And now... A 9:30am screening of "Les Misérables"...
Laters...
TOD:
We're going to see LE MIZ.
Merry Christmas morning greetings! Richard and I are both stirring and it looks like Santa has been to our house:
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Hey! Maybe I'll go see Les Miz. I heard a rumor it was opening today
Well, Alyce can't get near Callie this morning....so I'm packing up go to home. No turkey, ham or scalloped oysters for me.
>:(Well, Alyce can't get near Callie this morning....so I'm packing up go to home. No turkey, ham or scalloped oysters for me.
So sorry to hear this. :(
And sorry to hear about that phone call last night. Sounds scary.
Hey! Maybe I'll go see Les Miz. I heard a rumor it was opening today
What is Les Miz? Never heard of it.
Jeanne, Baptist cakes are like donuts but cut in rectangular strips. When you fry them, you fully immerse them in the fat, hence the name. When they're done, you cut a slit in them, fill with butter and top with warm maple syrup.
Merry Christmas from the mother of MR BK's neighbor....
This is sad news: composer and pianist Richard Rodney Bennett died yesterday. He was a good man.
Hey! Maybe I'll go see Les Miz. I heard a rumor it was opening today
What is Les Miz? Never heard of it.
Some book or something....or maybe it's a tv show, I'm not sure, I haven't heard anything about it either.
Hey! Maybe I'll go see Les Miz. I heard a rumor it was opening today
Today is my mother's 81st birthday.
And the word of the day is: GLISSADE!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!!!
I slept until 6:45am. A real treat, I must say.
We had a wonderful Christmas eve. There was an excellent dinner of Roast Beast with stuffed mushrooms, fresh peas and real hand mashed potatoes (as opposed to a mix). We had Christmas pudding with hard sauce and a mince pie each for dessert (they are very small individual mince pies, we didn't each eat a mince pie).
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
George! Go to Bed. It's 5am there and Santa won't come until you're under the covers asleep.
Hey! Maybe I'll go see Les Miz. I heard a rumor it was opening today
What is Les Miz? Never heard of it.
Some book or something....or maybe it's a tv show, I'm not sure, I haven't heard anything about it either.
And now... A 9:30am screening of "Les Misérables"...
Laters...
Today is my mother's 81st birthday.
Jeanne, Baptist cakes are like donuts but cut in rectangular strips. When you fry them, you fully immerse them in the fat, hence the name. When they're done, you cut a slit in them, fill with butter and top with warm maple syrup.
Happy Birthday, Mrs. JRand!!
Happy Birthday, Mrs. JRand!!
Ditto!
Merry Christmas to all HHWers, and Steven Findle, too!
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Leaving for Paris......back after dark....
Merry Christmas morning greetings! Richard and I are both stirring and it looks like Santa has been to our house:
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If I hadn't heard the whole thing on the phone I wouldn't have believed it was this bad. This cat sitter has worked with animals for 20 years. She said my cats are the exception not the rule lol. So from now on Callie will be boarded
Went to my aunt's last night for Christmas eve. My nieces really lucked out this year. They got a lot of stuff for Chanukah. They got a lot of stuff last night. And they got a lot of stuff this morning.
Merry Christmas from the mother of MR BK's neighbor....
Today is my mother's 81st birthday.
Richard surprised me with a beautiful sparkly necklace and a custom-made Michigan apron to go along with my iPad Mini!
Yes, Bruce's annual Christmas Eve party really was the best do ever! The gatherings around the piano were so fabulous that Barry Pearl and others commented that Bruce should have the party in that room every year, so I'm glad Bruce mentioned that plan in his notes already. Not only was the music and singing great, but the stories were so great too. Not only did Richard Sherman sing "Feed the Birds", but he told this great story about how he sang that song at Walt Disney's 100th celebration because that was Walt's favorite song, and he sat at the piano outdoors and sang that song in front of a large crowd and just as he finished, a bird swooped down and almost collided into the piano. Everyone gasped. Richard was unaware of what happened, but was later told that Walt said, "thank you" for the song.
I've been walking around the house singing Bruce's Jewish Christmas song, "This Christmas" all week, so I was very delighted that he played and sang it for us live in his living room.
The food was all really great and I ate waaaay too much. After last year's fiasco of driving all the way to the House of Pies and being told there was none, we did the smart thing and ordered it ahead of time. It was a big hit and a couple people came up to me and asked if I had any because I really should try it. They didn't know I was the one who brought it, which was commical. What's more commical is that our GPS tries to prononce "pies" phonetically and the computer voice always says, "arriving at House of Peas on your left". Mark and I laugh out loud every time she says "House of Peas". Anyway, we almost didn't have any peanut butter pie and Bruce almost ended up with no house at all when Mark spotted Bruce dashing out the back door with a burned up box. Apparently, someone took the pie out of the box and placed it next to the lit candles on the serving table and the box caught on fire. I was horrified that we could have been responsible for Bruce's house burning down. Surely, he would never invite us again, if that happened. Mark says he thinks something caught on fire last year, and he suggests Bruce not put lit candles on the table anymore.
The Kochanowicz Christmas Tree was in full bloom this year:
Nice to hear another report about the party.
I am always afraid to leave candles burning while in another room. At Chanukah when the kids were there we ended up snuffing them out after 5 minutes.
Hello! I'm home. After hearing the whole story, I am actually quite impressed with the way Boo was defending Callie from what she perceived as a danger. Boo attacked the cat sitter last night. Then the sitter took off her glasses to check her scratches...Boo knoced her glasses behind a chest of drawers. Today when the sitter arrived and put Ricky and Boo in the kitchen, shut the doors and went upstairs to get Callie, Callie started hissing and Boo managed to get out and run up stairs and started hissing again. Seriously, impressive although I'm not pleased about it.
It's nice seeing DRJose and DRDanise on HHW!
On the positive side. We really did our family Christmas last weekend. Mom and dad and I exchanged gifts last night, I played my flute and sang with the choir (both mom and dad are in the choir) at the late service at church and we had fun putting a jigsaw puzzle together yesterday afternoon. I also saw my brother and his wife. So, it was still a very nice Christmas even if it was cut short.
Toby cries like a baby when we pass by any yard with a dog in it. It's most embarrassing.
Oh it's not giving the medication, it's picking Callie up,If I hadn't heard the whole thing on the phone I wouldn't have believed it was this bad. This cat sitter has worked with animals for 20 years. She said my cats are the exception not the rule lol. So from now on Callie will be boarded
I'm sorry but I suppose it is your best option, unless you can spend time training this sitter how you get the pills down Callie.
Oh it's not giving the medication, it's picking Callie up,If I hadn't heard the whole thing on the phone I wouldn't have believed it was this bad. This cat sitter has worked with animals for 20 years. She said my cats are the exception not the rule lol. So from now on Callie will be boarded
I'm sorry but I suppose it is your best option, unless you can spend time training this sitter how you get the pills down Callie.
Finally got the humidifier going.. Now I can pet the cats without shocking them
Not by the cat sitter, well, she could have, but Callie was upset and Boo attacked her when she was picking Callie up, so she decided not to push her and add more trauma. I'm very happy about her decision.Oh it's not giving the medication, it's picking Callie up,If I hadn't heard the whole thing on the phone I wouldn't have believed it was this bad. This cat sitter has worked with animals for 20 years. She said my cats are the exception not the rule lol. So from now on Callie will be boarded
I'm sorry but I suppose it is your best option, unless you can spend time training this sitter how you get the pills down Callie.
Can she be picked up at other times?
Not by the cat sitter, well, she could have, but Callie was upset and Boo attacked her when she was picking Callie up, so she decided not to push her and add more trauma. I'm very happy about her decision.Oh it's not giving the medication, it's picking Callie up,If I hadn't heard the whole thing on the phone I wouldn't have believed it was this bad. This cat sitter has worked with animals for 20 years. She said my cats are the exception not the rule lol. So from now on Callie will be boarded
I'm sorry but I suppose it is your best option, unless you can spend time training this sitter how you get the pills down Callie.
Can she be picked up at other times?
I have very little Christmas spirit today.
The family get-together at my sister's house is done with. My niece's other grandmother and aunt were there. It's funny that by the time my sister and her now-ex-husband got a divorce (almost 20 years ago), his parents and my parents had become friends and they stayed friends even after their kids divorced. :)
There is a blizzard warning posted for our county.
The family get-together at my sister's house is done with. My niece's other grandmother and aunt were there. It's funny that by the time my sister and her now-ex-husband got a divorce (almost 20 years ago), his parents and my parents had become friends and they stayed friends even after their kids divorced. :)
Did the ex's stay friends?
Enjoy the movie.
The family get-together at my sister's house is done with. My niece's other grandmother and aunt were there. It's funny that by the time my sister and her now-ex-husband got a divorce (almost 20 years ago), his parents and my parents had become friends and they stayed friends even after their kids divorced. :)
Did the ex's stay friends?
Well, I wouldn't say "friends." They have been civil to each other. However, when my niece came out, her father (a very conservative Christian) had a hard time with it and couldn't stop preaching to her...although he never really "rejected" her, she couldn't take all his preaching. She hasn't been in contact with him since last year. :-\
Her grandmother and aunt (and my parents) had no problem with her coming out.
There is a blizzard warning posted for our county.
Should your guests all be home before the blizzard hits?
Happy Birthday, Mrs. JRand!!Happiest of birthdays, Mrs. JRand!
I'm told they're from the northeast, but I haven't done my homework. My version was good for a first effort, but I'm going to work on them to get them better.Jeanne, Baptist cakes are like donuts but cut in rectangular strips. When you fry them, you fully immerse them in the fat, hence the name. When they're done, you cut a slit in them, fill with butter and top with warm maple syrup.
Thanks for the explanation. Are they a Southern item?
Of course when I came home, they were all docile and acted like nothing had happened, lolWould you expect any different? After all, you were home. They got what they wanted. :)
Ditto!The Kochanowicz Christmas Tree was in full bloom this year:
Lovely tree and even nicer to see you.
Today is also my Brother's birthdayHappy birthday, Vixbro.
I used my new dutch oven to make the mushrooms and it came out quite wellGlad you're enjoying it.
TOD:Funny, but someone at dinner tonight was talking about how much he loved Open Range, too. It's been years since I've seen it. May have to watch it again in the near future.
Last night, we ate b-b-q and watched Amahl and the Night Visitors and then the new HOBBIT movie, which seemed so like: "Been there done that, too many times". Nothing new in Hobbitland. Then we open all our presents at midnight. Today we had Christmas lunch with very dear old friends, exchange gifts, then came home, took a nap, then I watched OPEN RANGE, a very good western, and then the Bachrach/David concert at the White House. Lovely quiet Christmas, just the way I like 'em.
And the word of the day is: GLISSADE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: GLIDING
Think i'll go to the movie tomorrow....can't remember the name of it....think it opened today
I heard some DRs went to a movie today but it was miserable -- so sorry
Glad people are liking Les Miz. I wish I had liked it better - I WANTED to like it better - I wanted to love it, but I couldn't get past the direction, which, for me, bordered on inept, and some of the performances (Sasha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter for starters). I'm sure I'll watch it again at some point.