happy lunar new year
in the year of the rabbit
to all who celebrate
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“leonardo fibonacci, the great 13th century italian mathematician (1175-1250)
created the ‘fibonacci sequence’ to explain behavior in nature mathematically.
history has it that the first question he posed
was how many rabbits would be created in one year starting with one pair.”
-rick santelli
love to do last-minute surprise drop-offs of cards and tiny gifts.
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“christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.”
-charles m. schulz
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image credit: etsy.com
this is pretty much me on any given day
for the next few weeks
as we head into the new year
all activities and adventures are on the table
some planned and most just happen.
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“it’s the mishaps that make if fun, and brings you the surprise.”
-anna wintour
Santa speaking to crowd in front of J.L. Hudson department store
during the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade-1942
only 30 more sleeps!
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“to celebrate a festival means;
to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner
the universal assent to the world as a whole.”
-josef pieper
a white-tailed deer startled shoppers
after it wandered in and strolled the aisles in a dollar general store
it seems even mother nature can’t resist low prices.
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Shoppers were joined by an unexpected patron Friday when a female white-tailed deer wandered into the Dollar General store in Jackson, Michigan.
“I was shopping and I heard a commotion coming from the front of the store,” said Connie MacGuinness, a customer in the store at the time. “I heard people calling out ‘Oh no!” MacGuinness turned around to see the deer walking straight toward her down the aisle, she said. “I was stunned for a quick minute, then got out my phone.”
A report of the animal’s escapades reached the Jackson Police Department. Police and Fire Services Director Elmer Hitt said within a few minutes, officers from JPD and Jackson County Animal Control arrived to help lead the doe back out of the store. “It seemed as scared as we were, but it didn’t run around or seem upset,” MacGuinness said.
Another shopper told MacGuinness they saw the deer walk into the store through the open sliding door at the front of the building.The deer was in the building for about 20 minutes before police guided it outside an open door by barricading the aisles with boxes and carts.
*note: my personal theory is that rudolph had a lot of shopping to do,
hoped to beat the black friday crowd in november,
wanted to fly under the radar, and stock up on some good deals.
unfortunately rudolph is now such a celebrity
that it’s hard to be out in public
without being noticed and posted about on social media. – beth
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“i’m like rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. if i’m not ready, the sled isn’t going to go.
-kevin garnett, nba championship player
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credits: photo – connie macguinness, mitchell kukula, mlive.com, jackson police and fire
here’s to the dads and dad-ishes of the world
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“remember: what dad really wants is a nap.
really.
-dave barry
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image credit: gary larson the far side
much love to my three daughters, each one now a mother too, on mothers day.
even if i only rarely called you by your right name on the first try.
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“mothers are not the nameless,
faceless stereotypes
who appear once a year on a greeting card with their virtues set to prose,
but women who have been dealt a hand for life
and play each card one at a time the best way they know how.
no mother is all good or all bad,
all laughing or all serious,
all loving or all angry,
ambivalence rushes through their veins.”
-erma bombeck
not me, but yes it is one of my dream halloween costumes.
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i don’t drink anymore for cinqo de mayo, i celebrate with mexican food, or as it’s known in mexico: ‘food.’
-craig ferguson
“a museum is a place where one should lose one’s head.”
-renzo piano
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photo credit: university of michigan museum of natural history
this is someone else (who is not me)
goofing off to celebrate one holiday,
while actively ignoring the clutter of the other holiday.
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how incredibly lucky
that right after i realized it is
‘clutter awareness week’
i found out it is also
‘international goof off week’
so i decided to go all in on the goof off celebration.
i’ve never been one to shy away from honoring a holiday
but i can only spread myself so thin.
happy holidays to those of you who celebrate one or both.
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“but i love to feel events overlapping each other, crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket.”
lawrence durrell
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image credit: animal rescue site news
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