MG, this is ridiculous. I think those are both extremely thoughtful and generous gifts. I'm sure DH is wonderful in many ways, but pardon me while I thwunk him with a stocking full of coal.

There is a noticeable delay in switching (so I don't think it's the way you have things wired) -- but on the other hand, my channel-switching behavior has changed so completely since TiVo that I don't care. High-intensity channel-switching is for commercial breaks and times when you're looking for something to watch; I almost never watch live TV anymore, and skip commercials, and therefore have lost the urge to channel-surf. If that's not the case for Mr. Gurl, I can see how the TiVo love wouldn't be there.

OTOH, he still needs to suck it up, because, hey TiVO! And train the TiVo to know his tastes better, so he'll have stuff to watch without sitting on the remote.

YOU DO NOT LOSE MG. Hopefully DH will care more for his gifts very soon, and if not, he loses, since they seem like great gifts to me.

It sounds like he's having an off day, for whatever reason, and it's focused on the gifts.

Blueberry pancakes.

My sister and BiL just started arguing about the cooking. I wonder what took them this long.

and yet again with the serial posting.

Cross posted from both my LJ and Natter:

I just got a new cell phone, and somehow when Verizon deactivated the old one, all of my address book phone numbers went away. Can anyone who wants me to have either their cell numbers OR their home numbers (I kept most home numbers there, since I don't do well with address books) email them to me, or go to LJ where I am screening all comments, so no one else will see?

Thanks!

Any licorice lovers out there?

Double salted licorice is teh awesome. I loooooove black licorice. Real black licorice, not this anise crap that gets fobbed off as licorice. I first tried salt licorice when I was an exchange student in Denmark. Though I love black licorice, I spit it out at first. But I finally worked up to trying it again. And liked it a lot once I dispensed with the preconceptions. I get my fix at Nordic House in Oakland (though I think the stuff you likely tried [Does it have "DZ" on it?] is actually Dutch).

We've had a laid back and enjoyable Christmas Day.

Owen's obviously burst a verbal dam and is now constantly spouting at least one new word a day. The most recent, while watching Elmo's Holiday Special (I recorded it for multiple replays)--he sits up and says, "ELMO!"

Oh, Cash, that's lovely. Go Hec with the good-deed doing. What a great way to spend a little Christmas day time. {{{Suzi}} it is not you who loses, at least not at gift giving. Obviously you lose at having a decently comfortable christmas, since you have to suffer his discontent. I'm sorry.

This has been, for me, one of the best Christmases I can remember. It's amazing.

I'm sorry your gifts were not appreciated, MG. That's a bummer, all right.

Go Hec with the good deed doing!

I expect you'll be hearing "ELMO!" a lot, Cashmere. My friend's kid can go into a continuous loop of "Wat Elmo? Wat Elmo? Wat Elmo?" whenever she's in the same room as the TV. It wasn't her first word, but I'd venture that it could be her most used word.

Spidra - it does have DZ on it. I found it at Cost Plus. The label says "Gustaf's Traditional Dutch Licorice". I had intended it to go in Mom's stocking, but it didn't fit, so it ended up in DH's stocking. Adding insult to injury apparently.

DH has been surly to everyone today. My Mom got him some slippers, the exact brand and size as the ones he has that are worn out. And he is complaining that they are too small. Now, there is a way to say you would appreciate a different size without being a jerk about it, but he has not taken that tack.

Ah, well. I'm trying to shake it off. I know the kids are happy and that is what it is more important. Christmas is also about giving and not receiving and I gave with the best of intentions.