At this time of year, it seems like anything even the least bit out of the ordinary is deemed a "Christmas miracle", whether religious or not. I've experienced a couple of them that I'm going to share with you...
The first one was in November. Kitty was putting up the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving, and she told me that the programmable lights weren't working. I'd had these lights for more years than I can remember, and I was heartbroken that we couldn't use them any more. Over the years I had looked for them, but hadn't seen any. So we went to Wal-Mart on Friday night and went to the holiday section. There was an entire wall of lights, but I carefully read each package and there were no programmable lights to be found. Kitty finally got a box of 300 blinking lights and put them in the cart. Just as I was turning the cart around to leave, I glanced back at the shelf. Lo and behold, there was ONE package of programmable lights, just sitting there amongst all the regular lights! I couldn't believe it! And instead of just 8 different settings, there are 14! I snatched up the box to make sure it didn't just disappear, and I was sooo happy. That was a miracle to me!
The second "miracle" happened just yesterday. I had to go to K-Mart because it's the only place I know that sells Cajun chicken wing seasoning mix, and I was going to make Cajun wings for Schmoop-dog's birthday. At the store, I went to the aisle where the seasoning should have been, and there was ONE package left, not even in it's own box but put in with another kind. So it was obvious that I was meant to have this one pack for Schmoop's lunch. But that's not the miracle. Afterwards I decided to look for the soda aisle, and just happened to turn down a random aisle that ended up containing soup. I used to eat a LOT of ramen noodles, specifically the chili flavor. It was spicy and yummy and I'd add steak, or chicken, or pork, or whatever other leftover meat I had on hand, plus cheese, to make a delicious meal! But as is usual with me, once I love something and say it out loud, the company can't wait to take it off the market and it's been gone for about a year. That's what happened to my chili flavored ramen, or "hot ass oodie of noodie" as Brie called it. I even contacted the company, and they said they'd stopped selling it.
Anyhoo, as I went down the soup aisle, I glanced at the ramen section. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but an entire box of "hot ass oodie of noodie"! I was so excited that I bought 12 packs! Another miracle for me!!!
Now let me tell you about my sister's Christmas miracle. A couple of years ago she'd wanted a particular new car. I'm not going to go into the details, but let's just say that she got rooked on the deal and has been very unhappy ever since. Recently she received a letter from the dealership saying that they were now under new management, ownership and had cleaned house. Would she come back and talk to them so they could maybe make amends to her? She didn't want to, but made an appointment to go see them today and of course she had me go with her.
We got there, talked to a gentleman named Dave, and 2 hours later they not only lowered her interest rate: but they also paid off the remaining balance on her current vehicle, gave her a totally clean and loaded 2009 Murano, and she didn't have to pay a dime out of pocket OR get the other car's balance added on! Seriously??? She was a very happy camper, to say the least. And I wasn't too jealous because she let me drive it home :o) So when I'm ready in a couple of years for a different vehicle I'm going straight to Dave!
So that's the difference in Christmas miracles: if you wish big, there's a good chance you'll end up with something better than hot ass oodie of noodie! Which I plan to have the next time I have some leftover steak or prime rib to put in it. Yum!
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