Holiday Monday

Good morning, everyone! 

Ugg, I didn't like that color -- too hard to see.  I just thought that seeing as it was a holiday I'd change colors.  I guess not. 

Amanda, cool picture, even if you didn't take it.  {:-)  I'd celebrate Christmas 6 months of the year if Hardy would let me. . .  I totally agree with you that my mom should get her teeth pulled instead of root canals and crowns.  I told my sister that (the one who goes up there every 2nd wk-end).  She agrees, too, but those are 2 stubborn old people who've been taught all their lives that you don't thwart authority, and doctors and dentists are authority. . .

Goodness, working 13 days in a row -- I sure couldn't do it anymore, though I used to do that and more in my younger years.  Of course, it depends on the line of work, and the hours, too.  I worked at the TV station, so it was mostly sitting down and watching two channels at once.  Nothing like hauling a semi plus trailer over snow-covered roads, or some other similar job.  I hope you have a calmer time this week!

Trudy, I hope your computer woes are over now!  Free equipment is always nice.  {:-)

Donna M, sounds like you were making carrot soup???  MMMMM, I could smell it cooking all the way up here.  Smells delicious!!  Do you have a special recipe you use???. . . 

Very nice pictures, as usual!  You sure can think of more different kinds of pictures to take than I can. . .  a flag against the sky, and through a windshield -- wonderful!!!

Did your football team win the game you were watching? 

Sandi, how's the new job coming?  I surely do hope it's going to be better than the old one was.  I might have grumbled about the people I worked with, and the stress, etc, but never can I think of a time when it was as bad as what you were putting up with.  I'm thinking that they figured people are so stressed for jobs that they'll put up with anything.  I'm so glad you were able to get out of there into something (that looks) better!

I was reading in the livingroom while Hardy was watching TV.  (we do that a lot)  This preacher was talking about "The Tongue" and how it can get us into trouble, gossip, meddling, etc.  He was giving examples of gossip and meddling.  While I agree with his examples of gossip, he had really dumb examples for meddling.  Like: "Where are you going for your vacation?" and "How's your new job working out?"  I'm thinking that he sure doesn't know what meddling is.  Of course, if you carried the conversation further, it could become meddling if you weren't careful, but not the way he was putting it. 

I was at eH the other day -- ordered my books for the month.  Anyhow, do you remember Kim, Rob, and BP?  Well, BP was washing dishes and she broke something, cut her hand pretty bad.  Right around the base of the thumb, and a couple of cuts closer up toward the wrist.  They quickly wrapped it in a towel and took her to the ER where they were made to wait for several minutes until Kim finally just went in there and yelled at them.  Turns out she had cut an artery, and the nurses even had a hard time getting it to stop bleeding.  She's got 15 stitches, and won't be taking her swimming lessons or playing in band for several weeks. 

"Joy to the world. . ."  ever heard of the group Boney M?  That's who's on my stereo right now.  {;-)  ". . . and heaven, and heaven, and na-ture sing!"  Ah!  I love it!!!  {:-) 

Hardy's been outside shovelling out a path to our storage shed so we can bring the tree in, now that it's stopped snowing.  Snowed here from Thurs evening until yesterday afternoon.  We've got 4' drifts in places.  Still not as bad off as NY. . . 

Have a good week, everyone!