New Years Day

2008 is starting out with a lot of TV watching for me. I hardly ever watch TV, but today I watched the Rose Parade live for 2 hours and 1/2 of the re-run – I love the Rose Parade!

I grew up in Pasadena and my family used to own a restaurant on Colorado Blvd.…

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Christmas 2007

Christmas makes people do unusual things –

People would work selflessly day and night to make tons of tamales to give away – and I got some of them! Thanks Theresa.

I went out to meet my neighbors on my block whom I have not talked to in the 9 years we’ve lived here. We went Christmas caroling at their houses, and they were all very friendly.

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Alex Trebek

Me: Hey, Amy, guess what?? Alex Trebek had a heart attack!!

Amy: I know already. It happened yesterday and it was minor.

Elliot: Probably within one hour everyone knew.

Wow! Amy doesn’t know who our Vice President is, but she knows when Alex Trebek has a minor heart attack.

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This year, Wal-Mart is getting the campaign off to a great start with a $1 million donation. Tomorrow, the Wal-Mart Choir and the Salvation Army’s New York Staff Brass Band will perform a Christmas Carol Concert that will be broadcast nationwide on Wal-Mart’s in-store television network. The broadcast will also feature a message from Pastor…

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Billy Graham

What I found interesting in Billy Graham’s letter –

Years ago, his wife Ruth saw a sign on the highway and said she wanted that on her epitaph. She passed away on June 14th earlier this year. On her marker are the words “End of Construction. Thank you for your patience.”

That’s really cute.

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