Happy New Year

Like the rest of the country we have frigid temperatures to ring in the new year. It was 22 degrees when I went to work this morning,  and 36 right now and will drop into the 20s again after the sun sets.

I'm going downtown to Steve & Naomi's for a party she is putting on for Steve's 60th birthday today. We were joking about it on Christmas Eve that she is having it early so they can get back out to Lummi Island and settle in before it gets too late!  On that note,  I found this meme and thought it summed my life up pretty well. Happy New Year everyone

Munchkin

I'm sitting on the bed reading today's newspaper and Munchkin came and curled up on my lap. He had been curled up under the covers - he loves to burrow. So I decided to throw my scarf over him, and I thought he looks like he's wearing a Bubushka, so of course I had to take his picture.

I imagine I'm not going to want to get out from under the covers tomorrow morning. It's supposed to be in the 20's by then, and it's the first day back to work after the Christmas break. I turned my alarm clock back on for the first time in 10 days I think. Ugh.

Merry Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas 2014

The lone bloom on my big Christmas Cactus started to open yesterday, but I'm not complaining, usually it's not blooming at Christmas at all. This has been a very somber month for me, so I will take any small joys I can get. I am thankful for my health and the roof over my head, and my feline family that always accepts my love, no questions asked.

And special thanks to Steve & Naomi for inviting me over for a small Christmas Eve dinner last night on Humboldt Street before they headed out to Lummi Island for church. 

I've been saving up all these recent funnies for today. Earl in the Pickles comic could have been written about me and my deep abiding love for eggnog ☺

Merry Christmas

The Duplex - November 30 2014

The Duplex - December 3 2014

Pickles - December 23 2014

Mutts - December 21 2014

Downton Abbey - Text Santa

It's finally out - The Downton Abbey charity parody with George Clooney. Oh, it's worth the wait, and I wasn't expecting the other guest actors, but honestly they are funnier than he is. Oh man this is good, enjoy!

R.I.P. Joe Cocker

Sad news today of the passing of the legendary Joe Cocker from lung cancer. My favorite song of his happens to be the song from this skit from Saturday Night Live back in the day. I remembered the parody, but am kind of blown away that this was the song; man that's like over 30 years ago. 

Cookie Party 2014

WTA Christmas Bus 2014

I'm not sure when they started the tradition, but Whatcom Transit Authority decorates a couple of buses for Christmas, and I've managed to ride on one of them at least once these last two years since I've been car-less. Today I got to ride on this bus twice. It's kind of fun and makes you smile.

Susan & Don, Denise and Naomi (in the background) and Barb

Dot, Susan & Don and Denise

Denise, Naomi, Barb, Steve and Glenn

Naomi & Steve and Glenn

Jo and Maria take a selfie

Today was the Cookie Party at Denise's house. It was our normal crowd of Don & Susan, Steve & Naomi, Jo & Glenn and Jo's mom Dot. This year Barb made it again, along with Steve & Naomi's grandson's Chase and Sam. Jo is as camera shy as I am, but I pretty easily convinced her to take a selfie with me for a good cause - to send to Debra in Florida. We all miss Debra, she will always be a part of the Around the Corner Gang, but moved to Florida over a year ago to be near her mom.

We were talking a lot about old books and how they came to be acquired, when Denise told the story of buying an old trunk at the local auction house years ago, and inside the trunk were a couple of  local school annuals, one of which Steve had drawn an illustration in! Talk about serendipity, that blew me away. And of course, the end of our conversation ended up being about food! That's what brought us together, and keeps us together ☺

Submarine Sandwich by PES

This is another great stop-motion animation featured on Colossal.com. Check it out

Remington the dog & Scamper the kitten

I hate the title that they put on this, but it is a funny little video.

Sit Stay Ride: Official Trailer

This was on I Can Has a Hotdog today. It's the trailer for a movie about 18 or so motorcyclists and their canine companions that ride in their sidecars. The filmmakers are a husband & wife team; Eric and Geneva Ristau. The story said that the movie was funded by a Kickstarter campaign and is available on DVD and Vimeo on Demand with a portion of the proceeds going to the Humane Society. 

TED Talk - Eduardo Briceno

The Power of belief - mindset and success is the topic. It's pretty interesting, and funny, because it dovetails with a Carolyn Hax column today about giving false praise to children, and the harm that it does.

Slow Jam The News with Brian Williams and Jimmy Fallon

OMG this is hilarious!

Tuesday Funnies

The Adventures of Business Cat

Shoe - December 2 - 2014