It’s the holiday season and the wish lists abound. I helped Mo and Co get their respective thoughts on paper for the fat man, but I haven’t given any brain time to what I’m interested in. I can clearly remember being about seven or eight years old, laying on my bedroom floor with the Sears WishBook and the Toys R’ Us catalog spread out next to me, dog-earing the pages and making notes in a spiral bound Mead. I didn’t go as far as to cross-reference, color-code or provide an appendix to that list, but there was a list nonetheless.

Now that I’m a so-called grown-up, I am bombarded with the fact that the hooplah of Christmas is reserved for the Noggin and Nick Jr. set. Well, I just can’t accept that. I mean, I will, but, it’s not like I’m happy about it. So I guess that means, I should take my letter to Santa off of the fridge, right? And no dropping hints to my Grams about what size I take and which stores I frequent? Dang it! Can I at least leave a couple of clipped out pages from the Tiffany’s catalog on DH’s pillow? How about emailing “Someone thought you might like this” teaser’s to my parents’ email from the Banana Republic website? Yeah, didn’t think so.

In all honesty, there really isn’t anything that I REALLY want for Christmas, but there are a few things that I need to see happen.

1. I need for Shane Mercado to have his own TV show or something. He just looks like a lot of fun.

2. I really need for Orville Reddenbacher’s Simply Salted popcorn to not taste so freakin‘ good! I’m going through like 2 boxes a week.

3. I really, really needed for Lil Sass to have been wrong about those Fiber One Bars. Ohhhhh, my stomach. . .

4. I need to be more consistent about having my camera more accessible for all of the once-in-a-million photo ops and hilarious banter between Mo and Co. I need to work on this because Mo’s rendition of “Santa, Baby” while Co dances back-up can’t be done justice by mere words.

5. I need for the library branches nearest me to have the books I’m looking for on their shelves. Seriously, this is driving me insane. You’re a library! You’re supposed to have books! On your shelves! For people to check out! It isn’t even a case of other patrons taking out the books because the books aren’t even there to be taken out! Time to update the inventory, people.

6. I need for Co’s “crapbook” to finish itself for me. Oh, the best of intentions, I truly do have them. The pages are there, the pictures are there. The motivation? Not there. I did make progress, though, and I hauled the box of scrappin‘ stuff out of the closet. I know where her book is. It’s all about the baby steps, people, all about the baby steps.

7. I need for Mo to just take a nap when it’s nap time, instead of the 90 minute running commentary that I get. Everyday, for the past 3 years, at the same time every day, we have a rest and everyday, for the past 3 years, at the same time every day, that little voice just keeps going and going and going. She ran through her entire song library of seasonal favorites, including “5 Little Pumpkins”, “Jingle Bells” and “This is the Way We Give Thanks” (though I think she made that last one up), before launching into “Do You Know Your Continents”, “How Many Months in a Year” and my personal favorite, “Do You Know Your Continents -Remix”, which is currently in the queue as I type this.

*sigh* I need a vacation. . .

ps. I really need not to watch Newsies for the umpteenth time, but it’s On Demand! It’s demanding to be watched! You know why (wink,wink, nudge, nudge).