The Chaos of Holiday Preparations

As the holiday season approached, our household was abuzz with activity. The pumpkin on the counter, once destined for carving, had been spared this year, much to the relief of its intended victim, Pixie. "I'm not going to carve you," her owner announced, "not this year." It seemed that some things were just not meant to be.

Meanwhile, in another part of the house, Wicket was stirring, sensing that something was amiss. His mistress was distracted by a video of herself and Wicket in Star Wars costumes, which had garnered over a million views online. The star of the show, Pixie, seemed to have missed her cue, having been downstairs with Grandma instead of her usual spot beside Grandpa on the TV.

As the evening drew near, Diana called from next door, asking for emotional support via FaceTime. Her mistress was happy to oblige, even if it meant putting aside her own pursuits for a few minutes. She excused herself from the task at hand – responding to an email interview that she had just finished up – to reassure Diana that everything would be alright.

The aroma of pizza wafted through the air, courtesy of Costco's affordable deal on large pies. The family was eager to indulge in this culinary delight, a treat they hadn't been able to afford in some time. Their enthusiasm was palpable as they awaited the arrival of their dinner, an opportunity to savor the flavors of the world without breaking the bank.

Just as things were getting underway, the conversation took an unexpected turn. The mistress's phone went missing, leaving her scrambling to find it. Pixie's incessant barking had reached a fever pitch, and Wicket was doing his best to stifle a chuckle at the absurdity of it all. "You're going to keep barking," someone quipped, "you know it's your sister, dude." The room erupted into laughter as everyone acknowledged that Pixie's antics were the stuff of legend.

In the midst of this lighthearted chaos, a minor drama unfolded involving a pizza from a different brand. The mistress was perplexed by the restaurant's policy of only accepting cash or checks. "Who does that?" she wondered aloud. The room fell silent as everyone pondered this peculiar quirk. It seemed that not all restaurants were created equal.

As dinner neared, the conversation turned to food itself – a subject dear to everyone's heart. Garlic, in particular, was on full display, with Pixie declaring herself "garlicky" and her owner admitting to being similarly afflicted. The mistress couldn't help but note the resemblance between Pixie's pimple and that under her own eyebrow, though she had never had such a problem before.

In the end, it was clear that this holiday gathering was all about embracing the quirks and charms of life – even if they came in the form of an overactive pet or an odd pizza policy. As the evening drew to a close, everyone sat down together, ready to indulge in their affordable feast and celebrate the joy of being together.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now you hear that that's what it sounded like a few minutes ago when I took my shower yeah believe it or not I was actually cleaned and ready before leaving the house today it's uh it's a new record I would say I've got a a meeting to pop off to why do I keep using that word to like describe me doing something like an action pop pop down pop off pop over this popcorn sprinkled with Valentina tastes better than it looks cuz it kind of looks like someone died in the bowl last night I switched one of Diana's Shoes so that it was pointing the other direction she won't be able to put it on I switched the direction of one of Diana's moccasins she won't be able to figure out how to put it on I'm kidding of course she should be able to at least I'd imagine NOP it's a beef stick not a cigar so sometimes a beef stick is just a beef stick I'm going to explain this in just a second when I'm in meetings I often have to connect to wireless networks that I'm not familiar with so before I do I make sure I go through what they call a VPN or a virtual private Network it's kind of geeky but there's software and a service that I use on Android iOS windows and Os 10 called Hotspot Shield and they recently came on as a sponsor and I know I don't usually talk about sponsors in Vlogs but dude the data that you're transmitting may not be encrypted in and your privacy could be at stake just trying to help you guys that's all I want to introduce you to the tallest man in the world he's seriously like he's he's really he's tall okay maybe he's not the tallest man in the world but he's the tallest man that I know but you're about as tall as that tree over there right now that tree is right next to you that's right so so this is Rob Greenley hello and he drives a leaf yes I do but I don't have it with me today what's up with that do you guys want to see his fully electric vehicle at some point they have to answer now yeah it's it's their job to answer so if you if you want to see it just comment and say you want to see an electric car Rob is a podcasting Legend uh has worked with Microsoft you know with uh a lot of the New Media distribution stuff and we always have interesting conversations been talking a bit about you know the future of video and you how I've effectively been able to do what I've done with it on YouTube and Beyond and the things that I would like to do more of and I I think more than anything I want to connect other experts with you in this particular channel uh you know geeky topics need to be covered and I enjoy being a part of those conversations now I just need to put a finer point on it got to find more experts and put my hand on the steering wheel as I move forward this morning before I went into the meeting uh I got an email from one of the local news stations they want to interview me about Windows 8 and usability and how you know people are reacting to it already and uh they wanted to stop by the house I'm very grateful Diana and her mom uh I I called and they said they kind of cleaned up a bit so I just drove past their van if you can see him there that's their van cuz he emailed says do you still live where I think you live I'm like yeah and then I'm driving and I'm like they're right there I'm like come on guys so they're following me home the aftermath of a TV segment shoot I don't think many of you will have seen the segment when it airs I think possibly tonight although it was was interesting we were able to pull dad in by way of uh FaceTime and it's a very exciting week for geeks this is like hell week almost it's that exciting things are happening so many announcements so many new things to look at so expensive come here pumpkin I'm not going to carve you not this year no it's okay she knows it's that time of year she's afraid I'm going to put another costume on her I don't think we even have costume for you to this time around I think we have over a million views for that video of you and Wicket in the Star Wars outfits it's all about the pentiums baby you guys don't even remember a Pentium do you I remember 486 I remember I remember math co-processors if you got to go potty go downstairs I know that God is pottying right now but don't worry it's cleaner than your potty hey Wicket go the other direction pixie you're not Wicket do you got to go down then go it's okay go for it I don't know where it's at oh well it should be down there Diana just facetimed me to give her TCH support on the other side of the house which I got to tell you is more convenient for me to do than going down there um no hun uh back where the projector is follow one of the cables oh follow the HDMI cable yeah there you go it's on the rock band set that we need to get rid of no one wants it though I honestly you'd have to pay someone to take it away honey yeah did I leave my phone down there know I went upstairs and I couldn't find it did I have it where the hell is it did it fall out of my pocket Wiki was all excited because he saw grandpa on the TV I was trying to find the phone so I could FaceTime with him pixie you missed it you were downstairs with Grandma not the grandma that's married to the grandpa that we were talking about who was just on TV there which is no longer sorry about that we've been wanting to try the Costco pizza for quite some time if only because it's so cheap you get like a super extra- large pizza for like five bucks it's insane uh but we haven't really done it yet so Diana decided that tonight was the night for us to have cheap pizza and the key word there being cheap not pizza Wicked that it was pixie she was snoring seriously you're going to keep barking you know it's your sister dude you've known her all your life you've known her longer than I have don't talk back to me mister Diana came home about half hour ago or so I've lost track of time I was replying to an email interview that I just finished up and wow dinner is here sorry I couldn't like come down I had to respond but I wanted you to read it before I send it off it's kind of like a you know I don't know what you would call it not exactly a fact check like a gut check did I say the right things did I embarrass you in any way am I in it you are not in it does that dissuade you from reading it in its entirety you know if you think about it pizza is the perfect food has everything in it or the potential of having everything in it all the way from gluten to meat we got this 40% off by way really mhm good job even though I what was that like a high one so I thought this was supposed to be a a different brand what's up with that they only accepted cash or check who does that you're serious they should quit accepting checks who okay if anybody out there still accepts checks or cash cash is okay okay never mind checks should die yeah except for actually I kind of like rice checks yeah me too wheat checks too and cheex mix corn checks it's good with honey have you eaten mhm okay good what what was this anyway I I understand there's meat and mushrooms and stuff but that one's like the meat meat lovers and this one's like the veggie lovers uhhuh well I love both and I love you more than the pizza I'm like a little a little bit of both you are kind of garlicky now that you mention it what you're garlicky that wasn't a put down I like garlic there's a pimple under my eyebrow good you're turning into me not quite you know I didn't have pimples ever in high school and now I have like a Gil of them yeah well I've always had pimples in my life but never under my eyebrow it's an ingr hey that's my skull cap that's what it is it's a skull cap does that look like you look like something straight out of Fat Albert right now hey are you calling me fat no there were many characters in Fat Albert you just called me a fat I you've never seen the cartoon have you before I go to bed I just want want to say I appreciate all the support you guys give usthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now you hear that that's what it sounded like a few minutes ago when I took my shower yeah believe it or not I was actually cleaned and ready before leaving the house today it's uh it's a new record I would say I've got a a meeting to pop off to why do I keep using that word to like describe me doing something like an action pop pop down pop off pop over this popcorn sprinkled with Valentina tastes better than it looks cuz it kind of looks like someone died in the bowl last night I switched one of Diana's Shoes so that it was pointing the other direction she won't be able to put it on I switched the direction of one of Diana's moccasins she won't be able to figure out how to put it on I'm kidding of course she should be able to at least I'd imagine NOP it's a beef stick not a cigar so sometimes a beef stick is just a beef stick I'm going to explain this in just a second when I'm in meetings I often have to connect to wireless networks that I'm not familiar with so before I do I make sure I go through what they call a VPN or a virtual private Network it's kind of geeky but there's software and a service that I use on Android iOS windows and Os 10 called Hotspot Shield and they recently came on as a sponsor and I know I don't usually talk about sponsors in Vlogs but dude the data that you're transmitting may not be encrypted in and your privacy could be at stake just trying to help you guys that's all I want to introduce you to the tallest man in the world he's seriously like he's he's really he's tall okay maybe he's not the tallest man in the world but he's the tallest man that I know but you're about as tall as that tree over there right now that tree is right next to you that's right so so this is Rob Greenley hello and he drives a leaf yes I do but I don't have it with me today what's up with that do you guys want to see his fully electric vehicle at some point they have to answer now yeah it's it's their job to answer so if you if you want to see it just comment and say you want to see an electric car Rob is a podcasting Legend uh has worked with Microsoft you know with uh a lot of the New Media distribution stuff and we always have interesting conversations been talking a bit about you know the future of video and you how I've effectively been able to do what I've done with it on YouTube and Beyond and the things that I would like to do more of and I I think more than anything I want to connect other experts with you in this particular channel uh you know geeky topics need to be covered and I enjoy being a part of those conversations now I just need to put a finer point on it got to find more experts and put my hand on the steering wheel as I move forward this morning before I went into the meeting uh I got an email from one of the local news stations they want to interview me about Windows 8 and usability and how you know people are reacting to it already and uh they wanted to stop by the house I'm very grateful Diana and her mom uh I I called and they said they kind of cleaned up a bit so I just drove past their van if you can see him there that's their van cuz he emailed says do you still live where I think you live I'm like yeah and then I'm driving and I'm like they're right there I'm like come on guys so they're following me home the aftermath of a TV segment shoot I don't think many of you will have seen the segment when it airs I think possibly tonight although it was was interesting we were able to pull dad in by way of uh FaceTime and it's a very exciting week for geeks this is like hell week almost it's that exciting things are happening so many announcements so many new things to look at so expensive come here pumpkin I'm not going to carve you not this year no it's okay she knows it's that time of year she's afraid I'm going to put another costume on her I don't think we even have costume for you to this time around I think we have over a million views for that video of you and Wicket in the Star Wars outfits it's all about the pentiums baby you guys don't even remember a Pentium do you I remember 486 I remember I remember math co-processors if you got to go potty go downstairs I know that God is pottying right now but don't worry it's cleaner than your potty hey Wicket go the other direction pixie you're not Wicket do you got to go down then go it's okay go for it I don't know where it's at oh well it should be down there Diana just facetimed me to give her TCH support on the other side of the house which I got to tell you is more convenient for me to do than going down there um no hun uh back where the projector is follow one of the cables oh follow the HDMI cable yeah there you go it's on the rock band set that we need to get rid of no one wants it though I honestly you'd have to pay someone to take it away honey yeah did I leave my phone down there know I went upstairs and I couldn't find it did I have it where the hell is it did it fall out of my pocket Wiki was all excited because he saw grandpa on the TV I was trying to find the phone so I could FaceTime with him pixie you missed it you were downstairs with Grandma not the grandma that's married to the grandpa that we were talking about who was just on TV there which is no longer sorry about that we've been wanting to try the Costco pizza for quite some time if only because it's so cheap you get like a super extra- large pizza for like five bucks it's insane uh but we haven't really done it yet so Diana decided that tonight was the night for us to have cheap pizza and the key word there being cheap not pizza Wicked that it was pixie she was snoring seriously you're going to keep barking you know it's your sister dude you've known her all your life you've known her longer than I have don't talk back to me mister Diana came home about half hour ago or so I've lost track of time I was replying to an email interview that I just finished up and wow dinner is here sorry I couldn't like come down I had to respond but I wanted you to read it before I send it off it's kind of like a you know I don't know what you would call it not exactly a fact check like a gut check did I say the right things did I embarrass you in any way am I in it you are not in it does that dissuade you from reading it in its entirety you know if you think about it pizza is the perfect food has everything in it or the potential of having everything in it all the way from gluten to meat we got this 40% off by way really mhm good job even though I what was that like a high one so I thought this was supposed to be a a different brand what's up with that they only accepted cash or check who does that you're serious they should quit accepting checks who okay if anybody out there still accepts checks or cash cash is okay okay never mind checks should die yeah except for actually I kind of like rice checks yeah me too wheat checks too and cheex mix corn checks it's good with honey have you eaten mhm okay good what what was this anyway I I understand there's meat and mushrooms and stuff but that one's like the meat meat lovers and this one's like the veggie lovers uhhuh well I love both and I love you more than the pizza I'm like a little a little bit of both you are kind of garlicky now that you mention it what you're garlicky that wasn't a put down I like garlic there's a pimple under my eyebrow good you're turning into me not quite you know I didn't have pimples ever in high school and now I have like a Gil of them yeah well I've always had pimples in my life but never under my eyebrow it's an ingr hey that's my skull cap that's what it is it's a skull cap does that look like you look like something straight out of Fat Albert right now hey are you calling me fat no there were many characters in Fat Albert you just called me a fat I you've never seen the cartoon have you before I go to bed I just want want to say I appreciate all the support you guys give us\n"