Saturday, December 23, 2006
Go to jim's little Christmas tree farm blog (link) today (December 21, 2006) for three first day of 'Winter in Texas' pictures. Happy Winter!
Friday, December 22, 2006
From Jim, Mrs. Jim, and Adi . . . . . . . . . . Have a Very
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Mery Christmas
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and Happy New Year!
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Please note this post is post dated. I may from time to time add blog entries below but mostly I will be silent until 2007.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
A Christmas Tree for the Shoppers
. Those parking meters at our Market Square are for charity. A ticket on your window suggests you put in a quarter before you leave. They will take all your change if you like.
This tree is from the collection at jim's little Christmas tree farm blog. You can visit there (link).
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Mrs. Jim is a social worker, retired, and a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
jim's little Christmas tree farm (link)
is the place to go to see my Christmas tree collection.
The hospital trees are finished.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
is the place to go to see my Christmas tree collection.
The hospital trees are finished.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
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My hearing isn't as good as it used to be. Mrs. Jim told me she might ought to count the number of times I asked her to repeat what she just said. That just was after she had to repeat to me and said almost everything needed repeating for me.
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I told her it was more like once once in six or eight. We had a discussion. During the talk I counted 14 times that she didn't have to repeat and I was still going strong.
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We both decided I should keep track of the ratio of repeats to non-repeats and maybe there would be less repeating.
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Her rationale was that I would try harder to hear for a better number. I really couldn't argue.
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Why don't some of you guys try that and see what happens.
Hearing Humor Social Work Social Worker NASW Stamps Postage Stamps Christmas Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Holiday Eating
jim's little Christmas tree farm (link)
is the place to go to see my Christmas tree collection.
The hospital trees are finished.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
is the place to go to see my Christmas tree collection.
The hospital trees are finished.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
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2. Drink as much eggnog as you can and quickly. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an "eggnog-aholic" or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it!!!! Have one for me.
Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello???
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention.
They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, pumpkin and mincemeat - have a slice of each.
Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips: Start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner.
Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO what a ride!" Humor Food and Drink Christmas Food Life Photos Jim Bunch Pets and Animals
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!
Eating Tips for the Holidays
Eating
[with the Jim Bunch?]
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1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
and Drinking
[isn't Adi cute?]
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2. Drink as much eggnog as you can and quickly. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an "eggnog-aholic" or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it!!!! Have one for me.
Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello???
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention.
They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, pumpkin and mincemeat - have a slice of each.
Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread tips: Start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner.
Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body. But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in
hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO what a ride!" Humor Food and Drink Christmas Food Life Photos Jim Bunch Pets and Animals
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!
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Sister, Lois, sent this one:
Date: Mon 18 Dec 09:17:45 CST 2006
From: Lois
Subject: Holiday Eating Tips
To: Jim
Monday, December 18, 2006
Time Magazine 'Man of the Year?' Who me? Who you?
jim's little Christmas tree farm (link)
is the place to go to see my Christmas tree collection.
The hospital trees are finished.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
is the place to go to see my Christmas tree collection.
The hospital trees are finished.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
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Want to be Time Magazine 'Man of the Year?'
Guess what, you are. I am too. Read about TIME's Person of the Year here (link):
It will be the "[quoted from Time Web site linked above] creators and consumers of user-generated content are transforming art and politics and commerce, that they are the engaged citizens of a new digital democracy."
I must be art because I sure got away from politics. Commerce, well, not too much.
Definitely I do the creator thing and quite a bit of consumer too.
My blogs:
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Want to be Time Magazine 'Man of the Year?'
Guess what, you are. I am too. Read about TIME's Person of the Year here (link):
It will be the "[quoted from Time Web site linked above] creators and consumers of user-generated content are transforming art and politics and commerce, that they are the engaged citizens of a new digital democracy."
I must be art because I sure got away from politics. Commerce, well, not too much.
Definitely I do the creator thing and quite a bit of consumer too.
My blogs:
- JIM'S LITTLE BLOG at http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/. That's my primary blog, it gets updated with something, good or bad, almost every day.
- me, old blogs never read, and . . . at http://jimmiehov2.blogspot.com/. It has old chain e-mailings, blog items I have written elsewhere and want on this site, a very few political or risque articles. I say 'I'm a saver, meaning I don't throw things away' in its description.
- JIM'S LITTLE HAPPY PLACE at http://jimmiehov3.blogspot.com/. It has cute jokes I have come across, my collection of June Bug postings, and some e-mailings I think are really cute. It used to be political until a good friend flamed me in a comment. So I changed the name and removed everything political.
- What Susie Wrote on My Blog at http://jimmiehov4.blogspot.com/. I just wanted to assimilate all of my daughter, Susie's, writing this spring while we were in Europe for a five weeks. Susie is a good writer and also a perfectionist. Those two don't mix with blog writing, she hasn't done an update since we returned in April.
- JIM'S LITTLE SONG PLACE at http://jimmiehov5.blogspot.com/ is a holding place for songs I have previously played in posts on JIM'S LITTLE BLOG. I think it is annoying to have music playing for an old blog, so the day after I put it here and link to it with my full time blog.
- JIM'S LITTLE PHOTO HOLDER at http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/. This is a dumping place for Picasa to place pictures on my blogs. I post them here from Picasa and then copy in HTML to the appropriate blog. Some I leave on, with or without a caption, others I remove.
- jim's little Christmas tree farm at http://jimmiehov7.blogspot.com/. This blog will be seasonal, it contains a collection of Christmas tree pictures I have taken this year. It may come down after Christmas. With our house in turmoil we may not get a tree up this year. Painters are scheduled to finish this week sometime. Christmas is a week from today!
- To All the Girls I've Loved Before at http://jimmielife1.blogspot.com/. This one started out to be a nice place for my memoirs. Everyone could read them as I went. The theme was how many different women in my life have affected me. There is an projected outline at February 8, 2006 and the introduction made January 15. Scroll down for these.
- A MySpace blog that I don't talk about much. I don't post on it much either. It is rather silly, I have three friends, Bob (everyone has him), Britney Spears (link to Britney's blog) (link to Jim's post about her NBC Divorce interview, SNL style), and the Dixie Chicks. The last two don't write to me as they have sooooo many friends.
Time Magazine youtube Humor News and politics News Time Blogging Britney Spears Blogs Myspace Videos Video My YouTube videos:
- Jim1Jim1 at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Jim1Jim1. I just have a few that I put on here. My favorite is Alpha III Rocket Launch -- Up, Up, and Away! at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAawn4haloU. Karen and Billy did the video for this one. It has been viewed 247 times. Next favorite is Adi Can . . . . . . . . . Blink to the blinking tree lights at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwetUMxhtk. I just made this one a week ago and it has had 83 views now.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Away in a Manger
Go to jim's little Christmas tree farm (link) to see my Christmas tree collection.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
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Isaiah 7:14 (link) (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
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Footnotes:
1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us . Christmas Nativity Scene
2. Was Jesus born in a stable? See ChristianAnswers.net (link) for a discussion about this.
Leave a comment on the tree(s) you like, if you like.
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. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
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Isaiah 7:14 (link) (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
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Footnotes:
1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us . Christmas Nativity Scene
2. Was Jesus born in a stable? See ChristianAnswers.net (link) for a discussion about this.
