Happy New Year! Here’s to 2024.
I hope everyone has some happiness and cheer this year. I know the entire year cannot be happy, so I am hoping you all have moments . . . the more the better.
Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
2024
Posted by terrepruitt on January 1, 2024
Posted in Misc | Tagged: celebration, fireworks, Happy New Year, New Year 2024 | 2 Comments »
2023 New Year’s Eve
Posted by terrepruitt on December 31, 2023
I just have so many pictures I want to post. I might have to start the new year off with a photo montage. Today I’ll settle for this picture of a painting of sparkly ornaments.
Off to make Cheese Fondue for New Year’s Eve Dinner.
Happy New Year. 2024 – WOW!
Posted in Misc | Tagged: cheese fondue, New Year 2024, New Year's Eve dinner, ornament painting | 2 Comments »
No Room
Posted by terrepruitt on December 30, 2023
No room, and I am not talking about at the Inn. I have so many Christmas ornaments they don’t always make it onto the tree. Sometimes the tree we get is just too small or it will not support the amount of ornaments I have. This makes me sad. And we really have no space to store any additional ornaments. So we don’t get ornaments. But I saw this sparkly one and wanted it. It is actually quite heavy so I doubt it will ever make it to the Christmas tree. It will probably always be placed somewhere in the house or on the metal ornament tree. It is great. I love it. But I really can’t get any more ornaments.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Christmas 2023, Christmas Tree, Christmas tree Christmas tree ornament, Christmas tree ornaments, sparkles | Leave a Comment »
Ahhhh, Christmas Decorations
Posted by terrepruitt on December 28, 2023
I do love all the decorations. When do you take yours down? Do you take stuff down after the Twelve Days of Christmas? Do you embrace the Epiphany and take the Christmas decorations after? Do you take stuff down the day after Christmas? Do you take decorations down on New Year’s Day? I like to wait as long as possible, but usually our tree dictates when we take it down. Sometimes it lasts longer than others. Last year I was sad because it was a great tree and would have lasted until February but we had to rush to take it down because we had workers coming in. So sad. I am not sure this one will last until the 12th day of Christmas, but we will see.
Putting decorations up and taking them down has been a bit of a challenge these past years because I use our living room as my yoga/Nia/stretch Zoom studio so I have to keep the area clean and open . . . when in the past I could have boxes and ornaments all over. We will see how it goes this year.
So . . . when do you “undecorate”?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: "undecorate", Christmas decorations, Christmas lights, Christmas ornament, classes online, Epiphany, living room studio, New Year's Day, Nia, stretch, Twelved Days of Christmas, Yoga, Zoom classes | 2 Comments »
An Angel, A Nativity Scene, Reindeer Pinecone Holders, And A Window Sill
Posted by terrepruitt on December 27, 2023
We have a kitchen window sill now. The angel is a candle “holder” but we are not using it as such so close to the curtain. My mom gave it to us. The nativity scene is from one of our cruises and the pinecone reindeer were my mom’s. Our Christmas decorations are memories for me.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: 2023 Christmas, angel candle holder, Christmas decorations, kitchen, kitchen window sill, Nativity scene, pinecones, reindeer | Leave a Comment »
2023 Christmas Tree
Posted by terrepruitt on December 26, 2023
2023 Christmas Tree. I think when we brought it in the house the nail in the tree may have loosened a little because it is crooked, but either I am used to it now or it has straightened out since I took this photo (12.11.23). The star is totally crooked, but my husband wanted to leave it. Here is the full Christmas Tree. Oh, you can see the little lighted trees in the yard through the sliding glass door.
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Merry Christmas – 2023
Posted by terrepruitt on December 25, 2023
Posted in Misc | Tagged: 2023 Christma, Christmas tree decoration, glitter ornament, Merry Christmas | 4 Comments »
Decorations On The 2023 Christmas Tree
Posted by terrepruitt on December 22, 2023
Here is a close-up of the Christmas tree. There are always so many ornaments I enjoy looking at, so I end up posting pictures of the same ornaments. 🙂 Ahh, the joys of Christmas trees and ornaments.
Star ships, icicles, candy canes, tea cups, glittery bulbs, crosses, and all kinds of stuff adorn our Christmas trees, so here is another shot for today’s Friday Photo.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: 2023 Christmas, candy canes, Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas Tree, crosses, Friday Photo, glittery bulbs, icicles, Star ships, tea cups | Leave a Comment »
Daylight Saving Time 2023
Posted by terrepruitt on November 6, 2023
In 2010 it was cemented in my brain that is it is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time. No S. I hear various opinions on the subject of Daylight Saving Time and I know that some of us like it and some of us don’t, but what I am particularly confused about this year is that some people don’t know what it is. I am seeing several posts about it and how people don’t like it as they set they clocks and hour back. I feel like they have their times swapped. Daylight Saving Time is when it is dark in the morning and light at night (sometimes up to or past 9:00 pm). We typically say we are moving the clocks FORWARD. STANDARD Time, is just that where it is a little lighter in the morning, but get dark before a lot of people get off work. We typically say we are moving the clocks back. Some may be familiar with the saying “Spring forward, Fall back.” So I am not sure about these posts.
I think there is a ploy out there for people to say things wrong, or spell things incorrectly so that they get a lot of comments on the posts correcting them so I haven’t bothered to try to clarify because I somewhat feel that is what is going on. But then I am not sure. With some people liking Standard Time and some people not, I can’t tell when they say, “Daylight Savings Time is messing us up.” If they mean they think we are moving into Daylight Saving Time or if they think we should stay at Standard Time. The fact that most of the posts I am seeing saying Daylight Savings Time (that wasn’t a typing error) make me think they don’t know what it is.
This is copied from my previous post:
A little history:
Daylight Saving Time had been observed in the United States spottily since 1918. From February 9, 1942 until September 30, 1945 it was observed all year long. Daylight Saving Time was not consistently observed for 21 years (from 1945 to 1966) because there was no federal law.
In 1966 the law stated DST ran from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, but states could pass a law of their own if they didn’t want to follow DST.
Then in 1974 an emergency act was passed setting the clocks ahead on January 6, 1974. It was amended on October 27, 1974 returning the clocks back to Standard Time. Then DST was observed from February 23, 1975 through October 26, 1975.
Then from 1986 to 2007 the United States observed DST from 2:00 am on the first Sunday of April until at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October.
After 21 years in 2007 it was changed to: DST beginning 2:00 am. on the second Sunday of March to 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November.
Hawaii and Arizona are among the states that do not observe Daylight Saving Time.
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In 2018, California voters voted to pass a law that allows the Legislature to change the period of Daylight Saving Time and/or make is permanent. “The measure repealed Proposition 12, also known as the Daylight Saving Time Act, in Section 6807 of the California Government Code. The measure added new text as Section 6808 of the state Government Code. If federal law authorizes the state to provide for the year-round application of daylight saving time and the Legislature considers the adoption of this application, it is the intent of the this act to encourage the Legislature to consider the potential impacts of year-round daylight saving time on communities along the border between California and other states and between California and Mexico. (ballotpedia.org)
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I hope we will be told when the government decides to change the time.
What are your thoughts regarding time change and one or the other?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Arizona, Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Savings Time, DST, Hawaii, observe DST, Standard Time | Leave a Comment »
Burned For The Last Time
Posted by terrepruitt on September 13, 2023
I bought these years ago and for a very long time I didn’t use them because of the slit in them. I figured it was for a pot handle to go through, but it never really made sense to me. They were in the bottom of my drawer for a long time. They were moved to the top so I started using them and it never failed that I would grab a hot pan and the slit would open and I would burn myself. I kept saying, “Oh I should sew that!” Well, I burned myself for the last time. So recently while I was on a phone call telling someone the story I decided enough was enough and I sewed that opening closed.
Do any of you have potholders with slits in them? Do you use them (hang them off the pot/pan)?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: burns, pans, potholders, pots, sewing, useless potholders | 2 Comments »
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