Mickey Recap

So we sat down and watched Mickey last night. Did anyone else notice that it was even more cut down than usual? I mean I already knew Mickey's Christmas Carol was a truncated version of the real deal but this was like how fast can we get through this so that we will have room for our 5 minute commercial breaks? A few scenes and lines that I always enjoyed and was waiting for (like when Goofy falls down the stairs at Scrooge's house..."Marley watch out for that last...step!") were cut out. What gives?

We are also probably one of the last families on Earth that does NOT own a DVR so there was no prerecording and watching minus the commercials. This is what got Katherine mixed up; until we started watching holiday specials this year she had never really watched commercial TV so she didn't have a clue what a commercial break was. When a break came she would look at me like "Huh? What's this? Where's my show?" and lose interest in the TV pretty quickly. We made it through Mickey and most of Pooh ok but by the time Santa Claus is Coming to Town came on she had had it with the commercials (so had I). She watched the beginning then got bored at the first break and I decided it would be best for all to just head off to bed. This technological laggert is beginning to see the benefits of DVR.

We are experiencing some weird weather around here today. It is very unseasonably warm with thunderstorms and tornado warnings. The warm temps won't last for long though, a cold front is coming through, so we'll be back down to normal by tomorrow.