SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2022 - SUNDAY FUNDAY

 SUNDAY JANUARY 2, 2022 - SUNDAY FUNDAY

Here we are - the second day of the new year.  Did you survive New Year’s Eve?  Did you watch the Rose Parade (to me, one of the “real” parades - not like Macy’s parade where celebrities have to lipsync).  And, did you survive the bombardment of College Bowl Games.  (I am writing this early - who knows, maybe I got to see a little football after all).

We are past the Thanksgiving to New Year’s Holiday binge.  The next government holiday will be Martin Luther King day - Monday, January 17th.  The next “fun” holiday will be Valentine’s Day on Monday, February 14, 2022.  I was in a Wal-Mart the other day, all the Christmas stuff was gone, and the “seasonal” shelves were being filled with Valentine’s stuff!!

And, I guess I’m on my way to being a Southerner - as my neighbor brought me a container of Black Eyes Peas and some yummy cornbread!!!

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SOME WINTER JOKES

1) What is the best kind of cereal to eat in winter? Frosted Flakes!

2) What can you catch with your eyes closed? A cold!

3) What do you get in December that you can't have in any other month? The letter "D"!

4) What do you call a penguin in the Sahara Desert? Lost!

5) What is an "ig"? A snow house without a loo!

6) Where do arctic seals go to see movies? The dive-in!

7) What do trees say after a long winter? What a re-leaf...

8) What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire? Frostbite!

9) What did the walrus say when it was late? Sorry, my iceberg hit a ship.

10) Why did the man put his money in the freezer? He wanted cold hard cash!

National Days for January 2, to 9th

National Fruitcake Toss Day - Things Everyone Should Know (nationaldaystoday.com)

January 3, 2022 - The Fruitcake gets panned - but I don’t mind fruitcake (after all, some people have called me a “fruitcake”!!) Historically, it was a well-preserved staple that could travel to the Crusades) or ocean voyages.  Yes, the commercialized version is probably so full of preservatives that you could still eat it in ten years!!!

January 4, 2022

National Spaghetti Day - Things Everyone Should Know (nationaldaystoday.com)

What a nice day. Everybody (???) loves spaghetti (except for the spelling of the word).  I eat my spaghetti differently.  Most people get a fork and then spin it on a tablespoon before bringing it to your mouth.  Nay.  I cut my spaghetti into little (maybe 2 inch) strands.  I’ve even used my kitchen scissors to cut it down!!!  Pasta includes spaghetti as one type of pasta.  I remember going to church potlucks as a kid and Mom would make her spaghetti - and there were generally other spaghetti dishes as well - and (at least to me), Mom’s spaghetti was best!!!

January 5, 2022

January 5 National Day - National Screenwriter’s Day 

Hey somebody has to write the plots of TV shows (and movies).  Just think of all the brilliant TV shows - My Mother the Car; Car 54 where are you; Rocky and Bullwinkle (I LOVE Rocky and Bullwinkle); Gilligan’s Isle; I Love Lucy, and the millions (billions?) of hours of exciting television shows!!  Some screenwriters have been excellent - and keep the show moving along.

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MUSIC

Top songs from this week in 1962:

The Twist - Chubby Checker

Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka

Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee and the Starlighters

Can’t help falling in love with you - Elvis

When I fall in Love - The Lettermen

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I remember all of these!!

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Top Songs this week in 1967

I’m a Believer - The Monkeys

Snoopy and the Red Baron - Royal Guardians

Tell it like it is - Aaron Neville

Winchester Cathedral - New Vaudeville Band

Sugar Town - Nancy Sinatra

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I remember all of these!!

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Top Songs this week in 1972

The First Time I saw your face - Roberta Flack

Alone Again, Naturally - Gilbert O’Sullivan

American Pie - Don McLean

Without You - Harry Nielsen

The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.

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I remember all of these!!

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Top Songs this week in 1977

You Don’t have to be a Star - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis

You make me feel like dancing - Leo Sayer

Tonight’s the night - Rod Stewart

I wish - Stevie Wonder

Car Wash - Rose Royce

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And, I don’t remember all of these!!  (By 1977 I was married, teaching high school math in Iowa, and didn’t listen to top 40 radio anymore!!!)

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TODAY IN HISTORY

January 2, 1903 -President Teddy Roosevelt closes a post office in Mississippi for refusing to hire a black Postmaster.  

January 3, 1777 - General George Washington defeats Cornwallis at Princeton New Jersey 

January 4, 2007 - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) becomes the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. And she still is there today.

January 5, 1914 - Henry Ford astounds the world as he announces that he will pay a minimum wage of $5 a day and will share with employees $10 million in the previous year's profits.

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WRAP-UP

So, what will 2022 be for you?

I tend to be the one that says it isn’t government that affects me, but I am the one that really affects me.  In my world without television and limited news, little seems to reach down to me.  Supply chain woes?  I guess I’m okay.  I lack nothing!!  Increase in gas prices?  Well, whatever the price, I need to drive.  If prices get real high, I will cut back on driving.  I can walk to the grocery store - probably good for me.  Psalm 20:7 says “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”  

And, we are going to start the week with a couple of cold fronts. (By the way, weather forecasting has gotten so exact as compared to fifty years ago.  Yes, it takes supercomputers and LOTS of data, but the algorithms have improved.  Sure the forecast for next Friday might change by a few degrees, but the forecast for tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. - rise and shine and get back to work - will be pretty accurate.  

Get enough sleep this year.  Eat well this year.  Adopt a positive attitude, don’t let hate get in your way!!!

LOVE WINS!!

Karen

January 2, 2022