BRRRRRRRRRR .......

HAPPY WINTER!

A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ...

We stress about buying the perfect gift for Christmas. Many people would just like a warm coat.

We stress about what to have for Christmas dinner & how we're ever going to make it every place we need to be. Many people would just like a hot meal once in awhile.

We stress about not having enough money to buy the things we want to buy. Many people would just like to keep the heat on.

Personally, I'd like to have my mom here to stress with. Today on the radio, they were talking about how many kids have lost parents in Iraq & various places they can't even find on a map.

It's time to be grateful for what we have, share what we can & if we're going to stress, it should be about something worthwhile. Like how far behind we've truly left Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

82% of Americans suffer severe depression between Thanksgiving & Easter.

53% of Americans will give gift cards instead of presents.

74% of American women won't like what their husbands give them.

48% of Americans have their shopping done by Thanksgiving.

86% of American men will wait until 2 days before Christmas to shop.

100% of these statistics are bogus. I made them up as I went along. teeheehee

HAPPY DECEMBER!

If we make it through December
Everythings gonna be all right, I know

It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the fallin snow

If we make it through December
I got plans of bein in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December we'll be fine.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ...

You don't owe me a thing,

I've been there too.

Someone once helped me out,

Just the way I'm helping you.

If you really want to pay me back,

Here's what you do.

Don't let the chain of love

... end with you.

Keep On Yakkin' On ...

Life In Clay County blog is 1 year old on Saturday!

& what a year it's been ...

THANK A VETERAN TODAY

Every day is a good day to thank a veteran ....

VOTE FOR ME! VOTE FOR ME!

Will you vote? Have you already? Personally, I'm just looking forward to regular commercials again ...

BOO!

Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, the Celts observed a festival on October 31st. The Celts and their priests, the Druids, celebrated Samhain, a festival that marked the eve of the Celtic New Year, which began on November 1.

The Celts believed that during Samhain, the veil separating the living from the dead was at its thinnest. They believed that on the evening of October 31, evil spirits and the souls of the dead passed through the barrier and entered the world of the living. Departed family members would revisit their earthly homes.

Samhain became the Halloween we are familiar with when Christian missionaries attempted to change the religious practices of the Celtic people. In an effort to wipe out paganism, the Church decided that Instead of honoring evil spirits and the souls of the dead, they should recognize the saints or hallowed ones who had lived godly lives.

In 835, Pope Gregory IV moved the celebration for all the martyrs (later all saints) from May 13 to November 1. The night before became known as All Hallow’s Even or “holy evening.” Eventually the name was shortened to the current Halloween.

The Fat Lady Sings ...

Do you suppose the original "fat lady" was offended when people called her fat & told her to sing? Who/what made that line famous?