The list you typed in is obscure for me. Am I missing something? The 30 songs, however, do resonate, and despite my avoiding a lot of popular culture, I liked most of these as I was growing up. Public TV had a New Year's eve program concentrating on the male groups popular in the 50s and 60s. They all sound alike.
A lovely time for you. I think your family is your rock. I now only have first cousins, whom I love, but they are in Illinois. We have long phone calls, but she won't travel, and her brother travels but has his own commitments so he doesn't get to us. It's a male thing.
Hobster looks much like my late Brunswick. When I had Sniff, adorable tuxedo cat, he loved the fur part of an old ear muff. I'd toss it, he jump off the bed run and grab it, bring it back lay it down in front of me and wait for me to toss it again. When he got a urinary blockage, we took him to an emergency clinic and he was in for several days, then we brought him home to Queens for the first time. I had gotten him a fresh fur piece off an old pair of muffs. I held it up for him and he looked at it and chirped mine? For me? I miss them all.
WW II is vivid in my memory as it is in Jeri's. I was 14 when it ended. I so admired our heroes that I married one, and the age difference did not matter. I hope your Christmas was lovely despite glitches.
The saddest thing in the world is to have a marriage turn as bad as this one, particularly since the deterioration is due to mental illness. I hope his new arrangement works out for him. She will get herself into dire straits, no doubt. Nothing appears to be able to reach her.
Thank you and very Merry Christmas. You've been silent so long, I can't help thinking something is amiss. Please let us know how you are doing. All the best for the New York.
A prominent Jesuit priest named Martin was interviewed on NPR recently. He kept insisting there is no joy without faith. I have written a reply and will post it on his Facebook Page. What a pompous a.h. Squeaky clean pre-teens came to our door a while back handing out Christian lit while their parents waited in the car. We should have asked them in and hidden them and feigned ignorance when their parents came looking for them. They are taking a chance when they use their kids.
A lovely, lively post. Thanks for the background. I am glad Eloise seems fine. They do worry us to pieces, don't they? I interpret "flowing organically" as developing in a way where one piece of a plan naturally suggests the next as if there was no other way it could go. Like my life. Ha.
Sounds like a lovely Christmas for you all.
Sounds tasty!
You know how to make the most of a trip. However, it is sweet of DH to agree that you need this ring.
I used to give Brunswick his phenobarbitol for epilepsy twice a day at 9 in a needleless syringe. He rarely ran away, sometimes just to play "catch me". He'd gulp it down without complaint and then wrap both paws around my neck and bump my face. When 9 a.m. comes around I have the sense thatI must do something really important and then I remember what it is and it breaks my heart.
Glad the follow-up treatment worked. Give both doggies a hug from me.
Rinny seems past his illness. It is wonderful to have a kitty family.
first married to an atheist and then to a Jew, I am not in a family situation where Christmas (other than Ed must have a traditional dinner, guests or no) is celebrated. At least Jay was happy to go eat out. I do miss the tree and the fun of re-discovering old ornaments put away, and the excitement of finishing the task, turning out the lights, and looking just at the tree lights. My sis and I, as pre-teens, stood in front of our tree one season and, with our arms around each other's waist, sang "Silent Night" to it. It is one of my happiest memories.
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