tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post8094421306549536126..comments2011-12-25T21:55:07.571-08:00Mel -Tall Mom on the Runhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03777751504773574393noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-38342498541034293612011-12-25T21:55:07.571-08:002011-12-25T21:55:07.571-08:001. Who is your Favorite Fictional holiday character?<br /><br />Hmmmm...I have to say I have never been fond of these guys. Frosty in a pinch, I guess.<br /><br />2. How is your house decorated?<br /><br />Too busy to decorate. Not that we own any decorations anyway...<br /><br />3. What is on the table?<br /><br />This year, goose!<br /><br />4. On the top of your tree is..<br /><br />Alas, we don&#39;t do a tree.<br /><br />5. Under the tree is..<br /><br />(see above)<br /><br />6. For Christmas I like to..<br /><br />I don&#39;t like to be totally surprised by gifts; I like to give some input, THEN be surprised!<br /><br />7. This year I asked for...<br /><br />Definitely asked for some running stuff. ;)<br /><br />8. I am dreaming of a _____ Christmas<br /><br />No preference really<br /><br />9. I celebrate on..<br /><br />Both Christmas Eve &amp; Day!<br /><br />10. This year I will travel by ___ for the holidays.<br /><br />Plane, train, AND automobile!<br /><br />Merry Christmas Mel! :)SF Road Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01596658700954456205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-16080219536419375612011-12-25T06:21:01.419-08:002011-12-25T06:21:01.419-08:001) Frosty<br />2) A few lights<br />3) Turkey<br />4) Angel<br />5) Piles of gifts<br />6) Running stuff<br />7) White Christmas<br />8) Christmas Day &amp; Boxing Day<br />9) Carpingwana9http://www.blogger.com/profile/13397567264618773604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-90544891484783091522011-12-23T19:26:33.318-08:002011-12-23T19:26:33.318-08:001)Since I can&#39;t vote for George Bailey from &quot;Its a Wonderful Life&quot; then I will have to vote for Santa<br />2)Lots of Christmas stuff because the kids love it but secretly I am counting the days until I can put it all away.<br />3)Prime Rib<br />4)Star<br />5)Piles and piles of gifts!<br />6)Both pick out my gifts and be surprised (why can&#39;t my husband read my mind??)<br />7)Massage gift certificates<br />8)White! I live in Colorado and we just got 10&quot; of snow!!<br />9)Christmas<br />10)No travel for us. My daughter&#39;s birthday is the 20th and we stopped all Christmas travel when she was born. It makes it too crazy.<br /><br />Love your blog!! I&#39;m a tall mom too!lovetoread600http://www.blogger.com/profile/09396532242860292088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-80606848285709816872011-12-23T10:16:33.612-08:002011-12-23T10:16:33.612-08:00Frosty but really like them all.<br />A few lights at places I can reach.<br />Side dishes. I don&#39;t really like meat.<br />Angel.<br />Few thoughtful gifts<br />Both A and B<br />I asked for a bunch of little things<br />White! and dreaming it is!<br />Christmas morning<br />Car<br /><br />* On a side note, my family started a challenge halfway through the month to run a mile a day and it has been great. So far we all have made it 5 days and everyone is feeling stronger.Marti Messner Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617203158714103389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-20123380315873198352011-12-23T08:05:50.922-08:002011-12-23T08:05:50.922-08:00Rudolph<br />Too busy to decorate outside<br />TAMALES!!<br />Star<br />The gifts my daughter got from her school store...none of mine are wrapped yet<br />I like to be surprised with stuff from my list! lol<br />This year I asked for gift cards<br />I&#39;m dreaming of a white Christmas, but the reality in San Diego is sun<br />We will celebrate with dh&#39;s family on Christmas Eve and my family on Christmas Day<br />No travel for us!Corrina Beanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04491213912278655711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-880797217308188762011-12-23T07:54:36.674-08:002011-12-23T07:54:36.674-08:001. Rudolf<br />2. C-too busy<br />3. C- Steak, baked pots, brusselsprouts, Cabernet<br />4. B-Star<br />5. C- Santa delivers 3 presents per child &#39;cause if it&#39;s good enough for Jesus, it&#39;s good enough for you!<br />6. A + C. I like to be surprised but since adult presents are not in the budget, I don&#39;t get any. Hubs and I decided to stop buying until we dump all of our debt. We are 61% done!<br />7. A + C. I dream of a Garmin Forerunner 405 but I know that I am not getting anything--see above.<br />8. C- Cold. Here in the ATL, we&#39;re 60+ degrees with humidity. I&#39;d like it to cool down a tad.<br />9. B- Christmas morning! Santa is alive and well in our house thanks to our 5 &amp; 7 year old boys!<br />10. D-staying home with my three favorite guys!carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06143726971812322562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-56623540380932258652011-12-23T06:26:08.117-08:002011-12-23T06:26:08.117-08:001. B Rudolf<br />2. C Too busy to decorate<br />3. C My MIL says prime rib<br />4. C Too busy for a tree but our little fake tree doesn&#39;t have a topper<br />5. B A few special and thoughtful gifts<br />6. A Be Surprised<br />7. A Running Stuff<br />8. A White<br />9. C Christmas day with hubby&#39;s family and sometime in Jan when I can make it home to see my family<br />10. B CarMiriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194249453734143255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-9434521728077373362011-12-22T20:39:35.477-08:002011-12-22T20:39:35.477-08:001) Frosty<br />2) Too busy to decorate<br />3) a variety of dishes<br />4) none - no tree<br />5) nothing<br />6) do nothing special<br />7) nothing<br />8) white<br />9) Christmas with a family dinner<br />10) no travel<br /><br />I&#39;m really not a grinch. It&#39;s just that I don&#39;t do the whole gift thing. I enjoy the holiday season more as an onlooker.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04176267681280039739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-50760451220553046352011-12-22T19:32:25.452-08:002011-12-22T19:32:25.452-08:00Frosty<br />A few lights to sparkle the night<br />Brunch on the table<br />Star on top of tree<br />under a few special and thoughtful gifts<br />I like to be surprised<br />I asked for new running shoes and an iphone<br />dreaming of a peaceful christmas, some snow would help too<br />celebrate on christmas eve and christmas day<br />travel no more than an hour by carchristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15001137323076398349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-68019280163745003842011-12-22T16:49:09.788-08:002011-12-22T16:49:09.788-08:00DANG! When you texted me about the lights I didn&#39;t know it was a RACE!!! Shoot, I would have cheered you on!!! =/<br /><br />1. Santa----DUH!<br />2. Too busy to decorate the outside....tree and trimmings on the inside .<br />3. At home in OK we always did Mexican dinner for Christmas. Totally random.<br />4. STAR<br />5.Piles and Piles and Piles of gifts.<br />6. Be surprised.<br />7. Kindle Touch 3G and Wi-Fi<br />8. Sunny, beachy, sandy, skinny, tanny Christmas<br />9. Hanukkah AND Christmas morning-lucky me! =)<br />10. foot through my neighborhood<br /><br />FUN!!!!5 Miles Past Emptyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16542419394717296576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-26238425859641415722011-12-22T12:30:47.222-08:002011-12-22T12:30:47.222-08:00I&#39;m bummed to say that I did not complete the December challenge. After my 5K, I had this week where I didn&#39;t want to do anything. But I&#39;m back to running and I will finish out the month. That&#39;s what matters right?<br /><br />Quiz Answers:<br />1. D. Elf on the Shelf. <br /> Ok lets go with A.<br /><br />2. C<br />3. A<br />4. B<br />5. B<br />6. A<br />7. C-I really wanted my iphone!<br />8. A<br />9. B<br />10.Drunningforthreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832630526395788876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-75965800165903722732011-12-22T12:24:14.815-08:002011-12-22T12:24:14.815-08:00I&#39;ve been a blog stalker for awhile but don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever commented. I love the December challenge that you are doing. I think that would be a good thing for me to try in January.<br /><br />Frosty<br />A Few Lights to sparkle the night<br />Ham<br />Big Red Bow on top of tree<br />A few special and thoughtful gifts<br />I like to be surprised<br />I asked for running stuff<br />I am dreaming of a white christmas<br />I celebrate on Christmas<br />No travel for me<br /><br />Not sure what NUUN is so you don&#39;t have to enter me in the drawing. It was just fun to fill out your Christmas questions. <br /><br />Merry Christmas!!susettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091922437671047257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-68731665905043105022011-12-22T12:15:24.414-08:002011-12-22T12:15:24.414-08:001 - Frosty<br />2 - Few lights to sparkle the night<br />3 - Ham<br />4 - Angel<br />5 - Few special gifts<br />6 - Be surprised, definitely!<br />7 - kitchen stuff<br />8 - white (but that&#39;s not going to happen in Western PA!)<br />9 - The entire weekend, lots of family to see!<br />10 - traveled by plane last weekendBeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17946261892685190292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-34787292263434553042011-12-22T11:37:23.968-08:002011-12-22T11:37:23.968-08:001. Santa....he hands out the presents ;)<br />2. Too busy traveling every weekend of December so we enjoy everyone else&#39;s<br />3. Both! <br />4. A pretty oversized bow <br />5. Something special for all rather than big piles <br />6. Surprise me! <br />7. It is the first year I basically asked for all running stuff! <br />8. Dreaming of a white but since I live in Texas it will never happen. <br />9. Both; eve at my parent&#39;s and Christmas day at the in laws! <br />10. Car.....unfortunate thing with a 15 month old! <br /><br />Have a very merry Christmas yourself!Alisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762737535492794287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-41288477080804250732011-12-22T11:16:37.182-08:002011-12-22T11:16:37.182-08:00I&#39;ll play!<br /><br />1. B - Rudolf<br />2. C - Too busy to decorate (although we put a few things up, we just don&#39;t do lights on the house)<br />3. B - Turkey<br />4. B - Star<br />5. C - Nothing right now since we have cats! The presents will go out soon and then it will be more like B.<br />6. C - A combination of both surprise and picking out my gifts.<br />7. A - Running Stuff (plus some other random things)<br />8. A - White (but it won&#39;t happen)<br />9. C - Both, Christmas Eve is the big dinner and Christmas we open presents!<br />10. D - No travel for me!!Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322401836230674889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-11279790709564418612011-12-22T10:53:51.697-08:002011-12-22T10:53:51.697-08:00Your run together sounds wonderful! Best way to see the lights.<br /><br />1) A - What?? Santa is fictional???<br />2) A few lights<br />3) Bb -Turkey<br />4) A - Kid-made angel<br />5) A - too many gifts!<br />6) C - Give (I do not like to get gifts)<br />7) C - anything compression<br />8) C - Running Christmas (I want to get my family to start a active tradition!<br />9) C - both<br />10) B - Car <br /><br />Great little quiz. Cool to see how the answers fall!Shellyrm ~ just a country runnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03822262051285512641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-38301341523214780402011-12-22T10:52:14.002-08:002011-12-22T10:52:14.002-08:001. C- Frosty<br />2. A- Brightest on the Block<br />3. A- Ham<br />4. C- Nothing... opps, never finished it.<br />5. C- Nothing... don&#39;t put gifts out until Xmas Eve. Otherwise the little ones keeps trying to open them!<br />6. A- Be surprised<br />7. A- Running Stuff<br />8. B- Sunny<br />9. C- every flippin day this week... <br />10. B - long car ridesRun with Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00051037584723266364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-19326756153470858012011-12-22T10:20:54.160-08:002011-12-22T10:20:54.160-08:00Santa<br /> A few lights to sparkle the night<br /> A Roast<br /> Star<br /> A few special and thoughtful gift<br /> Be surprised<br /> A teapot <br /> White<br /> Christmas <br /> No travel for me, I&#39;m hosting this year!Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13032771854308550054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-31832666485392561532011-12-22T10:15:13.588-08:002011-12-22T10:15:13.588-08:001) A - Santa, I love what he represents<br />2) B - but our lights are inside<br />3) A&amp;B - my family goes all out<br />4) C - nothing, we have really small trees<br />5) C - nothing yet! <br />6) A or B - I don&#39;t mind getting what I ask for but I appreciate thoughtful surprises. I do not like last-minute, no thought gifts. <br />7) A - running bottoms<br />8) C - good roads<br />9) A &amp; B - we get together for chili Christmas Eve &amp; gifts &amp; lunch on Christmas Day<br />10) B - boo long car ride :(<br /><br />Merry Christmas, Mel!S Club Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061586966925524808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-61114436793894589022011-12-22T10:10:32.699-08:002011-12-22T10:10:32.699-08:001. B.Rudolph and the Misfit Toys!<br />2. B.Lights on the banisters and vintage Noel candles<br />3. C.Prime Rib<br />4. C.Rosemary (it&#39;s a topiary!)<br />5. B.Bits and pieces<br />6. C.We buy each other trips. I got mine in November. : )<br />7. A.Running gear from the Moms<br />8. C.Pain-Free<br />9. C.All of the Above<br />10. Is &quot;by foot&quot; an option? LOL<br /><br />This was fun, thanks! I practically live on nuun, so winning this would be RAD!<br /><br />Merry Christmas!pensivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02228801550471279348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-50614077428817425122011-12-22T10:09:55.669-08:002011-12-22T10:09:55.669-08:00Glad you had fun last night!!! And thank you for giving me something fun to do to pass a few BORING minutes at work today. Here goes.<br /><br /><br />1. Who is your Favorite Fictional holiday character? FROSTY<br /><br /><br />2. How is your house decorated? A FEW LIGHTS TO SPARKLE<br /><br />3. What is on the table? TURKEY<br /><br />4. On the top of your tree is.. A SANTA HAT<br /><br />5. Under the tree is.. A FEW THOUGHTFUL GIFTS<br /><br />6. For Christmas I like to.. SURPRISE ME!<br /><br />7. This year I asked for.. SURPRISES. :)<br /><br />8. I am dreaming of a _____ Christmas.. WHITE but it does not look good :(<br /><br />9. I celebrate on.. CHRISTMAS DAY. AND CHRISTMAS EVE. AND BOXING DAY. :)<br /><br />10. This year I will travel by ___ for the holidays. NO TRAVELMarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230997094889375925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-51341471066300118752011-12-22T10:01:08.478-08:002011-12-22T10:01:08.478-08:001. Who is your Favorite Fictional holiday character?<br /><br /> <br />C- Frosty<br /><br />2. How is your house decorated?<br /><br />A- Brightest on the Block<br /> <br /><br />3. What is on the table?<br /><br /> <br />C- Italian Christmas. Manicotti, lasagna, tiramisu etc :) <br /><br />4. On the top of your tree is..<br /><br /> <br />B- Star<br /> <br /><br />5. Under the tree is..<br /><br />A- Piles and piles of gifts for miles.<br /> <br /><br />6. For Christmas I like to..<br /><br /> <br />B- Pick out my gifts, so I know what I am getting<br /> <br /><br />7. This year I asked for...<br /><br />A- Running Stuff<br /> <br /><br />8. I am dreaming of a _____ Christmas<br /><br />A- White<br /> <br /><br />9. I celebrate on..<br /><br /> <br />C- Both this year!<br /><br />10. This year I will travel by ___ for the holidays.<br /> <br />D- No travel for me...Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226080352360232599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-73546757188507752542011-12-22T09:58:42.105-08:002011-12-22T09:58:42.105-08:00I&#39;ll play along!<br /><br />1. Rudolph<br />2. Too busy to decorate<br />3. Turkey (when going to my husband&#39;s family which is where we&#39;ll be this year).<br />4. Star<br />5. Nothing! My husband&#39;s side of the family does traditional gift exchange but he handles all that. My side of the family does not exchange gifts and donate to a local charity in lieu of getting gifts.<br />6. Doesn&#39;t matter!<br />7. Nothing, see #5 above!<br />8. Sunny<br />9. Both<br />10. Carabbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05956734205798602159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-71668144643682183832011-12-22T09:47:37.820-08:002011-12-22T09:47:37.820-08:00Your fun run sounds like a lot of fun. <br /><br />1. Rudolf<br />2. Few lights<br />3. Korean food<br />4. Nothing. <br />5. A few special gifts<br />6. Be surprised<br />7. Didn&#39;t ask for anything<br />8. White Christmas (Not gonna happen. I&#39;m in Cali)<br />9. Already celebrated last weekend (My cousins were only in town for that weekend)<br />10. PlaneRenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01539689002558638621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533652444789928887.post-86460574244391660452011-12-22T09:26:04.317-08:002011-12-22T09:26:04.317-08:001. C<br />2. B<br />3. C (hamburger!;-)<br />4. B<br />5. B<br />6. B<br />7. A<br />8. B<br />9. B<br />10. D<br />runner_girl5k at yahoo dot com~K~http://www.blogger.com/profile/16200802296574563968noreply@blogger.com