Another weekend is now part of the past. How was yours? How about your weather?
The snow storm just missed Cincinnati, so we had the misery that goes along with cold rain. However, we had two nights of ballroom in – the second was a wonderful holiday dance at a classic ballroom in the city. On the down side, after six weeks of very little dancing, we were very rusty and amazed how much we forget.
This week appears to be a normal week of posting for me. Two big announcements!
- Curtain time for Act 11 of Time: The Musical is Wednesday at 9:30 PM (Eastern US) … the theme is Future Time … Song titles with Future in the title or reference to the future. (Creativity opportunity, but “tonight” is not acceptable)
- A Christmas/Holiday Party will be Saturday – so make sure to plan on stopping by. Invite your friends because you know there will be treats for all!
This week’s celebrations for your calendar
- (Week) Gluten-Free Baking Week
- (Mon) Chocolate Covered Anything Day, Posadas begins, Barbie & Barney Backlash Day, Day of Reconciliation, Stupid Toy Day
- (Tues) Maple Syrup Day, Halcyon Days begins, Saturnatia begins, Free Shipping Day, Wright Brothers Day
- (Wed) Answer the Phone like Buddy the Elf Day, Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day, Migrants Day, Bake Cookies Day, Flake Appreciation Day, Roast Suckling Pig Day
- (Thurs) Re-Gifting Day, Oatmeal Muffin Day
Given Wednesday’s celebration, let’s start the week with a Buddy the Elf video. Have a wonderful week.
A Frank Angle 
Shouldn’t re-gifting day come AFTER Christmas?
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No, no, that would be Boxing Day, known in the U.S. as Standing in the Wal-Mart Returns Line for 5 Hours Day. Re-gifting day is necessarily right before Christmas because you get the ugly/freaky thing out of your house quickly! 😉
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Uncle Guac,
Thanks for the differentiation!
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Glad to hear you and your wife were able to get back to dancing. Should help with some of the stress you’ve been under. 🙂
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Carrie,
Absolutely …. Although we had our occasional struggles of memory, we still had a good time.
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The weather was lovely; I was able to wear shorts yesterday, and could have worn them again today!
We’re all sick here, which leads to not enough sleep, which leads to crankiness (and in the case of the little one, hyperness) . . . but the weekend managed to be lovely nevertheless. I blame it on Despicable Me, which we finally got around to watching. 🙂
Have a good week, hey?
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Deborah,
Thanks for sharing … but bummer that sickness has found your family. Given our cold, the fact that you are wearing shorts is hard for me to imagine. Where are you located?
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roast suckling pig day…sounds great and your dancing and not having a snow storm – woo!! it’s gonna be a great week ☺
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Sun,
Hoping for a great week … and for end the week by hosting a grand holiday party. Hope you can attend!
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We had beautiful weather at Casa Debbio. It was warm and sunny and we had a barbecue in the garden…perfect.
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Debra,
Your weather at this time of year seems to have a lot of variation. Cheers to having barbecue weather!
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I’m so glad you were able to get out and dance this weekend, Frank. It’s good to know you had the time and the availability, but it doesn’t surprise me you’d lost some freedom on the floor. It’s not like you forget how to dance, but stress takes something out of us and it takes a little while to get the freedom back. I’m looking forward to the final act! This will be a fun one…we’ll see how literal we need to be. 🙂 I hope you have a really good week!
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Debra,
Social ballroom isn’t choreographed … it’s lead and follow … which in our case, I had to remember what to lead and my wife had to remember how to react … so it was a dual struggle … but we still had fun.
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Wear a plunger day must suck
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GFB,
But fitting for Sarah Palin.
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I can see that!
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… and you have visual proof!
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A lovely hot weekend, with a special holiday for us today, so technically we are still in the weekend…
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Bulldog,
Cheers to your summer. Weather looked wonderful for Nelson Mandela’s burial … very fitting. Cheers to your long weekend!!!!
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What an awesome week ahead of us. Love the Elf clip.
More snow tomorrow.
Happy Monday Frank!
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Audra,
We’re getting that snow at the comment! Hope to see you on Saturday.
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Looking forward to it!!
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🙂 …. hope you had a good weekend!
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Snowy three day weekend. Fantastic!! Four day work week this week. Yay
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That a way! Cheers to your week ahead!!!
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Smiling is my favourite, too, aFA…which you always bring to me. In fact, this morning at 5a…you brought it to me gift wrapped!! Jots
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Good Morning Jots … the one sporting the new Gravitar with shades! Cheers to your smiles on this Monday morning.
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Cut the roses down this weekend in our patch of City park we take care of. Had my arm around Paul…the City Park and Rec. “boss” who tells our volunteer crew what to do and when to do it! Very festive..but of course I had to crop him out…he had pruning shears in hand and loppers at his feet…looked more threatening than fun!!
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Cheers to your work in the City of Roses … but I’m unsure about that menacing guy. 😉
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Coming to the Holiday party…look for the one in the corner wearing shades…
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🙂 …. ah yes … the lady behind the Foster Grants.
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Funny, I really wanted to watch Elf on Saturday! I love watching Christmas films leading up to the big day and on Saturday I found myself with a couple of hours to spare, and had the urge to watch Elf, but was unable to – I scoured my DVD collection, but didn’t have a copy, I went on Netflix, but it wasn’t available for streaming, I checked the TV channels just in case! But no luck, so I was forced to watch Santa Clause 3 on Netflx which as altogether much less satisfying. Ah well, at least I got a little Elf fix at Frank’s place!
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Vanessa,
Oh my my … so sad that the urge wasn’t fulfilled … so glad I was able to provide a nibble. Hope you can visit on Saturday. Bring your friends!
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Ok, I’ll bring cake too!
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um, plunger on the head day. Now that just seems messy.
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TBM,
As a wine drinker, this one makes me laugh … and yes, I’ve bought it. http://tinyurl.com/mrdtc58
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Re-gifting an oatmeal muffin, superb! Happy Monday to you, Frank. We had a nice and quiet weekend. Still recovering from a flu, and a little too chilly for my liking, but I won’t complain. It is after all, good boots weather 😀 Enjoy your week ahead.
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Victoria,
Chilly down your way is quite a shock to one’s psychy. Hope you are feeling better by Saturday for the holiday bash. Did I hear someone say good boots weather? …. Oh … time to shovel snow. 😦
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Thanks Frank, a bit better. You’re right, it dawned on me the other day that, cold weather effects me worse than endless dreary, rainy days. Stay warm, take it easy with the shoveling. See ya Saturday!
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PS … the snow is light … but needs removed … and Time: The Musical this week.
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Thanks for the Buddy vid–always gets me. As for here, we had a bit of “wintry mix” on Saturday night, but still drove 30 miles to a party. Kind of nuts….
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Jeff,
Glad Buddy was about to cause a chuckle. … cheers to your commitment to the party because I would have probably bailed.
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Weekend was uneventful, getting ready for the busiest 3 months of work, so a lazy weekend it’s always nice.
I hope all online stores observe Free Shipping Day, would be nice if the post office would do it too.
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Leo,
Who knows about the Free Shipping … but I posted it as an awareness point for readers. Meanwhile, what a way for you to kickoff each year!
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Chocolate covered anything sounds pretty good, Frank, with the notable exception of insects. 🙂 So glad you were able to get back on the dance floor again. I’ll try to pop in on Saturday, but I think things are going to be quite hectic at the grand kids’ house this coming weekend, and in fact for the whole time we’re up in NJ.
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Sylvia,
Understandable, it will be starting early for the overseas crowd, so try checking in before the kids are up. Meanwhile, I need my holiday fix of chocolate covered cherries.
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I knew it was chocolate something day today! [as is everyday to me!!!]
Cold rain here too!
I’m very happy to hear that you had a little dancing this weekend.
…Xmas is actually coming, isn’t it?! 😉
A beautiful Monday and new week, my friend! 🙂
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Marina,
Cheers to your love for chocolate. Meanwhile, I imagine the holiday schedule will conflict with dancing, so I foresee struggles for a bit more.
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Wishing you too a wonderful Week Frank… My weekend was half and half… Saturday relaxing Sunday I was working… we have rain and high winds … I think if the snow will be heading our way shortly though… I have put Sat in my diary 🙂
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Sue,
Thanks for sharing your weekend … YUK to the rain and high winds … and YIKES to snow on the way. Take cover … Beware of the White Death!
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Or the White Joy.. For Children… trouble is within my job I have to drive in it.. as people rely upon me getting there..
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Cheers to your duties … and good driving skills!
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Gears all the way! 😉
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Be safe!
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Thank you 🙂
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Flake Appreciation Day, really , Frank, really? We had a 5″ dump of snow in Manhattan on Saturday, but it rained overnight. More snow is in the forecast for tomorrow. I hope it’s not too big a dump because I’m flying west soon. I will try to visit your party via iPhone – the third greatest invention behind fire and the wheel.
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Lame,
I hope you can make it because they will be something with your name on it! Sure hope weather doesn’t interfere with your travel plans … good luck!
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Thanks Frank! Right now the forecast for when I’m scheduled to leave is mild.
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Woo hoo!
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Dancing! Makes the world go round. Just in time. (sorry had to say it…)
After the goodies and maple syrup, we’ll need the oatmeal muffins. No flaking out with that.
We’ve a couple of nice days with sun, and plan to be AWOL to enjoy it. THe cold and rain headed back shortly.
Do you ever square dance? Is that done much any more. My dad used to be a caller and we kids would all watch in pallets on the sidelines. Swinging exercise.
Take care, Frank.
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Mouse,
We have square danced before at designated events associated with work or church … but never on our own. Interestingly, one time for my wife’s work, I got to attend an event as they had workers in from all over the world … and the social event was dinner and square dancing. The caller was pretty good, and most people had a blast.
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We got snow. But – I don’t really have to drive in it right now as I have begun my staycation! No work for me until the new year!
Nice that you are starting to get back to a routine again. Good to hear that you found your way back to the ballroom too. 🙂
LOVE Elf!
I got Alexandria a shirt with Buddy the Elf. If they had my size – I would have gotten one for me too. It says: Smiling is my favorite!
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RoSy,
Staycation time for the holidays is fine … and I imagine you get a few days at home before the kids start their break from school. Cheers to your love for Buddy.
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Glad you had a nice weekend, Frank. Hope to stop by for some of your festivities this week. Elf is always good for a smile. 🙂
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Maddie,
Hoping you can stop by for the holiday bash. After all, there will be something with your name on it!
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that’s the only wil ferrell movie i can tolerate
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Rich,
I can honestly say I haven’t seen many of his movies.
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“Elf” Is worth watching thanks to Bob Newhart, James Caan, And Ed Asner.
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I remember Caan, but not the other two.
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