"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."
~ Calvin Coolidge ~
Time was with most of us, when Christmas
Day, encircling all our limited world was like a magic ring; left
nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home
enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone
round the Christmas fire, and made the little picture shining in our
bright young eyes, complete.
-Charles Dickens
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
"Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce."
First post, new freebie blog. We'll see how it goes. I think I'll probably post scrapbooking stuff here. Hopefully I'll have a lot to post! Or photos. Hmmmmm.....
Me and one very super-simple fleece blanket. One layer, no tying, just cut the fringe 1" apart and voila--a blanket! And how lucky I was to find Golden Retriever fleece panels!!!!!
Today I learned some plumbing. Why, you ask? Well....Timothy decided to go out and play in the hose. Granted, it's in the 60's out today but still. So he's out playing with the hose and I'm in my pajamas, probably around 11:30am. I went out to tell him to shut off the water and he couldn't shut it off. And he was MUDDY. He came in and I went out--yes, in the pajamas--to deal with the water. First I had to unhook the hose. Couldn't get the water spigot to turn off so I'm using channel locks to unscrew the darn hose. Finally got the hose off of the spigot. So now I'm creating an even BIGGER mud puddle than was there before. Mud, mud and nothing BUT mud. I was sinking in my Crocs in the mud. It was gross and disgusting.
Still working on the spigot. Could NOT get the water to turn off. So what did I do? Turned off the water to the house. Good thing Daddy and I found the water turnoff a couple of weeks ago! And yes, it's the right one. Go me!
And guess who was in the shower when I turned off the water???? *roll eyes* Too bad, so sad kid!!!
Next I took the knob off of the spigot. Still couldn't get the piece turned to turn off the water (it was still dribbling at that point). So I'm messing with it and this piece of pipe comes out, about 12" long. Hmmmmmm... Into the house I go. Got clothes on. Got makeup on. Went to Home Depot. Two men helped me out--one more than the other. Turns out that the washer wasn't right and oh, by the way, where's the screw that goes in this end? Um....screw? What screw? I saw no screw!!! The one guy finds a little kit with washers and screws. Screw fits--but is too long. Off he trots to hardware to have them cut it off. Comes back and gets the screw in this piece. Voile--it fits. I got a couple of other things and home we came. AND IT WORKED!!!!!!! Got the water turned off at the spigot, got the water turned back on inside the house. GO ME!!!
AND...I just (finally) got a tank of propane gas and just hooked it up to the grill. AND THE GRILL WORKS!!!!! I'm on a roll!
I think I need a nap now.....
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