[JustAmy]

12-15-03

Ding Dong Santa

Santa, dear Santa, you worry us so.
I feel I must tell you some things you should know.
That belly of yours just gets bigger each year.
We think it reveals too much holiday cheer.

We've started a fan club, there's three of us here.
There's me and an elf and a faithful reindeer.
You are our hero, you've touched us somehow.
You're all that we have to believe in right now.

You check us all out to see if we're naughty.
Is that glow on your nose from an extra hot toddy?
While we love to hear all your ho ho ho ho-ing,
The list of fat stories they tell just keeps growing.

Is it true that last Christmas you suffered from gout,
And those snazzy red trousers you wear were let out?
One strange vicious rumor, it's a false one we hope:
Has you dropping gifts down the chimneys by rope.

While all of your ho hos we know very well,
Your ding dongs, we fear, don't come from a bell.
They say, as your reindeer streak through the sky,
You drink cherry cokes with your raspberry pie.

The aerobics instructors are all sure to say,
"You ought to work out, maybe jog with the sleigh."
Perhaps strong exertion is too much for you.
But you really should try just a sit up or two.

So shed a few pounds, Santa, what do you say?
We all want you back to enjoy Christmas day.
Season's greetings from me, one reindeer, one elf.
Merry Christmas to you, please take care of yourself.

—Grandpa Tucker
Copyright ©1996 By Bob Tucker

[JustAmy]

A little boy returned from Sunday School with a new perspective on the Christmas story.
He had learned all about the Wise Men from the East who brought gifts to the Baby Jesus.
He was so excited he just had to tell his parents: "I learned in Sunday School today all about the very first Christmas! There wasn't a Santa Claus way back then, so these three skinny guys on camels had to deliver all the toys!" And Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with his nose so bright wasn't there yet, so they had to have this big spotlight in the sky to find their way around."

[Calpernia]

Hey Spooks! Interesting science project going on here.

My breeder gave me his 'freeby' live food sample from his supplier. There are silkworms.

Instead of feeding them to my lizards, I looked them up online and dropped them into our butterfly pavillion.

They are silkworms! The same that are mass breed in Asia to make silk.

Unlike butterfly larvae, they are ugly

But watching them spin to a cocoon was FASCINATING!!!

The catepillars actually stood up vertical and sprayed silk thread into the air so it fell over them

And touching the thread, it is as strong as material (well, duh, that is what is spun into clothing...) but it is really interesting!

There are many sites out there where you can order the larvae and/or eggs. I recommend! My cocoons haven't hatched yet; but they are do within the next few days.

[Jen]

Hello everyone! I'm still alive and kicking in case y'all were wondering. ;-) Been very busy with 'stuff' that eats away at my FReeping time.

My daughter Melissa is engaged and I am consumed with planning a wedding. It's next December but I already feel behind the power curve. Just got home from Indianapolis where Matt and I were for the weekend. Had a great time with Missy and Nick and his parents. OMG, Nick's dad - Rich - is so much like Matt. I am afraid, very afraid, of what's going to happen at their reception! It'll be a fun party, but maybe a bit embarrasing for the newlyweds! Those guys have some great stories to tell. hahahahahaha

Sasso Update - Mentally, Sasso is almost his old 'Whiney Feliney' self again. We still don't think he can see much, if at all - BUT he has started to jump onto furniture and back down in the last week. I can't believe I am excited that my kitty can jump up on my furniture (and leave his hair and occasionally knock stuff over, etc!). ;-)

Unfortunately only a small part of his skin graft took very well. The other grafted skin died leaving a large open wound. The vet is very disappointed, but she thinks eventually the wound will heal enough that she can stretch the skin and stitch it together. We decided against trying another graft because Sasso is a high-risk patient and it may not be successful. Continued prayers for my baby are appreciated.

Hope y'all are doing well. I've missed each of you!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday !

Have a cup while you Freep !

[Darksheare]

I'm in.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL! Ya'll gotta see this is haven't already. I just found this one ...

What a hoot, huh !?

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping
hope you have a good day

[Temple Owl]

My First Christmas in Heaven

by "Anonymous"

This is for any of you who have lost a loved one:

I've had my first Christmas in Heaven A glorious, wonderful day, I stood with the saints of the ages Who found Christ the Truth and the Way.

I sang with the heavenly choir, Just think, I joined in to sing. And oh, what celestial music We brought to our Savior and King.

We sang the glad songs of redemption, How Jesus to Bethlehem came. And how they called his name "Jesus" That all might be saved through His name.

We sang once again with the angels The message they sang that glad mourn, When shepherds first heard the glad story, That Jesus, the Savior was born.

Oh dear ones, I wish you had been there. No Christmas on earth could compare, With all of its rapture and glory We witnessed in heaven so fair.

You know how I always loved Christmas It seemed such a wonderful day. With all of my loved ones around me The children so happy and gay.

Yes, now I can see why I loved it. And oh, what a joy it will be When you and my loved ones are with me To share the glories I see.

So dear ones on earth, here's my greeting, Look up, till the day dawn appears, Oh, what a Christmas awaits! Beyond our parting tears.

[deadhead]

Just dancing through to say "Hello"

[Victoria Delsoul]

Love the poem, Amy!

Good evening friends. Good to see you all.

The Creation of Nerdy Cootie

Strange tales we relate about men who create
In the back rooms of "Big Blue,"
But the strangest of all is the one I heard
About the creation of Nerdy Cootie.

Nerdy Cootie wrote HTML bold
For IBM's readers to view,
But she outdid herself and everyone else
When she wrote a Webpage that flew.

The page took off, out the window it went
and flew with the speed of light.
Past Mars and past Neptune - even Andromeda -
It looked for a website in the firmament's night.

So if you peer at the sky through a telescope's eye,
and look to the east of Orion,
There appears in the sky this message to view:
This is the Homepage of Nerdy Cootie!

-- R. Morris