Good Morning!
Welcome to the last day of the year. 🙂
Today’s header photo is from Janice. Here’s another. 🙂
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On this day in 1687 the first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of Good Hope, where they would later create the South African wine industry with the vines they took with them on the voyage.
In 1857 Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
In 1877 President Rutherford B. Hayes became the first U.S. President to celebrate his silver (25th) wedding anniversary in the White House.
And in 1947 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were married.
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Quote of the Day
“The sea complains upon a thousand shores.”
Alexander Smith
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Today is John Denver’s birthday.
And this one is a request. From CrowderVEVO
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Wandering Views 
🙂 😆
Aj on yesterday’s thread trying to figure out what those women were talking about.
Aj, if you live another 20 years, you’ll learn to just say “Uh hu” and hope it isn’t something you’re suppo0sed to be doing.
If you have something you need to do in 2014, you need to get to it.
I’m off to the Y.
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Hi, Chas. Bye, Chas. (Back to bed. I got up to let Misten out, but I didn’t get to bed till 11:30 and could use another hour.)
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I went back and read the rest of last nights thread.
Donna, who may be a block of ice by now, said “we will survive”. Because of that statement, I have this stuck in my head. Thanks Donna. 🙂
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I hope those Angelinos are surviving the cold. I’d hate to think of being out in the cold watching a parade. Of course, it sounds great to have 40s in January when it is all of 6°F here.
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It is fifty seven degrees in the house this morning. At least, next to the stove it is. Maybe not so much in the bedrooms. But fifty seven is a good number.
Interesting about all of those LA folk getting rescued from their automobiles and housed in a church after the horrific snowstorm. It looked like there was a good quarter inch on some of those cars. Good thing they had the supercats to get them out. Just kidding. I imagine it is not fun to slide off of the road and if your car and tires are not built for it and you didn’t bring anything to get yourself out, it is nice that folk are available to help out.
Neat about the response of those families who missed the flight as well. Good to see credit being given to God.
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Time to get out and do some chores before the children get up.
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Of course, Idaho has a mom getting shot and killed by her two year old in Walmart….
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Can we trust Mumsee when she says “fifty seven degrees in the house this morning?”
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Well, when I came in from bringing in firewood, I noticed ice on the inside of the back rooms. But the lime tree is not dead so it can’t be too cold.
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At least not very cold as it might be in a dog park or a dag park in Los Angeles at night.
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Good thing they have those cute jackets to wear. I wonder if they have matching mittens and scarves and hats? And snow pants?
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Is anyone going to stay up to bring in the New Year? No need to, as it’s almost midnight somewhere in the world.
I’ll be at my sister’s house watching the Fiesta Bowl this afternoon with my BIL, who is a graduate of the University of Arizona. It’s the Wildcats vs the Broncos of Boise State. Sorry, mumsee, but this time I root against the Broncs.
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What???? Why would anybody do that?? Unless of course, they were playing against the Vandals.
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No, the new year does not require me to bring it in.
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If Jo were still in PNG, I think she would be in 2015 by now. As it is, she’ll be in one of the last time zones to enter the New Year.
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Usually I stay up to ring in the new year, but after last night’s bad night of sleep, I don’t think I’ll make it to midnight unless I take a nap today.
But I have too much to do to take a nap today, as I had a headache all day yesterday and got done a lot less than I had hoped for.
Complain, complain, complain.
How about some cheery news instead? More sunshine today! I think it’s been five days in a row now. Praising God for that!
So “Sunshine on My Shoulders” was a perfect song for today. 🙂 Except I haven’t been out in the sun yet today. It is 0° at 10:11. I will wait for it to warm up some before heading out.
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The Crowder song was great, too. Not as familiar to me as the John Denver one (actually, not familiar at all), but a wonderful one to listen to this morning, helping to lift me out of my melancholy.
I thought of the song “I Will Survive”, too, after seeing Donna’s comment on yesterday’s thread, AJ. 🙂
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Chas: If you have something you need to do in 2014, you need to get to it.
Getting to it on the double, Chas. 😉
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I always liked that song, AJ. And roller skates. Now that’s a throwback video to the ’70s.
I’m adjusting to the 50s in the house.
It’s supposed to get up to 78 again by next Tuesday. 🙂
I probably won’t “stay” up for the turning of the New Year tonight, but I will wake up at midnight because there are always a lot of neighborhood fireworks going off. It spooks the dogs every year and goes on for quite some time.
Cowboy often jumps up on the bed with me until it’s over, poor guy.
But before all that, I’m off to work today (after I make a 2nd cup of hot coffee) to finish up my story on New Year’s resolutions. Maybe they’ll let us off early today if we’re all finished. Then I can bundle up in some cute, matching winter wear and go to the dog park for a little while before it gets dark.
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That Bosley sure is adorable. Looks like she got lots of wrapping & ribbon to play with this year.
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mumsee, I saw that story about the walmart shooting yesterday — I cringed, too, because it’s got all the typical ‘red state’ elements (kids with guns, Walmart) that so many left-coasters love to deride. But I actually never saw anything being said about it. Just really sad.
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It was.
It is a beautiful six degrees outside this morning, I did not look at the thermometer when I went out for chores before the sun came up. It is expected to get up to sixteen today.
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I think I like John Denver more now than when he was actually popular. But I did enjoy some of his songs in the ’70s, they gave voice to the simple-living, “back-to-nature” movement that was in the wind back in those days.
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I liked John Denver back then, until he dumped Annie and sang about his brand new family in australia.
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One of the bio children gave me one of those musical cards early on in the adoption process. It plays I Will Survive. A friend sent the you tube with I Will Survive sung by a space alien until the glistening ball drops on its head. I still play the card and still laugh with the video.
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Finished reading Revelation and the Bible as a whole in 2014. What a wonderful way to end the year, celebrating our victory in Christ and the new heaven and earth.
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Good Noon!
Phone did not want to connect earlier. I can’t get the header so I am not sure what it is.
Beautiful sunny day, but down in the 40s. That makes for a good polar bear frolic in the ocean for those on January 1st who like to fancy themselves clothed in fur for an insane moment. I have not gotten that crazy yet.
We will probably watch fireworks on the beach at midnight. It is a nice tradition. This year is not so warm as last year.
We have a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle going on. I saw the resort activities listed some cooking contests which is something new. We don’t usually do things on the activities list although once we did get in on the feeding of the fish.
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I failed miserably on Bible reading this year, but I suspect I kick myself over it more than anybody else does. So I move on.
There is a polar bear swim in Lewiston tomorrow but I will not be attending.
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Maybe I should ask son to go for “polar bear feet” in the morning. I better not. That would be one of those things to add to a list of, “You would not believe what my mother did!”
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I had to get on my husband’s computer to see the header photo. Bosley really enjoyed the wrapping paper this year. I am missing her while she is at her boarding school so it is nice to see her picture.
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Just worked on my goals for 2015 list–which my boss requires for work. I ran them past my husband, after moving him up the personal goals list a couple spots. 🙂
I’ve now retreated to the office while he and my daughter (who is slogging through this really hard Starry Night 1000 piece puzzle we got for Christmas) discuss them.
Maybe we’ll take a hike out of our book today (did not put that on the list), though it’s terribly windy outside!
(Go ahead and laugh)
Stargazer leaves today and the next time I see him he’ll be a doctor. CR is off to a NYE party with some math/science UCSB friends in the east bay. Maybe she’ll find some romance? 🙂
We’re out to an expensive restaurant dinner with my in-laws and for the first time have been invited to the exclusive (only because we never got an official invite before) NYE party put on by one of the elders at our church. Not sure what we’ll do. I’m pretty sure I’d rather be home reading a good book, however . . . which is what I prefer on NYE!
Enjoy the end of 2014 if I don’t get back. And if you live in California, fill up your car with gas before the taxes go up tomorrow. 😦
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I am not laughing.
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Question, since some of you probably have more experience making turkey soup than I do: I compared two recipes, one of which had you boiling the carcass for two hours and one for 45 minutes, so I met in the middle for something like an hour and 15 minutes. (The meat itself also got 35 minutes or more after I removed the bones and added the veggies.) But with pork ribs, the longer you boil before baking, the more tender, and the meat in this soup was a bit tough. Now, I did freeze the carcass so that I wouldn’t have to make soup immediately. Was freezing it a bad idea? Did I boil it too long or too short? I froze the carcass in two parts so I could make two pots of soup, but if there is something I can do differently for the second batch, I’d like to.
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Still not laughing….
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Still not fooled by that comment.
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Living alone makes it easy for me to meet my Bible reading goals. Mumsee, you have a few distractions at your house.
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A few, but they are good reason to keep connected with my Source of Strength.
Still not laughing.
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OK, I’ll bite…
And I’m too lazy to log in.
What are you still not laughing at Mumsee?
I’m confused about that. Perhaps you could elaborate?
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Are you ticklish, Mumsee? Would that help? My father thought it was important to teach brother and me to not be ticklish. He had seen guys in the Navy take down anyone who was easily tickled.
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Cheryl, some poultry is just tougher than others. It may depend on age or what they have been fed.
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Anon at 2:43 — I think Mumsee’s “not laughing” comments are in response to Michelle’s 1:19 pm, 4th paragraph: “(Go ahead and laugh)”
Janice, how does someone teach another how not to be ticklish?
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I will not laugh…I will not laugh….I will not laugh….smirk…
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Go, Boise. I see they’ll be playing football soon.
See? I’m a good sport.
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John Denver dumped Annie? I didn’t remember that. 😦
I live alone and still didn’t succeed at my Bible reading plan. Kick. Kick. But I’m going in for a re-launch in 2015.
Just interviewed a resolutions/personal change expert/professor/author in PA. I’m newly motivated.
It can be done!
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Why was Miss Bosley sent away?
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chuckle….snurt….I will not laugh….
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Snurt? Is that a cross between snort and smirk?
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Done drawing up my 2015 piano lesson calendar and payment schedule for the students’ families.
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Cheryl, I don’t think you did anything wrong with the turkey. Sometimes it just turns out that way.
Today was a holiday at work. The COO was going to work half a day to close out the year. I wan’t going to work but I did. The documents came through from the Real Estate Commission to add the new office so I was rushing around to get checks to the Board of Realtors. Then I had another office I had to get trained on something before I go to Austin next week.
Daughter in Law and Tiny Baby Girl will be flying in from Maryland and Grandpa and I will be driving in from here. We have a shopping list of things to take with us so that Mommy won’t have to lug so much on the plane. It’s been a day or two since we bought diapers, wipes, and special baby stuff. I stopped by a consignment shop and picked up a boucy/rocker/play/ seat. As much as we think we want to hold TBG we will have to put her down every now and then and let her entertain herself.
We are going to some church friend’s house for dinner at 7. After that hospitality tents will be set up in downtown Fairhope so we may walk uptown and visit around, but probably not. My New Years Eve tradition is to be safely tucked up in my bed and wake up to the new year on January 1.
Remember folks, this is Amateur Night. True alcoholics don’t get out tonight because most already have a DUI and can’t get another. Tee Totaler’s are scared the drunks will be out and stay home and the the more mature of us have been there done that. So that only leaves people who are not experienced at drinking on the road and they aren’t good judges of if they have had too much to drink or not. Rather than try to figure out what I just said, it is best if you just stay home.
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I had failed miserably in my Bible reading plan before the end of January last year. This year I’m going to try the chronological plan, but not stick to the daily readings – if it’s less it’s less, if it’s more, it’s more. If I finish in 1 year or 5 at least I will have finished. 🙂
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Have you seen/heard this?
http://www.onlinechristiansongs.com/2014/07/a-911-call-that-you-will-never-forget.html
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No snurting allowed.
Kare, you make me feel better. 🙂
And looking ahead with regard to our attitudes toward our enemies, this was a good reminder for me:
http://www.worldmag.com/2014/12/new_year_s_resolution_a_heart_for_the_lost
“I pray that in this new year, I’ll be more like God’s vessel and less a judge. “Vengeance is mine,” the Lord says—it’s His prerogative to repay wickedness. As they wallow in their depravity and suffer the due penalty of their error, my attitude should be one of sorrow over their lost souls, not smugness (such an ugly word) over what’s to come if they don’t repent.
“I ask God to take away my Jonah-like tendencies and the unrighteous anger that goes along with it. I’m as undeserving of His forgiveness as the most deviant unsaved sinner. There, but for God’s grace, I’d be just as condemned and content in my sin.”
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Our ongoing cold snap. But look how cutely outfitted the reporters are.
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/27734258/its-snowy-and-cold-in-the-san-bernardino-mountains
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I went out and walked around the block a couple of times and I’m much warmer now. Amazing what a little activity will do.
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And our L.A. newspaper group’s collective photos (snow on the palm trees is my favorite):
http://photos.dailybreeze.com/2014/12/photos-snow-snarls-mountain-roads-blankets-inland-empire-2/#1
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Yep, I went outside and walked around. Fed the guineas, watered the turkeys, chickens, rabbits, goats, dogs, horses, and cows. Fed the horses and cows and dogs and goats. And sure enough, when I stepped in from the ten degrees, I was suddenly warm! Amazing how good fifty seven can feel.
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How about the snow in Crestline, huh? Nice church. Nice firefighters. One of those car occupants does not appear to have wanted to be on camera. I wonder why?
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Most of that is what is commonly referred to as a skiff of snow, by the way. I wonder how Michelle is doing with all of that wind? I am not laughing.
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According to the tv weather, it is seriously cold in Southern Cal. Just a little ice and snow can tie up a city not used to it. It happens to Charleston every few years.
Boise wins!
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Yes, it can. Which is why we would never laugh at them for that. Just for saying it is very cold or very chilly or very windy. It is like commenting when Idaho has an earthquake, which we do with some frequency but generally in areas where nobody lives.
Go Boise.
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Yes, Boise won. They did have a lot of help, as Arizona’s offense was pathetic.
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62 for me, and a Happy New Year for all of you!
Party starting here, and the computer’s getting shut down for the night and tomorrow.
See you in 2015, wanderers!
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I got off work a little early and decided to brave the dog park where it was very cold.
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It’s 32.4 degrees in Hendersonville. Clear.
In less than three hours it will be 2015 on the east coast. We are settled in and likely be asleep when it happens.
But when we were young, especially the days we were courting, we used to attend watch night services on New Years Eve. We sang and prayed the new year in. They stopped those in the early sixties. Young people had other things to do.
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They have those around here but I have never gone. Sounded like a pleasant night of fellowship but I don’t stay up that late.
I hope you layered, Donna, and drank lots of hot water.
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Behind again/still. Jumping in again.
Janice – Why is lovely Miss Bosley in “boarding school”? (Excuse me if this has already been asked & answered. I’ll try to catch up tomorrow.)
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so… who is attending the blog New Year’s Eve party???
Who has the refreshments? and do we have fireworks?
Almost time on the east coast, but we on the west have a few hours left.
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2 more hours for me! I will go to bed before then however.
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I went to a watch night service once, at a charismatic church nearby. Nice idea, really.
There’s a New Year’s Eve thing tonight out by the ocean … will probably pass.
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4 hours to go here.
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We have fireworks and (often) gunfire at midnight — so even if I go to bed early, I’ll be awakened at midnight.
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I won’t be up that late and am never woken up by fireworks or gunfire.
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Oh, look what is approaching.
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How will this work?
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Am I too late?
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Where is Peter L when it is time to gloat? Ha.
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3 more hours.
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Happy New Year!
New posts are up. I’m going to bed. 🙂
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Well, I see the new prayer thread but I can’t really wish you a happy new year on that.
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Ok, I posted on the new thread and it now shows me the new thread site but it no longer shows me what people have posted or allows posting. Is the real telling me something here?
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do do do do, do do do do…the twilight zone? Where did everybody go? Well, I am off to bed.
Good night and happy new year. Where ever you are. wherever you went.
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Hi mumsee!
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Chas, we had watch night services a lot when I was growing up (in the ’70s).
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A most blessed New Year to you all….I feel as though I may be in the “wrong room” here….is there a secret room discussion going on somewhere? A couple from church invited us over last night to play games and just hang out….it was a sweet ending to 2014…..we arrived back home right at midnight…I’m so tired….it’s going to be a whole pot of coffee kind of day…and then perhaps a nap!
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Nancyjill, Dec 20th.
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Oh, and today’s is in the archives.
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