About to make your house smell good AND save you some money…

Bath and Body Works is having a huge year end sale. On top of that, I found a coupon for $10 off a $30 purchase… Check it out here – http://www.retailmenot.com/view/bathandbodyworks.com

Looking up old videos. HA! Check out the sweet mullet in this one.

So all of my good buddies play in a dart league.  I do not.  Never really cared to go out to the bar every week and play in a dart league.  So I’m obvious at a disadvantage when I play all of them.  Well last night a old friend of ours paid a visit this week, and we all decided to go out and shoot some darts.  The first game we played teams, with a five dollar entry fee.  Winning team collects.  Myself and my teammate won by 2 points.  

The next game played we played was singles, and I have to tell ya, I shot the best darts of my life.  I don’t know what a good score is for darts, but I scored 22 points.  I usually only hit 10…maybe!  Everyone was in shock, I was on fire!  I thought for sure I was going to win, then sure enough, my buddy Mike, who shoots darts every week, out scores me by 1 point!  Devastating. ~Crockett

I’m sure you’ve been to plenty of parties during the holidays.  I’ve noticed that if they aren’t catered to a certain group (i.e. – your work party), things can get a little sketchy. Think about it – there are your friends, family, your significant other’s family…. Not everyone knows each other. That’s when it’s time to bring in – the ice breaker! In this case, I made felt mustaches on sticks for my best friend’s Christmas party. LOL! They were a huge hit. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

This morning I was greeted with horror… A nice cheerful horror.  This making any sense yet?  Well let me make it a little clearer for you.  So when I went into work this morning, I unlocked my office door, and was greeted by two presents neatly wrap sitting on my desk.  I stood there confused.  Who placed these gifts on my desk?  I was on my earned one day vacation, so I missed the two mystery gift givers.  As I walked toward the gifts I wondered to myself, “Who would have brought me a gift?  I did not discuss getting gifts for anyone.” 

Then I see the tags. To: Crockett From: Jessie and To: Crockett From: Jake.  Jessie and Jake!  Say what!  Why would they not tell me we are exchanging gifts!?!  I’m sure this is a very custom thing to them, seeing how they have been on staff for awhile, but this is year one for me!  I did not think people exchanged gifts here!  I was wrong, and now I have nothing, and will not see anyone till after the New Year because they are all on vacation!  What am I to do?  Can I still get them a gift and give it to them after the New Year or is that social suicide? 

~Crockett

Is this kid just being honest, or in serious need of a nap?!  Maybe Santa should have re-read his wish list!

The Montgomery Ward company, the Chicago-based retail operator, had purchased and distributed children’s coloring books as Christmas gifts for their customers for several years. In 1939, Montgomery Ward used one of their own employees to create a book for them, thus saving money. Robert L. May, a 34-year old copywriter, wrote the story of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer in 1939, and 2.4 million copies were handed out that year. Despite the wartime, when paper was at a premium, over 6 million copies were distributed by 1946.
May’s inspiration for the story was “The Ugly Duckling” as well as his own childhood experiences as an often picked-on, small, fragile boy to create the story of the misfit reindeer. Other names were pondered, including Rollo and Reginald . But May decided on Rudolph as his reindeer’s name. Writing in verse as a series of rhyming couplets, May read his rhymes to his four-year old daughter, Barbara, to see if it would appeal to kids. She loved the story.
Sadly, Robert’s wife died around the time he was creating Rudolph, and he was stuck with a huge debt in medical bills. However, he convinced Montgomery Ward’s corporate president, Sewell Avery, to turn the copyright over to him in January 1947, thus ensuring May’s financial security.
May’s story “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was printed commercially in 1947 and, a year later, a nine-minute cartoon of the story was shown in theaters. When May’s brother-in-law, songwriter Johnny Marks, wrote the lyrics and melody for the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, the Rudolph phenomenon was born. Many musical artists were hesitant to record a song, afraid to contend with the legend of Santa Claus. But in 1949, at the urging of his wife, Gene Autry sang what turned out to be a hit. The song sold two million copies that year, going on to become one of the best-selling songs of all time, second only to Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”. The 1964 television special about Rudolph, narrated by Burl Ives, remains a holiday favorite to this day and Rudolph himself has become a much-loved Christmas icon.
Merry Christmas to you… and Happy New Year!!!

New!!! 30-Proof Alcoholic Whipped Cream
Health experts have something new to worry about … alcoholic whipped cream.

So-called “whipohol” products like Whipped Lightening and CREAM are pretty much just whipped cream infused with booze. A lot of booze, actually.

At 15 percent alcohol, they contain three times more alcohol per volume than beer and deliver the same kick as many liqueurs.

Health experts are freaking because the sugar and cream blunt the taste of alcohol, which, of course, increases the risk of alcohol abuse.

“The effects of alcohol are cumulative,” said Harvard University’s Robert Doyle. “Together with drinking, a few servings of whipohol could theoretically push you over the legal limit.”

What’s More Dangerous, Your Spouse or a Serial Killer? Showers or Baths? Dogs or Snakes? Take This Quiz and Find Out

Human beings are great at exaggerating some risks and completely ignoring others. One example: More people are afraid of flying than driving, but it would take a WEEKLY plane crash to equal the amount of deaths from car accidents every year.

–The website Insure.com put together this quiz, based on insurance data, where you try to guess which of two things is more dangerous . . . and it’s almost never the one that we’re more afraid of. Check it out . . .

#1.) Your spouse or a serial killer? The answer is spouses, by a TON. About 2,700 people a year are killed by their spouses, versus fewer than 1,000 killed by serial killers.

#2.) Your parent or your young child? It’s EASILY your parent. There’s about a one in one million chance your child will kill you. But when a young child is killed, there’s more than a 50-50 chance he was killed by his parent.

#3.) A dog bite or a snake bite? More people die in the U.S. every year from dog bites than snake bites . . . about 20 die from dog bites, 10 from snake bites.

–But there are a LOT more TOTAL dog bites than snake bites . . . about four million versus 45,000. Which means that even though more people die from dog bites, a snake bite is 50 times more likely to be fatal.

#4.) Being a man or being a woman? At every age, in every country, it’s more dangerous to be a male. It wasn’t that way 100 years ago because of childbirth deaths . . . but now that medical science is so much better, that’s not a huge factor.

#5.) Showers or baths? It’s baths, by a lot. Even though people slip in the shower, between drowning and electrocution, far more people die and get injured in bathtubs.

(Insure)

Being the “class nerd,” I always had a crush on the guy with a tie and glasses (until I entered my football player phase in high school. HA!).  They were the guys who had the most potential to grow up and become HOTTIES… However, if you’re already a hottie, why revert back to your geeky side? Tim McGraw, please explain…

What do you think of this look?