Category: Holidays

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Happy St Patrick’s Day

Of course depending on where you are you might not have had the usual party.

Thankfully, there was more than enough beer and booze, a great meal and a nice small crowd.

But with bars & restaurants being closed it’s obvious that the celebration wasn’t quite to the extent that it normally is.

Gotta admit that I’ve not been a huge St Patricks’ day celebrator but it was nice to drink and laugh with nice people.

Today was kind of a day of little projects, Naturally the smallest project turned into one of those situations where pulling the thread was problematic.  It’s the nature of “small,” “simple” projects for them to a pain in the ass.

I’ll finish up those projects tomorrow, then head back on schedule, home. What awaits me there may be more chaotic that when I left. but the chaos is now nationwide. There’s no escape unless I find that mythical alien ship to “jack” and get offworld.

Since that’s not likely to happen, home to the mountain it is. It’s going to be a shock to my system, here it’s been in the low light 70s and wonderfully comfortable. Home has been in the 30’s so I’m going to be freezing, again.

It will be a long flight but perhaps this time it will be mostly empty. 

I’d thought about extending here but two factors prevent me from doing that. 1) is that I’m starting to be slightly concerned about not being able to get back. 2) I’m worried about contaminating my elderly relatives.

Mel Brooks and his son made a sortof cute PSA about it and they have a point.

I’ve got to plan to visit again soon. Perhaps when the Coronavirus is on the wane. 

 

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Happy New Decade

fireworks.jpgI hadn’t really thought about the change in Decade.

A lot has happened in that decade not all good and not all bad.

I was coming into this New Years as just another year. It is just another year, but we should also acknowledge the 10 year mark.

As I thought about it, I’m ready to put the previous 10 years behind me and look forward to a new beginning. 

Hopefully this decade will be kinder than the last one to me personally, and also to humanity in general.

So what does this new decade hold? Nobody knows, it’s an unwritten chapter and it’s up to us to write it. 

Let’s start with being kinder to each other and less judgmental. Perhaps that’s the only resolution we should work toward. Maybe all the rest will just fall into place. 

It’s probably an overly optimistic view. But I’m going to cling to it for as long as I can.

This year I have only a one word resolution.

Change!

That covers it all, and it’s achievable. 

I need to change my career, life, and everything. 

So this year I’m going to try very hard to reinvent myself, find peace, and joy. In the process hopefully I can be better to myself and others.

So that’s it. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday and a fantastic new year and decade.

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Merry Christmas

WebCardBaby! It’s COLD outside.

Our Christmas is white, the air is crisp and clear. The sun is just peaking over the mountains and it’s spectacular.

It’s 24 F and rising.

I slept late and am enjoying my first cup of coffee. I never thought I’d be “that” guy but when I woke up, I grabbed my phone and told it to tell the thermostat to raise the temp in the house to something above 50F. Then I waited warm under the covers until the house was in the 60s.

This time of year the neighbors don’t have to worry about looking in my windows and seeing me heading naked to the coffee pot. I’m in clothes the minute I’m out of bed. Cold tile on your feet wakes ya up like nothing else.

I’d really like a “connected” coffee pot. One that I could control from the phone like the thermostat. I’d like to tell Siri, “Good Morning” and have the house warming and coffee brewing when I decide to haul my carcass out of bed.

Maybe I’ll hit the after Christmas sales and see if anyone makes a device like that.

There’s another storm supposedly on the way. There’s supposed to be another 6” of snow and that’s okay. Maybe I’ll make a naughty snowman in the front yard or something. 

I hope everyone is safe and having a Merry Christmas. My plan is to have a quiet one, watching movies, and being a pig.

Merry Christmas to all.