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Give me a day or two to get back into the swing of things 😁.
Well, the New Year has certainly made itself known in these parts. Over the past week my area has had several small earthquakes/aftershocks happening. I only noticed one myself (thought something hit the house 😳), but it’s been all over the local news/FB pages around here. And we’ve had weirdly warm weather for about the same time period – mid to upper 70’s! I know it’s the south but it’s also the end of December – beginning of January for crying out loud 🙄.
But the weather started to change in the worst way about 4 am this morning when a rain and windstorm tore through the area. I mean it was howling so bad it woke me up twice (or maybe the second time was from another earthquake 🤔)! And I do not like my sleep disturbed 😠. I actually got up around 6 am to move my garbage can into the garage because I was worried it would blow trash all over god’s creation!
The whole night reminded me of the hundred-year storm we had in 2015, only this time the storm didn’t last as long or have as much rain. But that wind, howling to beat the devil!
As for my NYE, it started off with a bang, or should I say several bangs 😁! My neighbors were lighting fireworks for their daughters at a reasonable hour, just before 7 until about 7:30. Very respectable. Unfortunately, it started off a parade of partiers in the area letting off fireworks until 12:30 am. Which wouldn’t have been so bad if some hadn’t combined the fireworks with rapid gun fire as part of their celebratory events 😡. I really don’t get some people and their complete disregard for others when it comes to firing random rounds when you live in a populated area.
Therefore, I spent my night listening to the sounds of fireworks (and guns), channel surfing until midnight. And I’m ok with that 😁. I’ve done NYE on a large scale once (downtown Las Vegas) and that was enough for me. I prefer something with a lot less people, so I had a party of one 😆. Maybe next year I’ll try something different, somewhere different….
Before I sign off I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to mourn the passing of an American Icon – the great Betty White. She was one of a kind and one of the kindest people by all accounts. She will be missed 😢.
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