{"id":8895,"date":"2019-01-01T00:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=8895"},"modified":"2019-01-01T00:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:37:22","slug":"changing-the-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=8895","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always get a new calendar or two or three for Christmas. This year I just got one, so I ordered another one for the bathroom downstairs because you always need to look at a calendar while you are seated on the throne!<\/p>\n<p>Before I hang a calendar, I write all the important dates to remember throughout the year, birth dates, anniversaries, etc., and it&#8217;s always fun to look at all the things I did throughout the year because I write all doctor, dentist, and\u00a0hair stylists appointments and mark off vacation days and other special days like events at our grandchildren&#8217;s schools.\u00a0 It was a busy year last year.\u00a0 January already has a date saved to attend our grandson&#8217;s first recital.<\/p>\n<p>He is learning to play the cello and will be performing with his group.\u00a0 Our children all took some form of strings and our daughter took piano for years.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s important for children to learn some kind of instrument because even after they are grown they can play it if they so choose.<\/p>\n<p>If this year goes as rapidly as last year, I may as well turn the page to December 2019 right now because that is how fast it seemed \u00a0the year flew by.\u00a0 I guess it&#8217;s better than it dragging out forever and wishing time would speed up.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all relevant.\u00a0 Depends on what you are doing or what you are waiting for. Remember when you were a kid and were waiting for Christmas and it seemed like it took forever for it to get here?\u00a0\u00a0 Now it comes way too fast for me and I&#8217;m never ready and then it&#8217;s over and I wish the time had gone a little more slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Have to show you some pictures from Christmas\u00a0of my very favorite present.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8885\" src=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN8417-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the rooster from the movie Moana.\u00a0 He clucks and crows and I love him.<\/p>\n<p>He has made friends with my skeleton Halloween dog.\u00a0 The rooster crows and the dog\u00a0talks back.\u00a0 Yes, the dog talks.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had him for years and I get him out every Halloween.\u00a0\u00a0 I will bequeath\u00a0him to one of my grandchildren one day. Ha.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8898\" src=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8435-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dog says things like, &#8220;Bring me a bone, I&#8217;m hungry,&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;m thirsty.\u00a0 Water runs right through me.&#8221;\u00a0 He&#8217;s been the cause of many laughs through the years and now he has a companion.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I gifted myself this year because I thought it was so cute was this little camper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8902\" src=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8440-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It goes very well with the truck I have had for a few years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8903\" src=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8441-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Makes me think of a dream of mine to get in a\u00a0 truck with a camper behind and travel the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8901\" src=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8439-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May never happen, but I can dream.<\/p>\n<p>Now David and I are sitting on the couch counting down the hours until the new year. I even dressed for the occasion. I am wearing pearls and perfume and my pajamas.\u00a0 All ready for the big night!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8905\" src=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSCN8447-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We even have a small bag of cashews each and some peanut butter crackers to share. We really know how to celebrate!\u00a0 One year we actually dressed up and went to a hotel in Indianapolis where there was a big New Year&#8217;s party with bands, dancing\u00a0and gambling tables and food and at midnight they dropped hundreds of balloons from the ceiling which was fun. Then in the morning they had a breakfast buffet for all the party goers with everything you could think of to eat including \u00a0sushi, which I tried for the first time and didn&#8217;t like all that well.<\/p>\n<p>But we are going low key this year\u00a0which is fine with me.\u00a0 It&#8217;s raining out and our house is warm and cozy.\u00a0\u00a0 So if you are celebrating at home, whether alone or with several, put on your pearls and perfume and enjoy the evening.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you all a\u00a0very blessed and joyful, peaceful New Year&#8217;s.\u00a0 I wish you health and happiness and all that life can offer you that is good.\u00a0 Happy New Year!\u00a0 Bye.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always get a new calendar or two or three for Christmas. This year I just got one, so I ordered another one for the bathroom downstairs because you always need to look at a calendar while you are seated on the throne! 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