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So far no transit strike. But my bus managed to be late anyway. I still don't have someone to take Alan to the preschool program in the AM, my MIL had to drive here again - and through the flooding in Hackensack (under the RR bridge). I just wish I could figure out how to find someone - he's doing well in the AM class, I think.

Now that I have a working DVD burner, Mark wants to borrow DVD's from the library. So last night we got in his childhood favorite - Wacky Races (with Dasterdly and Muttley). Alan seemed to like it - but it was getting him worked up a bit (more violence in cartoons in the 1960's - not graphic though.) It's amazing to see how primitive the Hanna Barbera cartoons look now - even on DVD we saw little wear dots and the color was still faded. And of course the cartoons were so sterotyped back then - Penelope Pitstop with the hair and makeup levers on her car, the Arkansas hicks, the pseduo 30's gangsters etc.. Never could do that now.

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/kids/wackyraces.htm

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Holiday Shopping

I got Alan some wooden thomas trains (annie and claribel and harold the helicopter) for chanuka. I also got a car transporter for hotwheels (the toys r us brand of them) - I may save that for Florida.

My MIL/SIL are giving him take along thomas and the playskool toy that looks like a skeebal machine (I forget the name).

ALan did some shopping at the holiday thing at school - he got his aunt a keychain, and daddy a mug, There were 2 other gifts - one was a necklace (fake), the other a little trinket box. I'm not sure which one was supposed to be for me and which for grandma - I'm guessing I got the jewelery.

I got gift cards for all of the staff that work with him at the public school and the daycare (including the director). since I didn't get any handmade soaps this year, I'm going to get the 3 for 10.00 stuff at Bath and body works.

Mark and I probably won't do presents, so I'm pretty much done. Maybe I'll try to send cards this week.