried those from ball park frankfurters to the grocery shelf. THEN (and yes i've been standing here wondering if other people wonder why i'm standing in front of the hot dogs for so long), then i had to choose from oscar myer or ballpark. i went with the ALL BEEF BALLPARK...it was the one i remember most from commercials so they must be good right? and they were not too shabby. and THAT my friends, is the proper way to buy your hot diggity dogs.

feels good to have something legit to right about again.

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