Running late today. Seems that is becoming the norm for me! Went to Lowe's for a bathroom fan and came home with the fan and a new Christmas tree. I couldn't help it! So that meant coming home and putting up the tree! I know, I know, it's not Thanksgiving yet and so on. But I LOVE Christmas and all it means so I will decorate to my heart's content and enjoy every light, ornament and decoration! Haven't decorated the outdoors yet. How's your day been?
Was 18º when I got up. The leaves are tumbling from trees this morning. Guess they're convinced cold is here for awhile. Have a super day, George. Hope your wife's surgery goes well!
happy mid-week, we have snow and it's pretty cold out...the wild turkeys were visiting this morning when i was filling up the bird feeders. they don't even run from me anymore...hope your day is sunny and happy...mk
IT'S FREEZING COLD BY US. JAN. WEATHER NOT NOV. STILL HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHEN MY SURGERY WILL BE. THEY NEED MORE TESTS. HAVE A GREAT DAY. GOD BLESS YOU. LEE
Kylekid wrote:
Good day & hope the week is doing fine even if you have snow & cold. Really got cold here but going to warm up a little. The wind was cold & blowing hard when I was at the school crossing yesterday but I was bundled up good which helped. Planning on putting up Christmas decorations this weekend as the wife is going in Tuesday for right knee replacement & will be laid up for a time. Enjoy the rest of the week my friend & take care.........George
Good Morning George, yes indeed we are all bundled up this week. Winter came early, at least for us us. Hope your week is good and that all goes well with your wife's surgery.
World War I In 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the 'war to end all wars' finally ended. Germany and the Allies signed a temporary ceasefire, or armistice. This anniversary was known as Armistice Day until 1954, when the federal holiday was renamed Veterans Day. World War II veteran Raymond Weeks organized the first 'National Veterans Day' in 1947 in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He also wrote a letter and personally delivered his petition for a renamed national holiday to then-Army Chief of Staff, General Dwight Eisenhower. But the holiday remained known as Armistice Day until the early 1950s, when Alvin King, a shoe salesman from Emporia, Kansas, sought to change the name of his local celebration to Veterans Day. King, who had lost his nephew in World War II, wanted to expand the scope of the observance to honor all war veterans, not just those of World War I. His US congressman took the idea to Washington, DC, and quickly got the support of Eisenhower, who in the intervening years had been elected president. On June 1, 1954, it became official: November 11 would be known as Veterans Day. Veterans make up 11.9 percent of Alaska residents, the highest percentage of any US state, according to data from 2017. In terms of raw numbers, California tops the list, with more than 1.8 million veterans living there. Nationwide, 7 percent of US adults were veterans in 2017, down from 18 percent in 1980, according to the Census Bureau.
PLEASE SAY A PRAY FOR OUR VETERANES AND SAY THANK YOU.HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD NEW WEEK WITH LOTS OF SMILS AND HAPPINESS MY FRIEND. LOVE N HUGS WITH BLESSINGS ALWAYS MARGE
