Elisheva Chana’s Neighborhood

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Well, my family's festivities have mostly concluded.  My brothers are currently harassing each other in the living room.  My cats are flinging toy mice around.  One said mouse just hit the screen of the laptop I am using.  We started the morning with my dad going and picking up my brother.  The youngest brother arrived around the same time Dad got back.  We opened presents, then Dad cooked breakfast, then we lounged for a while, then went down to my grandparents for Christmas dinner.

This year has been a hard one for some members of my extended family.  There was a significant incident earlier this month involving my cousin.  I do not know how that will play out, nor do I know all the details.  Needless to say, there is another person on my list of people I would like to smack upside the back of the head.  I just hope everything works out in the new year.

My youngest brother and I went to see 'Sherlock Holmes' early this morning.  It was a good movie, in my opinion.  They definitely left it open for at least one sequel, which I would be more than happy to go see in a year or two.  But now, I am feeling a bit sleep deprived, so I will head to bed shortly.

Merry Christmas to all!

Well, it's Christmas at last, and from the sound of you all on Twitter your cards are sent, and your presents wrapped. It's been great hearing all your cries of delight recently, as your poor postmen and women have struggled with packages through the snowy weather! Hope those of you who have time off over the festive season get everything you wish for, and those who are working have more fun than you might be expecting. We've published the dates we're working over the holidays, so if you find yourself in the office, you might well have company here in the UK, or over with the MOO Crew in the US. We've had a great few weeks spotting unique gifts and ideas created with MOO, here's a few of our favourites: A tetrabox advent calendar, by Bcome Also by Bcome, this lovely looking memory game, complete with a great pattern on the back: This super-cute Mosaic Frame, created by thisiswoly. Filled with 20 Minicards, it features the beautiful baby Sarah. These wonderful looking alphabet game cards, by taraghb, which look like they were as fun to make as they will be to use! And last but not least, look at this! another entry into our MiniCard Gift Box competition! Created by emusing-emma, it's really bought an extra flutter of Christmas cheer into MOO Towers. We love his little sledge! Fancy joining in the fun? Closing date for entries to our competition is midnight PST 28th December 2009. Why not grab some festive paper, and see what you can do! More competition details can be found right here. And now all that remains for me to say is a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at MOO!

Making a list, checking it twice... How's your holiday shopping going? Who's left on your list?

Amazingly enough, I finished all of my shopping earlier today.  I was quite pleased with myself.  I do have a tendency to procrastinate, and the fact I work at a retail store caused me to put off shopping longer than I probably should have.  Oh well.  I finished and it is done.  I just hope everyone enjoys their gifts.

• 12:29 Wondering if work would accept ennui as a good reason not to come in today. #

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• 12:15 Spending your day off studying food-borne illnesses is SUPER FUN. #

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• 09:17 Having some weird muscle twitches in my hand. Hoping that this is not a precursor to Evil Hand Syndrome. #

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Well, the last order dates for the holidays have passed, and Santa's final sacks of festive MOOs are filling up fast. We're still taking new orders though, and we'll be shipping them out as fast as we can - so don't hesitate to order thank you cards for all your lovely pressies!

Just so you know, here's our warehouse and customer service closure dates over the holiday season.

Thursday 24th December - LIMITED HOURS: we'll be shipping orders in the morning, but going home in the afternoon to wrap presents.
Friday 25th December - CLOSED : we'll be at home feasting on mince pies and turkey.
Monday 28th December - UK CLOSED: we'll be buying new trousers to fit our expanded waistlines!! (please note this is a UK Holiday only).
Tuesday 29th December - OPEN: business as usual.
Wednesday 30th December - OPEN: business as usual.
Thursday 31st December - OPEN: business as usual.
Friday 1st January - CLOSED : we'll be trying out our New Year resolutions and nursing hangovers.
Monday 4th January - OPEN: that's it, holidays over, back to work!

It's also important to note that our StickerBook turnaround in the UK is severely delayed over the holidays. Any orders placed after the 20th December will not be dispatched until the week of the 4th January.

That's all for now - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the MOO Warehouse Crew!

• 13:52 Jeep just went boom. Waiting to hear back from the car doctor. #

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Well, I used to listen to music on a CD player.  Now, I have an iPod and can scroll through whatever song suits my fancy at any particular moment.  I can watch any DVD on my laptop, too, so my DVD player and TV are kind of obsolete these days.