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Normally we would do a mini buffet of snacks for New Years Eve, but with me still kind of laid up, I think we're going to cheat and get some chinese food. I can drive down and have daughter run in and pick it up.
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Sorry there's rain in the forecast again tomorrow

Lu,
Clam chowder crab cakes and champagne - we'll be sitting inside the restaurant 5 floors above the finish line - a casual place and lots of fun
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Tomorrow, tomorrow it better not snow tomorrow. I accidentally threw my shovel away.!!!!! Come on.........everybody!
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The sun will come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!

Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!

When I'm stuck with a day
That's grey,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh

The sun come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may

Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!

You're always
A day
Away!
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MsMadge....I sure hope it works out for you all that you can get to the races.Do they serve clam chowder at the track?...I wouldn't be surprised,they serve about everything.Iv'e seen mile-high Reuben sandwiches there that look awesome~Will you have a Mimosa too?
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I've got free tickets to the races on Monday and so if we can out maneuver the parade and game traffic, I'm taking mom and her caregiver to the great race place for a New Years celebration and a pretty good bowl of clam chowder
Go baby go
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I Love Helen Hayes.She was a beautiful lady with an awesome soul.One of my favorite poems she wrote was called "The Magnolia Tree"from her book "Gift of Joy".My Mother recited it before a group of ladies about 2 years before she died and I was lucky enough to hear her do it.I will never forget it.
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A local church has a carillon and they have been playing carols at noon. Nice :)
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Mine is Starbucks!!! Whenever I am stressed, feel bad, overwhelmed - whatever it is, my saving grace is Starbucks! That’s the only thing for me.
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"When I'm feeling low, I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad".
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The things that make me happy are the smallest acts....don't know why, or even where the ideas come from. Just now my hubs brought me coffee.
Yesterday, we went out for a haircut, took someone elderly out with us to get his Christmas haircut. It is always the smallest things.
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Chocolate and an Andre Rieu CD
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"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The song tells of the narrator's despair, upon hearing Christmas bells, that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men".
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Casting Crowns

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet their songs repeat
Of peace on earth good will to men

And the bells are ringing (peace on earth)
Like a choir they're singing (peace on earth)
In my heart I hear them (peace on earth)
Peace on earth, good will to men

And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men

But the bells are ringing (peace on earth)
Like a choir singing (peace on earth)
Does anybody hear them? (peace on earth)
Peace on earth, good will to men

Then rang the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor does he sleep (peace on earth, peace on earth)
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men

Then ringing singing on its way

The world revolved from night to day
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men

And the bells they're ringing (peace on earth)
Like a choir they're singing (peace on earth)
And with our hearts we'll hear them (peace on earth)
Peace on earth, good will to men

Do you hear the bells they're ringing? (peace on earth)
The life the angels singing (peace on earth)
Open up your heart and hear them (peace on earth)
Peace on earth, good will to men

Peace on earth, peace on earth
Peace on earth, Good will to men
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Windy, BRRRRRR!
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One of my absolute favorite things is being retired. I was a building trades electrician for just under 100 years. (seemed like anyway) My truck with all the ladder racks on top wouldn't fit in the garage so I would be out at 7 am every morning in ridiculous northern Mi weather chipping the ice off the damn truck. it was a company supplied truck with NO WHEEL DRIVE. You had to be a real ace to pilot that thing around in the winter.
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Hi everyone! Garden Artist, I like your artful and wonderful description of the first snow. We had our first (only about 4 inches) this past week. The first thing my husband said when he got home from work was that it was so quiet all around. The kids in our area had delays for school, and even our dog was happy to see the white stuff (she thinks it snows just for her)! It won't be so great tomorrow, though because the temp will be around 2 degrees with a wind chill of about 20 degrees below 0! I'll be glad when I decide to retire and won't have to venture out in this weather. I don't mind the snow at all - it's pretty to look at an so calming. When it's black ice, and below zero for temps, it seems to be a little harder to deal with. Thank you all for sharing and I wish you all a wonderful, safe holiday season. Enjoy every part of it if you can.
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Uh oh, here I am on the wrong thread, again. I take it back, I really do like the song, "Frosty, the Snowman".
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Never liked him anyway. Lol.
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Send, we will make an exception for old Frosty. :)
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Gershun,
I guess that means Frosty the Snowman has got to go! No one wants a dirty and slushy old snowman hanging around too long after Christmas.
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I love the snow when it is fresh and fluffy. What I don't like is when it hangs around and gets dirty and slushy. Not to mention those horrendous big mountains the city makes when they push it all into a pile. Sometimes those monsters hang around till spring. I'm sure one day Stephen Spielberg will do a movie about them. Name it "It LIves" or something stupid like that.
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Windy, not to worry - I don't see any snarkiness. I'm just glad I don't have to deal with the much heavier snow you get more regularly, as well as the bitterly cold winds!

Looks like the West and NW coasts of Michigan, and perhaps our SE area, are going to get a real strong dose of winter much earlier than usual. Typically this kind of weather is more or less standard for the week after Christmas and the first week of January, but it's arriving early this year. Perhaps that means an early departure and early gardening season as well?

Time to start ordering lots of gardening catalogues.
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That is indeed a lovely piece about snow by Garden Artist. Here's what's happening about 5 hours to the north.

We too have a lovely 6 inch snow cover but last night the temp dropped into the teens, the wind is gusting to 30 mph, the lake effect snow machine has been going for a week, and a few minutes outside will pert near kill a person. Even our wild turkeys that have been hanging out under the bird feeders are hunkered down over the hill, out of the wind and those girls are tough cookies.

Sorry to snow on your parade GA. Just couldn't resist some snarkiness after your thoughtful prose.
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I could say some grouchy things about all that snow, but I'll just bite my tongue and let everyone enjoy GA's lovely "ode to the first snowfall" :-P
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Snow! Good to hear of the beautiful, peaceful, pleasant aspect. And I like that life has a way of slowing us down through the beauty of nature.
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I've probably written this before, but since it's such a significant event it's worth another post.

It's the first snowfall of the season, in this case the first snowstorm. There's a subtle and somewhat miraculous change that accompanies a storm, even if it's a storm w/o winds and the major factor is significant snow.

The landscape changes slowly, and beautifully. It's such a dramatic transformation, taking place quietly but with such a great impact.

The snow begins to fall, softy, gently, and suddenly the stark branches of bare trees are covered with a lovely white crystalline blanket.

Roads disappear; cars become hidden under inches of snow. Travel on the streets decreases and silence becomes almost total. It's as if life moves inside to the comfort of hot chocolate (or other warm beverage of choice) and slows down as Mother Nature takes control of what were our outdoor activities.

It's a wonderful time for respite, to just slow down, appreciate the change of seasons, find a good book, watch a good movie, perhaps make some popcorn or better yet a rib-sticker soup, and even some homemade bread. It's as if outdoor life stands still until the storm has finished its quiet makeover of the landscape.

I'm still luxuriating in the beauty of our first winter storm, with about 10-11" of the fluffy white crystals. When I get the energy and stamina to brave single digit temperatures and wind chils, I'll venture out to check tracks in the snow and discover which four-legged friends have braved the cold weather and high piles of snow to search for food, or just to explore and see what Mother Nature has brought.
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So sad because he wrote such beautiful music for her and he had to have a beautiful soul to create and sing it as he did. Many years ago I went to a Marriage Encounter weekend. They played all of Denver's music which was so romantic, kind, full of love to match the beautiful experience. Every time I hear his music my heart melts. *Too bad the weekend and music didn't impact my "ex" the way it did me - lol!
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There would be no music if I were stranded on an island, so I would be shouting....

Shout to the lord, all the earth let us sing.
Power and majesty, praise to the king.
Mountains bow down, and the seas will roar,
At the sound of your name.
I sing for joy at the work of your hands,
Forever I'll love you,
Forever I'll stand.
Nothing compares to the promise I have
In you.
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Shout to the Lord would be the song.
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