Dr Copa

Here it is, getting close to the midnight hour. New Year’s Eve, and my eyes are pretty tired. I can’t remember how long it has been since I stayed up until midnight on New Year’s. Somehow celebrating a New Year is just not quite as important as getting my sleep! Getting old isn’t for sissies!

Guest post written by Kevin Beach

For me, there is no holiday special more wonderful than the animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Kids grow up watching this classic. I know because I was one of those kids. The amazing thing is that it never got old, and I never became too old to watch it.

Rudolph used to air in December, but as the holiday season has started earlier and earlier, it now usually airs in November. I make a point of never missing it and watched it happily on Direct TV Satellite Deals this year.

This animated program is full of heart, good drama, and great songs. Burl Ives just warms my soul as the snowman who tells the tale. He narrates the story from beginning to end.

Aside from the catchy tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I love the Silver and Gold song that is the theme of Yukon Cornelius. A Holly Jolly Christmas and There’s Always Tomorrow are two other tunes that I always enjoy hearing.

It is the heart, though, that makes this show a standard. We have three individuals, all feeling lost and alone, uniting with the goal of finding a home. Through the magic of Christmas, and of love, they all grow in so many wonderful ways, and they do make it home.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a show for kids, and adults, of all ages.

Recently Comcast “upgraded” their service and used that as an excuse to raise their rates and give us fewer channels.  One of the channels that I miss the most is the TV Guide channel!  Every night I used to turn on the television and go to the TV Guide Channel to see what was going to be on.  Now there is nothing like it on the channel lineup.  That’s very discouraging, and I often just turning the television off after a few minutes of channel surfing.  I am sure that I end up watching less television than I think I would have if the TV Guide was still on the lineup.  Too bad for all of those sponsors who pay big money to air the commercials on the shows I no longer watch!

Well it seems that my aunt is really impressed with the kitchen spice racks that I gave to her for her Christmas present this year. A woman of her age and lifestyle can be a challenge to buy for and I really felt bad when I drew her name out of the family top hat that is used each year to hold the names of the family members that want to participate in our gift giving exchange for Christmas. But my mother gave me the suggestion of a spice rack, a wall spice rack to be precise.  So I took that piece of information and ran with it, all over the Internet!

Since I really don’t know all that much about spice racks I was surprised to find how quick and easy it was for me to find a great deal on a good quality kitchen spice rack. If I was stupid enough to just pick up any spice rack and give it to her she would have let the whole family know how cheap she thought her current year’s present was. No one wants that! So I’m glad that I did good and am able to keep my good name in the clear for at least another year.

There seems to be a lot of TV shows on that are about different types of Hoarders. The ones about the animal hoarding always seems to get me all choked up and emotional. I knew that there were people like that out there, but it seems that there are more than I would have ever imagined. I can only hope that these types of shows help some folks out there that are faced with issues just like this.