TOP TEN Questions About Santa from the Huhtala Children

10. How does he get in when we don't have a fireplace?

9. Can we put a present for Santa under the tree?

8. Is that Santa? (a seemingly intoxicated santa holding a sign in front of a jewelry store...we assured her THAT was not Santa )

7. Has Santa ever been in a Turkish Prison? (Yes, that one was from my 5th and oldest child, a.k.a. my husband.)

6. Does he really watch me when I sleep? That’s kinda creepy!

5. Do reindeer like cookies or carrots?

4. Does Santa speak Spanish?

3. Santa is real just like Jesus...huh mommy? (Ouch that was a hard one)

2. Does Santa drink Soy Milk like me?

And the number one question asked about Santa by the Huhtala children this season is......

1. Is he coming NOW??? Then WHEN??? Can he come early?? How many more times do I have to go sleep before he's here?? Tonight??

Man, I wish the big man would just get here all ready...HE'LL GET HERE WHEN HE GET'S HERE! GO TO SLEEP!

Good Times

Tonight, Jay and I turned on the TV to snuggle down and watch LoTR for the googolplex time (Paytons favorite number) and we noticed a thin line going through our movie. Turned on regular TV, same thing. Our TV is going out!



We bought our little beauty back in 1999. I was pregnant with Payton and at the time all Jay could talk about was how our first official purchase of a TV HAD to be a Sony WEGA. I wanted to suprise him for his birthday so I bought it, and my sister and I tried to carry the thing up the flight of stairs to our apartment. Luckily, a gentlemen came by, noticed I was 7 months pregnant and carrying a 100lb. TV with my sister (who probably weighed about that much herself) and offered to help. I mean there's still chivalry out there! Needless to say, this TV has weirdly been kinda like a family pet. It has stood in our house through good memories and I'm sad to see it's getting old!

I secretly think Jason is trying to "pretend" he's disappointed, but deep down he's excited about the possibility of purchasing a new TV in the near future. I informed him, of course, as his financial advisor, banker, and manager that this TV had to have 15 such lines through it and be utterly and completely impossible to watch before we'd consider shopping for a new one. I mean even then we could knock out the glass, turn it into a fish tank and watch some pretty Siamese fighting fish duke it out. Or, I know! I know! How about putting a log in there and lighting it and pretending it's the Yule Log Channel?! Did anyone ever see that channel on TV at Christmas time? It was always on at my dad's house. It was just this log burning in a fireplace and every once in awhile a hand would reach out and throw another log on or poke it with a poker and we'd all squeal with delight. Man, those were good times. Good times.