I ate way too much fruitcake….and chocolate, eggnog, ham, scallop potatoes, pumpkin pie, cheesecake and corn. I’ve been in bed since Christmas Day. I’ve only been eating leftovers since then and I can’t figure out why I’m still sick! For anyone else that’s feeling the same as me, here is a website with recipe’s for food when you’re sick: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/09/seriously-sick-food-for-when-youre-under-the-weather-recipes.html

Is it bad that this picture still makes my mouth water?!?

My mom said I get to stay up until midnight this year on New Year’s Eve! It’s the only night of the year that I get to stay up past my bedtime and I am totally going to stay up past midnight. My mom laughed at me when I said that and said Charlie doesn’t even stay up until midnight but I’m going to try my best! I asked mom what we’re going to do all night and she sent me to this web site: http://www.ehow.com/how_7146_celebrate-new-years.html

I’m even more excited now!

Mom won’t let me have a real dog or even a real goldfish! She says I spend too much time away from home at the office. So for Christmas I want a Zhu Zhu Pet! I already saw Santa at the mall and he said he would try to get it for me but this pet is perfect! I can take it to the office, it doesn’t poo and it doesn’t have to be watched all the time. Well the thing about this toy is it’s the most wanted toy for Christmas this year!

Santa, time to work your magic! I’ve been really good this year!

For many years fruitcake has been ridiculed, thrown out, and spit out. Well times have changed and now it’s back and better than ever! It’s a mixture of the best things on earth, fruit, earth’s candy and cake, a celebration staple.  I love fruit cake….I love fruit cake…..I forgot why I was blogging about fruitcake….well here is a web site with great recipes!

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Well if you can’t tell, I haven’t blogged since July! Why? Because I am computer illiterate! I thought I was doing really well and blogging every few weeks. Well actually I was e-mailing my son Charlie and he just wrote me back asking why I was e-mailing him about fruitcake. Darn computers!!

And do you spell it with or without an E on the end? Anyhow, Charlie Clause and I have started visiting both the naughty and nice offices throughout the metro. Want us to swoop down your chimney? Just sign up at charliefm.com. Happy Holidays! Watch the video of our first visit here.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of emceeing a fund raiser for Candlelighters for Children with Cancer. It’s a fantastic organization that does tons for kids and their families. The event was featured last week on Fox 12 PDXposed. It’s about 10 minutes into the segments. Thanks to PDXposed and Candlelighters for letting me spread the word about a great organization. Watch the show here.

Just in time for the holidays, here’s a sneak peek at how easy it is to deliver meals to seniors in Portland. Meals on Wheels is a great organization, and they need some help! After all, they deliver more than 5,000 meals every day to Portland’s old people. You can visit them online at www.loavesandfishesonline.org

See the video here.

Warning: My video production skills are, well, uh, OK then.

OK. Fine. So the answer is probably a resounding “maybe”. But really, it was a ton of fun working with the City of Portland and Choose Local on their Portland Is Better Together campaign.I wrote and voiced the spot, and yes, that’s me with the geeky glasses. I just love this town, and it’s really exciting to participate in such a positive campaign! View the video by clicking here.