SUNDAY FUNDAY - JANUARY 22, 2023

 SUNDAY FUNDAY 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2023

WARM-UP

It’s been a warm January so far.  (I had a friend extrapolate this to mean it will be a super hot summer.  I’m not sure that directly follows!!)  I’ve been gloating to my friends in South Dakota and the upper midwest.  (But the forecast is for normal weather - and maybe some rain!!!)

One of my friends in South Dakota has a lake house and he loves to go ice fishing.  For those of you who have never been ice fishing, the thought is that it has “saved many marriages”!!!  If you’ve been locked up with your wife for weeks on end, looking out your window at cold, frozen turf, going to your ice fishing shack gives a man some downtime (like going to a “man cave”).  Many ice houses are pretty nice - television, heater, cot, and more.  Yes, you can put a six-pack of beer in the ice and snow as well.

You cut a hole in the ice and put a line through the hole.  If a fish takes your bait, the line trips a flag by the hole and you can bring the fish up.  

Generally, you need at least eight inches of ice to drive on the ice.  (I prefer more!!).  Some of the popular lakes will have small communities out on the ice.  (If you’ve watched “Ice Road Truckers”, you get the idea).  

And for the faith community, I’ve walked on water many times (and even driven on ice) - even more than Simon Peter!!  

Ice fishing does have some problems.  If you don’t get your shack off the ice soon enough in the spring, it will sink.  Likewise, if you drive on ice that isn’t thick enough, your vehicle will sink!!!!

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The Blue Bonnet Philharmonic Orchestra is getting ready for our next concert - Sunday, March 5th at 3:00 pm at the Klett Auditorium.  Music from Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more.  (Okay - it is a local concert at a good time) 

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SOME WISDOM FOR SENIORS

The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road is littered with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.

Happiness is not having to set the alarm clock.

“The starting pay is $40,000. Later it can go up to $80,000.” Great.  I’ll start later.”

Trust science. Studies show that if your parents didn’t have children there’s a high probability you won’t either.

Only in math problems can you buy 60 cantaloupe melons and no one asks, "What the Hell is wrong with you?"

When the pool re-opens, due to social distancing rules, there will be no water in lanes 1, 3, and 5.

Tip: Save business cards of people you don’t like. If you ever hit a parked car accidentally, just write, “Sorry” on the back and leave it on the windshield.

When I get a headache I take two aspirin and keep away from children just like the bottle says.

Just once, I want the username and password prompt to say, “Close enough.”

Becoming an adult is the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.

If you see me talking to myself, just move along. I’m self-employed.  We’re having a meeting.

“Your call is very important to us. Please enjoy this 40-minute flute solo".  (For companies who really want to irritate you: Please enjoy this 40-minute tuba solo by a seventh-grade student who is just learning to play)

I envy people who grow old gracefully. They age like fine wine. I’m aging like milk: Getting sour and chunky.

Does anyone else have a plastic bag full of plastic bags, or is it just me?

I hate it when I can’t figure out how to operate the iPad and my tech support guy (grandson)  is asleep. He’s 5 and it’s past his bedtime.

Today’s 3-year-olds can switch on laptops and open their favorite apps. When I was 3, I ate mud.

Tip for a successful marriage: Don’t ask your wife when dinner will be ready while she’s mowing the lawn.

So, you drive across town to a gym to walk on a treadmill?

NATIONAL DAYS

CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY - January 22, 2023 - Sunday

This is the year of the Rabbit!!!

The New Year is celebrated on the “New Moon”.  People born in the Year of the Rabbit are mysterious and sensitive in love. They are good at rational thinking, and fond of dating in romantic and decent places. They are well educated with good tempers, and seldom get angry in relationships.  Their best relationships are with those born in years of the Sheep, Monkey, or Dog.  

Alas, I was born in the ‘Year of the Pig’.  But (somehow) it was also a year of fire, so I am a “Fire Pig”???

NATIONAL PIE DAY - January 23, 2023 - Monday

Yeehaw - National Pie Day (not to be confused with March 14- Pi Day).  I do like pie.  I used to have Banana Cream Pie for my birthday, but haven’t had that for a while.  I like most fruit pies (maybe cherry or peace the best).  I must not be a real Texas as I’m not a devotee of Pecan Pies!!

TALK LIKE A GRIZZLED PROSPECTOR DAY - January 24, 2023 - Tuesday

Well, you dirty, rotten hornswoggler, this is my gold mine, get your darn-tootin booty off my land, or I’ll fill you full of lead!!!  

It’s not quite pirate talk and not cowboy talk!!!  But, it can be fun!!

NATIONAL IRISH COFFEE DAY - January 25, 2023 - Wednesday

There are certainly a few different variations out there, Irish coffee traditionally consists of black coffee, whiskey, sugar, and whipped cream.  (And, not just any whiskey, but an Irish Whiskey - (like Jameson and Bushmill.  I was told that Jameson is “Catholic Whiskey”, and Bushmill is “Protestant Whiskey”).  Or you skip the whiskey and go with Bailey’s Irish Cream!!

NATIONAL PEANUT BRITTLE DAY - January 26, 2023 - Thursday

My parents made peanut brittle at their candy store in the 1950s.  It was stretched out nicely with good peanuts (which they roasted in the store).  I’ve had others that are too chunky (and break your teeth).

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY - January 27, 2023 - Friday

I’m picturing a chocolate cake, with chocolate shavings on the top, with frosting an inch thick - gooey and sweet.  A cake that an hour later, you will smile from the memory.  A cake that in six months, you’ll be remembering as the best chocolate cake ever.  Yes - that is good!!!  That cake is calling out to you today!!  C’mon - once in your life - just once - give in to that overwhelming desire for the ultimate chocolate cake.

WRAP-UP.

So, halfway through January 2023.  How are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions?

LOVE WINS

Karen White

January 22, 2023