Taste Like Chicken FriYAY 12/18

Thanks for the start, Chele. I have Christmas sweaters and vests but I don't consider any of them ugly. I probably mentioned that in the 90s I worked in an office where all the women dressed festively and I still have some of those outfits. I used to have a lot more. I also have lots of holiday socks. I don't think I have Thanksgiving ones either. Somebody has to make them. Loved the Christmas humor. Here are a few of my favorites (Linda, feel free to ignore):

Where Santa and the reindeer stop for Christmas Eve lattes? Star-bucks

What type of music do Santa's elves prefer? Wrap

What is a snowman's favorite breakfast? Ice Krispies.

Anyway, what are you and Iggy up to today and what are you planning for the weekend? Dale's last present arrived a little while ago. We have gotten deliveries today from FedEx and UPS, and we still are expecting at least one package USPS. Nobody delivers to the front porch anymore so that means a trip up the driveway. Lots of steps today. At least it's sunny, even if it's barely into the 40s.

Kathy, we may not get to see the ACC championship game between Clemson and ND because it's on ABC, one of the stations we currently don't have. If our wi-fi comes back, we may be able to watch it online.

How was the commute today, Liz? I hope things were on time and walking to the building wasn't too difficult. I hope Zoe cut you a break and didn't need to go out in the middle of the night.

Linda, DSIL's yard looks pretty--in the photo. Wouldn't want to look out and see it up close though. Did you sleep better last night? I finished watching Season 4 of The Crown. Diana definitely married into the wrong family. Charles never did give up Camilla, and that didn't help matters. She did get international recognition but it eventually cost her her life. They do focus a lot on her bulimia in some of the later episodes.

Becky, you were colder than we were yesterday morning. Hope it was warmer today. We used to watch baseball on WGN, so it's not a problem now but will be if they don't get things resolved by April. I'm glad the arm is feeling better and I hope it will stay that way. You are defintely getting in the miles right now. I hope your leg will loosen up some as it gets accustomed to the miles. We got an email from the internet company and they are trying to resolve our loss of service. Hopefully we'll be back in business by this evening if they can figure out what's going on.

Do they do a good job keeping your snowy roads cleared, Denise? How are things in your hospital?

We got a not-so-pleasant surprise last night. Arya kept scratching a place on her shoulder and when I investigated, I found a rather large tick. It looked different than the ticks we have here, which are deer ticks. This looked like a brown dog tick (aka kennel tick), so we're guessing she picked it up at the vet last week while she was crated near other dogs in crates, so she has had it for a while.  Dale was able to completely remove it, including the head. Now we just have to keep on the lookout for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever symptoms. I spent a little time in one of my mushroom growing areas and picked about 1/2 lb. They were a bit frozen, so I'll probably cook them up for dinner.

Thanks for the start Chele. I have never owned an ugly Christmas sweater. LOL on no more jokes. They are pretty bad but who doesn't like a bad joke?

Karen This time I will groan for Linda. LOL. Our low this morning was 26 but the sun came out and warmed up nicely in a hurry. On the way home from my morning walk the afternoon gusty wind they were talking about made it something after 9:30. The weather guesser gets the wind right just not the timing. He said tonight late we will have fog and drizzle. Then it may grow up into a shower. He didn't say it will grown into a shower. He said grow up. I don't know what he was thinking about. I hate we lost NBC because Alex Trebek's last episode is supposed to air on Christmas Day. I'm glad Dale was able to remove all of the tick including the head. 

Chele I'm glad Iggy finally got to use the attachment after 20 years.