It’s January! Cold! Television adds have turned to weight loss! Car sales! and Drugs! Have you ever thought about the life alert commercials? Why doesn’t the camera man/woman call 911? Too, if car adds say they’ll take off $9K, have you thought of the mark up on that car/pickup? Weight loss?
Challenges of Childhood…
Childhood illnesses in the mid-20th Century were rarely treated by physicians who practiced medicine. Instead, mothers practiced home remedies with abandon.
Many among us can remember times when the treatment was worse than the illness, as well as accompanying psychological damage that won’t let go.
Youngsters cringed at hearing parental diagnoses.
Life has returned to normal at our house. I finally took down all the Christmas decorations. A new calendar has been hung on the office wall. And best of all, the grandkids are back in school. Happy New Year.
Class Meetings resume this week on Wednesdays at the Parsonage with soup at 6 and the meeting at 6:30.
The Patriot Warriors Lunch will be Friday, January 12, beginning at 11:30, at the Community Building in the park.
It’s okay.
OK.
A-o.k.
Okeydokey.
O period K period.
From the Scottish dialect och aye.
According to trusty Webster.
Which means “ah yes” or “oh yes.”
And Gaelic och (“ah, oh”).
OK became an American colloquialism.
First known usage was March 23, 1839.
By C. G. Greene.
An editor at the Boston Morning Post newspaper.
He facetiously misspelled “all correct” as “oll korrect.”
The “OK” abbreviation for that stuck.
And we’ve been okaying eve ...
It’s okay.
OK.
A-o.k.
Okeydokey.
O period K period.
From the Scottish dialect och aye.
According to trusty Webster.
Which means “ah yes” or “oh yes.”
And Gaelic och (“ah, oh”).
OK became an American colloquialism.
First known usage was March 23, 1839.
By C. G. Greene.
An editor at the Boston Morning Post newspaper.
He facetiously misspelled “all correct” as “oll korrect.”
The “OK” abbreviation for that stuck.
And we’ve been okaying ever since.
There was even a book b ...
We made it to 2017. Hope you have a great 2017.
Don’t forget the Patriot Warriors Lunch on Friday, January 6th, at the Eckert Civic Center. Bring a dish and come meet the disabled veterans that come to hunt in our beautiful countryside. If you can’t make the lunch, you can donate to this group by contacting Steve Toone.
The Art-Trinity United Methodist Women will meet January 10th at Art at 2:30, to plan the year.
Things Could Have Been Worse...
We mortals aren’t much good when routines--particularly those most mundane--are interrupted.
Men who refuse to accept this claim as “you-can-take-it-to-the-bank” stuff--or even to the pawn shop--are urged to take a simple test on which my case can rest: The next time you dress, try putting your other leg in first.
The probability of this claim playing out is greatly magnified at holiday time, when hurrying is exceeded only by scurrying.
Happy New Year! Now, it’s time to get back to normal. However, normal is different to many. Your idea of normal and others may differ. Right now, I’m hoping to watch regular movies on the TV. I’ve had over a month of Christmas movies and Christmas movie reruns! Thought New Years Eve would bring new movies, but ended up watching the cooking channel and Law and Order reruns.
Now, it’s time to take down the Christmas Tree and store until next Christmas.
I do hereby resolve
The customary thing to do when a new year rolls around is to make resolutions. A resolution, as near as I can tell, is a promise to yourself to change something in your life that needs changing. People generally vow to lose weight, exercise more, be nicer to others, or stop eating a half-gallon of ice cream at a time, straight out of the box.
There’s certainly nothing wrong with improving ourselves, although I’ve never understood why people wait until Ja ...
We’re starting the New Year with a new employee! We welcome Trudy Irwin as our new part-time library aide. Trudy has been volunteering for several months, so it will be a seamless transition. We’re all looking forward to serving you in 2017!
You know, tomorrow is National Bird Day, and my husband Craig and I love to watch the birds that come into our yard.
