I wanted snow, but come on now

So, I had complained half-heartedly that I missed the snow. I was only kidding...really.
Apparently someone was listening, because it decided to blizzard in Colorado. Last "official" count of snow totals at my mom's house was 26 inches.
Snowbound Wednesday and Thursday. Hopefully tomorrow we can get out of the house. We did some digging today since it finally stopped snowing around 10am.
I'll never wish for snow again.

Christmas Meme

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? I like both, but I'm always glad when it's egg nog season. Though I miss having real egg nog from a dairy. Like I had in Colorado
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrap them usually. I'm a gift bag sort of person on other occasions, but during the holidays, it's more economical to wrap.
3. Colored lights or white on tree/house? I've never had lights on the house, we never did that as a child. I always want to put them up now that I own my home. I just have never gotten around to it. Now that we're practically the only house in the neighborhood that doesn't have lights, I might put them up next year.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope
5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually, the tree goes up the day after Thanksgiving. I've always had an artifical tree and don't see a reason to change.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Probably my mom's scalloped potatoes, or my special cranberry relish.
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? Getting my first bike
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't remember, but I'm sure I told my sister.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Not normally.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Lots of lights and lots of ornaments.
11. Snow, love it or dread it? I like it in concept, I wasn't missing it in Washington, and I wish it had stayed away. Getting this blizzard here is not making me happy.
12. Do you know how to ice skate? I've been, I thought it was ok. Just like the roller variety I'm not very good at it.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? There have been many that I really loved. I don't think I could pick just one.
14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? Family
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Mom's homemade cheesecake
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Having a Christmas Eve party at my Aunt's and then spending Christmas day with my family.
17. What tops your tree? A lovely harp playing angel.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? I like getting swag of course, but giving it always good too.
19. Favorite Christmas Song? Standard carol? I love Christmas music. The version of Little Drummer Boy with Bing Crosby and David Bowie is my favorite song. My favorite carol is likely Christmas is Coming (especially the John Denver & the Muppets version)
20. Favorite flavor of Candy Canes? Icky. I don't like them in any flavor, but if I have to eat one, peppermint is the best.

Crazy is as Crazy Does

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

You are Joshua Abraham Norton, first and only Emperor of the United States of America!

Born in England sometime in the second decade of the nineteenth century, you carved a notable business career, in South Africa and later San Francisco, until an entry into the rice market wiped out your fortune in 1854. After this, you became quite different. The first sign of this came on September 17, 1859, when you expressed your dissatisfaction with the political situation in America by declaring yourself Norton I, Emperor of the USA. You remained as such, unchallenged, for twenty-one years.

Within a month you had decreed the dissolution of Congress. When this was largely ignored, you summoned all interested parties to discuss the matter in a music hall, and then summoned the army to quell the rebellious leaders in Washington. This did not work. Magnanimously, you decreed (eventually) that Congress could remain for the time being. However, you disbanded both major political parties in 1869, as well as instituting a fine of $25 for using the abominable nickname "Frisco" for your home city.

Your days consisted of parading around your domain - the San Francisco streets - in a uniform of royal blue with gold epaulettes. This was set off by a beaver hat and umbrella. You dispensed philosophy and inspected the state of sidewalks and the police with equal aplomb. You were a great ally of the maligned Chinese of the city, and once dispersed a riot by standing between the Chinese and their would-be assailants and reciting the Lord's Prayer quietly, head bowed.

Once arrested, you were swiftly pardoned by the Police Chief with all apologies, after which all policemen were ordered to salute you on the street. Your renown grew. Proprietors of respectable establishments fixed brass plaques to their walls proclaiming your patronage; musical and theatrical performances invariably reserved seats for you and your two dogs. (As an aside, you were a good friend of Mark Twain, who wrote an epitaph for one of your faithful hounds, Bummer.) The Census of 1870 listed your occupation as "Emperor".

The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, upon noticing the slightly delapidated state of your attire, replaced it at their own expense. You responded graciously by granting a patent of nobility to each member. Your death, collapsing on the street on January 8, 1880, made front page news under the headline "Le Roi est Mort". Aside from what you had on your person, your possessions amounted to a single sovereign, a collection of walking sticks, an old sabre, your correspondence with Queen Victoria and 1,098,235 shares of stock in a worthless gold mine. Your funeral cortege was of 30,000 people and over two miles long.

The burial was marked by a total eclipse of the sun.

Scary Mary

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I have to admit Mary Poppins has always scared me just a little. Maybe that's because I read the books (yes there are more than one) where Mary wasn't as sweet and light as she was in the Disney Classic.

Via ***Dave