In precisely 56 hours, we will open doors at The Current Connection with a fresh look, great deals, cookies, coffee and cider. In the last 56 hours, we have unloaded, cleaned, assembled and filled new shelving at the office, and received and unpacked truckloads of freight among many other important preparations. At any rate, we are working hard to ensure a seamless, exciting Black Friday experience for our customers. I'm happy to highlight a few specials now, and as long as we stay on track, I can get you even more information tomorrow.
Toshiba 40" LCD TV - $529.99
TVs in stock 10"-55" including SONY 3D packages!!
Dell Vostro 230 Desktops (with monitor, keyboard and mouse) - $449.99
Dell Vostro 3500 Laptop - $599.99 (that's a $100 savings off the normal price!)
Great pricing on Digital Cameras and camcorders
10% Savings on all Toys in stock before 10am
Close-out pricing on all TV stands
Don't forget - we do accept the 0% Christmas loans offered through local banks in conjunction with Lemmon and Hettinger Chambers of Commerce.
It's not too late to change your weekend plans to include a trip down Main Street in Lemmon on Friday.
11.23.2010
11.18.2010
God Bless the Grumpy Old Troll
My heart nearly exploded tonight over a gourmet dinner of cheese-filled hot dogs and boxed mac and cheese.
The kiddos and I stopped at the library after work and then came home for some "bonding" while Pops had a meeting. Max has been joining in our evening meal prayer and tonight was no different. Five minutes later, he chattered like a monkey to get my attention, "Aye yi yi yi yi." (Pretty common noise for him). When I looked at him, he folded his hands, closed his eyes and in his sweet little baby voice gave his rendition of our prayer. If that doesn't sweeten you up, you need to eat chocolate and chug a Dew. Stat.
Our mealtime prayer is fairly common, but I'll include it for my family, who uses a Catholic version: :)
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest.
Let these gifts to us be blessed.
While Max continued to make monkey noises and smash macaroni in his hair, Gage was trying like nothing else to get the words right. He does the first line great and put random syllables together for the 2nd line with no idea what he's saying. So I tried to help. And after a few tries he got it.
Five minutes later he holds up a hunk of hot dog and asks, "But why do we bless our food?"
Seriously, could he wait a few years for me to research answers to these questions? Strangers? Blessing food? I'm in WAAAAY over my head so I did what I do best. Make something up.
We talked about how its like thanking Jesus for letting us have warm food to eat and how some people might not get supper and have to go to bed hungry.
Without skipping a beat he came back with, "Like the Grumpy Old Troll. He's always hungry too." [from The Three Billy Goats Gruff]
I think tomorrow night we'll change up the prayer:
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest.
Don't forget the Grumpy Old Troll
He like to eat goat the best.
Its probably easier to understand anyhow.
(Full Disclosure: Moments after this story took place Max fell out of the bathtub while I wasn't paying attention and Gage fed his leftover hot dog bun to the dog.)
The kiddos and I stopped at the library after work and then came home for some "bonding" while Pops had a meeting. Max has been joining in our evening meal prayer and tonight was no different. Five minutes later, he chattered like a monkey to get my attention, "Aye yi yi yi yi." (Pretty common noise for him). When I looked at him, he folded his hands, closed his eyes and in his sweet little baby voice gave his rendition of our prayer. If that doesn't sweeten you up, you need to eat chocolate and chug a Dew. Stat.
Our mealtime prayer is fairly common, but I'll include it for my family, who uses a Catholic version: :)
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest.
Let these gifts to us be blessed.
While Max continued to make monkey noises and smash macaroni in his hair, Gage was trying like nothing else to get the words right. He does the first line great and put random syllables together for the 2nd line with no idea what he's saying. So I tried to help. And after a few tries he got it.
Five minutes later he holds up a hunk of hot dog and asks, "But why do we bless our food?"
Seriously, could he wait a few years for me to research answers to these questions? Strangers? Blessing food? I'm in WAAAAY over my head so I did what I do best. Make something up.
We talked about how its like thanking Jesus for letting us have warm food to eat and how some people might not get supper and have to go to bed hungry.
Without skipping a beat he came back with, "Like the Grumpy Old Troll. He's always hungry too." [from The Three Billy Goats Gruff]
I think tomorrow night we'll change up the prayer:
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest.
Don't forget the Grumpy Old Troll
He like to eat goat the best.
Its probably easier to understand anyhow.
(Full Disclosure: Moments after this story took place Max fell out of the bathtub while I wasn't paying attention and Gage fed his leftover hot dog bun to the dog.)
11.17.2010
Black Friday Sale Ad!
I let the cat out of the bag and started distributing a few of these yesterday. The official ads will hit news stands and air waves in the next few days but here's a sneak peak at a few of the deals and offerings next Friday. We will have cookies, coffee and cider all day, and will be showing Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on a SONY 3D TV. Stop down and join the fun!
11.16.2010
Lesson Learned. Mostly.
On a typical week day, I load and unload the boys into their carseats four times and embark on four very short adventures. Five to ten minutes each trip where I either talk on the phone ("Hi Mom! Just on my way home from work."), sing tunes ("I Caught a Little Baby Bumblebee") or attempt to engage my children in conversation. When it works, I almost always pull up to our destination laughing at the wit of my kiddos. Here's a look at tonight's drive home.
Let me first backup a couple of weeks when I got to have "the talk" with the boys. "The Talk" about...strangers. They've come to be a little too comfortable with people they don't know. For instance, at a rodeo in Rapid City a month back Max climbed right into the lap of a tattooed bearded vendor at their "Cowboy Christmas" booth. He was a super nice man and my toddling baby's simple act made his day but really? Later that week I explained to Gage that he shouldn't talk to strangers without Mom or Dad with him because even though they might seem nice, sometimes people hurt other people. We've had similar talks about strange dogs so I answered a few simple questions regarding the who's and where's, Gage shared stories of daycare buddies punching and fighting (all the cool kids are doing it) and the conversation was over.
But with Gage, its never really over.
Tonight we're pulling to the stop sign at the south end of Main Street.
Gage: Mom, that's the hotel with the pool. Why are there so many cars there?
Mom: Those people needed a place to sleep tonight. Maybe they're on vacation. They might be working away from home.
Gage: Maybe they just wanted to go swimming.
Mom: There's that too.
Gage: But we shouldn't talk to them. Because we don't know them.
Mom: Very good. You remembered!
Gage: And stangers will kill us.
Mom: (stifle laughs) Sure.
Gage: Like that guy on Aladdin. The scary one by the lion head.
Max (upon hearing 'lion'): grrrrrrrr
Just another day in paradise.
Better go. Time to watch Aladdin before bed. Ha!
I'm hoping to post info about Black Friday special at the store tomorrow so check back soon!
Let me first backup a couple of weeks when I got to have "the talk" with the boys. "The Talk" about...strangers. They've come to be a little too comfortable with people they don't know. For instance, at a rodeo in Rapid City a month back Max climbed right into the lap of a tattooed bearded vendor at their "Cowboy Christmas" booth. He was a super nice man and my toddling baby's simple act made his day but really? Later that week I explained to Gage that he shouldn't talk to strangers without Mom or Dad with him because even though they might seem nice, sometimes people hurt other people. We've had similar talks about strange dogs so I answered a few simple questions regarding the who's and where's, Gage shared stories of daycare buddies punching and fighting (all the cool kids are doing it) and the conversation was over.
But with Gage, its never really over.
Tonight we're pulling to the stop sign at the south end of Main Street.
Gage: Mom, that's the hotel with the pool. Why are there so many cars there?
Mom: Those people needed a place to sleep tonight. Maybe they're on vacation. They might be working away from home.
Gage: Maybe they just wanted to go swimming.
Mom: There's that too.
Gage: But we shouldn't talk to them. Because we don't know them.
Mom: Very good. You remembered!
Gage: And stangers will kill us.
Mom: (stifle laughs) Sure.
Gage: Like that guy on Aladdin. The scary one by the lion head.
Max (upon hearing 'lion'): grrrrrrrr
Just another day in paradise.
Better go. Time to watch Aladdin before bed. Ha!
I'm hoping to post info about Black Friday special at the store tomorrow so check back soon!
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