For as long as I can remember the Christmas season didn’t start until Santa Claus arrived in front of Macy’s at the end to of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I never realized the holiday tradition was started in 1924 by Macy’s employees most of whom were first generation immigrants and where so proud of their country they wanted to celebrate it in with a type of festival their parents loved in Europe . It used to be the Macy’s Christmas Day Parade and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo.
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15 comments (Latest Comment: 11/24/2009 03:12:02 by trojanrabbit)

Good Morning!

Got a cop-out for ya today. I haven't had to do this in a while.

Used to be an early Saturday am blog meant a platelet donation, but I haven't been to the Red Cross in months now. Being in and out of work and having a crazy schedule will do that to you, I guess.

Speaking of crazy schedules, I'm out of the house in half an hour and heading for the store. It's our "holiday kickoff" meeting this morning before the store opens.

I should be back home by 10 am (and back to the store for my shift at 1:30) so perhaps I'll come back and try to write something real.

TTFN!


 
2 comments (Latest Comment: 11/21/2009 17:02:29 by trojanrabbit)

Today is my last blog from the state of Georgia. By Saturday evening, I will be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia- I believe the more common term, according to Sarah Palin during the election last year, is the state of NoVa, or Northern Virginia.

It has been an exciting latter half of the decade for me. As many of you know, I moved from my home state of New York in 2006, and settled in Atlanta. Being the political junkie that I am, I quickly studied up on the workings of the city as well as the state. By 2008, I knew something. We were were like vinegar and water. Not Atlanta mind you, the state in general. It is true, this city is indeed a blue oasis in a red sea. It's a beautiful here, but I suspect it won't be sorry to see this yankee leave. As fate - and diligence -- would have it, my partner was offered a job in the DC Metro area. He took it and the decision was made for us to relocate. I have made friends here and leaving makes me sad, but we will be back to visit. We will see each other again.
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51 comments (Latest Comment: 11/20/2009 00:51:03 by Random)

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,435th day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4363
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4224
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3900
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3504
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 135

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 325
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 920
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 599
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,395
Journalists - Iraq: 335
Academics Killed - Iraq: 431


We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 932, 684, 400, 000 .00

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37 comments (Latest Comment: 11/17/2009 23:27:38 by livingonli)

Recently Velveeta has been hearing a lot about one of her favorite subjects other than planting roses: tea parties! Oh the finger cakes and sandwiches, the antique cups and saucers, the pots brimming over with Jasmine tea, the hats and gloves and lest we forget... the juicy gossip! What a day!

So, when I heard that there was going to be a tea party in my area I was overjoyed. First, to prepare for the party, I splurged on a new crinoline vintage skirt, satin-rimmed Adele hat with large ribbon (pink) and of course a pair of fitted white gloves. I prepared my Herbed Cheese Scones using a recipe handed down from my Great Grandmother served on an antique St. Andrews rose pattern dish and then I was ready. And what a glorious day for a tea party!
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 11/16/2009 05:08:33 by livingonli)