General Discussion, Monday, January 1, 2018

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Stella

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  1. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:03 am

    2018 Happy New Year

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  2. kinthenorthwest's avatar kinthenorthwest says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:05 am

    Happy New Year Everyone
    May You All Be Richly Blessed In 2018

    Here is a really good video of all those who we left behind in 2017 & are watching us from above.

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  3. patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:13 am

    I posted this on the Auld Lang Syne thread, but it very much bears repeating:

    May 2018 bring the best of what is possible for all of us! Thanks to you all for making 2017 better than it would have been without you! {{{{Stella}}}}

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  4. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:14 am

    This is one of my favorite film clips. “Waterloo Bridge” is a tragic melodrama starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor…the scene is a very sweet moment when the delight of a new love has dawned on them both and they are anticipating something that will be remembered forever.

    And the song is so evocative of new beginnings, old lives put behind…and something true not to be forgotten though it may someday be lost….

    “Waterloo Bridge” (Auld Lang Syne)

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  5. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:16 am

    Happy New Year, Stella and all the Stellars…may 2018 be wonderful in every way for us all.

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  6. Gil's avatar Gil says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:50 am

    Happy happy one to you all!

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  7. czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
    January 1, 2018 at 1:00 am

    Hmmmmm…well here it is 2018 in the Central zone and so far it feels a lot like 2017…..

    Happy New Year, y’all

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  8. Wooly New Year!!'s avatar Wooly New Year!! says:
    January 1, 2018 at 1:43 am

    I hope and pray this is true.

    Trump isn’t playing 5-d chess, he’s playing 8-d chess.

    http://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/12/an-american-nuremburg.html

    I wonder if SD is covering this? Gotta check.

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    • Gil's avatar Gil says:
      January 1, 2018 at 1:57 am

      I was saying that several weeks ago and even yesterday…..i think people think im nutty. I was also reminded it may be illegal, but if its our own Nuremburg, why couldnt we?

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    • sandandsea2015's avatar sandandsea2015 says:
      January 1, 2018 at 9:28 am

      Happy New Year, Wooly!

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      January 1, 2018 at 9:53 am

      I don’t know if it is true. I lean very far to the right of it not being true simply from a logical point of view.

      I do believe that President Trump has been planning and setting into motion a lot of his presidency for at least two decades. POTUS is likely in the top 3% of the IQ crowd. He has vast knowledge of his enemies, the enemies of America and he has a plan that encompasses not only the swamp but the land underneath it and the air above it. First and foremost POTUS is a builder. He understands what needs to be done to drain a swamp. He knows where to put the dynamite and where to use a gentle excavator. He has had his canaries in place fro a very long time.

      Sending a bunch of the Clinton/Obama clan to Gitmo would be a nightmare for public relations. It isn’t true that President Trump doesn’t care about what people think about him. Not in the political sense, President Trump manipulates what people, his enemies in particular, think about him, to his advantage. President Trump’s advantage is America’s advantage. Not understanding this is a big reason that the Left and the Right (Never Trumpers) continue to hate and flail in their own filth.

      President Trump believes in his power of persuasion.

      Obama sent billions to savage mullahs, freed ISIS fighter back to the battle field, screwed Americans over their healthcare, voted to let babies die in garbage cans or on steel shelves, let American heroes die, invited promoters of cop killing to the White House, armed Mexican drug traffickers, gave Hezbollah’s cocaine trade free and safe passage into America and on and on and still be beloved by the minions of the Left. The same hold true for Hillary. A prosecutor could find lampshades made from human skin on every lamp in her home and still her minions would love her. It is a deep, deep, evil, a pervasive evil that has corrupted millions of people in America who do not value anything in the world other than their own emotional hypnotic state.

      For the most part the blind lovers of Obama/Clinton are a savage people. Granted most are impotent but enough of them are savagely violent that we would have ugly unrest in the streets if President Trump shipped their Dear Leaders to Gitmo. There is no strategic value in such a move.

      President Trump never makes big world altering moves because of emotional satisfaction. Never. He uses emotion to motivate not to govern.

      There is every reason for hope.

      If that f*cking b*stard wins we all hang from nooses.”__H . Clinton

      There are plenty of military prisons in America. Many are not on the map.

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      • Stella's avatar stella says:
        January 1, 2018 at 10:09 am

        I agree with that analysis. There is no upside for President Trump to have his fingerprints on their punishment or demise, either for him – or for us.

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      • Gil's avatar Gil says:
        January 1, 2018 at 10:11 am

        Perfect Lovely. I do believe that youre right about the depth of crazy on the left. Lots of examples over the past year unfortunately. Staying locked up is the key thing to me. Hanging for treason is best but if its secure, prison will do.

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      • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
        January 1, 2018 at 11:19 am

        I agree with everything you say. There is nothing to be gained from such a scenario, not for our President, or our country.

        I believe what makes President Trump absolutely formidabble is that he has the shewdness and patience to assess his enemies and maneuver them into hanging themselves. He plays a very long game. I don’t believe I have ever seen anyone else that I would personally say that about.

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        • lovely's avatar lovely says:
          January 1, 2018 at 7:21 pm

          I agree. I would love to see the ticking of his mind. He has an amazing memory and he saves everything. Who knew candidate Trump pulling out Lindsey Grahm’s phone number written in Grahm’s own had would become was quintessential Trump?

          I like to imagine them all scrambling, going over and over in their brains what they said to Donald Trump before they knew he was gathering arrows. Makes me smile every time 😊.

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      January 1, 2018 at 10:10 am

      More likely an ugly rumor spread by President Trump’s enemies.

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  10. John Denney's avatar John Denney says:
    January 1, 2018 at 3:35 am

    Happy New Year, Stellars!

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  11. nyetneetot's avatar nyetneetot says:
    January 1, 2018 at 5:35 am

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 🍸 (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂 |_| (Tom Collins)
    Mornin’ texan59! 🙂 |_| (Black & Tan)
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂 |_| (Boilermaker)
    Mornin’ czarina33! (aka czarina) 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂 |_| (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂 |_| (Irish Car Bomb)
    Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂 |_| (Godfather)
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀 |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Covfefe! (aka “Wooly Phlox” aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂 |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) 🙂 |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Gin & Tonic)
    Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂 |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
    Mornin’ lovely! 🙂 |_| (Backdraft)
    Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
    Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
    Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
    Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂 |_| (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
    Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂 |_| (Stinger)
    Mornin’ Les! 🙂 |_| (Rusty Nail)
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂 |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂 |_| (Whiskey Smash)
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂 |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂 |_| (Rum & Coke)
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂 |_| (Night Train Express)
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
    Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
    Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
    Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
    Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂 |_| (Albanian Raki Moskat)
    Mornin’ Rhea Salacia Volans! 🙂 |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! 🙂 |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney! 🙂 |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus! 🙂 |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂 |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ patternpuzzler! 🙂 🍸 (Old Lady)
    Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG! 🙂 |_| (Red Russian)
    Mornin’ G-d&Country! 🙂 🍸 (Blind Russian)
    Mornin’ Gary! 🙂 |_| (Yuengling)
    Mornin’ valeriecurren! 🙂 🍸 (Flaming Sambuca)
    Mornin’ Lucille! 🙂 🍸 (Peach Schnapps)
    Mornin’ Lburg! 🙂 🍸 (Lburg lemonade)
    Mornin’ davidhuntpe! 🙂 |_| (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ skipper1961! 🙂 |_| (Brompton’s Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
    Mornin’ mightyconservative! 🙂 |_| (Benjamin Franklin’s clarified milk punch)
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Donuts

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  13. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    January 1, 2018 at 8:21 am

    Happy New Year! Here is a resolution I certainly aspire to, but never achieve. Good for this day of beginning.

    http://www.catholicstand.com/short-new-years-reflection-resolution-not-afraid/

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  14. Jacqueline Taylor Robson's avatar Jacqueline Taylor Robson says:
    January 1, 2018 at 9:43 am

    Happy New Year, everyone! I pray it’s a good one for us all!

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  15. lovely's avatar lovely says:
    January 1, 2018 at 9:58 am

    Happy New Year beautiful people! ❤️

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  17. G-d&Country's avatar G-d&Country says:
    January 1, 2018 at 10:55 am

    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 🙂

    Today’s illustration is by the inventor of baby new year! Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874 Germany–1951 United States (‘J.C.’ or ‘Joe’). He was one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations. Of the Leyendecker children, Joseph was the first-born son, then his brother Francis Xavier. His sister arrived after the family emigrated to America. After working in late adolescence for a Chicago engraving firm, J. Manz & Company, and completing his first commercial commission of 60 Bible illustrations for the Powers Brothers Company, J. C. sought formal artistic training at the school of the Chicago Art Institute. After studying drawing and anatomy under John H. Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute, J. C. and younger brother Frank enrolled in the Académie Julian in Paris for a year.
    In 1899, the Leyendecker brothers returned to America and set up residence in an apartment in Hyde Park, Illinois. They also had a studio in Chicago’s Fine Arts Building. In that year, Joe received his first commission for a Saturday Evening Post cover – the beginning of his forty-four-year association with the most popular magazine in the country. Ultimately he would produce 322 covers for the magazine, introducing many iconic visual images and traditions including the New Year’s Baby, the pudgy red-garbed rendition of Santa Claus, flowers for Mother’s Day, and firecrackers on the 4th of July. In 1900, Joe, Frank, and their sister moved to New York City, then the center of the US commercial art, advertising and publishing industries. Another important commission was the Arrow Collar Man. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell two decades later, was so solidly identified with one publication (The Post). Leyendecker virtually invented the whole idea of modern magazine design. Leyendecker was a chief influence upon, and friend of, Norman Rockwell, who was a pallbearer at Leyendecker’s funeral. Leyendecker’s work inspired George Lucas and will be part of the collection of the anticipated Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. (from Wikipedia & American Art Archives)

    My prayer to you is that we all have a healthy New Year filled with joy and peace. That our country, and our world, will come to recognize, and accept that the love and way of Christ is way, the truth, and the light of the world. Please dear God give us wisdom, strength, and perseverance. Amen

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  18. Patriot1783's avatar Patriot1783 says:
    January 1, 2018 at 11:50 am

    A very Happy New Year to all, may this year be better than last 🎉😄🍾

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  19. patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
    January 1, 2018 at 11:58 am

    Since this is the first day of the New Year, I’m curious to know how you all will be spending today! I consider it setting the tone for what is to come in my personal life, and I’ve chosen Creativity. Should be a fun way to start the New Year, here. I have one of those pressed board initials for my sister-in-law that I’m going to decorate using a “queen” theme. I’ve got lots of bling and a little crown to set atop, but the fun part is going through my artsy-fartsy supplies to see what else I can fill it with! The Queen should love it by the time I’m done, and I get to be reminded of all the found items I’ve collected with which to create. It should be a happy way to begin 2018!

    So, what are you all doing to herald in the New Year?? Something fun and gratifying? Hosting a game day party? Reading a good book?

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    • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
      January 1, 2018 at 12:10 pm

      Hm. So far all I have done is sit here reading at Stella’s and watching FOX and FRIENDS. I’ll have to think of something productive to do with the rest of the day. 🙄

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    • Stella's avatar stella says:
      January 1, 2018 at 12:33 pm

      Right now I’m sitting on the sofa watching a British show on Acorn TV – The Detectorists. The dog is napping next to me.

      Later I plan to recover the breakfast bar stools to match the chairs I recovered before Christmas.

      If I have the energy, I might make the apple coffee cake that nyet sometimes serves us for breakfast. I fixed my oven yesterday (replaced the igniter)! Recipe at link. Rhea made it, and said it was delicious.

      http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/apple-coffee-cake-with-crumble-topping-and-brown-sugar-glaze-3645205

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      • patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
        January 1, 2018 at 12:37 pm

        Yum! That recipe looks great and I was just looking at some apples on my kitchen table that are almost past their prime – sounds like a nice way to use them up!

        Congrats on fixing your igniter – that’s something I am not sure I would attempt. Thank God the apartment complex has a maintenance crew!

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      • Rhea Salacia Volans's avatar Rhea Salacia Volans says:
        January 1, 2018 at 12:45 pm

        It was really good. I saw the picture the other day and through I should make it again. But we’re still finishing Christmas goodies here, so maybe I shouldn’t.

        The second time I made it I was just about to put it in the oven when I realized I had forgotten the apples. so make sure you don’t make my mistake. That was fixable, but the repair didn’t go very well.

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        • patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
          January 1, 2018 at 12:56 pm

          I’m sure it was still wonderful tasting, Rhea! You remind me of an old family story. My grandmother’s sister was a newly wed who wanted to bake a pie. She decided on a currant pie and was very happy with herself when she put it in front of her hubby. When he cut into it and lifted a piece out of the pie plate and all the hard, dried little currants rolled out and went everywhere – she forgot to soak the currants before she put them in the crust!!
          Needless to say, she never lived that one down and her standard retort was “Well, didn’t say in the recipe that I had to soak them first!”

          Happy New Year!

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          • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
            January 1, 2018 at 4:23 pm

            That reminds me of one of my son’s stories. A girl he had been dating wanted to cook a homemade meal for him. She asked what his favorite dessert was and he told her strawberry shortcake.

            After the meal she put the little cakes you get at the store in bowls, put whole unsweetened strawberries on top, and then poured unsweetened, unwhipped heavy cream on top.

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            • patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
              January 1, 2018 at 4:37 pm

              Holy cow. So now I’m dying to know – did he eat it? However did he not laugh???

              Good story!

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              • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
                January 1, 2018 at 5:32 pm

                He did eat it. Totally out of character for my sarcastic and cutting humored son, but he liked the girl, didn’t want to humiliate her, and had a lifetime of his father’s stories behind him.

                When we married I literally could not boil water. Melted one of those old aluminum coffee pots because I forgot to put the water in it with the coffee. It caught on fire on the stove eye. My husband took me to his grandmother almost every morning while he went to work, and I learned to cook. But I was a very poor student, even though I tried very hard. I just took forever to learn things. Cooking did not come naturally for me.

                Anyhow, my husband, while he never really lied to me, found ways to reassure me that he appreciated my hard work. I did learn to make decent biscuits in a few months, which is a long time, because they aren’t hard at all. It took me over a year to learn to make good gravy though.

                One day my husband looked up at me over breakfast and said “This is really very good.” It was one of my best days. 😀 He told me, and our sons, that he knew I would have given up if he had not supported me, and while I might have learned to cook, I would never have put my heart into it.

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                • patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
                  January 1, 2018 at 6:23 pm

                  That is a great story, and what a wonderful gift you’ve given to your sons in family story telling!

                  Cooking the coffee pot must have scared you to half to death! It’s a wonder you could even get near a stove after that!!

                  I’ll pay closer attention to when you say a recipe is good from now on. Sounds like you learned from one of the best in your hubby’s grandma. Thanks for sharing that wonderful story, Menagerie!!

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            • Stella's avatar stella says:
              January 1, 2018 at 6:02 pm

              I once made apple crisp for the dessert I cooked for a boyfriend – and forgot to put sugar in it. Never did that before or since.

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            • lovely's avatar lovely says:
              January 1, 2018 at 7:52 pm

              Your story reminds me of a line in a Kenny Chesney song,

              The Good Stuff

              Eatin’ burnt suppers the whole first year
              And askin’ for seconds to keep her from tearin’ up
              Yeah man, that’s the good stuff…”

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        • Stella's avatar stella says:
          January 1, 2018 at 6:23 pm

          My oven works great, and the cake is delicious!

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          • Rhea Salacia Volans's avatar Rhea Salacia Volans says:
            January 1, 2018 at 7:45 pm

            😀 Yay!

            The second time, with the screw up, I fixed it by inserting the apples by hand after the fact. It wouldn’t be an issue, but I had already put the crumb topping on and so getting around that was…hard.

            The first time I made it I had all the apples cut up and ready to go before I even started the cake. The second time I didn’t even give it a thought. :/

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            • Stella's avatar stella says:
              January 1, 2018 at 7:55 pm

              I did the apples first, as well. Worked out fine. I changed the drizzle – used some of my boiled cider and regular cider instead of the vanilla and water. More apple flavor.

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    • Gil's avatar Gil says:
      January 1, 2018 at 12:34 pm

      I made eggnog pancakes with strawberries and boysenberry syrup for us all and saw the opening of the rose parade. Gary Sinise part was about all, then I had to put on curious george for someone. Now I get to do laundry and clean up. YAY!

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      January 1, 2018 at 12:37 pm

      Playing with some of the grandkids so their mom and dad can get an afternoon kid free. Did some time on the rebounder and walking, and I am contemplating making soup for supper.

      Also, spending a fair amount of time griping and moaning about the weather, which I will not stop doing until it gets above 25 at least. It’s a sacred calling. Somebody’s gotta do it.

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      • patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
        January 1, 2018 at 12:44 pm

        Wow, tell me about the weather. Last night it was 15 here with a wind chill factor of -35! I’m staying in until we get a temperature of at least 25! May have to take to the stairs – my cabin fever has spread to my muscles…

        Have fun playing with those grandkids – they are such treasures!!

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    • czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
      January 1, 2018 at 1:59 pm

      Czar & I drove the GGS home to Gulfport & are now awaiting the ferry in New Orleans to take us to our old house where we have to wrap the outside pipes for the coming freezing nights. We will then return home to eat cabbage, ham & black eyed peas for traditional New Year’s luck. Today is bright & sun-shiny but high will be below 40 degrees.

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    • litenmaus's avatar litenmaus says:
      January 1, 2018 at 2:08 pm

      Happy New Year Pattern. This morning I bundled up, trudged out and started working on clearing my sidewalks…..I was in insulated boots, insulated pants, sheep skin lined parka & was wearing insulated leather gloves and I lasted 10 minutes. It appears that most of my day will be attempting to warm up between bouts of snow removal…..the fun just never stops at my house..:0)

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      • patternpuzzler's avatar patternpuzzler says:
        January 1, 2018 at 3:48 pm

        Does sound like you’ll be pretty much occupied today! Hope you have a hot chocolate or a good cuppa joe to warm you up! My wishes for a less labor-intensive winter and the Happiest of New Year, litenmaus!

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      January 1, 2018 at 7:53 pm

      I had a lovely day with my daughter and some friends 🙂 ! Happy to hear your New Year is starting out on a creative front Pattern 🙂 .

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  21. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    January 1, 2018 at 12:57 pm

    Since I saved several 2018 Happy New Year posters, why not post them all…LOL!

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  24. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    January 1, 2018 at 3:57 pm

    THE DEMOLITION PRESIDENT by Scott Adams
    “President Trump has delivered on a number of promises for his base. But there was an impressive amount of breakage along the way. You might say he President Trump did as much demolition as he did construction. The press is doing a good job of telling us what he accomplished in 2017. But they keep leaving out all the stuff he broke that probably needed to be broken. I’ll fix that for you here.”
    http://blog.dilbert.com/2017/12/28/the-demolition-president/

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  26. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    January 1, 2018 at 6:38 pm

    I have a laugh for all you who are freezing your rears off. My friend called and was upset about how “cold” it was here. She said it was supposed to be 39* in the morning. LOL When I said I needed to take my dog for a walk, she asked if i wasn’t worried that she would get cold. Then she encouraged me to wear gloves. I looked at the thermometer and it was 56*. I did take my doggie out, without gloves or a hat on my head, and yes, my legs did get cold. But, that is what happens when your legs are bare from your knees down.

    Even if it was colder I don’t think my little doggie would have a problem. She has long fur and a very thick winter undercoat and fur on the bottoms of her feet. The cold seems to energize her. Well, what we call cold, anyway. 🙄

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      January 1, 2018 at 7:37 pm

      I’m dreaming of sand and sea. And fifty degree temps.

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      • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
        January 1, 2018 at 7:44 pm

        Wish you could come with us. In a couple of weeks we are taking cruiise to Amber Cove, St. Thomas, San Juan (maybe) and Grand Turks. You know, to get away from the cold. 🙄 Actually, my friend asked me to go because she traded her week at the time share for it. 🙂

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  27. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    January 1, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    lilbirdee12’s prayer:

    Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.

    Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.

    Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.

    Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
    Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.

    We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
    Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

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  28. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    January 1, 2018 at 9:36 pm

    Did anybody who is interested see the Call the Midwife “Holiday Special”? I didn’t know about it until my friend told me. It is on again on Wed. 1/3 at 3:00 AM if you want to record it. I am watching it now and it is, of course, very good.

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  29. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Covfefe says:
    January 1, 2018 at 10:16 pm

    That guy was ahead of his time, technically and artistically. Died too young.

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    • czarowniczy's avatar czarowniczy says:
      January 1, 2018 at 11:34 pm

      Then there’s Junior…the genes survive

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    • MaryfromMarin's avatar MaryfromMarin says:
      January 2, 2018 at 12:49 am

      Completely O/T, Wooly, but I thought of you today. Ate lunch at a small “destination” restaurant/pub. There must have been a hundred people there, eating indoors, on the patio, and sitting outdoors on the grass. They were actually taking food orders at several places inside the pub. After having read many of your posts on working in the kitchen, I was imagining the semi-controlled chaos on the other side of the wall from me.

      They closed down the kitchen for for two and a half hours to get ready for dinner–but were still serving beer and wine to an endless stream of people…

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Covfefe says:
        January 2, 2018 at 1:02 pm

        I don’t think I could work the front of the house. I can deal with veteran kitchen workers, cooks, sous chefs, dishwashers, prep-cooks, but actual people? No.

        Kidding, of course. I engage with the customers when I’m out there.

        Chef actually said those words last week, “Controlled Chaos”. That’s what it is.

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    • lovely's avatar lovely says:
      January 2, 2018 at 9:00 am

      Cold heart? -8° here today. That’s cold enough for me.

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      • Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Covfefe says:
        January 2, 2018 at 1:06 pm

        It was 6 degrees when I woke up this morning. My back is out, because I hand-shoveled the entire alley the other day, and the snowblower is out, probably needs a new belt. Engine works fine, starts on the first or second pull, as advertised, and runs like a purring kitten. The thing that makes the snow go port or starboard doesn’t work.

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  30. Wooly Covfefe's avatar Wooly Covfefe says:
    January 1, 2018 at 10:28 pm

    How to create music from scratch.

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  31. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    January 1, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    “The hands of the almighty are so often to be found at the ends of our own arms.” A quote from
    Call of the Midwife tonight. 😀

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