Thinking Makes It So: Give thanks for endless sunflower seeds

We have mashed our potatoes, glugged our gravy, watched the Dallas game and taken on the immeasurable burden of a third slice of pie, limiting ourselves to a miniature scoop of ice cream to make up for it.

Now, we are wandering around a mall, exclaiming how we can’t believe it, but we’re hungry again. Our leftovers will have to wait for dinner; at present, we realize pizza will best help us express our burgeoning holiday spirit. We enjoy Chinese chicken sample appetizers and plan which candy bars to have grinded into our ice cream for dessert. It’s all part of turning jolly.

This is an effort to which I apply myself wholeheartedly, though, generally, not at the mall because I don’t make that kind of money.

My kitchen, however, contains food I have already purchased – in massive quantities. This is no time to spend less than $100 on a trip to Whole Foods. This is Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s – and each special day requires its own specific regiment of overeating.

This is winter, when I am only warm when I’ve got something in the oven, and when I pray that sit-ups delete cookies in a one-to-one ratio.

If you subscribe to the newspaper, you receive FREE access to all the exclusive content of the web site! Simply register to receive uninterrupted access to our award-winning and in-depth local online content!

Renew Current or Past Subscription / Register for Online Subscription

If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the Los Alamos Monitor, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.

Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.

Newspaper Acct. ID:
Street Address:	(exactly as it appears on the label)

If you are a subscriber and you do not know your account ID or don't have a copy of your newspaper available that shows the information on the address label you can click continue below to search for your account.

New Subscription/30 Day Free Trial Account

If you are new to the award winning Los Alamos Monitor and wish to get a subscription or simply gain access to our online content then please enter your ZIP code below and continue to setup your account.

ZIP Code:

Create a limited access account.
Register to participate in community forums, post on the community calendar, blog etc. This registration does not give you full access to read our award winning content, etc.

The Los Alamos Monitor | lacirculation@lamonitor.com | 505-662-4185
256 DP Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544
Office Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday