Happy New Year! We watched the Rose Bowl Parade, quite an impressive sight. Then I watched the football game for awhile, but it failed to hold my interest, so I did the only sensible thing to do on a holiday = I took a nap. Now the swiss steak is simmering on the stove, and we are just lazying around trying to find something to engage our interest. The television set is on, but I am in another room, so I don't know what my husband is watching.
I am reminded of another New Year's day long ago, when I didn't realize that New year's day was a holiday, and took the bus in to San Francisco to go to work! I had worked at newspapers for many years, where we worked all holidays, and never dreamed that for California employees holidays existed. I noticed that the bus was not on its usual schedule, and couldn't help seeing that there were very few people on the sidewalks. When I reached the door of the state building, where i worked, a sign said "closed" and I realized my mistake! There was nothing to do but catch the next bus back home, which I did before my children were up. It was a nice surprise, now that I think of it.
People have wood fires going all up and down our street, legal in our part of the country because so many of the houses only have electric heat, too expensive for heating an entire house. It makes us feel cozy to see the smoke.
Take care and keep in touch.
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It sounds like a very nice New Years. The other side of the country (NH) had some light snow. It was also a very memorable day at Fenway Park! The NHL Winter Classic was hosted there and my Boston Bruins won the game!
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Ohio State team was at the Rose Bowl this year - my home town! And I work at Ohio State now so I actually pay attention to the football, which I never used to - I'm not much into sports and especially not football. But I check it out now to see if everyone will be in a good mood on Monday when I go back to work! That was a funny story about you not realizing it was a holiday. I've done that briefly in the morning but never got that far before realizing!
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