Merry Christmas!
My niece Jadyn called at 7:45am to tell me about her Xmas gifts.
The weather here today is supposed to very mild. It snowed a few days ago. But it has rained all night and is supposed to rain all day. So it has all melted (which i don't mind at all). I think that right now it is 54F. Is that crazy.
I believe today shall include naps, eating, watching, and listening. Not necessarily in that order.
One of the things I'm looking forward to watching is the Blu Ray of the Glyndebourne production of Samuel Barber's opera Vanessa.
Merry Christmas!
My niece Jadyn called at 7:45am to tell me about her Xmas gifts.
The weather here today is supposed to very mild. It snowed a few days ago. But it has rained all night and is supposed to rain all day. So it has all melted (which i don't mind at all). I think that right now it is 54F. Is that crazy.
It appears that I have picked up a cold, which began showing symptoms last night. It's alarming, because with all the precautions I have taken, a virus has gotten through.
I know the post office is a mess, thanks to Trump and his lapdog destroying it, but I have received nothing - cards, bills, junk mail - all week. That has me worried.
I know the post office is a mess, thanks to Trump and his lapdog destroying it, but I have received nothing - cards, bills, junk mail - all week. That has me worried.
I know the post office is a mess, thanks to Trump and his lapdog destroying it, but I have received nothing - cards, bills, junk mail - all week. That has me worried.
DR elmore, I sent a package to my sister on December 15. It was supposed to arrive on the 19th but she still hasn't received it. I sent cards on the 16th to several people and nobody's received them.
Written when he was nineteen.
We've got a fireplace pulled up on the television.
We spent about 40 minutes on Facebook Messenger opening stocking presents with Rob, Mary Linda, and Charlotte. She hung in pretty well, but eventually preferred playing on the floor.
Happily, the motor car started right up and I took a nice drive - the Havertys said they had way too much food, so I guess today I'll polish off the rest of the tuna pasta salad, but that's a good thing since I didn't see a single restaurant open, other than McDonald's, which, of course, had a line of cars. Ralph's was open and the parking lot looked full - is that really how people spend Christmas Day. But the streets were pretty empty.
The Christmas dinner was positively deelish. I wish I'd asked for two!
Oh -- last night while we were doing gifts and listening to music, we'd gone through a few "Christmas Cocktail" types of albums when we decided to up the ante a little bit and bring a little class to the jernt, so we put in DR Elmore's compilation of Christmas music. Nathan and Kristi had heard it before but hadn't listened to it all that closely, and this time it was just more beautiful than ever and much appreciated by all.
Merry Christmas!
My niece Jadyn called at 7:45am to tell me about her Xmas gifts.
The weather here today is supposed to very mild. It snowed a few days ago. But it has rained all night and is supposed to rain all day. So it has all melted (which i don't mind at all). I think that right now it is 54F. Is that crazy.
DR Jennifer, it is crazy, and it's the same temperature in Mew York. We have a rainy day and it's very dark outside. I am very happy I do not have to step out today.
Merry Christmas!
My niece Jadyn called at 7:45am to tell me about her Xmas gifts.
The weather here today is supposed to very mild. It snowed a few days ago. But it has rained all night and is supposed to rain all day. So it has all melted (which i don't mind at all). I think that right now it is 54F. Is that crazy.
I hope you were awake for the early call ;)
One Family (Sheldon Harnick):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAl-MbOyZ3g&feature=youtu.be
The east coast storm was horrendous last night. The worst part of it was during the overnight hours. I woke a couple of times, thinking it was from dreams, but it might have been the noise of the rain and wind. At three in the morning, though, I woke up hearing the intensity of it and it was just plain unnerving. I laid there for almost two hours before finally falling back to sleep. I am very happy to report that, to the best of my knowledge, there were no power outages and no damage in our area.
The Christmas miracle is that, instantly, a foot of snow is gone. Just like that. Wiped off the face of the earth. So even while it's going to drop to way below freezing tonight, we have a clean slate, and that could not be more welcome.
Also miraculously, yesterday my last E&T media mail package finally showed up. A couple of those had literally sat in one place (one in Jersey City, a major hub, and the other in Illinois) for a good two weeks or longer. And then, with no notice, they were suddenly here and delivered.
Merry Christmas!
My niece Jadyn called at 7:45am to tell me about her Xmas gifts.
The weather here today is supposed to very mild. It snowed a few days ago. But it has rained all night and is supposed to rain all day. So it has all melted (which i don't mind at all). I think that right now it is 54F. Is that crazy.
DR Jennifer, it is crazy, and it's the same temperature in Mew York. We have a rainy day and it's very dark outside. I am very happy I do not have to step out today.
I'm the opposite. It stopped raining for a while and I was outside in my shoes and raincoat. It is such a nice reprieve from the cold.
I celebrated the day by doing some laundry. I had a little free time and wanted to get it out of the way. Now I'm relaxing. I'll soon watch a movie.
We watched Sabrina on TCM tonight. What fun.
Love that movie.
The African Queen is on now.
The story out of Nashville today is very scary.
So that was a delightful hour
He was not feeling much in the spirit having spent 45 minutes starting at 1:45 am, standing in gale force winds and driving rain while trying to reinforce the fence that was trying desperately to lie down
This is the SIL that tended to infect one or both of us with the flu every Thanksgiving
After that was done we had a video call with my brother in Virginia and his youngest
We've got a fireplace pulled up on the television.
My sister and her husband gave us a fantastic present...A sober Christmas Day.
Happily, the motor car started right up and I took a nice drive - the Havertys said they had way too much food, so I guess today I'll polish off the rest of the tuna pasta salad, but that's a good thing since I didn't see a single restaurant open, other than McDonald's, which, of course, had a line of cars. Ralph's was open and the parking lot looked full - is that really how people spend Christmas Day. But the streets were pretty empty.
My sister and her husband gave us a fantastic present...WOW! That's fantastic.A sober Christmas Day.
My favorite holiday video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__AAj86JBA8