I guess Walmart has merchandise to throw away - yesterday a child's book was delivered in error - no address only a last name on the package - tried looking it up on the county property tax map with no luck and so started to call Walmart - it was evidently delivered by Walmart since the package says GMD which is their indication for delivery - anyhow after many rings kept getting a voice that said they had unusual number of calls to call later - from 2: in the afternoon till 8: at night NO ONE answered the phone - I called a total of 8 times - my daughter called last night and I told her the story and she said it was less expensive for them to handle the buyer's call saying they did not get the package then driving to my home to retrieve what they delivered by mistake - and I had done all I could so forget it and donate the book - what a waste - if this is their practice how much do they budget for mis-deliveries I wonder? Whatever the amount of course it is built into the price of things.

Light bulb moment - the cost of anything from store to table is probably very small in the total because built in is the cost of maintaining the store and warehouse - the utilities - the salaries of all the workers and upper echelon of employees, profit to investors, all the technology and now the delivery service even if an outside delivery service is utilized and paid for separately there is personal having to manage all of that - what gets me is if you stop at a roadside farmer's stand the produce is not that much less then if purchased at the grocery and they do not have all the additional costs - says a lot for doing as much as we can for ourselves unless you have a 6 figure income and supporting all this is affordable - hmm I'm remembering when Christmas gifts were always home made however most of us succumbed to advertising and now we pay for with each purchase the support of all kinds of levels of industry and help put the food on the table of probably 100s with each purchase hmm...

Ok onward - the day is warm again - warm and muggy - little sun burning off the humidity - yep, AC is on... weather man says for Christmas we dip into the 60s - probably more like the weather when Christ was born which is bottom line what Christmas is celebrating.

Looks like PBS is doing their Christmas episodes of various regular programs on Christmas and on Christmas Eve because there was none yesterday, the Sunday before, which I found unusual.

Was anyone able to see the light show in the sky last night? City lights nearby plus the surrounding forest of tall trees here in East Texas and I could not see what was said to be a meteor show - Did anyone see it?   

One of the bluest versions of "Blue Christmas" I've heard, featuring the vocal talents of Nancy Wilson from the rock band Heart (not the other Nancy Wilson who was popular in the 60s and early 70s) with her sister Ann on guitar.