Tuesday, December 30, 2008

christmas by the numbers

Number of family members sleeping at the Slacker Hotel: 5
Number of family members stopping in for a visit: 4
Number of friends just passing through: 10

Number of hours I spent putting that damn kitchen together: 3
Number of seconds John spent helping: 12

Number of presents wrapped: 16
Number of times I patted myself on the back for perpetuating the "Santa doesn't wrap" tradition: 8

Number of times we forgot to move the Elf on the Shelf: 6
Number of times the girls noticed: 5

Number of calories consumed during Gluttony Week 2008: infinity
Number of pounds gained: 2 (at least)

Number of days the Slacker Family Christmas tree was up: 22
Number of days the Slacker Family Christmas tree was totally dead and shedding needles if you even thought about touching it: 20
Number of needles left in the Slacker house immediately after tree removal: 10,000,000
Number of needles remaining after several passes with the vacuum: 100,000

Number of days until Christmas 2009: 360 (I can't wait!)


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Missing you already! Hope things are somewhat back to normal in the Slacker house . . . the girls looked tired at dinner a few nights ago!

Kiki

Unknown said...

That's good. Ya'll need a fake tree! And try remembering & finding cool places to put 3 elves!!